The Brazilian national teams, absolute champions in the Global Tour, both teams won the title in the city of Maricá, Brazil, where Stage 1 of the competition was held.
A total of 40 matches were played in the Brazilian city based in the state of Rio de Janeiro. There were 20 matches per branch.
Participants
Hosts Brazil along with Argentina, the United States of America and Uruguay fielded men’s and women’s teams, with Germany and Qatar competing in the men’s event as well as Portugal and Puerto Rico in the women’s event.
Ladies champions
In the final, Brazil defeated Argentina in the ladies for the second consecutive year. It added seven consecutive victories on its way to the first place in the competition.
Brazilian player Beatriz Cruz scored 18 points in the first 2-0 (24:4, 14:12) win over Puerto Rico, then scored 20 in the 2-0 (18:10). 24:14) on Uruguay.
The third win was a 2-0 victory over the United States (24:4, 26:2). In the last two preliminary matches, Brazil had to go to penalties.
Portugal won the first set, but then missed their first three penalty shots, so the home team secured the game 2-1 (24:25, 19:10, SO 7:4).
Definition
At the end of the round-robin, Brazil topped the group with 10 points with five wins, Argentina finished second (8 points, 4 wins), Uruguay (3/2), Portugal (2/4), Puerto Rico ( 1/2) and the United States (0/0).
Both semifinals were one-sided: Argentina beat Uruguay 2-0 (30:18, 20:18) and Brazil defeated Portugal 2-0 (24:12, 26:18) in front of some 1,400 spectators who enjoyed the day.
Women’s ranking
1) Brazil (BRA)
2) Argentina (ARG)
3) Uruguay (URU)
4) Portugal (POR)
5) Puerto Rico (PUR)
6) United States of America (USA)
Results
BRA-PUR 2-0 (24:4, 14:12)
ARG-URU 2-0 (18:10, 24:11)
BY-EUA 2-0 (18:6, 28:2)
ARG-BY 2-1 (16:19, 20:14, SO 6:4)
PUR-EUA 2-0 (19:8, 18:2)
URU-BRA 0-2 (10:18, 14:24)
BRA-EUA 2-0 (24:4, 26:2)
URU-FOR 2-1 (15:10, 13:16, SO 9:2)
PUR-ARG 0-2 (2:26, 8:11)
URU-PUR 2-0 (12:10, 18:8)
USA-ARG 0-2 (4:26, 4:30)
BRA-POR 2-1 (24:25, 19:10, SO 7:4)
USA-URU 0-2 (6:16, 8:26)
ARG-BRA 1-2 (12:14, 24:16, SO 6:9)
POR-PUR 2-0 (16:4, 16:15)
Qualifying match 5/6: PUR-USA 2-0 (16:14, 15:14)
Semifinal 1: ARG-URU 2-0 (30:18, 20:18)
Semifinal 2: BRA-POR 2-0 (24:12, 26:18)
Bronze: URU-POR 2-0 (18:16, 17:14)
Final: ARG-BRA 0-2 (14:20, 17:19)
Gentlemen champions
The Brazilian men’s team won their seven games and defended the 2024 title. In this new edition, they won six games by 2-0 scores and one game by shot out.
In the round-robin preliminary round, the hosts started with three consecutive 2-0 victories: against the USA (18:10, 24:12), Argentina (18:14, 23:20) and Uruguay (18:12, 20:8).
With Germany, Brazil won 2-1 (16:19, 16:14, SO 7:4 ) thanks to 12 points from Nailson Amaral, who returned to national team action after being absent for the last few seasons.
They concluded the preliminary round with a 2-0 (20:14, 18:8) win over Asian champions Qatar.
Definition
In the final, more than 1,000 fans cheered on the Brazilian team, Amaral scored 12 points and Renan Carvalho 13 and they won the game against Germany 2-0 (19:16, 16:10).
Men’s ranking
1) Brazil (BRA)
2) Germany (GER)
3) Argentina (ARG)
4) Qatar (QAT)
5) Uruguay (URU)
6) United States of America (USA)
Results
BRA-EUA 2-0 (18:10, 24:12)
QAT-ARG 2-1 (16:18, 17:16, SO 9:6)
GER-URU 2-0 (21:18, 18:4)
QAT-GER 0-2 (16:17, 18:24)
USA-URU 2-1 (11:10, 20:22, SO 8:2)
ARG-BRA 0-2 (14:18, 20:23)
BRA-URU 2-0 (18:12, 20:8)
ARG-GER 1-2 (20:18, 18:23, SO 8:9)
USA-QAT 0-2 (22:28, 14:19)
ARG-EUA 2-0 (16:14, 14:13)
URU-QAT 0-2 (14:17, 16:19)
BRA-GER 2-1 (16:19, 16:14, TAN 7:4)
URU-ARG 2-1 (8:16, 17;16, SO 7:6)
QAT-BRA 0-2 (14:20, 8:18)
GER-EUA 2-0 (24:18, 28:20)
Qualifying Match 5/6: URU-USA 2-0 (18:14, 19:14)
Semifinal 1: GER-QAT 2-1 (16:17, 22:12, SO 7:4)
Semifinal 2: BRA-ARG 2-0 (23:16, 29:16)
Bronze: QAT-ARG 0-2 (12:13, 16:21)
Final: GER-BRA 0-2 (16:19, 10:16)
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By Loly Coria
