Italy was defeated by Poland in the final of the men’s Volleyball Nations League 2025. At the ‘Beilun Sport and Arts Center’ in Ningbo in China, the Azzurri lost 3 to 0 (set: 25-22; 25-19, 25-14). For the boys of Ferdinando De Giorgi the satisfaction of having won the silver medal, the first podium in this event born in 2018 when he took the place of the World League.
The Azzurri, led by Simone Giannelli and led on the bench by Ferdinando De Giorgi, in Ningbo rose to the second step of the podium at the end of a long journey started on 11 June in Quebec City, Canada, continued in Chicago and Ljubljana, and ended with the historical silver. Gold in Poland, the second after that of 2023 The Poles from the first set have shown superiority.
Top Scorer Azzurro, Daniele Lavia with 12 points followed by Alessandro Michieletto with 7. Best Fruises of Poland, Wilfredo Leon Ven were with 16 points and Kamil Semeniuk with 14.The medal of Italy is also the result of a journey made of twelve total wins on fourteen matches. For the CT De Giorgi this is the fourth medal conquered on the blue bench after gold at the 2021 European championships, the gold at the 2022 world championships and the silver at the European Championships in 2023. In the final for third place Brazil defeated Slovenia in a comeback for 3 to 1.