MATCH INFO

Doha, Qatar, October 9, 2011 – Italy’s Trentino Diatec Trento started their title defense of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with a 25-16, 25-22, 25-22 victory over Egypt’s Al-Ahly Cairo on Sunday afternoon in Pool B action in Doha, Qatar. Trentino Diatec Trento are aiming for their third straight World Club Championship after having won in 2009 and 2010 in Doha.

Trentino Diatec Trento Coach Radostin Stoytchev: It was a difficult match, and I am happy with the result of 3-0. We didn’t play with our full power, for sure we will train harder in order to be ready for the next matches. We gathered few weeks ago and most of my players were serving their national teams. Eventually, I would like to congratulate the Egyptian team for their performance. I wish them good luck on their next matches.

Trentino Diatec Trento Trento Captain Matey Kaziyski: It was our first match, and their second match. In fact we are getting to know the tournament.It wasn’t one of our best matches. We have to improve ourselves for the next strong matches.

Al-Ahly Cairo Coach Ibrahim Mohamed: My players played a great match against a strong team who is a candidate to win this competition. The Italian team had already won this tournament twice, and they are looking forward to win this tournament for the third time. Thanks for my players for the great effort they did today.

Captain Abdallah Bekhit: We played five sets yesterday, thus, some of our players were really exhausted and the coach allowed some young players to participate in this match. We played against a famous team with famous coach and famous players. Thanks for our fans who are always cheering us.

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