The result puts Finland momentarily at the top of the standings with two victories, six points, eight sets won and six lost. Now they need to wait for the result of the second match of the pool in Quezon City, reuniting Argentina (two wins, five points, six sets won and three lost) and France (one win, four points, five sets won and three lost), and will advance with any result other than a French victory in the tie-breaker. In that case, Finnish and Argentine would be tied in wins, points and sets won and lost, taking the decision to the point ratio tie-breaker.
Luka Marttila and Joonas Jokela carried Finland to victory against Korea, as the outside hitter topped all scorers with 25 points (22 kills, three blocks) and the opposite added another 21, with 17 kills, two aces and two blocks.
"This is a huge win for us," outside hitter and team captain Antti Ronkainen reacted. "We don't know yet if we go through or not, but winning two out of three matches in this difficult pool was a big achievement. Korea changed the team a little bit today, and we didn't know exactly what to expect. Fortunately, we came back stronger to win the fourth set."
