International Division Starts Competition
06/25/2018
Teams from Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Israel, Puerto Rico, Slovenia compete for a World ChampionshipORLANDO, Fla (June 25, 2018) - With teams facing off in a
nine team pool to kick off competition, only two teams were left undefeated:
Club Brazil and Club Dominican Republic after the first day of international competition. These two teams will battle it out on Wednesday, June 27 at 10:00 AM EST.
Club Puerto Rico went 2-1, defeating Club China and Club Israel in straight sets. In similar fashion, Club Colombia (Pony’s Club) defeated Club Slovenia and Club Australia to go 2-1.
Club China finished the day 1-1, defeating
Club Colombia (Sport Voyager) but falling to
Club Puerto Rico. Easily the most exciting match of the day,
Club Brazil and Club Israel took their match to 3 sets (the only 3-setter of the day), with Israel falling behind late in the match to give Brazil the 15-10 victory.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 26, pool play will continue as new teams could potentially emerge as front runners, although it seems unlikely that any team will be able to top Club Dominican Republic.
Today’s matches are found here:
Livestream link Court 41:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eydRTpzDHw
Livestream link Court 42:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_ebmAoUCA