105. Timeouts in Focus: 2025 Men's World Championship Final

Italy defeated Bulgaria 3-1 in the 2025 Men’s World Championship final — a commanding performance with just one slip by Italy in the 3th set.

Set scores: 25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 25-10

Italy clinched its fifth overall Men’s World Championship title, and second in a row. Bulgaria reached the World Championship final for the first time in 55 years. A great performance for a team that's still in development.

⚡ What’s inside this article?

We pull back the curtain on the timeouts from both coaches. What tactical messages are they sending out when everything is on the line?

Using audio clean-ups, we isolate what is said — then translate (Italian ↔ English) so you can capture exactly what the coaches meant.

💡 Match details

Venue: SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Philippines. Attendance: 15,682 spectators.

Italy dominated the first two sets (25-21, 25-17), then after dropping set three (17-25) closed out with full force in set four (25-10).

Stat Sheet:

Important reminder

We are of course missing context on what was said during game prep, in the practice gym, in 1-on-1's and a 100 other things.

The clip is a look into what is going on during the TO's, not/never a critique on what was said, why and how.