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📌 CEV MAKES MAJOR ADJUSTMENT TO EUROPEAN PLAYOFF FORMAT! 🇪🇺🏐

The European Volleyball Federation has officially updated the rules for the knockout stages of European competitions — and this changes EVERYTHING! ⚖️

✅ NEW SYSTEM:

• You must win one match to stay in the series.

• If each team wins one match (no matter what the score is: 3-0, 3-1, or 3-2), the winner is decided by a GOLDEN SET! 🎯

• Even a dominant 3-0 win in the first match means NOTHING if you lose the second one — it still goes to a decisive set!

🔙 OLD SYSTEM:

• Winning the first match 3-0 or 3-1 gave you a huge advantage: you only needed to win 2 sets in the return match to advance.

• This often made the second match less exciting, with teams resting key players once they felt safe. 😴

🎯 WHY CHANGE?
To keep every match intense, competitive until the very last point, and make the whole tournament more balanced and spectacular for fans! 🔥👏

Which system do you prefer: The NEW Golden Set rule or the OLD set-point advantage? 🤷‍♂️👇

Captain Gabi with Sabrina, Helena & Natinha! ❤️

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Kate is definitely a big fan of Gabi! Everyone loves Gabi! 🥹♥️


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Welcome, Mayu! 🥰😮‍💨🔥

🏆 ROAD TO LOS ANGELES 2028: HALF OF THE OLYMPIC SPOTS WILL BE DECIDED BY THE END OF 2027! ⏳🌍

The path to the Olympic Games is officially set! We will have 12 teams competing in Los Angeles, and 6 of those spots — exactly half — will be confirmed before 2028 even begins! 🤩

Here is how the qualification works:

✅ ALREADY GUARANTEED:
🇺🇸 United States → Qualified automatically as the host country

✅ SPOTS DECIDED BY THE END OF 2027:
🏆 5 Continental Champions:
▫️ African Champion 🇿🇦
▫️ Asian Champion 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷
▫️ European Champion 🇪🇺
▫️ South American Champion 🇧🇷🇦🇷
▫️ NORCECA Champion (North, Central America & Caribbean) 🇲🇽🇨🇦

🏆 2027 World Cup:
The top 3 teams at the World Cup also earn their ticket ✈️
(Note: These spots are reserved only for teams not yet qualified)

✅ THE FINAL 3 SPOTS — DECIDED IN 2028:
📊 World Rankings:
The three highest-ranked teams that haven't qualified yet, based on the ranking right after the preliminary round of the 2028 Volleyball Nations League! 📈

The race is officially ON! By the end of next year, we will already know half of the teams heading to Los Angeles. Who will make history? 🤔🔥

👇 Tell us: Which team are you sure will be there?

BRAZIL CHOOSES ITS STARTING LIBERO FROM THREE ELITE OPTIONS! 🇧🇷💪🏻

The Brazilian national team is about to witness one of the greatest battles ever for the position of starting libero! 🤜🤛
Coach José Roberto Guimarães has three absolute elite options available, each with incredible quality and different strengths — making this choice extremely difficult! 🤯

🌟 THE THREE CONTENDERS:
🔹 Natália Araújo (Natinha) – 29 years old | 1.62 m
🔹 Nyeme Nunes – 27 years old | 1.75 m
🔹 Marcelle Arruda – 24 years old | 1.68 m

📊 THEIR AMAZING NUMBERS FROM THE LAST BRAZILIAN SUPER LEAGUE:
✅ Natinha:
• 65.9% reception efficiency (569 total passes)
• 399 defenses in 29 games

✅ Nyeme:
• 75.3% reception efficiency (328 total passes)
• 397 defenses in 28 games

✅ Marcelle:
• 61.2% reception efficiency (428 total passes)
• 401 defenses in 23 games

With such impressive statistics and very different playing styles, the competition for the position promises to be one of the most intense and exciting battles in recent volleyball history! 🔥

👁️ AND FOR YOU: WHO SHOULD BE THE STARTING LIBERO FOR BRAZIL? 🇧🇷🤔👇

🥺 “RIO 2016 WAS THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF MY LIFE” — ALESSIA ORRO OPENS UP ABOUT HER HARDEST MOMENT 🇮🇹💔

In a deeply honest and touching interview, Alessia Orro looks back at the Rio Olympics in 2016 — her very first Olympic Games, when she was only 18 years old — and reveals just how painful and overwhelming that experience truly was.

