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Post by basil on May 23, 2022 18:29:02 GMT -5
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Post by basil on May 23, 2022 18:29:15 GMT -5
Overall Schedule Link: Hereuse the filters to separate men from women and diff teams to find what you wantUSA Schedule (all times PST): Date
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| Stream | Thread | | June 7 | Brasilia, Brazil | USA v Slovenia | 5:00 PM
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| June 9
| Brasilia, Brazil | USA v Netherlands
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| June 10
| Brasilia, Brazil | USA v Japan
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| | June 11 | Brasilia, Brazil | USA v Brazil | 11:00 AM | e |
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| | June 22 | Sofia, Bulgaria | USA v Serbia | 10:00 AM | o |
| | June 23 | Sofia, Bulgaria | USA v Iran | 10:00 AM | f |
| | June 25 | Sofia, Bulgaria | USA v Bulgaria | 10:00 AM | t |
| | June 26 | Sofia, Bulgaria | USA v Poland | 6:30 AM | h |
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| | July 4 | Osaka, Japan | USA v Germany | 11:00 PM | r |
| | July 6 | Osaka, Japan | USA v France | 8:00 PM | o |
| | July 8 | Osaka, Japan | USA v Canada | 11:40 PM | n |
| | July 9 | Osaka, Japan | USA v Argentina | 8:40 PM | e |
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Post by basil on May 23, 2022 18:29:25 GMT -5
Important Players on Rosters (Overall Rosters are here): Argentina:
OH: Facundo Conte, Manuel Armoa
OPP: Bruno Lima MB: Agustin Loser S: Luciano De Cecco L: Santiago Danani
Australia:
OH:OPP: MB: Nehemiah Mote S: Arshdeep Dosanjh L: Luke Perry
Brazil:OH: Ricardo Lucarelli Souza, Yoandy Leal Hidalgo, Adriano Xavier OPP: Wallace De Souza, Alan Souza MB: Lucas Saatkamp, Flavio Resende Gualberto, Isac Santos S: William Arjona L: Maique Rais Nasciamento, Thales Hoss
Bulgaria:OH: Aleksander Nikolov, Martin Atanasov OPP: Radoslav Parapunov MB: S:L:
Canada:OH: Nicholas Hoag, Eric Loeppky, Stephen Maar OPP: Ryan Sclater MB: Lucas Van Berkel S: Jay Blankenau L: Justin Lui
China:OH: OPP: Chuan Jiang MB:S:L:
France:OH: Earvin Ngapeth, Kevin Tillie, Trevor Clevenot OPP: Jean Patry, Stephen Boyer, Theo Faure MB: Barthelemy Chinenyeze, Nicolas Le Goff S: Antoine Brizard, Benjamin Toniutti L: Jenia Grebennikov
Germany:OH: Christian Fromm OPP: Simon Gallas MB: Lukas Maase S: L: Julian Zenger
Iran:OH: Milad Ebadipour OPP: Saber Kazemi MB: S:L:
Italy:OH: Alessandro Michieletto, Daniele Lavia, Francesco Recine, Mattia Bottolo, Davide Gardini OPP: Ivan Zaytsev, Giulio Pinali MB: Fabio Ricci, Simone Anzani S: Simone Gianneli, Riccardo Sbertoli, Paolo Porro L: Fabio Balaso
Japan:OH: Yuki Ishikawa, Ran Takahashi OPP: Yuji Nishida MB: S:L: Tomohiro Yamamoto
Netherlands:OH: Thijs Ter Horst, Maarten Van Garderen, Stijn Van Tilberg OPP: Nimir Abdel-Aziz MB: Fabian Plak S: L:
Poland:OH: Wilfredo Leon, Kamil Semeniuk, Aleksander Sliwka, Bartosz Bednorz OPP: Lukasz Kaczmarek, Bartosz Kurek MB: Jakub Kochanowski, Mateusz Bieniek, Karol Klos, Karol Urbanowicz S: Marcin Janusz L: Pawel Zatorski, Jakub Popiwczak
Serbia:OH: Marko Ivovic, Nemanja Petric OPP: Aleksandar Atanasijevic MB: Srecko Lisinac, Marko Podrascanin S: Nikola Jovovic L:
Slovenia:OH: Klemen Cebulj, Rok Mozic, Tine Urnaut OPP: Toncek Stern, Mitja Gasparini MB:S:L:
United States:OH: Aaron Russell, TJ Defalco, Thomas Jaeschke, Garrett Muagututia, Jacob Pasteur, Cody Kessel, Brett Wildman, Will Rottman, Spencer Olivier OPP: Kyle Russell, Kyle Ensing, Jake Hanes MB: David Smith, Jeffrey Jendryk, Mitch Stahl, Patrick Gasman, Tyler Mitchem, Merrick McHenry S: Micah Christenson, Josh Tuaniga, James Shaw, Quinn Isaacson L: Erik Shoji, Kyle Dagostino, Mason Briggs |
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Post by basil on May 23, 2022 18:32:56 GMT -5
Still under construction, but with the club season officially finishing yesterday, thought I'd make this thread for NT season
VNL is coming up 2 weeks from tomorrow, should be lots of fun!
