Cucine Lube Civitanova and Sada Cruzeiro will vie for the title in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship for the second time in a row.
Cucine Lube Civitanova will have the chance to defend the title in the FIVB Men’s Club World Championship won in 2019. In the final of the edition 2021, the team commanded by Gianlorenzo Blengini will play against Sada Cruzeiro, and these two will meet for the gold medal for the second time in a row.
Lube were better than Trentino in the all-Italian face-off in the semi-finals after five hard-fought sets, with the latter dropping a four-point lead in the tie-break (9-5). Lube converted only their seventh match ball, being led by Cuban Marlon Yant (28 points). Osmany Juantorena missed another match in the event and will hardly likely go out to the court in the final, too. Ivan Zaytsev had some playing minutes but only in the first set. Both are convalescents.
The official hosts of the tournament, Sada Cruzeiro, secured a place in the title decider after beating countrymen Funvic 3-1 (25-17, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16). The top scorer on the winning side was Wallace de Souza with 18 points.
2021 FIVB Men’s Club World Championship – semi-finals:
Medal day