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“The Rio Olympics 2016 was the biggest disappointment of my life. I had just turned 18 and got drafted into my first Olympics.

That was a very hard time. Maybe that was where I experienced my first major disappointment in volleyball. And I always say I'm my own worst enemy, because I keep messing with my own wounds.

But it wasn't just my feelings. There was also all the media pressure, exposure, visibility. Messages, insults on social networks, criticisms of journalists have started to come…

All of this has just destroyed me emotionally.”

A powerful reminder: champions are human beings, with feelings and limits, too. ❤️🩹

📺 Tarqui Talks

✅ CONFIRMED: FRANCESCA BOSIO STAYS IN MILANO! 💙🤝

The direction of the game remains in the best hands! 🎯 Francesca Bosio will continue to wear the Vero Volley Milano jersey for the second consecutive season! ✅

Her leadership, her huge experience and her strong personality will once again be at the service of our colors. 💪❤️

A special bond that never ends — this is True Love! 🫶

Welcome back, Francy! 🪄💙

🇷🇸 MAJA OGNJENOVIĆ ON REUNITING WITH TIJANA BOŠKOVIĆ: “OUR PARTNERSHIP IS MORE MATURE THAN EVER” 🤝👑

After two years apart, legendary setter Maja Ognjenović speaks openly about returning to play alongside superstar Tijana Bošković in the Serbian national team, sharing her immense admiration and her own endless passion for the game.

🗣️ Her exact words:

“After so many years, I still cannot find the right words to describe the sporting greatness of Tijana. In Turkey, we played together for many years at Eczacıbaşı and also in the national team. I think this time it will be a much more mature period. Tijana reached the top a long time ago, but this last season she definitely proved that once again.

I too am in a very mature phase of my volleyball life. Over the last two years, I have learned a lot, many things have changed. But what does not change is my love for volleyball and the joy I feel in playing; that never diminishes and never will change.

I still have within me the desire to work, the will to fight, and the hunger for trophies that is still there. That is why I hope we can achieve success in the upcoming European Championship.”

Pure respect, deep understanding, and the same burning desire to win — this legendary duo is back together, stronger and wiser than before! 🔥💪

🇺🇸 USA IS READY! OFFICIAL ROSTER REVEALED FOR WEEK 1 OF THE VNL 2026 ✅

The United States Women’s National Team has officially announced the squad that will travel to Quebec City, Canada, to compete in the first week (June 3–7) of the Volleyball Nations League! 🇨🇦✈️

📋 FULL ROSTER:
1️⃣ Micha Hancock
3️⃣ Avery Skinner
6️⃣ Morgan Hentz
7️⃣ Asjia O'Neal
8️⃣ Lexi Rodriguez
🔟 Simone Lee-Wank
1️⃣1️⃣ Saige Ka'aha'aina Torres
1️⃣2️⃣ Jordan Thompson
1️⃣4️⃣ Anna Hall
2️⃣0️⃣ Rachel Fairbanks
2️⃣7️⃣ Madi Kubik-Banks
2️⃣9️⃣ Molly McCage
3️⃣3️⃣ Logan Eggleston
3️⃣4️⃣ Stephanie Samedy
7️⃣7️⃣ Sami Francis

A perfect mix of experience, power and young talent — the USA team is fully prepared and ready to fight for victories right from the start! 💪⚡

Let the journey begin! 🇺🇸

THE CAPTAIN HAS ARRIVED! GABI JOINS THE TEAM — BRAZIL’S SQUAD IS NOW COMPLETE! 🔥

Great news for all Brazilian volleyball fans!
Gabi has landed in Saquarema and joined her teammates! 🛬🥹 Now the whole group is finally together, training hard and getting ready for the first big challenge of the season.

With her arrival, the women’s national team selection is now fully complete and ready to fight!

📅 MARK YOUR CALENDARS — SEASON DEBUT:
🆚 Opponent: Netherlands 🇳🇱
📍 Where: Nilson Nelson Gymnasium, Brasília
⏰ When: Next Wednesday — 20:00 (8:00 PM) 🕗 (7:00 AM 🇵🇭)

The wait is almost over — let’s go, Brazil! We are ready! 🙌🔥🇧🇷