Turkiye sweeps Japan in 3 sets on coach's birthday

Turkiye celebrated coach Slobodan Kovac's 57th birthday with a dominant 25-19, 25-23, 25-19 sweep against Japan in the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Ramazan Efe Mandiraci was the top scorer for Turkiye with 17 points, followed by Adis Lagumdzija with 15 points.

Kento Miyaura and Yuki Ishikawa scored 13 and 10 points respectively for Japan.

Turkiye will face Libya next, while Japan aims to recover against Canada.

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