Juantorena
When he played for Diatec Trentino, the Italian team dominated in this FIVB’s competition. From 2009 until 2012 (4 seasons) they were unstoppable and all four times Qatar and Doha were the organizers of this prestigious competition.
In 2009 Trentino defeated PGE Skra Belchatow 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-19) and the Bulgarian star Matey Kaziyski was the MVP.
Next year Trentino again faced Skra Belchatow in the match for the gold medal and once again Italian giant celebrated win 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 25-16) . That year Osmany Juanotrena was named for the MVP.
In 2011 team of Radostin Stoychev met another Polish giant, this time Jastrzebski Wegiel and defeated them 3-1 (29-31, 25-16, 25-11, 25-16). That year Juantorena for the second consecutive time was named for the MVP.
A year later, 2012, Trentino for the last time was on the highest place on the podium. In the final they defeated Sada Cruzeiro 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 29-27) and the Cuban-born attacker again was the Most Valuable Player of the competition.
After that season Juantorena moved to Halkbank and in 2015/2016 he joined Lube Civitanova. After five years, he will again participate in this FIVB’s competition.
Will he bring luck to Lube and win new gold? Or maybe get new award for the MVP?
We will find out next week, when the FIVB World Club Championship will take place from December 12 to 17 in Poland.
MVP of the FIVB World Club Championship
1989 – None
1990 – Claudio Galli (Gonzaga Milano)
1991 – Karch Kiraly (Porto Ravenna)
1992 – Lorenzo Bernardi (Treviso)
2009 – Matey Kaziyski (Trentino)
2010 – Osmany Juantorena (Trentino)
2011 – Osmany Juantorena (Trentino)
2012 – Osmany Juantorena (Trentino)
2013 – Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
2014 – Dmitry Muserskiy (Belogorie Belgorod)
2015 – Yoandry Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)
2016 – William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)
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