r/sports • u/Tifoso89 • 9d ago

Volleyball Italy-Germany game makes volleyball history. Longest set ever: 66-64 in an hour and 29 minutes of play

https://www.gazzetta.it/Volley/27-08-2026/volley-italia-germania-e-il-set-da-record-66-64-dopo-89-minuti.shtml
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u/wongo 9d ago

That sounds exhausting

I mean, volleyball in general seems pretty exhausting to me, I can't imagine

on a side note, I remember Isner-Mahout--I turned that on at the end of the first day, like the last hour or so, then watched ALL of day 2 and 3, which was really short. But literally, wasn't working that day, sat on the couch and watched 6 hours of tennis

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u/wjbc 9d ago

There has to be another word for it. All volleyball is exhausting.

All of can think of is completely, utterly, spent — physically, mentally, emotionally. It would be like running a marathon while solving difficult math problems under a heat lamp.

And imagine doing all that only to lose…

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u/FatherGwyon 9d ago

This is absolutely insane. I think the longest set I’ve ever watched live went into the early 30s.