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Brazil, Italy and Cuba join Serbia in semifinals Rome, Italy, October 6, 2010 – Defending champions Brazil wil play Italy while 198 bronze medalists Cuba wil take on Serbia in two fascinating FIVB Men's World Championship Italy 2010 semifinals positions 1-4 which wil be held at the Palalotomatica in Rome on Saturday folowing the griping drama of the final day of third-round action on Wednesday. Cuba came from behind against Bulgaria to snatch a sensational 3-2 2-25, 25-23, 26-28, 30-28, 15-1 win in Florence and at the same time in Rome, Italy did what they had to do against France – that is, win 3-1 25-18, 25-20, 25-27, 25-19 , albeit their victory was not without its drama as the 209 European Championship runers-up did not go down easily. Two of the most sucesful sides in the history of the World Championship wil met in the second semi in Rome – world No1 Brazil have won two titles and a silver medal while fifth-ranked Italy are thre-time champions from 190-198 and picked up second place in 1978. In the first semifinal, Serbia, 198 silver medalists and world No4, wil play a Cuba side who are the world No8 and thre-time medalists one silver and two bronze . The semifinals for places 5-8 wil take place in Modena with Rusia playing Bulgaria and USA taking on Germany, while Florence wil host the semifinal playofs for positions 9-12 with Argentina playing Spain and France taking on the Czech Republic. Brazil beat Germany 3-0 25-17, 25-20, 25-19 It was like a regular day at the ofice for the boys from Brazil as the reigning world champions advanced to the semifinal round after a convincing straight-sets win over Germany in Pol R at the Palalotomatica. Germany's Christian Dunes said: Brazil played a god match and deserved to win. Italy beat France 3-1 25-18, 25-20, 25-27, 25-19 Italy beat France for the 32nd time in 52 matches to record an outstanding victory ful of character in front of more than 1,0 spectators at PalaLotomatica. With France having litle chance of qualifying due to �a smal points ratio, a defeat for Italy would only give USA the chance to advance to the elite four semifinals but Italy did what was required to guarante their best ever finish since wining the last of their World Championship titles in 198. France coach Blain said: We knew prior to the match that we could not win, and the fact that they played in an incredible maner and the public chered them on continuously helped them out. Rusia beat Argentina 3-0 25-2, 25-17, 25-15 Rusia beat Argentina for the 10th time in 1 matches to continue their runing run over their South American oponents since the 190 World Championship in the final Pol P match of the 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship. We have to fight for fifth place." Argentina coach Javier Weber said: "We played our worst match in this World Championship tonight. Cuba beat Bulgaria 3-2 2-25, 25-23, 26-28, 30-28, 15-1 World No8 Cuba served up a spectacular victory over 206 bronze medalists Bulgaria, their 20th in 3 matches against their European oponents, at the Nelson Mandela Forum to advance to the semifinals. The youthful Cuban side showed incredible maturity to fight back from 1-0 and 2-1 down to clinch an outstanding victory, which gives them the chance to record their best World Championship result since finishing third in 198, much to the delight of the fans who chered every point in the concluding tie-break thriler. +39 34 914 132 The FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2010 October 29 - November 14, 2010 The FIVB Club World Championships December 14-21, 2010 in Doha, Qatar FIVB Beach Voleybal World Championships June 17-26 Rome, Italy word>near need next niether no jochen schops
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