I'm too lazy to update the OPs for every single weekly roster but we can just post those on this thread and use this also to discuss matches not involving USA (I'll make match threads for those)
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Post by Disc808 on May 23, 2022 20:19:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the thread! With new roster compositions and players (+ this being a World Championship year), I think this could be a fun edition of the VNL. Here are some storylines I think could be exciting to follow:
1. France and Brazil both bring a mix of vets plus some new faces. Both have some exciting pins to potentially look out for. I expect them to be near the top. Will Patry be rejuvenated for France after his season with Milano?
2. Poland is Poland, but I think they should rest Leon. Semeniuk better be given the respect he deserves. Notable omissions include Drzyzga and Kubiak. Huber (MB) was injured. Italy will contend but between Pinali, Romano, and Stefani (+ Zaytsev is also on the roster) who steps up at opposite? I think they should invest in Stefani but maybe they roll with a 3 OH system?
3. For Serbia I don't believe I see Kovacevic on the roster? Podrascanin and Lisinac are on there. Slovenia can have a deadly 1-2 punch with Cebulj and Mozic, we'll see what Stern is like after an up and down season with Piacenza.
4. Iran will have to test out their young players. Who steps up at setter? Who emerges at the opposite... Yali, Saadat, or Kazemi. I don't see Seyed Mousavi on the roster. Japan I believe will mainly roll with their A-lineup plus a couple new faces... Miyaura is a lefty oppo who can score but isn't proven at the international level. Japan also has a 6'3/6'4 setter who I think may get some extended looks to bring height to that position. China beat Japan recently, so can China gain some decent ground on the international stage or at least beat the lower teams?
5. USA also has a mix of vets and new players. Canada brings a lot of new faces, and Vernon-Evans is not on the roster... I think he's taking a break? Argentina will be without Sole, and also have some younger players on the roster.
6. Players who might carry include Weber and Nimir lol.
Finally, some non-USA NCAA players who made rosters (if I'm missing any lmk): Gallas, Nikolov, Lui.
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Post by Disc808 on May 23, 2022 20:43:33 GMT -5
Japan released their 14-player roster for week 1 and will travel to Padova to train before heading to the VNL. This is essentially their A team with a couple of new players. Interesting omission from the week 1 roster is OH Takanashi who was on the Tokyo Olympic roster. http://instagr.am/p/Cd5E1WMP6PZ OPP: Nishida, Miyaura OH: Ishikawa, Ran Takahashi, Otsuka, Tomita S: Sekita, Eiro MB: Onodera, Yamauchi, Kentaro Takahashi, Murayama L: Yamamoto, Ogawa |
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Post by basil on May 23, 2022 22:52:25 GMT -5
Thanks for the thread! With new roster compositions and players (+ this being a World Championship year), I think this could be a fun edition of the VNL. Here are some storylines I think could be exciting to follow: 1. France and Brazil both bring a mix of vets plus some new faces. Both have some exciting pins to potentially look out for. I expect them to be near the top. Will Patry be rejuvenated for France after his season with Milano? 2. Poland is Poland, but I think they should rest Leon. Semeniuk better be given the respect he deserves. Notable omissions include Drzyzga and Kubiak. Huber (MB) was injured. Italy will contend but between Pinali, Romano, and Stefani (+ Zaytsev is also on the roster) who steps up at opposite? I think they should invest in Stefani but maybe they roll with a 3 OH system? 3. For Serbia I don't believe I see Kovacevic on the roster? Podrascanin and Lisinac are on there. Slovenia can have a deadly 1-2 punch with Cebulj and Mozic, we'll see what Stern is like after an up and down season with Piacenza. 4. Iran will have to test out their young players. Who steps up at setter? Who emerges at the opposite... Yali, Saadat, or Kazemi. I don't see Seyed Mousavi on the roster. Japan I believe will mainly roll with their A-lineup plus a couple new faces... Miyaura is a lefty oppo who can score but isn't proven at the international level. Japan also has a 6'3/6'4 setter who I think may get some extended looks to bring height to that position. China beat Japan recently, so can China gain some decent ground on the international stage or at least beat the lower teams? 5. USA also has a mix of vets and new players. Canada brings a lot of new faces, and Vernon-Evans is not on the roster... I think he's taking a break? Argentina will be without Sole, and also have some younger players on the roster. 6. Players who might carry include Weber and Nimir lol. Finally, some non-USA NCAA players who made rosters (if I'm missing any lmk): Gallas, Nikolov, Lui. love this breakdown I think Poland, France, and Brazil are my podium favorites, and Slovenia would be an easy pick to make some noise and mess that up. edit: also it was long past time for Drzyzga and Kubiak to move on lol |
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Post by Disc808 on May 23, 2022 23:37:16 GMT -5
