World Club championships 2013
Trentino through
Trentino bounced back from its defeat against UPCN to defeat the Panasonic Panthers 3-0 and qualify for the World Club Championships semi-finals. They will take on the Russians of Novosibirsk (European Champions) later on today. The other semi-final will be UPCN (Arg) versus Cruzeiro (Bra). In today’s game, Trento build its success on its accuracy (only 6 unforced errors in 3 sets) and blocking (15).
Roberto Serniotti (coach Trentino Diatec): “Novosibirsk is a team that we know rather well even if we have never met them on court. In recent weeks, we have studied them carefully and they seemed even stronger than in the past. The addition of outside hitter Moroz and spiker Camejo in my opinion brought even more quality to a side that was already well-balanced. But I am happy to be able to face such a tough opponent. I just hope we will play without fear. We have little time to prepare ourselves but we will do everything possible to try to win”.
Trentino Diatec – Panasonic Panthers 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22)
TRENTINO DIATEC: Suxho 2, Ferreira 8, Burgsthaler 8, Sokolov 12, Lanza 9, Birarelli 7, Colaci (L); Fedrizzi 6. Dnp. Sintini, Solé, De Paola, Szabò. Coach. Roberto Serniotti.
PANASONICI: Yamazoe 3, Shimizu 12, Dante 6, Shirasawa 1, Fukatsu, Fukusawa, Nagano (L); Watanabe, Otake, Kawamura 4, Matsuta, Ito 2. Dnp. Coach. Masashi Nambu.
Results
Trentino Diatec (ITA) – Kalleh (IRI) 3-1 (24-26, 25-19, 25-19, 26-24)
UPCN (ARG) – Panasonic Panthers (JPN) 3-1 (20-25, 25-23, 25-14, 25-23)
Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) – La Romana (DOM) 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-16)
Panasonic Panthers (JPN) – Kalleh (IRI) 3-1 (25-19, 24-26, 30-28, 25-16)
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) – La Romana (DOM) 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-17)
Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) – Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-15)
UPCN (ARG) – Trentino Diatec (ITA) 3-2 (22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 16-25, 15-13)
Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) – La Romana (DOM) 3-2 (23-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-14, 15-11)
Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) 2-3 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 19-25, 14-16)
UPCN (ARG) – Kalleh (IRI) 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-23)
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) – Club Sportif Sfaxien (TUN) 3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 25-19, 22-25, 16-14)
Trentino Diatec (ITA) – Panasonic Panthers (JPN) 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22)
Past winners
1989 Maxicono Parma (Parma – Italia)
1990 Mediolanum Milano (Milano – Italia)
1991 Il Messaggero Ravenna (San Paolo – Brasile)
1992 Misura Mediolanum Milano (Treviso – Italia)
2009 Trentino BetClic (Doha – Qatar)
2010 Trentino BetClic (Doha – Qatar)
2011 Trentino Diatec (Doha – Qatar)
2012 Trentino Diatec (Doha – Qatar)
