2025 Men's Club World Championship Final Round Final
December 22 (Mon) 6:30
*Japan Standard Time
Guilherme Paraense Arena (Belém, Brazil)
| OSAKA BLUTEON | team | Sir Susa Vim Perugia (Italy) |
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Match Details
The 2025 Men's Club World Championship Final Round Final was held on Monday, December 22, at the Guilherme Paraense Arena (Belém, Brazil), where OSAKA BLUTEON (hereinafter referred to as Bluteon) faced Sir Susa Vim Perugia (Italy).
[Set 1]
Nishida scored first following stable serve reception from Tomita, but the team struggled against the opponent's strong serves and blocks, conceding four consecutive points.
Still, they managed to side-out one by one and built momentum with quick attacks from Evade-Dan. At 8-10, Lopez hit a service ace, and Nishida followed with a sharp service ace to tie the game at 10-10.
The back-and-forth battle continued, but the team was caught by the opponent's blocks, conceding consecutive points to fall behind 14-19, leading to a timeout.
Despite attempts to regroup, they could not stop the opponent's momentum and lost the first set 20-25.
[Set 2]
Although the opponent took an early lead, the team utilized their signature defense to connect to Nishida and rack up points.
They also scored effectively through quick attacks from Evade-Dan and a setter dump by Brizard, catching up to tie the score and finding ways to score while skillfully avoiding blocks.
In the middle of the set, facing powerful serves, the team relied on Yamamoto to coordinate with Tomita and Lopez to ensure solid returns. As the patient play continued, they looked for opportunities to advance the match.
At 14-18, Bluteon substituted Kai in for Tomita to strengthen the attack.
Kai brought momentum by scoring two back-row attacks, and they pressured the opponent to 19-21 by forcing errors off Lopez's serves.
However, they were unable to score consecutive points in the final stages and lost the set 21-25.
[Set 3]
Kai continues to start in the third set.
With high concentration from the beginning, the team piled up points, and Evade-Dan contributed to a scoring run with quick attacks and blocks, successfully building a 10-6 lead.
However, the opponent immediately responded with powerful serves, closing the gap to 10-9, forcing Bluteon to call a timeout.
Afterward, after side-outing with a Nishida block-out, Evade-Dan's serves disrupted the opponent's reception, and by focusing on quick attacks, the outside hitters gained more breathing room.
Leading 15-11 into the middle of the set, the team maintained their advantage and played with defensive tenacity, but they were forced to call their second timeout when the lead was narrowed to 17-15.
Unable to stop the opponent's momentum, they conceded three consecutive points, but Kai and Lopez scored to protect the lead until the final stages, reaching set point. However, they were caught at the last minute, leading to a deuce, but they could not hold on, allowing a comeback to lose the set 27-29. They finished the tournament as runners-up.
Individual Awards
Best Outside Hitter: Lopez
Best Libero: Yamamoto
Comments from Head Coach Samuel after the match
First of all, congratulations to everyone who was involved in winning this silver medal.
Winning the silver medal at the World Club Championship is a wonderful and proud achievement.
And regarding today's game, it was a final against Perugia, a fantastic team that reigns as champions in the European league. It was a match where there was much to learn from such an opponent.
I think our attacking side and side-outs were functioning well enough. In particular, the middle attacks were very good. However, in a tournament like this, and especially on the stage of a final, minor mistakes are not forgiven. In today's case, I am referring to easy mistakes regarding routine things like coverage and tosses.
Especially to win a close match like this, we have to perform even better than the opponent.
After losing the second set, it was good that we were able to refresh our minds, pour in new energy, and pull the chance to win the third set into our own hands.
However, we ended up losing out in the endurance battle.
I think the biggest lesson from today is how to arrive at the right strategy when facing difficult situations.
To execute this, time and experience are necessary.
To mention one more technical point, the opposing team was better than us in transition. Normally, we should be a good team in that area as well, but just for today, we struggled with that.
It was a match where there was still room for improvement in the details.
Once again, congratulations on the silver medal.
We will switch gears properly and head back to Japan.
Although the preparation period is short and I think it will be a difficult time, very important matches are waiting for us. We want to recover as much as possible and adapt to the time difference. This is also part of the job. We will prepare thoroughly.
Comments from Nishida after the match
As we finished as runners-up, I feel very frustrated and cannot be genuinely happy, but I hope to make good use of what we have gained in the upcoming season.
Also, if we have the opportunity to aim for the top of the world in the future, I would like to build a better team so that we can all face it together, and since I believe this is where we currently stand, I want to raise our level even higher before we challenge it again.
It was a very long tournament, but thank you for supporting us in Brazil and for cheering us on via the stream from Japan.
Comments from Evade-Dan after the match
As a team, although we lost, this tournament provided many takeaways for both the members who played and those who did not.
Everyone was able to play in this valuable international tournament, and although we lost in the end, I believe we should be proud of this result.
However, the fact that we lost in straight sets at the very end means there is still much we need to do to become stronger, so even after returning to Japan, we want to work on addressing these issues.
To everyone in Brazil and Japan, thank you very much for all your support.