Sporting Club City, the defending FIVB Cup men’s champions, were eliminated from the tournament after losing in the first semi-final, while this year’s newcomer, City Sports Club, earned their place in the finals.
The group stage ended, and the semi-final matches began yesterday. In the first match of the evening, defending champion City lost to runner-up WAMCO in three sets.
WAMCO secured the sets with a score of 25-22, 25-20, 25-19 on the indoor court of the social center. WAMCO’s overseas player Diego Matthews Caualcante dos Santos was named Man of the Match.
As a result, the champions team was eliminated from the competition, and WAMCO now faces FC Urbanco in the next semi-final. Club Urbanco previously lost to Sports Club City in the second semi-final match held on Sunday. The third semi-final between Wamco and Urbanco is scheduled to take place at 8:15 pm tonight.
Urbanco and Sports Club City also qualified for the League Cup through their participation in the preliminary round.
In the second semi-final, City defeated Urbanco 3-1. City won the first set 30-28 in the opening game of the match. Although Urbanco led 25-22 in the second set, City won the next two sets 25-15, 25-20 to secure an outright place in the final.
City’s foreign player Omapek Zonosov was named man of the match for City’s semi-final match against Urbanko.