Mexico undefeated champion in Mazara Cup

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 3, 2018 - Mexico was unbeaten champion of the Men's International Volleyball Cup "Horacio-Chichí-Mazara after defeating Chile in a tough five-set final (23-25, 25-21, 25-15, 21-25 and 15-07) at the Gioriver Arias Palace of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in this capital.

The Mexican coach Jorge Azair Lopez achieved his fifth and final victory with a very balanced game of its members in all aspects, with Daniel Vargas with 25 points, Jorge Barajas with 13, José Martínez 12, Pedro Rangel 10, Jonathan Martinez eight, and Jesus Duarte seven.

The runner-up Chile, who left very pleasant impression with his game and overall record of 3-2 in this region where their presence is scarce, had and outstanding game for the final with Dusan Bonacic 18, Tomás Parraguirre 17, Matías Parraguirre 13.

Chile was ahead in the two technical stops of the initial set 8-7, 16-12 and Mexico equaled to 23 points, but those of the land of Neruda recovered to get ahead. The Aztecs returned the favor in the second section with greater advantage in the times and resisted a last-minute rebellion.

In the third Chile resisted until 11-16, but the good Mexican game destabilized it. After conceding the first technical time of the quarter, Chile took its claws and although Mexico tied it to 20, could match the match 2-2. The North Americans appealed to its greater depth to sentence the fifth period.

Mexico arrived to the final beating the three opponents in the qualifying phase and beat Guatemala in a semifinal. Chile did the same for their 2-1 record in the regular and their triumph in four sets over Dominican in the other semifinal.