Descripción de Brazil 3 X 0 Cuba - 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship Final - Brazil wins 3rd straight:

Brazil Men's World Champions for third time in a row Rome, Italy, October 10, 2010 -- World No. 1 Brazil became the FIVB men's world champion for a record-equaling third successive time after proving too good for a young and talented Cuba team, beating the world No. 8 in straight sets 25-22, 25-14, 25-22 in front of a sold out PalaLottomatica in Rome on Sunday. Brazil backed up their titles in 2002 and 2006 with victory in the final against a Cuban side who, despite their obvious talent, couldn't overcome a Brazilian outfit which was top of their game. Whatever Cuba tried, Brazil had an answer for it in what was the first final in an FIVB event featuring the two nations. The win was Brazil's eighth in the past nine matches and 27th in 49 encounters between the two countries. Brazilian's Giba, Dante and Rodrigo joined the Italian elite of Andrea Gardini (current Italian men's assistant coach), Marco Bracci (current Italian women's assistant coach), Ferdinando De Georgi and Andrea Giani as three-time champions (1990, 1994, 1998). Both Brazil -- FIVB World League, Grand Champions Cup and World Cup holders- and Cuba completed the FIVB Men's World Championship with seven victories and two defeats, which included a 3-2 (34-32, 18-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-12) win by Cuba over Brazil in the first round. Cuba, the youngest team in the competition, have now won two silver and two bronze World Championship medals to increase their overall medal tally to 22. Brazil have a World Championship record of three gold medals and one silver medal to increase their overall medal tally to 32, behind Russia (43) and ahead of Italy (27). Earlier, World No. 4 Serbia finished off a superb FIVB Men's World Championship campaign by beating hosts and world No. 5 Italy 3-1 (25-21, 25-20,26-28, 25-19) for the bronze medal. The win represents Serbia's second World Championship medal after winning silver in 1998 and their 28th win in 49 matches against the "Azzurri". Italy missed the chance to add to their impressive World Championship medal collection a silver in 1978. Final Standings 1) Brazil 2) Cuba 3) Serbia 4) Italy 5) Russia 6) USA 7) Bulgaria 8) Germany 9) Argentina 10) Czech Republic 11) France 12) Spain Individual Best Player Awards Most Valuable Player: Murilo Endres (BRA) Top Scorer: Iban Perez (ESP) Best Server: Clayton Stanley (USA) Best Spiker: Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) Best Blocker: Robertlandy Simon (CUB) Best Setter: Nikola Grbic (SRB) Best Libero: Ferdinand Tille (GER) Highest Scorers By Day Day 1 (1st Rd): 28 points by Antonin Rouzier (FRA) in France's 3-2 win over the Czech Republic in Turin Day 2 (1st Rd): 27 points by Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) in Russia's 3-1 win over Australia in Modena Day 3 (1st Rd): 28 points by Fernando Hernandez (CUB) in Cuba's 3-2 win over Brazil in Verona Day 4 (2nd Rd): 24 points by Gyrgy Grozer (GER) in Germany's 3-0 win over Puerto Rico in Catania Day 5 (2nd Rd): 30 points by Iban Perez (ESP) in Spain's 3-2 win over Russia in Catania Day 6 (2nd Rd): 23 points by Ahmed Abdelhay (EGY) in Egypt's win against Spain in Catania Day 7 (3rd Rd): 25 points by Murilo (BRA) in Brazil's win over the Czech Republic in Rome Day 8 (3rd Rd): 26 points by Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) in Serbia's win over Russia in Florence Day 9 (3rd Rd): 28 points by Vladimir Nikolov (BUL) in Cuba's win over Bulgaria in Florence Day 10 (Semifinals): 26 points by Iban Perez (ESP) in Argentina's win over Spain in Florence Day 11 (Semifinals/Finals): 30 points by Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) in Cuba's win over Serbia in Rome Day 12 (Finals): 22 points by Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) in Serbia's win over Italy in Rome Highest Set Score 34-32 (EGY v JPN in Pool A) (CUB v BRA in Pool B) Both matches played on September 27. Highest Scoring Matches 233 (BUL v CUB in 3rd Round) 2-3 (25-22, 23-25, 28-26, 28-30, 11-15) played on October 6 in Florence 231 (FRA v BUL in 1st Round) 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-17, 28-30, 19-17) played on September 26 in Turin 230 (CUB v BRA in 1st Round) 3-2 (34-32, 18-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-12) played on September 27 in Verona 228 (JPN v EGY in 1st Round) 3-2 (32-34. 23-25, 25-19, 25-17, 15-13) played on September 27 in Milan 226 (SRB v CUB in Semifinal (1-4) 3-2 (25-22, 17-25, 29-31, 25-22, 14-16) played on October 9 in Rome Tournament Top Scorers 173 Iban Perez (ESP) 168 Vladimir Nikolov (BUL) 168 Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) 162 Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) 157 Facundo Conte (ARG)