2010 Men's Volleyball World Championship in Rome!

The FIVB World Championship is an indoor volleyball competition and the 2010 edition is being held in Italy.
The third-phase matches are being played in Rome at the Palalottomatica, a huge sports arena in the EUR neighborhood designed by architects Pier Luigi Nervi and Marcello Piacentini for the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Some of the students from the Pantheon Institute had the chance to watch one of the games of the completion: Brazil vs Germany.

But before the game started, our students put themselves to the test playing a volleyball match against some Italian kids!!! The US team started off very well scoring five points in a row! But then…the Italians started playing serious and beat our students who had lots of fun anyway.

On the championship match front, we have to remember that Brazil has been one of the strongest teams in volleyball history and that it is perhaps definitely one of the favored to reclaim the title this year: as a matter of fact, Brazil conquered their pass to the semi-finals, thanks to a great victory against Germany, wiped away 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-19).

It's been a one-way match, since Brazil proved once again to be a solid and concrete squad.

The Pantheon Institute students enjoyed the game while having some “American-style” popcorns...

This has been a very nice way to know a part of the city that the students usually don’t get to see much, to play a little sport and to practice some Italian too!!!

Check out our activities photopage to see more pictures!