Cuba
In the first semifinal, Cuba outplayed Russia in four sets 25-15, 25-18, 16-25, 25-23 and qualified to their third final in this category.
Tonight the Caribbean squad stopped the mighty Russia, who in the last three editions were the winners of U21 (2015, 2013, 2011) but who are also the most successful country with even 10 gold medals.
Tomorrow, in the match for the gold medal Cuba will play against the winner of the second semifinal Poland vs. Brazil. In case that Brazil win in the second semifinal, that will be the reprise of the finals from 2009. On the other side, Poland will also play their third final.
Today against Russia, Miguel David Gutierrez Suarez scored 19 points followed by Miguel Angel Lopez Castro 17 points while Alexey Kononov scored 13 points for Russia.
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