Under 21 italian national team with Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte player Giovanni Gargiulo gained the silver medal at last world Championships of category in Bahrein.
ITALIA – IRAN 2-3 (25-17, 17-25, 23-25, 25-22, 12-15)
ITALIA: Sperotto 1, Lavia 19, Cortesia 8, Gamba 18, Recine 14, Mosca 10. Libero: Federici. Motzo 2, Zonta. N.e: Gardini, Gargiulo, Cantagalli. All. Cresta
IRAN: Esfandiar 22, Yali 23, Sharifi 18, Falahat 5, Feyzemamdoust 6, Toukhteh 5. Libero: Hazratpourtalatappeh. Saadat, Saberi, Daneshdoust, Kamalabadi, Ghaziani. All. Behrouz
Arbitri: Sowayed (Bah) e Pumduang (Tha).
Spettatori: 2000. Durata Set: 23′, 27′, 34′, 31’, 19’.
Italia: 3 a, 12 m, 25 et.
Iran: 10 a, 9 m, 30 et.
U21- Argento: 1985 Milano (Skiba), 1991 Il Cairo (Skiba), 1993 Rosario (Polidori), 2019 Bahrain (Cresta). Bronzo: 1995 Johor Bahru (Polidori), 2013 Ankara (Bonitta).
