Igor Kolakovic Happy to Sit on Iran’s Bench

Iran advanced to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by defeating China 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-14) in the final showdown of the AVC Men's Continental Tokyo Volleyball Qualification on Sunday.

“First of all, I’d like to say we are so happy because we are going to the Olympic Games. We’ve trained and played under great pressure for a long time because everybody in Iran expected us to qualify,” Kolakovic said in the post-match news conference.

“I didn’t say too much about our problems such as the injured players but in the end I am so happy because I sit on the bench of this team. They played very well to show that we deserve to play at the Olympics on behalf of Asian volleyball,” he added.