Kovačević (Shanghai) spikes
The leader after regular part of the league, Shanghai, defeated current champion Beijing in a rerun of last season’s finals leaving it at nine points in fourth set – 3-1 (25-22, 29-31, 25-20, 25-9)!
The Serbian Nikola Kovačević stood out in the winning team with 18 points. He had a support in Dai Qingyao (17) and the Italian Cristian Savani (14).
In Beijing, only two players had double digits – the American William Price (20) and Hu Xizhao (10). Serbian Nemanja Jakovljević, Beijing’s reinforcement for the end of the season and playoffs, underperformed with only 3 points.
In the other semifinal clash, Shandong beat Jiangsu, also as a visitor and also in four sets, with partial 25-21, 25-17, 22-25, 25-18.
Ji Daoshuai led Shandong with 18, followed by Kou Zhichao (16) and Cui Xiaodong (12). Xia Jin collected 17 and Liu Xiangdong 15 points in Jiangsu.
Second legs are scheduled for Thursday, January 22.
Final Round / Semifinal 1 /
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 1st game | 18. 01. 2015 16:00 | Beijing Sport VB Association | VS | Shanghai Tangdynasty | 1:3 | 22:25; 31:29; 20:25; 9:25 | ||
| 2nd game | 22. 01. 2015 19:00 | Shanghai Tangdynasty | VS | Beijing Sport VB Association | 0:0 | |||
Final Round / Semifinal 2 /
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 1st game | 18. 01. 2015 16:00 | Jiangsu | VS | Shandong | 1:3 | 21:25; 17:25; 25:22; 18:25 | ||
| 2nd game | 22. 01. 2015 19:00 | Shandong | VS | Jiangsu | 0:0 | |||
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When is final of China championship and when ?