Budva volleyball players are the champions of Montenegro for the eighth time in a row! Budva's dominance in the EPCG Super League continued with a victory over their big rival, Buducnost, 3:1 (25:18, 18:25, 25:22, 25:14) in the final and with a 3:2 win in the play-off final, they concluded an exciting season with a double crown.
The first master in the finals brought the expected excitement, and Budva took a big step in the third set, which was the most even. After Budva confidently opened the match, gained an early five-point lead (11:6), and closed the set with four consecutive points (25:18), Buducnost managed to respond in kind.
The guests led throughout the second half of the match, with six consecutive points leading 16:8 and, led by captain Jovan Delić, calmly brought the set to an end to tie the game, after which the most uncertain and, as it turned out, crucial battle for the championship followed.
The third set was a long point-for-point affair, with Vukašin Cimbaljević making the difference for Budva. For the first time in the third part of the match, Budva broke away at 15:11, after great attacks by Cimbaljević and an excellent serve by Lazar Dodić. Bošković's team was focused and repelled the visitors' attacks, who managed to get close to 18:17 on Srđan Petrović's serve, but no more. Budva broke away on Radunović's serve at 22:18, then Cimbaljević's attack won three set points, and through the representative receiver of the serve and a good challenge by Miljan Bošković, they took the lead again - 25:22. The ball touched the finger of the captain of Budućnost, Jovan Delić, before ending up out of bounds.
A great third set gave the hosts a boost in the rest of the game, so after ten points they were already +8, Dejan Radić tried to wake up his players with two early timeouts, and Budva's 4:0 run on Cimbaljević's serve was crowned by Vukašin Cimbaljević with an attractive smash for a big 16:6. The advantage in the fourth set grew to +12, the last time at 24:12, and the hosts used the third ball for the title – Marko Vukašinović made a mistake on serve for 25:14.
Vukašin Cimbaljević had a great match, finishing with 19 points, Lazar Dodić scored 17, Balša Radunović one less. Luka Babić scored nine points, Vukota Čelebić and Nikola Radonić three each. For Buducnost, Jovan Delić scored 15 points, Marko Vukašinović 14, and Aleksa Nikolić finished with 11. Marko Sinđelić had four points, Rastko Milenković and Srđan Petrović three each.
The trophy intended for the winner of the EPCG Super League, Budva captain Balša Radunović, was presented by the president of the Volleyball Association of Montenegro (OSCG), Nikola Kažić.
The gold medals were presented to the players and coaching staff of the champions by the Secretary General of the Montenegrin Volleyball Federation, Ivan Bošković, and former Montenegrin volleyball national team player, Hamza Zatrić.
Silver medals were awarded to the volleyball players and the coaching staff of Budućnost by the director of the men's national team of the Serbian Football Federation (OSCG) Ivan Ječmenica and the Secretary of Sports in the Capital City of Podgorica Darko Nikčević.
The final judges, Sonja Simonovska and Nevena Terzić, as well as supervisor Anka Ivanović, were presented by the OSCG competition commissioner Nikola Pješčić.
The match at the Mediterranean Sports Center put an end to a phenomenal club season in Montenegro in which Budva won the Montenegrin Cup and Budućnost the Super Cup.
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