Serbia and Montenegro and Argentina
break tie breaker record
 Lausanne,
Switzerland, June 20, 2005 – Serbia and
Montenegro and Argentina were definitely
hard to separate in their two matches in
Round Four of the Intercontinental Round
last weekend with last year’s bronze
medallists winning both matches at home
3-1 (22-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-21) and 3-2
(25-21, 32-30, 27-29, 17-25, 34-32).
But the second match in Novi Sad, which
lasted two hours and 25 minutes, was
unbelievably tight with Serbia and
Montenegro and Argentina playing the
longest tie-break in the history of the
World League.
Pic: Serbia and Montenegro and
Argentina played for 34 minutes in the
tie break
Not only was the second set amazing
having gone to 32-30 in favour of the
home side but the fifth set was the
record breaker in a match where Serbia
and Montenegro's Ivan Miljkovic and
Argentina's Santiago Darraidou scored 37
and 32 points respectively.
Until Sunday, the longest tie-break was
in the 2003 World League final between
Brazil and Serbia and Montenegro where
an epic 31-29 tie breaker was played out
to give Brazil the honours in Madrid.
While Sunday’s match broke the longest
World League tie breaker record, the
longest set in World League history was
played on May 29th, 1999, (10th edition),
in the first match of the first weekend
of Group B: Canada – Brasil 42:44.
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