Milan, Italy, October 12, 2014 – The United States of America are the new world champions! In front of 12,600 thrilled fans in Milan’s Mediolanum Forum, USA overpowered China 3-1 (27-25, 25-20, 16-25, 26-24) to claim their first FIVB World Championship title ever. It is a historic night for American volleyball, for this is their first ever title in a major FIVB competition.
Despite their legacy of success over the past 30-plus years, the USA had never won the World Championship title – or any of the three major women’s international titles including the Olympic Games and FIVB World Cup before.
Best scorer of Sunday’s gold medal match were Kimberly Hill for USA and Chunlei Zeng for China with 20 kills each. USA had the edge in blocking (14-9) and serving (6-5).
USA coach Karch Kiraly: «We came here to make history and we made it. It was a tough battle, but we made it.»
USA captain Christa Dietzen: «It’s the first time for the USA and we made it. We represented present and future volleyball programs, but most importantly we did it together.»
Estados Unidos supero el domingo a China 3-1 en la final del mundial femenino de Volleyball disputado en Italia…
Se trata del primer titulo mundial para las Estadounidenses.