Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier: Argentina Wins Over Bulgaria

The FIVB Road to Paris Olympic Volleyball Qualifying Tournament is currently taking place, and Argentina has scored a victory against Bulgaria in a five-set thriller earlier today, September 23. Argentina won three sets to two in Tokyo, Japan.

The tournament, which is having its preliminary phase as of writing, will determine which national teams will compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 2024 Summer Olympics will take place in Paris, France.

Road to Paris Olympic Qualifier: Argentina Beats Bulgaria

The scores of both teams at the end of five sets are as follows:

Set 1: Bulgaria 14-25 Argentina

Set 2: Bulgaria 25-14 Argentina

Set 3: Bulgaria 20-25 Argentina

Set 4: Bulgaria 25-19 Argentina

Set 5: Bulgaria 16-18 Argentina

Argentina tallied a total of 54 attack points, 15 blocks, and seven serves. On the other hand, Bulgaria has more attack points at 62, but fell behind in blocking and service with eight and four points, respectively. Bulgaria gained 26 points from opponent errors, while Argentina gained 25 points.

Bianca Cugno is Argentina’s leading scorer for the game with a total of 20 points. 16 of those points are made on the attack, while she scored two points each on her block and service.

Bulgaria’s leading scorer is none other than Maria Yordanova, who scored a total of 19 points.

FIVB Road to Paris Olympic Volleyball Qualifying Tournament

The FIVB Road to Paris Olympic Volleyball Qualifying Tournament is taking place in three different host cities this year. As previously mentioned, one of these cities is Tokyo, Japan. The other two are Łódź in Poland and Ningbo in China.

The following countries are competing in the tournament:

Pool A – China

Canada

China

Czechia

Dominican Republic

Mexico

The Netherlands

Serbia

Ukraine

Pool B – Japan

Argentina

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Japan

Peru

Puerto Rico

Turkiye

Pool C – Poland

Colombia

Italy

Poland

Slovenia

South Korea

Thailand

USA