The Cuban national team achieved an extremely important 3:1 (21:25, 25:18, 25:21, 30:28) victory over the Netherlands in Belgrade, overtaking Bulgaria in the Nations League standings. Thus, "los caribeños" now have 4 wins and 12 points - exactly one more than the Bulgarians, who have the same number of wins but 11 points.

This is the third consecutive success for Cuba, which started the tournament with nightmarish problems. A large part of the squad spent days at airports due to visa irregularities, but after joining the competition, the team is performing real miracles on the court.
⭐Top scorers:

• Yant (№23, Cuba)- 21 points

• Mees and Koops (Netherlands)- 15 each

• Masso (Cuba)- 17 points
  
  Match statistics:
  

  Статистика от мача: Нидерландия – Куба

  Element	Netherlands	Cuba
  Attacks	57	64
  Blocks	6	13
  Serves	2	3
  Points from opponent's errors	27	21
  Total points	92	101

  
  
  ➡️Cuba scored 7 points more from attack and doubled the blocks against their opponent - 13 against 6This proved to be a decisive factor in the evenly matched fourth set, which ended dramatically with 30:28.
  
  
  Thus, the temporary standings before Cuba's fourth match in Belgrade, which will be against Argentina, and Bulgaria's third match in Burgas against Turkey are:
  

  Класиране в Лигата на нациите (топ 8)

  Place	Team	Wins	Points	Set ratio	Point ratio
  1	Brazil	5	15	3.400	1.144
  2	Poland	5	15	2.428	1.023
  3	Italy	5	13	1.777	1.092
  4	Japan	4	12	1.363	1.037
  5	Ukraine	4	12	1.230	1.039
  6	Cuba	4	12	1.142	1.019
  7	Bulgaria	4	11	1.444	1.003
  8	Slovenia	4	11	1.300	1.035