CWCH: Trentino triumphs once more! The Italians write an incredible history

Trentino Diatec defeated Sada Cruzeiro in the decisive game of the Men’s Club World Championships in Doha. It is the fourth victory in a row of Trentino establishing an extraordinarily hard record to beat. In the bronze medal match, PGE Skra Belchatow won Zenit Kazan in tie-break.

 

 

FINAL

Trentino Diatec 3 – 0 Sada Cruzeiro

Trentino: Raphael, O. Juantorena 14, M. Tzourits 4, J. Stokr 17, M. Kaziyski 17, E. Birarelli 5, A. Bari (L), M. Colaci (L) and F. Lanza, M. Burgsthaler

Sada: William, M. Leal 8, Douglas 8,Wallace 12, Mauricio 2, F. Ferraz 8, Serginho (L) and Y. Leal, S. Sanchez 1, D. Gramignoli, R. Silva

Trentino Diatec kept intact their own dynasty and that of Italian teams at the Men’s FIVB Club Word Championship by winning the competition for a fourth consecutive time following an impressive 25-18, 25-15, 29-27 victory over Sada Cruzeiro of Brazil at the Aspire Zone Hall of Doha on Friday night.

The fourth gem of Trentino added up to four other crowns won by Italian clubs in the editions from 1989-1992. Only clubs from that country have occupied the top of the podium in the history of the event.

Matey Kaziyski and Jan Stokr (70% efficiency in attack) shared the honors as top scorers of Trentino Diatec each with 17 points while Osmany Juantorena contributed 14 points.

Wallace De Souza led Sada Cruzeiro with 12 points while Douglas Cordeiro, Marcos Leal and Filipe Ferraz each finished with 8 points.

Trentino held a huge 11-3 advantage in the blocking category and also bested their opponents 4-1 in the aces department.

Juantorena and Stokr each landed two spikes to give Trentino Diatec an 8-6 lead in the first set. The Italian club widened the distance to 10-6 following the spike of Juantorena. Tretino increased the gap to 15-10 when Tzourits blocked De Souza and Stokr did also against Ferraz. The score was 16-10 at the second pause. Juantorena blocked Ferraz for 18-11 and Sada Cruzeiro called a time-out. Sada Cruzeiro took advantage of a streak of opponent’s errors to cut the gap but Tzourits and Stokr provided breath with two big spikes. Trentino took the set 25-18.

Trentino Diatec continued with their strong show by leading 8-5 and 16-8 at the two technical time outs of the second set. Juantorena did not show any signs of slowing down and Birarelli was a defensive force at the net.  Kaziyski  was another big contributor to the impressive offensive displayed by Trentino. Juantorena injured his back trying to keep a ball in play as he jumped into the tables at the back end and was receiving treatment near the bench. At 20-13, Marcos Leal served long for Sada Cruzeiro and Juantorena came back into action. Kaziyski scored from the back court for 23-13. He then served an ace for 24-13. De Souza landed a couple of shots from the right side and Stokr closed the set for Trentino 25-15.

Juantorena broke an equalized score at 7-all with a powerful spike off the opponent’s block for an 8-7 slight advantage. Stokr increased the margin to 9-7. The score was tied at 15-all but Juantorena hit a big smash for the difference at the second pause. Marcos Leal tied the score again but Kaziyski landed a subtle touch. Ferraz hit a formidable spike from the back court and De Souza gave Sada Cruzeiro the lead 18-17. Borges served long for 18-18 but Ferraz stepped in for the Brazilians. Juantorena scored two in a row for a 20-19 advantage of Trentino. Cordeiro responded for Sada Cruzeiro. It was Juantorena again scoring for the Italian team. Cordeiro scored twice to give the Brazilian the lead 22-21. Stokr blocked Cordeiro to even up things at 22-all. Borges provided the margin to the South American side but Cordeiro netted his serve. At 23-all, Marcos Leal scored from the center but De Souza failed with the serve for the level at 24-24. Stokr crashed his serve but then landed his spike. Marcos Leal blocked Juantorena for 26-25 but just missed his serve. At 27-27, Juantorena hammered a cannon-shot and Sada Cruzeiro called for time-out. Ferraz failed with his attack and Trentino were champions again.

 

Bronze Medal Match

PGE Skra Belchatow 3 – 2 Zenit Kazan

PGE Skra: P. Woicki, Y. Cala 4, W. Kooistra 12, A. Atanasijevic 22, M. Wlazly 11, D. Plinski, P. Zatorski (L) and M. Winiarski 10, M. Bakiewicz 2, K. Klos, D. Vincic, K. Cupkovic 1

Zenit: V. Vermiglio, M. Anderson 12, N. Apalikov 11, M. Mikhaylov 21, E. Sivohzelez 17, A. Abrosimov, A. Obmochaev (L) and I. Demokov, V. Babichev

 

PGE Skra Belchatow of Poland won the bronze medal of the Men’s FIVB Club World Championship by prevailing in a sensational five-setter (25-18, 18-25, 25-15, 26-24, 15-11)) over Russia’s Zenit Kazan at the Aspire Zone Hall of Doha on Friday.

