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SEOUL, Korea, July 31, 2022 – Cuba claimed the
men’s ticket to the 2023 FIVB Nations League,
the premier annual event, following its 3-1
(25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 25-17) victory over Turkey
on Sunday.
On their path to their triumph, the Cubans lost
only that second set. They first defeated Chile
3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-19) and continued with a
3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-18) success over Czech
Republic.
The Cuban victory, winners of the 2022 NORCECA
International League at home in Pinar del Rio,
means that runners-up Dominican Republic gets
the pass to next year’s FIVB Challenger Cup.
With the score tied at 1-1, Miguel Lopez led a
Cuban reaction scoring 6 points in each of the
final two sets increasing to 50 points his tally
for the three matches.
The Captain Lopez led Cuba with 20 points,
including two blocks and two aces, followed by
Jesus Jaime Herrera with 19. Roamy Alonso and
Osniel Melgarejo contributed 12 and 11 points,
respectively.
As a team, Cuban dominated in attacks 56-43 and
service winners 8-0 while getting the 9-8 edge
in blocks. Each team committed 25 errors.
In the match for 3-4 positions, Korea won a duel
with Czech Republic 3-2 (25-19, 25-16, 24-26,
23-25, 22-20). |
