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PUNE, India, August 9, 2009 - In an epic
championship battle, Brazil edged Cuba 30-28,
21-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-8 on Sunday to capture
the 2009 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship
gold medal at the Balewadi Sports Complex in
Pune, India.
Brazil has now won the last two FIVB Men's
Junior World Championships and four overall
(1993, 2001, 2007 and 2009). It has also won
five silver medals (1981, 1995, 1997, 1999 and
2005) and three bronze (1977, 1989 and 1999).
Brazil is the only country to have participated
in all 15 editions of the event. Meanwhile,
Cuba's silver-medal performance matches the
country's best-ever showing in the event at the
1987 tournament. In the previous event held in
2007, Cuba finished eighth.
Five different Brazilians scored in double
figures, topped by Mauricio Silva and Isac
Santos with 19 points. Renan Buiatti and Franco
Willian Cargnin Paese notched 15 points in the
victory, while Ygor Francisco Tavares Duarte
came off the bench to provide 10 points.
Rolando Cepeda Abreu paced Cuba with 25 points.
Wilfredo Leon Venero, the youngest player in the
tournament, added 20 points in the championship
match for Cuba. Fernando Hernandez Ramos
provided 14 points in the loss and Isbel Mesa
Sandobal charted 10 points.
IRI-USA
Iran defeated United States 22-25, 25-17, 25-12,
25-18 on Sunday to finish in seventh place.
Iran's Arash Kamalvand led all scorers with 17
points, including seven aces. Alireza Jadidi
added 12 points in the victory and teammate
Farhad Ghaemi contributed 11 points. Murphy Troy
provided USA with 16 points and Antonio Ciarelli
added 13 points in the loss.
Iran held a 10-1 ace advantage, along with a
12-7 block margin. Iran converted 39 of 86
attacks into spikes, while USA converted just 49
of 112 attempts.
CHN-CAN
China played another five-setter with Canada and
this time too China topped Canada rallying
brilliantly from the brink at 21-25, 18-25,
26-24, 25-22, 15-8 on Sunday in the 11th-place
match.
China made 59 points out of 142 spikes and
Canada scored 62 out of 146 attacks. In block
they got 12 points each. But Canada conceded 33
error points against China's 27.
Final Positions
1. Brazil, 2. Cuba, 3. Argentina, 4. India, 5.
Russia, 6. Belgium, 7. Iran, 8. USA, 9. Poland,
10. France, 11, China, 12. Canada, 13. Egypt,
14.Tunisia, 15. Belarus, 16. Greece.
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