CHAMPIONSHIP OF LUBUMBASHI
The Volleyball Club Mazembe champion!
July 24, 2013
The players of Mazembe Volley Club dominated the urban league to win the title after 24 days with 52 points. The Mazembe Volleyball players have beaten the Police team during the last match and dethroned the ancient and old champion, Negritta, which recorded experienced a poor performance and finished in the 3rd place. Our Ravens will represent the city of Lubumbashi in the next provincial championship, a step to play in the Cup of Congo.
The first title in the History...
Saturday, July 6 at the Joseph Kabila KABANGE stadium of the city of Gecamines in Lubumbashi, the Mazembe Volleyball branch won his first title of the history. Teammates of the Captain Idriss Joseph YAMBISSA, acclaimed on the occasion as the best striker of the league, have won the Police team by 3 sets to 0 in a controlled game from the beginning to end: 25-19, 25-20 and 25 -18. This is the first trophy won by the Ravens in their history since the creation of the team on 21 April 2009.
Big ambitions like in football
Now, Ravens Volleyball players will focus on the Katanga provincial championship scheduled in Fungurume from 5 to 11 August, competition that opens doors for the Cup of Congo in Matadi (Bas-Congo) from 15 to 21 August 2013. To compete in the National Cup, the Ravens must participate in the final stage in Fungurume. Remember that in 2012, they finished in the 3rd place in the Cup of Congo in Kananga, a performance that gave wings to the team led by Didier NYEMBO nicknamed "Badianguena" with reference to the structure of the TPM supporters that he leads. For 2013, the Team of Volleyball Club Mazembe has great ambitions and therefore expects the support of all fans of Mazembe.
The involvement of a man
Didier NYEMBO is hiding behind the strong performance of VC Mazembe. Football being his favorite and Mazembe his dream team sport, the man also has a hobby: volleyball. After the dominance of his TPM on the national and continental soccer, Didier had decided on April 29, 2009 to participate in the creation of the volleyball section Mazembe with the expectation to see one day the team winning urban, provincial and national titles and dreaming high for example to fetch the continental trophy of the specialty.
The will of winning, the VC Mazembe had it in 2012 when they participated in the Congo Cup of Volleyball in Kananga the team of Lubumbashi had impressed and then drained behind it all the great supporters of Mazembe (football). In the semifinals at the time before Negritta, its great rival of Lubumbashi, Mazembe had even led 2 sets to 0 before losing 2-3 due to inexperience of his young players. A disappointment yes but Didier NYEMBO has not abdicated at all. Instead, now he wants to erase the sad memories by a coronation, first in the provincial championship before fetch positive results in Matadi.