The women’s sitting volleyball teams from Brazil and Canada will face off in a friendly match at the Paralympic Training Center in São Paulo on Friday 7, starting at 4 p.m.

The match will be broadcast live on SporTV3 and will mark the replay of the final of the last World Cup, played in Sarajevo, Bosnia, last November. At the time, the Brazilians won and beat their rivals by 3 sets to 2 (25/23, 18/25, 25/21, 17/2.

Brazil and Canada also faced off in the decision for bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, an occasion in which the Brazilians also beat the Canadians, but by 3 to 1 (25/15, 24/26, 26/ 24 and 25/14).

“Canada is the current vice-world champion. It has started a week of training with us. It will be a good test, but our team is different. We have improvised two athletes who are not passers in a position of make the team grow. In addition, our attack should also become more powerful,” assessed Fernando Guimarães, coach of the Brazilian men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams.

The duel will be part of the preparation of the two teams to face each other in the Panamerica Zone Championship, a tournament which will take place from May 9 to 13, in the city of Edmonton, Canada. It will be the largest sitting volleyball competition in the Americas and will feature five women’s and six men’s teams.

In addition, the two teams have been training together, also at the Paralympic CT, since last Sunday, the 2nd. Including practice matches on site. On the morning of this Thursday 6, Brazil defeated Canada by 3 sets to 1 (21/25, 25/13, 25/15 and 25/21). On the afternoon of Wednesday 5, the Canadians took over and won the practice match by 3 sets to 2.

“Our team is different. We put two players who are not professional passers in position to make the team bigger and our attack much more powerful,” added coach Fernando Guimarães.