Volleyball stars from all over the world will be in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, from December 8-13 representing their teams in the 19th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women\u2019s Club World Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Featuring some of the top players in the world, the official roster announcement for the eight participating teams made less than a month away from the start of the tournament increases the excitement for the event that will take place at Wlamir Marques Multi-Sports Gymnasium, in the Tatuap\u00e9 region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four-time world champions Vak\u0131fBank SK of T\u00fcrkiye will go for their fifth world title with a squad filled with international stars and led by local star middle blocker Zehra G\u00fcne\u015f, one of the best in the world in her position. Veteran Italian head coach Giovanni Guidetti has several other weapons in his team, most notably Serbian opposite Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107, Russian outside hitter Marina Markova and Turkish setter Cansu \u00d6zbay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their domestic rivals Eczac\u0131ba\u015f\u0131 Peron Istanbul, who hold three world titles, are not behind when it comes to star power. The Turkish giants have two elite scorers in Turkish outside hitter Ebrar Karakurt and Italian opposite Ekaterina Antropova, the MVP in last year\u2019s Savino Del Bene Scandicci\u2019s victory in S\u00e3o Paulo, and elite players in every position, including Japanese national team captain Mayu Ishikawa, American Olympic medalist middle blocker Dana Rettke and Turkish setter Elif \u015eahin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hosts Osasco S\u00e3o Cristov\u00e3o Sa\u00fade, who won the Club World Championship in 2012 and took bronze last year, looked mostly abroad to try to boost their chances of reclaiming the title. The team coached by veteran Luizomar de Moura brought Polish star opposite Magdalena Stysiak and a pair of Italians in setter Marta Bechis and outside hitter Anastasia Guerra to join a strong core of Brazilians formed by national team libero Marcelle Arruda, veteran outside hitter Amanda Campos and up-and-coming middle blocker Larissa Besen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second Brazilian team in the event, SESI V\u00f4lei Bauru trust the guidance of Olympic champion setter Dani Lins to challenge the best teams in the world. The reigning South American champions also have national team middle blocker Diana Duarte and a promising international trio formed by American opposite Morgahn Fingall, Mexican outside hitter Sofia Maldonado and Venezuelan outside hitter Roslandy Acosta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Six-time Peruvian champions Club Alianza Lima are set to compete at the Club World Championship for a second-straight season and have Colombian setter Mar\u00eda Alejandra Mar\u00edn and Peruvian national team libero Esmeralda S\u00e1nchez as some of their key players. Offensively, Argentine outside hitter Daniela Bulaich and veteran Romanian opposite Ioana-Maria Baciu will carry their scoring load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reigning Asian champions NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki will have Italian opposite Sylvia Nwakalor as a key piece in their plans in the event. The European heavy-hitter will be surrounded by some Japanese national team players, including middle blocker Nichika Yamada and setter Tsukasa Nakagawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second Asia representatives in the event, Kazakhstan\u2019s Zhetysu VC will be back in S\u00e3o Paulo after finishing seventh last year. In 2026, veteran outside hitter Irina Kenzhebaeva will lead the team alongside Serbian setter Marija Miljevi\u0107 and Chinese outside hitter Yiwen Miao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
African champions Al Ahly SC of Egypt are the eighth and last team set to compete in Brazil. Some of the standouts in their squad, which is entirely formed by Egyptian players, are middle blocker Mayar Mohamed, libero Nada Walid, setter Doaa Mohamed and outside hitter Dooa Elghobashy, a two-time beach volleyball Olympian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eight participating teams were split into two pools, with Osasco, Eczac\u0131ba\u015f\u0131, NEC Red Rockets and Alianza going into Pool A and SESI, Vak\u0131fBank, Zhetysu and Al Ahly forming Pool B. Pool play will take place from December 8-10 and two best teams in each pool will advance to compete in the semifinals on December 12 and the medal matches on December 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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