Zenit Kazan and Personal Bolivar meet for the first time

Lodz, Poland, December 12, 2017 – Russia’s Zenit Kazan will face Argentina’s Bolivar in their first ever encounter in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship.

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• Zenit Kazan and Personal Bolivar will meet for the first time at the men's club world championships.

• Zenit won their only previous meeting with an Argentine side in the competition: 3-0 versus UPCN in the 2015 semifinals.

•Bolivar beat Dynamo Moskva 3-1 in the 2010 group stage in their only previous club world championships meeting with a Russian side.

• Zenit Kazan will appear for the sixth time in the men's club world championships.

• Only Diatec Trentino (7) have participated in more editions of the men's club world championships. Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei will also make their sixth appearance this year.

• Zenit have claimed most podiums in the competition without winning a single title (4). They finished third in 2009 and 2011 and second in 2015 and 2016.

• The only Russian side that won the men's club world championships was Belogorie Belgorod in 2014.

• Zenit's last three defeats in the club world championships came against Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei, the finals in 2015 and 2016 and a group stage match last year.

• Bolivar will make their third appearance in the men's club world championships. They finished in fourth place in 2010 and 2016.

• The only other Argentine team that participated in the competition is UPCN who claimed two podium finishes in their four appearances: third in both 2014 and 2015.

• Bolivar won their seventh Argentinian championship in 2017 and their first since 2010. They beat UPCN in the final.

• They finished as runners-up to Brazilian side Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei at the 2017 South American Club Championship.