III Copa Oshovia de Vóley: El camino al título en Río Grande

👉 Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss any news! 🌐 Read the full article here: https://www.noticias.lat/articulo/6a5... The city of Río Grande is hosting the III Oshovia Cup, a sporting event that brings together various volleyball teams in a competition structured to determine both the championship and the final standings. The tournament has been organized under a group system that will determine each team's fate starting on Saturday the 18th, dividing the participants between those who will fight for the trophy and those who will compete for fifth place. The competition format establishes that the top two teams from each group will advance to the final phase for the title. Meanwhile, the two teams that finish in the bottom positions of their respective groups will play matches to determine fifth place in the tournament. The action begins on Thursday the 16th with an intense day of matches. At 6:00 PM, two matches will be played simultaneously: in Zone 1, Ciudad Sub 21 will face Academia Ushuaia, while in Zone 2, Academia TdF will play Bella Vista. Later, at 8:00 PM, Zone 1 will see UNTreF take on Universitario, while in Zone 2, Ciudad Sub 18 will face TdF Sub 18. The action will continue on Friday the 17th, starting at 9:00 AM. At this time, Universitario will face Ciudad Sub 21 in Zone 1, and Academia TdF will play Ciudad Sub 18 in Zone 2. At 11:00 AM, Zone 1 will feature the match between Academia Ushuaia and UNTreF, while in Zone 2, Bella Vista will face TdF Sub 18. The afternoon and evening of Friday the 17th will conclude the group stage. At 6:00 PM, Academia Ushuaia will play against Universitario in Zone 1, and Ciudad Sub 18 will face Bella Vista in Zone 2. Finally, at 8:00 PM, the last group matches will be played: Ciudad Sub 21 against UNTreF in Zone 1, and TdF Sub 18 against Academia TdF in Zone 2. Saturday the 18th will mark the start of the knockout rounds. The quarterfinals for the title will begin at 9:00 AM, with the first-place team from Zone 1 facing the second-place team from Zone 2 (Match A), and the first-place team from Zone 2 facing the second-place team from Zone 1 (Match B). At the same time, at 11:00 AM, the matches for 5th through 8th place will begin, with the third-place team from Zone 1 facing the fourth-place team from Zone 2 (Match C), and the third-place team from Zone 2 facing the fourth-place team from Zone 1 (Match D). Saturday's matches will conclude at 8:00 PM with two key games: the losers of Matches C and D will compete for seventh and eighth place, while the winners of Matches C and D will face off to determine fifth and sixth place. The tournament will conclude on Sunday the 19th. At 9:00 AM, the third-place match will be played between the losers of matches A and B. Finally, at 11:00 AM, the championship final will be played between the winners of matches A and B. As a precedent, the second Oshovia Cup, held in Ushuaia in June 2025, was won by Academia TdF Vóley. On that occasion, the team triumphed after defeating the Buenos Aires City Under-21 team 3-2 in a match that lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes, with set scores of 16-25, 25-15, 24-26, 25-20, and 15-10. The final standings of that second edition were as follows: first place, Academia TdF (Río Grande), followed by Buenos Aires City. A (Under 21) in second place, Bella Vista (BA) in third and Fénix (Río Grande) in fourth. Ciudad Bs.As. B (Under 18) in fifth place, TdF Under 18 in sixth, Universitario (Río Grande) in seventh and Imago (Ushuaia) in eighth place completed the table.