Faroe Islands got a blow, but won 3-1 against Georgia

With Georgia’s results so far in the tournament, where Georgia has lost all the matches, among other things. for Iceland, which the Faroe Islands had won, the hopes of the Faroese men’s volleyball team for victory were especially bright in the last match of the Silver League this year.

Silver, men: Georgia – Faroe Islands 1-3 (18-25, 25-21, 22-25, 18-25)

However, the first minute of the first set did not go as planned, where Georgia took a 12-8 lead. But with five points in a row, the Faroe Islands went ahead 15-13, and by winning eight of nine balls, the Faroe Islands took the lead 23-15, and so the set was over. The set was won by the Faroe Islands 25-18, when Georgia’s serve broke into the net.

In the second set, the Faroe Islands got a real boost, when Georgia made a breakthrough with seven points in a row and went ahead 14-5 The Faroe Islands slowly recovered and reduced the difference to 19-22, but did not come close and lost 25-21.

The Faroe Islands quickly got over the hump and were mostly ahead by one, two and three points. but Georgia equalized to 18-1 After Georgia later in the set again had reduced the difference to 22-23, the Faroe Islands won the set 25-22 with smashes from Bjarni Joensen and Filip Ilic.

The victory seemed to be in the house when the Faroe Islands took the lead 17-10 in the fourth set, but Georgia made a mistake and fought back to 15-17, before the Faroe Islands tightened up again and won the set 25-18.

With the victory, the Faroe Islands moved ahead of Iceland, which was in sixth place.

The top scorer for the Faroe Islands today was Bjarni Joensen with 18 points. The younger brother Hjørtur got 15. The younger Elisson Wang brother, Jákup Árni, had four winning blocks.

The final standings in the men’s Silver League were as follows:

1. Sweden2. Hungary3. Luxembourg4. Austria5. Azerbaijan6. Faroe Islands7. Iceland8. Georgia

No. 1 and 2, Sweden and Hungary, will therefore play the final at home and away for the right to move up to the Golden League.