A recap of last week’s national championship titles
The men’s volleyball league champions in Bahrain, Iceland, India, Lithuania and Qatar and the women’s title-holders in Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates were crowned last week.
INDIA
Calicut Heroes picked up their first title in India’s RuPay Prime Volleyball League powered by A23. In Thursday’s final of the third edition of the competition, played in Chennai in front of a sellout crowd of 5,000 fans, they managed a 3-1 (15-13, 15-10, 13-15, 15-12) win over PVL rookies Delhi Toofans. By winning the second stage of the league, Calicut progressed straight to the final, while Delhi had to go through Tuesday’s only semifinal match. The squad from the capital defeated defending champions Ahmedabad Defenders by a hard-fought 3-2 (15-9, 10-15, 10-15, 15-12, 17-15) by to progress to the title match.
Heroes’ 31-year-old opposite and captain Jerome Vinith Charles was honoured as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season and picked up the Best Spiker award as well. His teammate, outside Chirag Yadav, was named Emerging Player of the Season and the squad’s playmaker Mohan Ukkrapandian was recognized as the Best Setter. Two of Delhi’s players and their coach also received individual recognitions. Toofans’ Colombian middle Daniel Aponza was awarded as the Best Blocker of the league. Anand K took the prize for the Best Libero, while Manoj Nair was honoured as the Best Coach. The Fair Play Team award went to Bengaluru Torpedoes.
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KAZAKHSTAN
Turan Turkistan snatched their first championship title in Kazakhstan’s women’s league on Tuesday, after closing the final series against Berel Oskemen in two matches. On Monday, Turan achieved a 3-1 (25-22, 24-26, 25-22, 25-20) win and followed it up with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-11) sweep of Tuesday’s second game to top the podium. It took three four-set matches, also played in Turkistan, to determine the bronze medallists. In Wednesday’s decider, Kuanysh Petropavl celebrated a 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 25-14) win over Zhetysu Taldyqorgan to complete the podium.
Turan’s 34-year-old outside hitter Sana Anarkulova was named MVP of the season. The Dream Team of the competition featured setter Andjela Veselinovic (Turan), opposite Margarita Belchenko (Kuanysh), outside hitters Sara Sakradzija (Berel) and Yuliya Dymar (Kuanysh), middle blockers…
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