Venezuela accomplished its work defeating Peru in straight sets and used the victory of an eliminated Chile over Colombia to get its place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Venezuelan team defeated the Peruvian team by 25-19, 25-16 and 25-16 with Luis Arias (starting for the first time during the tournament) and Ronald Fayola as the offensive leaders of the match with 17 and 10 points respectively.
Venezuela had 36 attacks in favor, 12 blocks and 4 points in service. In addition, it benefited from 23 Peruvian errors.
Chile won and helped the Venezuelan classification
For its part, the Chilean team that already had possibilities of obtaining the Olympic quota, beat the coffee group 3-1 to give a double joy because the victory was not only for their country, but also helped the Venezuelan team seal their go to the maximum Olympic event.
Chile prevailed in the first set by 25-22, while Colombia paired the actions with a score of 22-25 in the second section, however, the locals took a second breath to prevail in the following two sections with boards of 25 -21 and 25-19.
With this result, Venezuela finished the tournament as group leader with 7 points, ensuring their presence in Tokyo 2020, while the Chilean team followed with 6, Colombia finished with 5 and Peru did not manage to score any points.
Captain Vinotinto thanked the country
After finishing the match against Peru and without even knowing if he would be able to qualify for the Olympic Games, the captain of the national team Vinotinto, thanked the country for its support and assured that they had had a good tournament. Thank you Venezuela. We expected this match. We did our thing and we had a good tournament”, said captain José “Chema” Carrasco.
"Thank you all for your support. It was a game that we played at a good pace, good level. We were able to stabilize our game. We were able to lower the level of errors in general and especially in the serve. We gave everything, "added technical director Ronald Sarti.
