The two highest-seeded sides went to the semi-finals of the 2021/22 Brazilian Men’s Volleyball Championship playoffs.
No. 1 Fiat/Gerdau/Minas beat No. 8 Funvic Educacoin Natal in Game 2, closed the quarter-final series, and went to the 2021/22 Superliga Masculina 1XBET playoff semi-finals. The Minas Gerais team confirmed the favoritism against the titleholders, won 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-22) on the road to sweep the series at 2-0 and take revenge on losing to the same rival in the last year’s final. Minas prevailed even though they didn’t count on a starting opposite hitter Leandro Vissotto, who was injured. A curiosity of the match was that both teams played with white jerseys and shorts. The Minas players were supposed to play in blue, as they were informed about this prior to the match, but didn’t bring the kit of such color to Natal. After the communication of the match delegate with the Brazilian federation (CBV), both sides were allowed to play in white. Vissotto’s replacement Michael Sánchez Bozhulev top-scored the Belo Horizonte side. The Cuban scored 15 points. Henrique Honorato made 84% reception (19 digs, 21% excellent).
One more team took revenge on its opponent for last year’s playoffs. Farma Conde Vôlei/São José’s (under the name of Vôlei Um Itapetininga) stunt aginst Sada Cruzeiro, when they eliminated the top-seeded powerhouse from a psotion of No. 8, was a topic for a long time in Brazil. Now, Cruzeiro (No. 2) didn’t allow the same to happen and swept the series to knock out São José (No. 7).
The remaining two face-offs will play a decider as Apan/Eleva/Blumenau and Sesi-SP tied their respective series.
2021/22 Superliga Masculina 1XBET – playoff quarter-finals, Game 2:
