Rotterdam, July 12 - The Yugoslav players, magicians with a ball were
good in form. After the first technical time out they
lead the first set easily up to a winning set.
During the second set the USA team had less
problems with the destructive attacks,
and the strong blocks. The USA team came back
strong and were able to hold on till the end of the
second set.
Coming up the third set the Yugoslav
team came back stronger and the rest of the set
showed a reciprocal game. Both teams kept on
fighting. The set was finally decided by the
Yugoslav team.
At the beginning of the fourth set it seemed that the
Yugoslav team had wings. After the technical time
out Yugoslavia was playing very strongly.
During the fourth set the Yugoslav team showed
that they were the best in blocking, serving and
attacks.
World League, Final Six, Round 3, Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 12
YUGOSLAVIA - USA 3-1 (25-15, 19-25, 36-34, 25-14)
Set duration: 1st - 20 minutes, 2nd - 20, 3rd - 32, 4th - 19.
Ahoy Hall. Attendance: 400. Referees: Salonen (Finland) and Leuthaeuser (Germany).
YUGOSLAVIA: Batez (Points: 4), Kovac, Boskan, Mester, Mijic, Grbic Nikola (3), Grbic Vladimir (15), Geric (14), Vujevic (16), Miljkovic (13), Petkovic, Vusurovic (7).
USA: Ball (4), Lambert (10), Sullivan, Sorensen (2), Hyden (10), Millar (4), McCaw, Hoff (4), Nygaard (6), Roumain (18), Landry, Witt (2).
World League, Final Six, Round 1
YUGOSLAVIA - Russia 0-3 (23-25, 20-25, 22-25)
Italy - USA 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23)
Brasil - Netherlands 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-21)
World League, Final Six, Round 2
YUGOSLAVIA - Netherlands 3-1 (25-19, 15-25, 25-20, 25-13)
Italy - Russia 3-2 (26-24, 19-25, 25-22, 13-25, 17-15)
USA - Brasil 3-2 (22-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-11)
World League, Final Six, round 3, other results
Italy - Brasil 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-24)
Russia - Netherlands 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 26-24)
Standings after three rounds
| ITALY | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9-3 | 6 |
| RUSSIA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8-3 | 5 |
| YUGOSLAVIA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6-5 | 5 |
| BRASIL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5-6 | 4 |
| USA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5-8 | 4 |
| NETHERLANDS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1-9 | 3 |
Next matches
July 14: YUGOSLAVIA - Brasil, USA - Russia and Netherlands - Italy.
