Lebedew was pleased with Australia's performance after making it to the top four, although they are already qualified as hosts
Kunshan, China, June 18 –
Australia coach
Mark Lebedew did not rely on the automatic qualification of Australia in the FIVB Volleyball World League Group 2 Final Four in Gold Coast, but instead he programmed the team to still play their best to advance to the final; the team successfully achieved their goal with a 3-1 win over
Turkey.
“Our goal when we began the qualification is to advance into the final. Although we are hosts, we have achieved our goal and it is a happy end. Both teams did not play with maximum morale and mentality. I am happy that we played hard when we met difficulties in this game.”
Australia captain Paul Carroll: “I am happy to win the round with a victory. I think Turkey are a little bit exhausted after they played against Japan yesterday. I am happy that we finished the World League preliminary round in top four. We will watch the game between China and Japan, and look what advantage we can get from them.”
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Turkey coach Joshko Milenkoski: “Congratulations to Australia for the victory. I am still happy to finish the World League although we made a lot of mistakes. Some of our important players are not here, but as I said, our target is the European Championship this year. We have to prepare well for this tournament.”