Volleyball Men's Club World Championships 2025

Perugia lift their third Club World Championship trophy in Belém

The Italian giants toppped Japan's Osaka in the final and won the tournament for the third time is as many appearances

Published 11:44, 21 Dec 2025

Osaka Bluteon (JPN) (OSB) vs. Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia (ITA) (PGA) men - Final 1-2 #77882962

Perugia dominated Osaka in three sets to reclaim the world title

The FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship continues to mean success to Italian giants Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia, who on Sunday won the tournament for the third time in as many appearances in Belém, Brazil.

The reigning European champions faced Japanese standouts Osaka Bluteon in the event's final and completed a flawless campaign at the Mangueirinho Arena with a 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 29-27) victory that took them back to the top of the podium.

OSB VS. PGA - Match Highlights, 21/12/2025

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The winners of the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Club World Championship, Perugia reclaim the world title after not competing in the event in 2024. The Italians are now just the third team to have three or more world titles on the men's side, joining compatriots Itas Trentino and Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro, which have five each.

Perhaps most impressively, Perugia won all three titles with undefeated campaigns. They won the 2022 and 2023 titles with four vitories and needed one more to lift the trophy on Sunday in Belém, dropping only two sets along the way, to Osaka, during pool play.

Six players took part in all three world titles won by Perugia - setter Simone Giannelli, outside hitters Kamil Semeniuk and Oleh Plotnytskyi, middle blockers Roberto Russo and Sebastián Solé and libero Massimo Colaci.

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In the final, Tunisian opposite Wassim Ben Tara, now a two-time world champion, was Perugia's most productive player with 16 points (14 kills, two blocks). Semeniuk also got to double digits in scoring, leaving the court with 13 points (12 kills, one ace).

Team captain and star opposite Yuji Nishida was the standout in Osaka's offense with 14 points, all obtained in kills. Middle blocker Larry Evbade-Dan and Cuban outside hitter Miguel Ángel López added ten points each.

Making just their second appearance in the Club World Championship, Osaka made history in 2025, taking Japan to the final for the first time. They were fifth in their first appearance, in 2013.

Giannelli wins second MVP award

Repeating what he did in Perugia's first victory in 2022, team captain Giannelli earned the tournament's MVP award, while also being selected as the best setter. The Olympic medalist and world champion formed the Club World Championship Dream Team alongside two Perugia teammates, three players from Osaka and one from third-placed Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie of Poland.

Club World Championship Dream Team

MVP: Simone Giannelli (Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia)
Best Setter: Simone Giannelli (Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia)
Best Opposite: Wassim Ben Tara (Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia)
Best Outside Hitters: Miguel Ángel López (Osaka Bluteon) & Aaron Russell (Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie)
Best Middle Blockers: Agustín Loser (Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia) & Sebastián Solé (Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia)
Best Libero: Tomohiro Yamamoto (Osaka Bluteon)