Press release

Doha, Qatar, October 9, 2011 – Trentino Diatec Trento (1-0), Zenit Kazan (2-0) and Sesi Sao Paulo (1-0) secured victories on the second day of the FIVB Men’s Club World Championship in Doha, Qatar.

Day three of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championships starts at 3 p.m. with Canada’s Trinity Western Spartans Vancouver (0-1) challenging Iran’s Paykan Tehran (0-2), followed by Poland’s KS Jastrzebski Wegiel (1-0) facing Russia’s Zenit Kazan at 5 p.m. and Brazil’s Sesi Sao Paulo concluding the day against Egypt’s Al-Ahly Cairo (0-2) at 7 p.m.

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Zenit Kazan leads Pool A with six points and a 2-0 record, but KS Jastrzebski will look to give the Russian club their first loss of the tournament while improving to 2-0 in the process. Trinity Western Spartans Vancouver and Paykan Tehran are both seeking their first wins of the tournament in a must-win situation to stay alive for the semifinal round. The top two teams in both Pool A and Pool B advance to the semifinals on October 13, while the bottom two teams are eliminated from the tournament.

Sesi Sao Paulo will look to improve to 2-0 with six points on Monday as they play Al-Ahly Cairo, which seeks their first victory of the tournament.

FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship Highlights

Top Scorers by Day
October 8: 30 – Christan Pampel (Al-Arabi Doha) vs. Al-Ahly Cairo
October 9: 18 – Ahmed Mohamed (Al-Ahly Cairo) vs. Trentino Diatec Trento

Top Scoring Performances
30 – Christian Pampel (Al-Arabi Doha) vs. Al-Ahly Cairo on Oct. 8
26 – Ahmed Abdelhay (Al-Ahly Cairo) vs. Al-Arabi Doha on Oct. 8

Top Blocking Performances
7 – Mohamed Ketat (Al-Ahly Cairo) vs. Al-Arabi Doha on Oct. 8
6 – Lukasz Kadziewicz (Al-Arabi Doha) vs. Al-Ahly Cairo on Oct. 8
6 – Lukasz Kadziewicz (Al-Arabi Doha) vs. Sesi Sao Paulo on Oct. 9
5 – Ahmed Mohamed (Al-Ahly Cairo) vs. Al-Arabi Doha on Oct. 8
5 – Tije Vlam (Al-Arabi Doha) vs. Al-Ahly Cairo on Oct. 8

Top Service Ace Performances
5 – Nikolay Apalikov (Zenit Kazan) vs. Trinity Western Vancouver on Oct. 8
3 – Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan) vs. Trinity Western Vancouver on Oct. 8

Highest Set Score
31-19 – Al-Ahly Cairo def. Al-Arabi Doha on Oct. 8 (set 2)
26-24 – Al-Arabi Doha def. Al-Ahly Cairo on Oct. 8 (set 3)
26-24 – Zenit Kazan def. Paykan Tehran on Oct. 9 (set 1)

Highest Scoring Matches
231 – Al-Arabi Doha def. Al-Ahly Cairo 25-23, 29-31, 26-24, 21-25, 15-12 on Oct. 8
141 – Zenit Kazan def. Paykan Tehran 26-24, 25-18, 25-23 on Oct. 9
137 – Sesi Sao Paulo def. Al-Arabi Doha 25-20, 25-20, 25-22 on Oct. 9

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