YUGOSLAVIA - Italy 2-3

Nikola Grbic and Mester (Yugoslavia)

Katowice, POLAND, June 29 - After loosing the first two sets, Italy came back to take the fifth set tiebreaker 15:12.

In the third place match Yugoslavia will play Russia. It will be a rematch of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games final.

World League, Final Round, Semifinal, Katowice, POLAND, June 29

YUGOSLAVIA - ITALY 2-3 (25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 12-15). Duration: 97 minutes.

SPODEK Hall in Katowice. Attendance: 5,270. Referees: Pereyra A. (ARG) and Salonen J. (FIN).

YUGOSLAVIA: Jokanovic (won one point), Batez, Skoric (libero), Boskan 15, Mester, Nikola Grbic 2, Nikolic, Geric 11, Vujevic 13, Miljkovic 22, Petkovic and Vusurovic 8.

ITALY: Cernic, Tencati, Mastrangelo 13, Casoli 7, Sottile, Cisolla 1, Bernardi 18, Rosalba 1, Corsano 1 (libero), Fei 12, Giombini 17, Vermiglio 2.