Cuba beats South Korea Men's Volleyball World League

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 17 (acn) Cuba defeated South Korea on the first day of the second level of the Men's Volleyball World League, with a stage at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Japan.

According to the website of the contest, Cuba won 3-2 (33-31, 25-18, 14-25, 22-25 and 15-6).
The top scorer of the match was South Korean Kim Hak-Min, who scored 18 points, 13 spikes, four blocks and one ace, supported by his teammate Seo Jae-Duck (10-8-1-1).
While Cuba's most outstanding players were the setter Ricardo Calvo (14-3-8-3), central blocker Tomas Luis Sosa (12-12-0-0), outside hitter Rolando Cepeda (11-10-0-1), inside hitter Osmani Uriarte (11-7-2-2), inside hitter Osniel Melgarejo (10-6-3-1) and central blocker Livan Osoria (9-7-2-0).
Rodolfo Sanchez, Cuban head coach, also used as replacements the outside hitter Dariel Albo (5-3-1-1) and inside hitters Abraham Alfonso and Javier Jimenez.
In yesterday's other match in Osaka, the hosts won 3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-23) over Finland.
The Japanese squad leads the standings with three points, one win and no loss, followed by Cubans (2-1-0), South Koreans (1-0-1) and the Finns (0-0-1).
The second day of the second level will be tomorrow with the matches Cuba-Japan and South Korea-Finland.