2014 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship Explained

Competition:Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
Gender:women
Continent:South America
Year:2014
Host: Brazil
Dates:5 – 9 February 2014
Teams:8
Venues:1
Cities:Sao Paulo
Champions Other: SESI-SP
Title Number:1
Last:2013 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
Next:2015 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship

The 2014 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the sixth official edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by eight teams from 5 – 9 February 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.[1]

SESI São Paulo won the 2014 edition qualifying for the 2014 Club World Championship, defeating in the finale hosts Molico/Osasco.[2]

Competing clubs

Teams were seeded in two pools of four according to how the representatives of their countries finished in the 2013 edition.

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Molico/Osasco
Boca Juniors
Universidad Metropolitana
Universidad San Francísco Javier
SESI-SP
LNSV Club(*)
ADO Chile(*)
Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid

(*)Both Peru and Chile played the tournament with their U23 national teams, Perú played under the name of LNSV, their national volleyball league and Chile played under the name ADO (Asociación de Deportistas Olímpicos, Spanish for Olympic Athletes Association). Both due to a controversial change in the date of the tournament.

First round

Pool B

Final round

Bracket

Final standing

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SESI São Paulo
Molico/Osasco
Boca Juniors
4 LNSV Club
5 ADO Chile
6 Universidad San Francísco Javier
7 Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid
8 Universidad Metropolitana
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2014 FIVB Women's Club World Championship[3]

All-Star team


Controversy

Due to the FIVB's decision to host the 2014 Club World Championship in May 2014 instead of October as the past editions, the CSV changed the date of the South American Club Championship to February, a month where the South American volleyball leagues have not yet declared a champion to participate in the tournament.[5] Most of the countries decided to prepare a qualifier, such as the Brazilian Women's Volleyball Superliga which qualified SESI-SP to the tournament while other countries like Perú decided to send a national team under the name of their national volleyball league.[6]

As the official Spanish name for the tournament is "South American Champion Clubs Championship, most countries raised severe opinions about the top three countries from last years edition not participating with a champion club.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SUDAMERICANO DE CLUBES: Ocho Clubes van a disputar la edición 2014. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spanish. 1 February 2014. 5 February 2014.
  2. News: Sesi-SP surpreende Osasco, ganha Sul-Americano e vai ao Mundial. Osasco, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Globoesporte. Portuguese. 9 February 2014. 13 February 2014.
  3. Web site: SUDAMERICANO DE CLUBES: Unilever gaña el título y el cupo al Mundial. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. Spanish. 2013-05-06. 2013-05-06.
  4. Web site: SUDAMERICANO DE CLUBES: SESI vence a Osasco y va al Mundial de Suiza. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spanish. 10 February 2014. 13 February 2014.
  5. http://voleysur.org/v1/calendario_comp.asp CSV Calendar for 2014
  6. Web site: Sudamericano de Clubes: Y las convocadas son... (Spanish for South American Club Championship, who will represent us?). Yarleque. Christian. Voleibol.pe. 31 January 2014. 5 February 2014.