From Piazza's Championship to Legionnaires' Shine: World Volleyball in the Past Week (Report)

Club volleyball competitions in various countries kicked off after the end of international national team tournaments, with a strong presence of Iranian legionnaires, particularly the country's national team players.

According to "Verzeh Se", the club volleyball season started on October 16 (October 24) all over the world, and volleyball fans are looking to support their favorite teams. In this season, the number of Iranian volleyball legionnaires, especially national players in foreign teams, has increased, which shows the improvement of the technical level of Iranian volleyball. Based on this, the communication department of the federation informs Iranian volleyball fans about the happenings of volleyball clubs every week in the form of a news package, according to the available and reliable news sources.

Roberto Piazza, the head coach of Iran's national volleyball team, who is also in charge of Project Warsaw club in Poland, in the fifth edition of the Bogdana Cup, firstly in the semi-final, he managed to beat Ace Volley Ljubljana 3-1 in the semifinals, and then in the final, he won the championship of this tournament by defeating Bogdana Luke Lublin 3-1 and won his first trophy. Piazza, who started his career with this Lesotho team less than a week ago, managed to win his first trophy with his new team. At the end of this competition, Warsaw Project passer Jan Fairlay was chosen as the most valuable player (MVP) of the tournament. Also, Kevin Tilly and Bartosz Bednoush, recipients of the Warsaw Project, were among the best in this tournament.

Mateen Hosseini won the trophy with Paroja:

Italy's Perugia volleyball team, which is currently the best volleyball team in the world, managed to win two matches against Japan's Suntory Sunbirds last week and became the Oji Cup champion. Metin Hosseini, the power receiver of Iran's national volleyball team and Peruja club, was present in the first match against Suntory and scored four points.

Soumi Milad Abadipour with Milon team:

He plays in Milad Ebadipour's Milon team in Greece. The former captain of the Iranian national volleyball team is one of the regular players of this team and he played for his team in the framework of a four-way cup and was able to win the third place with this team and the victory against Panionios. Ali Haqparast, the power receiver of Iran's national volleyball team, is also in the Panionios team of Greece, but he is not in his team's lineup at the moment due to the rest after the national tournament.

The brilliance of Iranian volleyball passers in Turkish and Russian volleyball:

Mohsen Delawari and Ali Fazli, two Iranian passers who play in Yaroslavich and Istanbul Basak Shahir teams, respectively, had a great performance in the past week. Delavari became the runner-up in the Russian Channel Cup with his team, and he himself scored 51 points in two matches. On the other hand, Ali Fazli also shined despite his team Basak Shahir could not go to the next stage and scored 47 points in two matches against Istanbul Gancelik Spor and Alania Spor.

Pouria Hossein Khanzadeh and Arshia Behnejad in new clubs:

Pouria Hossein Khanzadeh, receiver of power, and Arshiya Behnjad, passer of the Iranian national volleyball team, left for their clubs after playing for Iran in the Asian Games and winning the title. Pouria Hossein Khanzadeh will play in Cuneo team and Arshia Behnejad in Padova team this year. Both teams are in the Italian Super League.

Iran's national volleyball team finished this year's national season with a team ranking of 214 points. But the World Volleyball Federation decided to give about 10 points to most of the teams after the completion of the national competitions, and based on this, the ranking score of the Iranian national volleyball team reached 224.70 to stabilize the position of Roberto Piazza's students in the world ranking at the 19th place of the World Volleyball Federation ranking.

Morteza Sharifi, the power receiver of Iran's national volleyball team, who was a member of Iran's national volleyball team in three tournaments of the Volleyball League of Nations, the Asian Championship and the Asian Games in Nagoya, left the Turkish Volleyball Premier League after a few years and went to the Chinese Volleyball Premier League. In the new season, Sharifi is going to play in the Hebei Boding team, the runner-up of the previous season's Chinese Club Volleyball League.

Amin Ismailnejad and Mobin Nasri in the Japanese League:

Amin Esmailnejad, captain, Qatar passer and Mobeen Nasri, power receiver of the Iranian national volleyball team, after winning the Nagoya Asian Games, went to Hiroshima Thunder club in Japan to play for this club in the new season. These two players are considered the first Iranians of this club.

The unveiling of two Iranians in the Spanish league:

Alireza Moslehabadi Farahani and Mojtabi Mirzajanpour will play for Guaguas Las Palmas in Spain in the new season. These two Iranian volleyball players were introduced by the managers of this club last week. These two players are considered the first Asians of this club.

The most valuable player in Asia in Poland:

Ron Takahashi, the Japanese volleyball star who won the championship with his country's national volleyball team in the Asian Championship in Fukuoka and became the most valuable player of the tournament, went to Poland and Luc Lublin club. He shone in his first games in this country's league and has become one of the stable pillars of his team alongside Wilfredo Leon.

The Japan Premier Women's Volleyball League has started while the opening match was held not in Japan but in Thailand, so that an interesting event in the world of volleyball would happen. The same thing is going to happen in the men's division of Japan's top volleyball league and a match will be held in Thailand.

The Italian head coach left Belgium:

Emmanuel Zanini, the Italian head coach of the Belgian national volleyball team, left his position in the team last week. During the four years he was in charge of Belgium, Zanini was able to experience the seventh place of the 2025 World Championship and promotion to the Volleyball Nations League with this team.

Extension of Gianni's contract with France:

The French Volleyball Federation announced the extension of the contract with Andrea Giani, head coach of the country's national volleyball team. Gianni won the Olympic title with this country and won the runner-up title in this year's European Championship. He will now appear in the Olympics for the second time in a row with France.

The clash of volleyball stars in the Turkish Super Cup:

The Turkish Volleyball Super Cup will be held today between the teams of Galatasaray and Zareet Bank, and this match can be called a clash of international stars. The Galatasaray team includes players such as Jean Patri, Maika Maa, Stefan Marr and Romy Alonso, and Yuki Ishikawa, Benjamin Toniotti, Nimir Abdulaziz and Trevor Klono play in the Zareet Bank team.