Thanks for the thread! With new roster compositions and players (+ this being a World Championship year), I think this could be a fun edition of the VNL. Here are some storylines I think could be exciting to follow: 1. France and Brazil both bring a mix of vets plus some new faces. Both have some exciting pins to potentially look out for. I expect them to be near the top. Will Patry be rejuvenated for France after his season with Milano? 2. Poland is Poland, but I think they should rest Leon. Semeniuk better be given the respect he deserves. Notable omissions include Drzyzga and Kubiak. Huber (MB) was injured. Italy will contend but between Pinali, Romano, and Stefani (+ Zaytsev is also on the roster) who steps up at opposite? I think they should invest in Stefani but maybe they roll with a 3 OH system? 3. For Serbia I don't believe I see Kovacevic on the roster? Podrascanin and Lisinac are on there. Slovenia can have a deadly 1-2 punch with Cebulj and Mozic, we'll see what Stern is like after an up and down season with Piacenza. 4. Iran will have to test out their young players. Who steps up at setter? Who emerges at the opposite... Yali, Saadat, or Kazemi. I don't see Seyed Mousavi on the roster. Japan I believe will mainly roll with their A-lineup plus a couple new faces... Miyaura is a lefty oppo who can score but isn't proven at the international level. Japan also has a 6'3/6'4 setter who I think may get some extended looks to bring height to that position. China beat Japan recently, so can China gain some decent ground on the international stage or at least beat the lower teams? 5. USA also has a mix of vets and new players. Canada brings a lot of new faces, and Vernon-Evans is not on the roster... I think he's taking a break? Argentina will be without Sole, and also have some younger players on the roster. 6. Players who might carry include Weber and Nimir lol. Finally, some non-USA NCAA players who made rosters (if I'm missing any lmk): Gallas, Nikolov, Lui. love this breakdown I think Poland, France, and Brazil are my podium favorites, and Slovenia would be an easy pick to make some noise and mess that up. edit: also it was long past time for Drzyzga and Kubiak to move on lol I agree with your picks. Assuming they are invested in winning VNL. Honestly tho Brazil, France, and Poland all have the talent to mix in the new or bench players and still place high. France and Poland I think have more upside bc of their younger players. Brazil’s vets are still great though and you never count out Brazil (why do I feel like Flavio will dominate). I think there’s some questions for each of the teams to answer, plus there’s some solid contenders like Italy or Slovenia who will have something to say. I forgot to mention Netherlands, Bulgaria, Germany, and Australia bc I’m not too familiar with a lot of their players and/or I personally didn’t see much things of note. Netherlands and Australia probably near the bottom, Germany and Bulgaria optimistically closer to the middle but could be near the bottom. |
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Post by basil on May 23, 2022 23:39:27 GMT -5
I agree with your picks. Assuming they are invested in winning VNL. Honestly tho Brazil, France, and Poland all have the talent to mix in the new or bench players and still place high. France and Poland I think have more upside bc of their younger players. Brazil’s vets are still great though and you never count out Brazil (why do I feel like Flavio will dominate). I think there’s some questions for each of the teams to answer, plus there’s some solid contenders like Italy or Slovenia who will have something to say. I forgot to mention Netherlands, Bulgaria, Germany, and Australia bc I’m not too familiar with a lot of their players and/or I personally didn’t see much things of note. Netherlands and Australia probably near the bottom, Germany and Bulgaria optimistically closer to the middle but could be near the bottom. I forgot about Italy I think we'll see if teams have learned to defend Michieletto better or if he was just tired after a long season + last summer. hopefully he gets some time off. |
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Post by basil on May 24, 2022 20:33:07 GMT -5
live look at me reading these overall rosters and foolishly attempting to transcribe all 25 players from every team  I've instead decided to list important names I remember on the thread and am just linking the overall listings...if you think I've missed an impactful player lemme know. I'll probably list all of the American players though, because yk |
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Post by basil on May 25, 2022 15:21:55 GMT -5
Bulgaria-Italy scrimmage (Bulgaria won 3-2...I didn't really watch but I saw Rado played some)
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Post by bruinsgold on May 25, 2022 17:37:20 GMT -5
Excuse you basil but Mattia Bottolo is a far more Important Player to the Italy roster than Davide Gardini is 😤  |
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Post by basil on May 25, 2022 17:42:38 GMT -5
Excuse you basil but Mattia Bottolo is a far more Important Player to the Italy roster than Davide Gardini is 😤 listen haha I was just listing the NCAA players lolol I definitely overlooked Bottolo tho |
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Post by Disc808 on May 25, 2022 18:10:47 GMT -5
Italy has tons of depth at OH... Gardini definitely on the outside looking in until he can prove to be a sufficient passer. Interestingly, this could be the swan song for Zaytsev if he can't assert himself with this new generation of Italian players.
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Post by Disc808 on May 25, 2022 18:21:22 GMT -5
Maybe a little bit of juicy drama but I read that Grbic didn't like Heynen's approach to the Polish NT and Grbic stated that he did not want special treatment for anyone (ahem no special treatment for Kubiak). He will have the same approach with all of the players and wants to create a more respectful environment in the National team. Also some swelling in the knee was reported for Leon so I expect him to get rest as he should anyways.
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