Poland finished the three-period reign of Brazil in men’s volleyball with an emotional triumph achieved at their home soil in front of more than 12,000 spectators who crowded the Spodek Hall in Katowice to cheer for the local boys. The 18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-22 victory on Day 23 gave Poland their second crown in the history of the FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship while putting an end to the attempt of Brazil at becoming the first nation to win the title in four consecutive editions. Mariusz Wlazly (Poland) was named the Most Valuable Player. Earlier, Germany captured the bronze medal with a straight-set (25-21, 26-24, 25-23) victory over France. It was the first medal for unified Germany in the history of the competition since they had won the gold medal as East Germany in 1970 in Bulgaria. Germany had finished in eighth position in the previous world championship held in 2010 in Italy. On the other hand, France were looking to equal the bronze medal they attained in 2006 when the event took place in Japan. The fourth place is their best finish putting aside the competition of eight years ago. The MVP received $30,000 in prize money while each of the members of the Dream Team were awarded $10,000 each. FIVB Volleyball Mens World Championship Poland 2014 Dream Team: Best Outside Spiker – Lucarelli (BRA) Second Best Outside Spiker – Murilo (BRA) Best Middle Blocker - Marcus Bohme (GER) Second best MB – Karol Klos (POL) Best Libero - Jenia Grebennikov (FRA) Best Setter – Lukas Kampa (GER) Best Opposite – Mariusz Wlazly (POL) Most Valuable Player – Mariusz Wlazly (POL) Poland first won the gold medal forty years ago in 1974 when the event took place in Mexico City and had to settle for the silver medal in 2006 when succumbed to Brazil in Japan. The Brazilians were playing in their fifth final match of the quadrennial competition. Their string of success began in Argentina in 2002 and continued in 2006 and 2010 in Japan and Italy, respectively. They also lost to the Soviet Union in the gold medal encounter of 1982 in Buenos Aires. Poland became the fourth team in the history of the world championship to be crowned at home, joining the Soviet Union (twice) and Czechoslovakia. The Soviet Union won in Moscow in 1952 and 1962 while Czechoslovakia succeeded in Prague in 1966. The victory by the home team capped a brilliant tournament that included 18 days of competition kicking off at the Warsaw National Stadium on August 30 in front of more than 62,000 loyal spectators. In fact, more than a half million fans -563,263- watched the 103 matches, smashing the previous record in the competition. In Italy four years ago, the total was 339,324, while in Japan in 2006 it was 298,352. FIVB Volleyball Mens World Championship Poland 2014 Final Ranking: 1) Poland 2) Brazil 3) Germany 4) France 5) Russia 6) Iran 7) Canada 7) USA 9) Finland 9) Serbia 11) Argentina 11) Cuba 13) Bulgaria 13) Italy 15) Australia 15) China 17) Belgium 17) Korea 17) Mexico 17) Venezuela 21) Cameroon 21) Egypt 21) Puerto Rico 21) Tunisia Read more - fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=49500&Language=en#.VB-MwVewF2A, and here - fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=49487&Language=en#.VB-MtFewF2A FIVB.org
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