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Four of the eight clubs qualified via continental qualifiers with Russia’s Lokomotiv Novosibirskthe first team to book a ticket when they triumphed in the CEV Champions League in March. Argentina’s UPCN Volleyball Club won the 2013 South American Club Championship in May while Club Sportif Sfaxien of Tunisia qualified after claiming the 2013 Men’s African Club Championship in April. Iranian club Kallehalso qualified in April when they won the 2013 Asian Men’s Club Championship.
Both Kallehand Russia’s Lokomotiv Novosibirsk will be making their debuts in the FIVB Men’s Club World Championship, which first started in 1989, ran annually until 1992 and then restarted again in 2009. Italian club Trentino Diatec, who finished eighth in this year’s European Champions League, will play in Betim having automatically qualified as defending champions while the last two teams confirmed were La Romana from the Dominican Republic as the NORCECA representative and Japan’s Panasonic Pantherswho received a special invitation.
Trentino Diatechave won the men’s title for the last four years, continuing the outstanding tradition of Italian volleyball which has seen Italian clubs win all eight men’s world titles.
MATCH SCHEDULE
Pool A
15.10.2013 Trentino Diatec (ITA) vs Kalleh (IRI) 14:00 (local time)
15.10.2013 UPCN (ARG) vs Panasonic Panthers (JPN) 17:00
16.10.2013 Panasonic Panthers (JPN) vs Kalleh (IRI) 14:00
17.10.2013 UPCN (ARG) vs Trentino Diatec (ITA) 14:00
18.10.2013 UPCN (ARG) vs Kalleh (IRI) 14:00
18.10.2013 Trentino Diatec (ITA) vs Panasonic Panthers (JPN) 20:00
Pool B
15.10.2013 Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) vs La Romana (DOM) 20:00
16.10.2013 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) vs La Romana (DOM) 17:00
16.10.2013 Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) vs Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) 20:00
17.10.2013 Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) vs La Romana (DOM) 17:00
17.10.2013 Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) vs Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) 20:00
18.10.2013 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) vs Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) 17:00
Semifinals
19.10.2013 B1 vs A2 15:30
19.10.2013 A1 vs B2 18:00
Finals
20.10.2013 Bronze medal 13:00
20.10.2013 Gold medal 16:00
To read more similar news click Club World Championship 2013 M.
Check out WoV Comunnity profiles of Trentino Diatec, Kalleh, UPCN, Panasonic Panthers, also of Sada Cruzeiro, La Romana, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and Club Sportif Sfaxien.
