Africa-Press – Angola. Despite the defeat by 2 sevens -3, in the fourth round of the 37th National Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship, against Interclube do Namibe, 4 de Junho has everything open to qualify for the quarter finals of the competition.
The result is bad, but not catastrophic, as it allowed the training assigned to the Rapid Intervention Police (PIR), inserted in group B, to add one more point, totaling four and continue in fourth position in the national league table, opened last Thursday -Friday, 21.
To guarantee qualification to the quarter-finals, the Planalto Central team is obliged to beat Sporting de Benguela on Wednesday, for the fifth and final round of the group stage.
The ADS team from Huambo, another representative of the province in the national championship, wasted the opportunity to relaunch the qualification, losing, also on Monday, in the fourth round, against Sporting do Bié, by 1 sevens -3, for group A .
In other games in the fourth round, the Estrelas do Palácio da Huíla team beat Clube Desportivo do Império, by 3 sevens-2, for group A in men, the same result with which Blue Vólei Clube defeated Pura Sport, in the duel from group B.
This Tuesday, to conclude the same round, Mente Activa will play against Esporpões da Boa Fé de Viana (group A) and Sporting de Benguela x Núcleo do Cuanza Sul (group B).
In the women’s category, the only team from Huambo to participate in the Nacional, 4 de Junho, achieved its first victory in the competition, totaling four points, by beating Núcleo do Cuanza Sul, 3-0.
However, to ensure passage to the other phase of the competition (semi-finals) they will have to counter the favoritism of the Scorpions of Boa Fé de Viana, one of the candidates for the title, for the game of the last round of the first stage.
In other matches, Blue Vólei Clube beat Pura Sport, by 3 sevens -2, and Sporting de Benguela was unable to stop the unbeaten run of the Scorpions da Boa Fé de Viana team, losing by 0 -3 sevens.
With one round to go, the men’s teams Mente Activa, Estrelas do Palácio da Huíla, Scorpions da Boa Fé, Blue Vólei Clube, Inteclube do Namibe and Pura Sport have already qualified for the quarter-finals, while for the semi-finals, Women’s finals are Blue Vólei Clube, Scorpios da Boa Fé and Pura Sport.
Classification in male
Series A
1. Mente Ativa ——————————–9 Points (-game)
2. Estrelas do Palácio da Huíla ————-8
3. Scorpions of Boa Fé de Viana ———6 (-game)
4. Exercise Sports Club ———-4
5. Sporting do Bié————————————— –3
6. Huambo ADS Center——————-0
Group B
1. Blue Volei Clube——————————–11 Points
2. Interclube do Namibe—– ——————-11
3. Pura Sport ————————– ————-8
4. June 4th of Huambo————————————-4
5. Cuanza Center South————————-0 (-game)
6. Sporting de Benguela————– ————0 (-game)
Women’s classification
1- Blue Volei Clube ————————- ——-12 points
2. Scorpions of Boa Fé de Viana—————-8
3. Pura Sport——————————————7
4. Sporting from Benguela—————————-5
5. June 4th of Huambo————————————–4
6. Cuanza Sul Center—————————0
The fifth and final round of the group stage, to be played on Tuesday and Wednesday, features the following games:
Group: Sporting do Bié x Scorpions da Boa Fé de Viana, Clube Desportivo Mente Activa x Estrelas do Palácio da Huíla and Clube Desportivo do Império x ADS do Huambo.
Group B: Interclube do Namibe x Blue Vólei Clube, Pura Sport x Núcleo do Cuanza Sul and Sporting de Benguela x 4 de Junho.
Women: Pura Sport x Sporting de Benguela, Scorpions da Boa Fé de Viana x 4 de Junho and Núcleo do Cuanza Sul x Blue Vólei Clube.
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