Osasco beat Alianza in Club Worlds South American Derby

Osasco São Cristovão Saúde returned to the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in high spirits, winning their first match in the 2025 edition of the tournament in front of their home fans on Tuesday in São Paulo.

The reigning Brazilian champions faced continental rivals Club Alianza Lima of Peru in their first match in the event since 2017, and rewarded their fans who made it to the Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu with a clean 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-18) victory to end the first day of matches.

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The 2012 world champions, Osasco earned three points with the victory and now split the top spot in Pool A with Italians Savino Del Bene Scandicci, who topped Kazakhstan's Zhetysu VC 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-20) earlier on Tuesday.

Three players who joined Osasco this season played major roles in the team's successful debut, as while Argentine opposite Bianca Cugno topped all scorers with 19 points (all in kills), outside hitters Caitie Bird and Maiara Basso contributed 11 and ten, respectively.

"I'm very happy," Cugno said. "I thought we did a good job in the last two weeks preparing for the tournament. I'm very happy with our victory tonight and am confident we'll have a great tournament."

The first Peruvian team to compete at the Club World Championship, Alianza, which finished second in the last edition of the South American Championship, had French opposite Maëva Orlé as their most productive player - the European tallied 11 points, all in kills.

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The second round of Pool A matches in São Paulo will be held on Wednesday, with Zethysu playing Alianza at 13:30 (16:30 UTC) and Scandicci meeting Osasco seven hours later.

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