JAPAN vs SLOVENIA | Highlights | Men's VNL 2024. In Saturday’s last match in Fukuoka, Japan delighted the home fans with a 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 26-24, 25-21) victory over Slovenia, invincible in the competition until now. The Asian team climbed to third place in the current standings on a 6-2 win-loss record and 16 points, pushing their European opponents down to fourth on 6-1 and 15, but with a game in hand. This result also cost the Slovenians 7.45 points from their FIVB World Ranking score, but at this point it seems unlikely to set them back on their way to a historic first Olympic appearance at Paris 2024, as they are as many as 91.5 points above the cut-off line for qualification.
The two opposites engaged in an exciting scoring race during the match and in the end it was Slovenia’s Toncek Stern that emerged as the best pointmaker of the game with as many as 27 putaways, including four kill blocks. Japan’s Yuji Nishida finished with 26 points, scoring directly from the serving line four times, in addition to twice in blocking. Both showed impressive success rates in attack. Nishida shined with 71% and Stern with 59%. The four main outside hitters also reached the double digits. On Japan’s side, Ran Takahashi scored 16 times, while captain Yuki Ishikawa added 12 points. His Slovenian counterpart Tine Urnaut produced 13 points, while Klemen Cebulj finished with 12.
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25 сен 2024
