Russian volleyball players win bronze medal at Mexico World Junior Championship – Volleyball News – Games

The match ended on a score of 3-1 (25:22, 26:28, 25:19, 29:27).

In the semifinal, the Russian team lost to the Japanese team in 2: 3. Previously, the Russian team was second in the group, beating the Chinese (3: 0) and the Italian (3 : 2) and skewed against the Brazilians (0: 3). The finals, which will be held later on Monday, will meet the volleyball team from Japan and Italy.

The Women's World Youth Championship has been held since 1977. In 1991, the National Team of the USSR became the winner of the tournament. The Russian volleyball players won the competition for the first time in 1997 and two years later, they repeated their success. The most frequent world champions have been Brazilian – six times.

At the last tournament, which took place in 2017 at Puerto Rico The Russian team is ranked second. In the final, the athletes lost to the Chinese team with a score of 0-3. The Russian team also won the silver medal at the 1995 World Championship.