Yuki Ishikawa and Japan will be gunning for a strong start against Turkiye at the 2025 FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship on Saturday.
Crowd favorite Japan will be looking to ride the energy of the crowd as they open their campaign at the 2025 FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship at the Smart Araneta Coliseum against Turkiye in Pool G action on Saturday afternoon.
Japan, flanked by superstars Yuki Ishikawa and Ran Takahashi, battle a Turkiye team that is coming off of their best finish in Worlds last 2022 with an 11th place ranking.
After competing in the Volleyball Nations League, Turkiye will be leaning on star outside hitter Efe Mandiraci and Lagumdzija brothers Adis and Mirza to give themselves the perfect start in Manila.
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With Japan’s experience colliding with Turkiye’s eagerness, fireworks are surely to go off at the Big Dome.
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Set 2 highlights: Turkiye 25-23 Japan
Top scorer for Turkiye: Ramazan Efe Mandiraci with 12 points from seven attacks, a block, and four aces.
Top scorer for Japan: Kento Miyaura with nine points from eight attacks and an ace.
It's 2-0 for Turkiye, as Adis Lagumdzija scores off the Ramazan Efe Mandiraci jump set against Japan. Set 2: 25-23.
Mandiraci does it again as he helps lead Turkiye, 16-12, against Japan in the second set of the FIVB Men's World Championship.
Ramazan Efe Mandiraci turns lethal at the service line, blasting back-to-back aces against Japan in the opening set of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship preliminaries.
Top scorer for Japan: Kento Miyaura with six points from five attacks and a serve.
Top scorer for Turkiye: Efe Mandiraci with eight points from five attacks and three aces.
Set 1 highlights: Turkiye 25-19 Japan
Set 1 | A Masato Kai service error gives Turkiye the first set against Japan in the FIVB Men's World Championship, 25-19.
Set 1 | First to 16: Turkiye gets the lead against Japan in the FIVB Men's World Championship, 16-12.
Kento Miyaura comes out firing early for Japan against Türkiye in the opening frame of their FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship preliminary clash.
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