One day after the Corona controversy about the game against China, the German volleyball players suffered another defeat in the Nations League.
The team of the new national coach Michal Winiarski lost to the Netherlands in a hard-fought game on Friday 1:3 (25:22, 29:31, 23:25, 16:25).
The best attacker in the German team in Quezon City (Philippines) was again Linus Weber with 25 points.
The German team did not show up for the planned game against China on Thursday.
After several corona cases in the Chinese team, who tested positive on June 18, the German Volleyball Association (DVV) team wanted a PCR test on their opponents to minimize a possible risk of infection.
The world volleyball association rejected this with reference to compliance with local isolation regulations.
The Chinese athletes have been released by the local authorities.
The game was scored 3-0 for China.
The Chinese played for the first time this Friday in Quezon City and lost 3-1 to Argentina (22:25, 25:22, 22:25, 22:25).
Germany had also lost their opening match of the game series in the Philippines against Italy (0:3) and are now in tenth place after a total of four defeats from seven games.
In the Nations League, the top 16 teams in the world play against each other at three venues over a period of six weeks.
After twelve games per team, the eight best advance to the final round.
The German men first played in Ottawa, Canada.
After Quezon City we continue in Osaka (Japan).
The games in the Nations League are also important for the world rankings.