Sir Sicoma Perugia successfully defended their world title after beating Brazil’s Itambé Minas 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-19) in the final of FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship at Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, India on Sunday.
Their gold medal capped the Italian club’s impressive run in this year’s tournament where they won all their matches without dropping a set. The final result means they become just the third team to successfully defend their Men’s Club World Championship title, joining fellow Italians Itas Trentino (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and Brazil’s Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei (2015, 2016).
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Their title also represented the 12th victory of an Italian club in 18 editions. The silver medal for the Brazilian club Itambé Minas represented their first World Championship medal in their third appearance in the event.
In the bronze medal match, Japan’s Suntory Sunbirds rallied from two sets down to stun Türkiye’s Halkbank Spor Kulübü 3-2 (17-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-12) in the bronze medal match, and become the first Japanese side to win a medal at the Club World Championship.
Japan’s Suntory Sunbirds became the first Japanese side to win a medal at the Club World Championship
Perugia’s unbeaten run saw them secure 3-0 wins over Minas and hosts Ahmedabad Defenders to finish top of Pool A with six points. They then swept aside Halkbank with a similar margin in the last four to book Minas, who had defeated Sunbirds 3-2 in the other semifinal, in the gold medal match.
Polish outside hitter Semeniuk Kamil led Perugia with 14 points (12 kills, 1 block, 1 ace) while his fellow outside hitter Oleh Plotnytskyi, added 13 (9 kills, 4 aces). Cuban opposite Michael Sanchez replied for Minas with 10 points (9 kills, 1 block).
"I thought we played very well and all of our players were able to find a good rhythm this week," said Plotnytskyi. "In the final, we had a difficult moment in the second set, but we overcame it together. We're excited to be bringing the trophy back to Perugia."
Sir Sicoma Perugia’s outside hitter and MVP of the tournament Oleh Plotnytskyi in action against Itambé Minas in the final
In the third-place playoff, Dmitriy Musersiky shone for Sunbirds with a game-high 30 points (29 kills, 1 block) while Earvin Ngapeth was the top scorer for Halkbank with 17 points (all kills).
The two final teams dominated the Dream Team, with champions Perugia contributing three players namely Plotnytskyi (Most Valuable Player and outside hitter) Simone Giannelli (setter) and Sebastian Solé (middle blocker). Silver medallists Minas had Marcus Vinícius at outside hitter, Renan Michelucci at middle blocker and Maique Nascimento at libero. Sunbirds opposite Musersiky completed the Dream Team as best opposite.
The FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship will start this week from 13-17 December in Hangzhou, China, where six teams will battle it out for the coveted world title.
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