08/04/2021 19:00
KV PËJA claims dramatic tiebreak win to seize Kosovo’s national cup title
News from the National Federations
Pristina, Kosovo, April 8, 2021. KV PËJA triumphed in the final of the men’s national cup of Kosovo, edging KV FERIZAJ 3-2 at the end of a real marathon match that extended the long-lasting rivalry between these two teams.
KV FERIZAJ stormed to a landslide 25-15 win in the first set – before a very close second set eventually ended in a 25-23 score in favour of KV PËJA. The two teams continued to fight as hard as they could in the third set, where KV PËJA had the upper hand at 27-25. KV FERIZAJ regrouped and mobilised all of their energies to stay alive in the match as the players in white and blue shirts managed to claim a 25-20 fourth set win. They seemed to be keeping the very same pace in the early stages of the tiebreak (8-4), but KV PËJA fought back, levelling the score at 14-14 before sealing a dramatic 16-14 win.
The newly elected President of the Kosovo Volleyball Federation Bahri Gjinovci presented the trophy to the winners and more specifically to their captain Agron Nikci.
The captain of the Albanian men’s national team Gazmend Husaj, the well-known coach Bujar Dervishaj, who currently works in Switzerland, as well as the director of the Sports Department Fitim Arifi, the Vice-Presidents of the Kosovo National Olympic Committee Gazmend Maxhuni and Milaim Kelmendi, and NOC BoA member Avni Nuha were among the guests to attend the cup final.
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