Cuba outdueled Argentina in five sets

MANAMA, Bahrain, July 19, 2019 – José Carlos Romero and Julio César Cárdenas joined forces to score 29 and 20 points, respectively, in the five-set (25-23, 25-23, 29-25, 22-25, 15-13) victory over Argentina in Pool B of the FIVB U21 Men’s Volleyball World Championship on Friday.

Luciano Palonsky led Argentina with 27 points, followed by Franco Medina with 18. Cuba evened its record at 1-1 the same as the South Americans.

In Pool A, China beat Puerto Rico (0-2) in three close sets (25-23, 25-22, 25-23).

Chengcheng Xiu was the best attacker for China with 17 points, followed by Dejun Zhai with 10. For Puerto Rico, Sebastian Negrón stood out with 13 points.

In Pool D, Brazil dispatched Canada (0-2) in straight sets 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-13).

Brazilian Victor Almeida was the only player in the match who reached double figures in the scoring with 14 points followed by teammate Edson Souza with 9. For Canada, Brodie Hofer and Jackson Bere each had 7 points.