Iran Press/Iran news: Team Melli, who had beat the Portugese volleyballists at the Hossein Reza Zadeh Hall in Ardebil.
Team Melli lost the first set 23 - 25 but beat its strong rival in the next three sets with the score of 27 - 25 , 25 - 17 , 25 - 18, Iran Press reported.
Iran extended their winning run at the Fourth competition week of the men’s 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League as Igor Kolakovic’s team had already seized wins against Italy, Germany, China, Argentina, Japan, Canada and Poland.
The competition is being held between May and July 2019 and the final round will take place in the Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, United States.
This is the first edition of the World League or the Nations League to have the Final Round hosted in North America.
The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into four pools of four teams at each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round. 213
