CHINA AND ITALY TRIUMPH AS WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES CHAMPIONS

Japan and Poland accomplished the ladies’s podium, whereas Poland and China took silver and bronze within the males’s competitors

Hosts China claimed the ladies’s volleyball gold on the Worldwide College Sports activities Federation (FISU) World College Video games Chengdu 2021 on Sunday. The Italian crew adopted swimsuit within the males’s volleyball competitors after successful Monday’s remaining.

The ladies’s match at Chengdu 2021 passed off from 30 July by means of 6 August with the participation of Argentina, Brazil, China, Chinese language Taipei, Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan and Poland, break up into 4 swimming pools of three for the primary stage of the competitors. The highest two of every pool superior to the quarterfinals and their winners – Brazil, China, Japan and Poland – made it to the semifinals.

To succeed in the gold medal match, Japan squeezed out a decent 3-2 (27-25, 20-25, 19-25, 25-15, 15-9) victory over Brazil, whereas the house crew downed Poland in a 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-15) straight-setter. The Europeans made their strategy to the rostrum, claiming the bronze after a 3-1 (12-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-20) comeback within the third-place match in opposition to the South Individuals.

Within the remaining, China battled it out in three units to triumph after a hard-fought 3-0 (29-27, 29-27, 25-22) victory, with three gamers – China’s Wu Mengjie and Japan’s Yoshino Sato and Ameze Miyabe – sharing the highest scorer honours of the match with 16 factors every, whereas China’s Gao Yi impressed with 5 kill blocks.

It was Chinese language ladies’s seventh gold and eleventh total medal for the reason that first match again in 1961. Japan have now collected 11 podiums, together with two gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals, whereas Poland have one gold and two bronze medals on their document.

Chinese language ladies take a selfie as FISU World College Video games champions (Picture credit: Xinhua Information)

16 groups performed within the males’s competitors from 29 July to 7 August: Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Chinese language Taipei, Czechia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Portugal and Ukraine, break up into 4 swimming pools of 4 for the primary stage. After the pool winners and the pool runners-up met within the quarterfinals, the 2 semifinals – Poland versus Iran and Italy versus China – had been set.

Poland swept their recreation with Iran in straight units, 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-11), whereas Italy additionally triumphed in opposition to China, 3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-15), to arrange an all-European remaining. Earlier than that, China mastered a 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-12) clear slate within the all-Asian bronze medal recreation in opposition to Iran to select up their second podium within the historical past of the competitors, after their silver in 1987.

Monday’s gold medal match was additionally resolved in three units. Italy claimed a 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 28-26) victory over Poland to gather their second consecutive and third total title, so as to add to the one silver and 5 bronze medals on their tally. For Poland, it was the nation’s second consecutive, and fourth total, silver. Because the first match in 1959, they’ve additionally collected one gold and one bronze.

Poland’s Kewin Michal Sasak was the most effective scorer of the ultimate with 15 factors, whereas Giulio Magalini and Lorenzo Sala led Italy with 14 factors apiece.