A National Women’s Volleyball Team, which was defeated 3-2 in Italy in the final of the 2025 FIVB World Championship, won a silver medal in the organization.
While both teams started the struggle well, the first part of the set was passed with 6-6 equality. After this score, Italy caught two-point series, 8-6 ahead. The nationalist who responded to the series in the same way, provided equality at 8-8. In the middle of the set, the equality (15-15) did not break, while Türkiye was the first team (20-19). Italy, which managed to take the lead in the service round of EGONE, finished the first set ahead 25-23 and went ahead 1-0.
The second set began effectively, the nationalities, at the beginning of the set 8 points (10-2) caught the difference. Italy recovered in the continuation of the game, the difference to 5 (11-6) lowered. The moon-star continues to make a good defense, the difference in the end of the set thoroughly (18-8) opened. The remaining section also played well in Türkiye, completed the second set 25-13 ahead and provided 1-1 equality.
Italy, which defends a good defense at the beginning of the third set, caught a difference (2-6). Italy, in the middle of the set to maintain the difference (11-15) continued. After this score, the 3-point series caught the nationals, the difference was reduced to 1 number (14-15). While entering the end of the set with 21-21 equality, Italy won 26-24 and 2-1 ahead.
In the fourth set, Eda Erdem Dündar and Melissa Vargas started by finding numbers with the national team, 3 points (6-3) caught the difference. Increasing the difference with the effective struggle (20-12) Nationalists, from the beginning to the end of the fourth set of 25-19 finished 25-19 and made the situation 2-2.
Balance prevailed at the beginning of the decision set, these minutes were passed with 4-4 equality. After this score, Türkiye found numbers with Melissa Vargas, 2 points (6-4) took the lead. Italy recovered, did not make mistakes on the set of 10-8 and the set won the set of 15-8 and the struggle 3-2.
The National Team won the silver medal for the first time in the history of the World Championship.
Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak and Türkiye’s Ambassador to Bangkok Julide Kayıhan watched the match from the hall.
Melissa Vargas found 33 points
A National Women’s Volleyball Team Melissa Vargas was the top scorer of the match with 33 points.
Melissa Vargas was followed by Captain Eda Erdem Dündar with 19 points and Ebrar Karakurt with 12 points.