As if they felt good on the field after spending so much time there… In any case, Franco Massimino, as well as Canadians Dan Lewis, Zachary Hollands, Erik Siksna and Mason Greves, made history in the Nations League this Sunday, June 28, 2026.
The Argentine libero took part and won an incredible first set played against Poland in front of 11,000 people in Gliwice, which ended after 62 minutes of play and 98 points (50-48). Record in VNL. Unfortunately for the Alterna Stade Puiteven captain, the South American qualifier could not continue and he was eventually forced to lose in four sets, ending the second week of competition following Albiceleste successes against Germany (3-2) and China (3-0) and defeat to Turkey (2-3).
Zachary Hollands took over as Canadian libero.
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Near Ljubljana, Slovenia, Canada also took part in an exceptional match against Brazil that lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. Again a record for a Nations League match.
But this did not please Dan Lewis and his players, who ultimately lost in a tiebreaker (2-3). Poitevin’s coach started Zachary Hollands as libero, as did Eric Cisna (4 points), before Young replaced the receiver-hitter in the third set. Mason Greves appeared in the second and third rounds.
Erik Siksna next to Pearson Yeshchenko.
© (Photo, FIVB)
This second week of competition was tough anyway for the Canadians, who had already lost to Slovenia (1-3), Ukraine (1-3) and Bulgaria (2-3) before Brazil dominated.
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Just like the number of points scored by Siebe Korenblk during the second leg of the Europa League semi-final against Israel.. If the Netherlands does not play in the VNL, this does not stop the Dutch from shining on the European stage. Let’s start with the future Alterna Stade Poitevin player, as the 2.14 m tall center scored 12 points with 6 blocked shots in the return match on Sunday (also 6 game-winning attacks with a 55% success rate).
Finally, the French team had the pleasure of playing at CO’Met in Orleans during the second stage of the VNL. Simon Magnin took the opportunity to feature in matches against Iran (1 point), Cuba (3 points), Serbia (1 point) with a starting spot up for grabs and Japan (2 points), while Thomas Pujol only made a brief appearance against the Cuban side when former stadium manager Javier Concepcion left the field on a stretcher during the match against Iran on Sunday.
Rating after two stages
1. Japan (8 wins).
2. USA (6 wins).
3. Poland (6 wins).
4. Slovenia (6 wins).
5. Ukraine (5 wins).
6. Italy (5 wins).
7. Turks (5 victories).
8. Bulgaria (5 wins).
9. Brazil (5 wins).
10. Germany (4 wins).
11. Serbia (4 wins).
12. France (4 wins).
13. Belgium (3 wins).
14. Iran (2 wins).
15. Argentina (2 wins).
16. Canada (1 win).
17. China (1 win).
18. Cuba (0 wins).