Men's Club World Championship 2023

Sada Cruzeiro and Ciudad book first Club World Championship spots

The club from Belo Horizonte wins the men’s South American Club championship for the eighth consecutive time

Published 08:18, 17 Feb 2024

Sada Cruzeiro triumph as 2024 South American club champions (source: Savio James / CSV)

In front of 2,500 spectators, Brazil’s Sada Cruzeiro Volei Belo Horizonte defeated Argentina’s Ciudad Voley Buenos Aires in Friday’s South American Men’s Club Championship final as both teams booked their spots at the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship in India.

One of the most decorated clubs in the history of the Club World Championships, Sada Cruzeiro will return to the competition for the 12^th consecutive time. In the 11 previous appearances, they have not been on the podium only three times, while collecting four golds (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2021), two silvers (2012, 2019) and two bronzes (2017, 2022). It was the eighth back-to-back and 10^th overall time they win the South American Club Championship.

Continental runners-up Ciudad Voley, on the other hand, are set to compete at the Club Worlds for the first time, after claiming their first South American Club Championship medal.

Ciudad Voley qualified for their first Club World Championship (source: Savio James / CSV)

The 2024 South American Men’s Club Championship took place over the past five days in the city of Blumenau in southern Brazil with the participation of nine teams from five countries. Sada Cruzeiro and Ciudad Voley reached the final undefeated. After topping their pools, they eliminated hosts APAN Roll-on Blumenau and another Brazilian team, Farma Conde Sao Jose dos Campos, respectively, in the semifinals, with which they secured qualification to the Club Worlds.

In the final showdown, Sada Cruzeiro extended their continental domination with an emphatic 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-13) shutout of Ciudad Voley. Farma Conde took the continental bronze after a 3-1 (25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-14) win over APAN in the third-place match.

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Sada Cruzeiro’s Cuban outside hitter Miguel Angel Lopez was named Most Valuable Player of the South American Men’s Club Championship for the third time in a row.

2024 South American Men’s Club Championship Dream Team:
Setter: Gaspar Bitar (Ciudad Voley)
Opposite: Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
Outside hitters: Miguel Angel Lopez (Sada Cruzeiro), Facundo Conte (Ciudad Voley)
Middle blockers: Lucas Barreto (Farma Conde), Otavio Pinto (Sada Cruzeiro)
Libero: Rogerio Batista Filho (Farma Conde)