![]() You learn so much from every playoff run and I think this team learned that we’re very capable of winning tournaments and that we have a lot of room to improve.” “I do think there were a lot of positives to build on over the course of the tournament and a lot to be learned from tonight’s match. “We’re quite disappointed because we had a nice opportunity to win VNL and came up short,” USA coach John Speraw said. Japan (12-3) beat Italy (10-5) in four sets in the bronze-medal match. In the quarterfinals Wednesday, the knocked out France in five, and in Saturday’s semifinals swept Italy. The USA men played three rounds, in Ottawa, Canada Rotterdam, Netherlands and Anaheim, California, compiling a record of 10-2. ![]() Poland finished 13-2 in a tournament that began with the women’s first round on May 30. It was Poland’s first gold in the five-year history of VNL. It capped a 25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 25-18 home victory over the Americans before a sold-out crowd of more than 11,000 in Gdansk, Poland. ![]() Poland had just one more block than the USA, but they seemed to come at key moments Sunday, especially on match point, when Jakub Kochanoweki stuffed the attack by Thomas Jaeschke to give his team the Volleyball Nations League gold medal. The USA men after beating Italy in the semifinals/Volleyball World photo
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