Nations League German volleyball players with second defeat
The German volleyball players started the Nations League with a defeat. photo
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The German volleyball players are starting in the Nations League, but the Olympics are already looming. But the first two games did not go as planned.
The German volleyball players started the last tournament before the Olympic Games with two defeats.
National coach Michal Winiarski’s team lost to Cuba 1:3 (24:26, 25:20, 18:25, 25:23) in the Nations League (VNL). The team had previously lost 0:3 (21:25, 18:25, 23:25) to world champion Italy on the German night at the site of the successful Olympic qualification in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
In the VNL, a total of twelve preliminary round matches will be played at three locations to reach the quarter-finals and to gain points for the world rankings, which will determine the last Olympic tickets. Since Germany, unlike Italy and Cuba, has already secured its ticket to Paris, Winiarski is resting some deserving players who have had a long season behind them in the first week of the VNL.
For the players in Rio it will also be about recommending themselves for the Olympic squad. In the third VNL game, the Germans will face Argentina on Saturday (10:30 p.m. CEST).
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