Betim, Brazil set to welcome the 17th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship from December 7 to 11
Matey Kaziyski at the 2021 Club World Championship in Betim
Did you know that as many as four of the 12 athletes who have claimed the Most Valuable Player award in the history of the men’s FIVB Volleyball Club World Championships will take part in the upcoming edition in Brazil, including the MVP of the very first edition of the 21st century back in 2009 Matey Kaziyski?
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Here is more information about that and some other interesting numbers linked to club volleyball’s premier event, set to take place from December 7 through 11 in Betim:
1989 – The inaugural edition of the men’s Club World Champs was held in December 1989 in the Italian city of Parma with six participating teams – two from Brazil and one each from Italy, Japan, the Soviet Union and Tunisia. Tournament hosts Maxicono Parma triumphed as the first club world champions. USSR’s CSKA Moscow took the silver and Brazil’s Pirelli Sao Paulo claimed the bronze.
60 – A total of 58 clubs from 20 different countries (the Soviet Union and Russia counting as one) and all five continental confederations have participated in the men’s Club World Championships so far. There will be two newcomers at the 2022 edition and that number will rise to 60. Italy’s Sir Safety Susa Perugia and Brazil’s Volei Renata of Campinas are the teams about to make their debut.
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19 – Italy is the country whose teams have collected the highest number of Club World Championship podiums. Clubs from the southern European country have earned a total of 19 medals, including 10 gold, four silver and five bronze medals. Next with 10 medals each are Brazil (4, 4, 2) and Russia (2, 4, 4).
17 – Betim 2022 will be the 17th edition of the men’s Club World Champs. The competition has been organised annually since 1989, with an interruption from 1993 through 2008 and another in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
10 – A total of 10 matches, two a day across five days, will be played at the 2022 Club World Championship. The pool stage of the tournament will feature six games (two round-robin pools of three teams each). There will be two semifinals, a third place match and a final.
9 – Two clubs hold the record for the highest number of participations in the Club World…
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