In the last day of the competition on Sunday, Cuba downed Egypt 3-1
(26-24, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20) to finish the event with seven victories and
four losses for a total of 20 points.

The event was won by Russia (29, 10-1), who were followed by Poland (26,
8-3) and Brazil (24, 8-3).

These three squads also obtained their tickets for the volleyball
tournament of the London Olympic Games in 2012.

Italy (24, 8-3) finished in the fourth spot ahead of Cuba, while places
from sixth to twelfth were for the United States (16, 6-5), Argentina (16,
5-6), Serbia (15, 5-6), Iran (12, 5-6), Japan (8, 2-9), China (5, 1-10)
and Egypt (3, 1-10).

As to the individual leaders of the contest, Cuban Fernando Hernandez was
the Top Scorer with 225 points, closely followed by Italian Michal Lasko
(222). The other awards were for Egypt’s Ahmed Abdelhay (Best Spiker),
Polish Marcin Mozdzonek (Best Blocker), Italian Cristian Savani (Best
Server), Argentinean Luciano De Cecco (Best Setter), Brazilian Sergio
Santos (Best Receiver) and Chinese Ren Qi (Best Libero). The tournament’s
MVP was Maxim Mikhaylov of Russia.