The Brazilian women’s sitting volleyball team made history this Friday. The national team won the gold medal of the competition and won the unprecedented title of modality world champion. The event took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

They played in the final against Canada. The victory was in the tie-break by 3 sets to 2 – with the partials of 25/23, 18/25, 21/25, 25/17 and 15/6. Brazil played a tight first set. In the third, she opened up an advantage, but the Canadians were right. The Brazilians recovered well in the fourth round. In addition to winning gold as world champions, the girls secured their place at the Paris-2024 Paralympic Games in France.

“We are very united, I think that gave us strength. The team was very confident. We took the very difficult cross of keys, we faced the USA in the semi, with a historic victory. , with a new coach and a bench who knows how to negotiate very well. It’s a dream to have this gold medal and the place for Brazil in Paris-2024”, celebrated the athlete Luiza Fiorese.

Photo: Publicity/World ParaVolley

The Brazilian women’s team already holds two Paralympic bronze medals, won at the Rio-2016 and Tokyo-2020 Games. In this World Cup, they have had an impeccable campaign, with six victories in six matches.

Retrospection

The Brazilians and the Canadians faced each other twice at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. In both clashes, Brazil beat the rival team by 3 sets to 1. The first duel was for the first phase, and the second was the fight for third place.

In the Dutch Sitting Volleyball Tournament, which was held in the city of Assen, the Netherlands, in July this year, the Canadians prevailed and defeated Brazil by 3 sets to 0.

The men’s team won bronze against Egypt with a victory by 3 sets to 0.

Find out how the women’s World Cup campaign went:

11/05 (Saturday)

Brazil 3 x 0 Germany (25/17, 25/17 and 25/16)

11/06 (Sunday)

Brazil 3 x 1 Italy (25/17, 23/25, 25/12 and 25/21)

07/11 (Monday)

Brazil 3 x 0 Finland (25/13, 25/11 and 25/15)

09/11 (Wednesday) – Quarter-finals

Brazil 3 x 0 Ukraine – (25/9, 25/22 and 25/17)

11/10 (Thursday) – semi-finals

Brazil 3 x 0 USA – (25/23, 25/18 and 25/17)

11/11 (Friday) – final

Brazil 3 x 2 Canada (25×23, 18×25, 21×25, 25×17 and 15×6)