The Polish club showed a lot of character recovering from the 2-1 deficit and winning the intense fourth set before dominating in the tie-breaker.

It was the third podium position for PGE Skra Belchatow in the history of the competition after finishing second in the 2009 and 2010 editions also held  in Doha.

Aleksandar Atanasijevic led the winners with a match-high 22 points followed by Wytze Kooistra who finished with 12, including two blocks and four aces. Mariusz Wlazly and Michal Winiarski added 11 and 10 respectively with three blocks apiece.

Maxim Mikhaylov topped the defeated side with 21 points as four other teammates finished with double digits in the scoring charts. Evgeny Sivozhelez registered 17, Alexander Abrosimov charted 14, Matt Anderson had 12 and Nikolay Apalikov tallied 11.

Zenit Kazan took an 8-6 lead behind the spike and ace of Mikhayklov. PGE Skra’s Cala hit off the block and Atanasijevic evened the score at 8-all. Two blocks of Wlazly against Mikhaylov gave PGE Skra a 14-10 advantage. Kooistra scored for 15-11 and Atanasiveic hit a good parallel shot for the 16-11 score at the second TTO. Cala capped a good defensive play with an accurate soft shot and PGE Skra had a commanding 20-13 advantage. Mikhaylov and Plinski exchanged spikes and the Cala killed out of bounds. Mikhaylod reduced the distance to 21-16 but Cala scored with a massive cross-court right-hander. The Polish club took the set 25-18 with spikes by Atanasijevic and Wlazly.

Zenit’s Sivozhelez broke a tie at 4-all with a soft touch but Mikhaylov’s spike was too long. The Russian club was in front 8-5 thanks to an ace by Sivozhelez. Zenit led 16-12 at the second TTO following the ace by Apalikov and a block executed by Abrosimov. Apalikov blocked Cala for a six-point gap at 20-14. Apalikov expanded the gap to 24-17 with spike and ace and Sivozhelez sealed the set for Zenit 25-18 with a thundering shot.

It was a seesaw event for the first part of the third set. Sivozhelez crashed his serve into the net for an 8-7 lead in favor of PGE Skra Belchatow. However, Zenit Kazan dominated for the rest of the frame and led 16-11 at the second technical time-out.  They increased the margin to 21-14 and closed the set 25-15 when Vermigilio blocked Cupkovic.

Atanasijevic broke a tie at 4-all with a massive hit and then Wlazly scored an ace. PGE Skra was in front 8-5 at the first technical time-out. At 10-6, Anderson scored with his spike and then blocked Winiarski to cut the lead to 10-8. Wlazly hit one out of bounds and Zenit was within one point at 12-11. Apalikov tied at 12-all following a strong serve by Anderson. Mihhaylov send Zenit in front 14-13 but Kooistra tied up again. Kooistra blocked Mikhaylov and the serve of Atanasijevic was just a little bit long. PGE Skra led 16-15 following the bomb. Zenit equalized the score and teams engaged in a tough battle. PGE finally prevailed 26-24 with attack of Kooistra and the block of Winiarski against Mikhaylov.

Teams were tied at 4-all in the tie-breaker. Winiarski scored for PGE with a spike from the back court but Sivozhelez evened the score again. Atanasijevic answered back with a cross-court shot and Winiarski blocked Mikhaylov for a 7-5 advantage of the Polish club. Kooistra blocked Mikhaylov for an 8-5 lead. Wlazly served too long but Atanasijevic planted a big parallel shot followed by an ace by Kooistra. Zenit Kazan’s coach called time-out trailing 10-6. Kooistra missed with his next serve and Abrosimov won a net battle to cut the lead to 10-8. Sivozhelez served out of bounds for 11-8 to PGE Skra but Abrosimov scoed again. Atanasijevic hit a crossed shot from the left side and followed with another from the right hand Bakiewicz blocked Mikhyalov. Winiarski missed with the serve and Bakiewicz closed with his spike 15-11 for PGE Skra Belchatow.

 

Individual awards:

MVP: Osmany Juantorena (Trentino Diatec)

Best scorer: Aleksandar Atanasijevic (PGE Skra Belchatow)

Best spiker: Jan Stokr (Trentino Diatec)

Best blocker: Emanuele Birarelli (Trentino Diatec)

Best server: Wallace (Sada Cruzeiro)

Best setter: William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)

Best libero: Serginho (Sada Cruzeiro)

Best receiver: Serginho (Sada Cruzeiro)

 

Sources: fivb.org (descriptions)

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