2025 VNL Week 3: Iran Beaten by France
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran lost to 2024 Olympic Games champion France in straight sets (26-24, 25-16, 26-24) in the 2025 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Week 3 Saturday night.
Théo Faure scored 20 points for France, while Morteza Sharifi led Iran with 16 points.
Team Melli is scheduled to play Bulgaria on Sunday.
The seven best-ranked national teams in each gender at the end of the Preliminary Phase and the host country of the Finals – Poland, for the women, and China, for the men -, will play single elimination matches over five days to determine the champions.