Men’s South American Club Championship

The city of Belo Horizonte (MG) will host the Men’s South American Club Championship, which will be held from 6th to 12th May. Games will take place in the Arena Vivo, belonging to Minas Tenis Clube.

As host of the competition, Vivo/Minas, placed fourth in the latest edition of the Brazilian Superliga, will be one of eight participants in the tournament. The others will be RJX Superliga Champion; Vikingos de Miranda from Venezuela; Peerless Volleyball Club from Peru, Carmelo Rowing Club from Uruguay; and the two finalists of the Argentinian League, UPCN San Juan and Buenos Aires Unidos.

To date, there have been played 32 championships and the Brazilians won 27 opportunities, and the Argentine clubs five. The greatest champion are: Banespa from Brazil, with six titles and Paulistano also from Brazil, which won five.

Among the 2013 participating teams, only the Vivo/Minas has won the title. The “mineiros” have three trophies (1984/85/99). The Argentines from UPCN San Juan were the runner-up in the last two editions. The current champion is Sada Cruzeiro from Brazil.

See below the competition formula and schedule:

Pool A

• Vivo/Minas (Brazil)
• UPCN (Argentina)
• Club Peerless (Peru)

Pool B

• RJX (Brazil)
• Buenos Aires Unidos (Argentina)
• Vikingos de Miranda (Venezuela)
• Carmelo Rowing Club (Uruguay)

5/8 (Wednesday)

3:30PM – Buenos Aires Unidos x Vikingos de Miranda

6:00PM – RJX x Carmelo Rowing Club

8:30PM – Vivo/Minas x Club Peerless

5/9 (Thursday)

3:30PM – Carmelo Rowing Club x Buenos Aires Unidos

6:00PM – RJX x Vikingos de Miranda

8:30PM – Vivo/Minas x UPCN

5/10 (Friday)

3:30PM – Vikingos de Miranda x Carmelo Rowing Club

6:00PM – Club Peerless x UPCN

8:30PM – RJX x Buenos Aires Unidos

Semi-finals ( 5/11 Saturday)

7:00PM – 2^nd A x 1^st B

21:45PM – 1^nd A x 2^st B

Finals (5/12 Sunday)

4:30PM – Bronze Medal Final

7:30PM – Gold Medal Final