Pool A
This year’s edition of the tournament is 12th and is one of the strongest ever while the eight-team formula brings even more excitement. Especially, if we know that two major favorites for winning the gold medal, Russian Zenit and Brazilian Cruzeiro, were put in the same pool. Brazilian side defends the trophy. Trentino, tournament record holders in number of titles (four), are lurking in the shadows…
WorldofVolley presents you clubs at the 2016 FIVB Men’s Volleyball Club World Championship and all rosters.
Pool A
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei: Brazilian and also South American champions stand as favorites number one for the gold medal which they took last year by defeating Zenit in the final. Unlike previous few seasons, Cruzeiro miss some big names, but still have enough who already proved themselves on the international level
ROSTER – Setters: William Arjona, Cristiano Mello, Fernando Kreling; Opposites: Alan Souza, Renan Buiatti, Evandro Guerra, Rodrigo Leao ’Rodriguinho’; Receivers: Yoandy Leal, Felipi Ramme, Leonardo Ferreira ’Leozinho’, Filipe Ferraz, Pablo Ventura; Middle blockers: Robertlandy Simon, Isac Santos, Eder Levi, Robret Araujo, Pedro Silva ’Pedrao’; Liberos: Vanderson Malta, Sergio Nogueira ’Serginho’; Coach: Marcelo Mendez.
Taichung Bank: Club from Chinese Taipei will make its debut in the Club World Championship. Taichung booked a ticket for the tournament by winning 2015 Asian Club Championship. They are young team but also not too tall (average 1.88m) but with well recognized coach in that part of the world, Cheng Ke-Chou.
ROSTER – Setters: Lin Kuo-Chun, Tai Ju-Chien, Huang Pei-Hung; Opposites: Lee Hsing-Kuo, Chan Min-Han, Wu Tsung-Hsuan, Wang Ming-Chun, Yen Chen-Fu; Receivers: Liu Hung-Min, Huang Chien-Feng, Hsu Mei-Chung, Tseng Hun-Jen, Hsu Wen-Chen, Chen Chien-Chen; Middle blockers: Lou Hong-Jie, Chang Liang-Hao, Chiang Tie-Yu, Lin Yi-Huei; Liberos: Tung Li-Yi, Li Chia-Hsuan; Coach: Cheng Ke-Chou.
Tala’ea El-Geish: Egyptian powerhouse found itself at the tornament by claiming the most recent African Club Championship. On that continent, El-Geish is highly dominant and main reason for that is the fact they have several Egyptian National Team members.
ROSTER – Setters: Ahmed El Sayed, Abdallah Abdalsalam, Ameen Helmy; Opposites: Ahmed Abdelhay, Islam Abdelkader, Reda Haikal; Receivers: Mahmoud El Kader, Mohamed Thakil, Yosvany Hernandez, Omar Hassan, Ahmed Afifi; Middle blockers: Mamdouh Abdelrehim, Rashad Atia, Mohamed Elnafrawy, Ngampourou Ilouoni; Liberos: Ibrahim Abouhamoud, Ahmed Abdelaal; Coach: Sherif Elshemerly.
Zenit Kazan: Russian giants, who won every single trophy in Russia last season as well as a title in the CEV Champions League European, want to finally grab the only trophy that they are missing – Club World Championship. So far, Zenit have won one silver and two bronze medals. Their biggest strength is player’s interaction since the composition of the team has not been changed for years.
ROSTER – Setters: Aleksandr Butko, Igor Kobzar; Opposites: Denis Zemchenok, Maksim Mikhaylov; Receivers: Matthew Anderson, Valentin Krotkov, Evgeniy Sivozhelez, Wilfredo Leon, Vladimir Melnik; Middle blockers: Ivan Demakov, Artem Volvich, Andrey Ashchev, Aleksandr Gutsalyuk; Liberos: Teodor Salparov, Aleksey Verbov, Vladislav Babichev; Coach: Vladimir Alekno.
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