Poland - Spain 3-0

On Saturday, in the second day of the tournament in Atlas Arena in Lodz Belgium crashed Switzerland 3-0 (25-11, 25-16 and 25-12). Few hours later Poland did the same with Spain (25-13, 25-12 and 25-18). With these results the Poles and the Belgians are set for quite a fight on Sunday for the first place in in Pool K of the qualifications to 2014 FIVB Women's World Championship.

In the second match of the day the white-and-red Poland took on Spain. After a small misunderstanding and a delay in play at the beginning of the opening set, the Poles came on top at the first TTO 8-5. They gradually increased the advantage and romped into victory 25-13. 

The second set was a display of Poland's domination, they were leading 8-2 at the first TTO and 16-7 at the second one. The hosts controlled every aspect of the game and took their chance to quickly finish the set 25-12. 

Poland carried the momentum from the previous set and once again took the lead at 8-4. Nevertheless, Spain did not lose faith and fought very hard to catch the opponents. They did not let Poland get away any further, but at the same time were unable to level the score. At the end of the day the Poles won the set 25-18 and the entire match 3-0. 

“This match required a lot of focus from us,” said Malgorzata Glonka-Mogentale, Poland captain, after the game. “Focus that we lost for a while in the third set. Maybe our heads were already in tomorrow's game.” 

“The Poles served and blocked very well and because of that we had troubles with attack in the first two sets,” added Spain head coach Pascual Saurin.

 On Sunday Spain will play Switzerland and Poland will challenge Belgium for the victory in the tournament and qualification to the Final Round of the 2014 FIVB Women's World Championship in Italy.