The 18th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship got underway in San Juan on Wednesday with the first eight matches of the pool stage of the competition. In the most interesting of them, and the only one to go to five, FIVB U19 World Ranking leaders Bulgaria celebrated victory over fellow Europeans from Slovenia in Pool B, with three of the sets decided by the narrowest of margins.
Boys’ U19 World Champ 2023
La Bulgaria batte la Slovenia in un thriller di cinque set nella giornata di apertura dell'U19.
Il palleggiatore Simeon Nikolov ha concluso con 16 punti (!) la vittoria.
Pubblicato 05:40, 03 ago 2023
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Bulgarian playmaker Simeon Nikolov in action
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