The fans were already ecstatic with the first coming-from-behind win of Argentina 2, over Russia’s Dmitri Barsuk, Yury Bogatov, Nikita Kuzmin and Petr Bakhnar at the first semifinal match. The European side started in control, but the crowd pushed the hosts to the tie and then exploded with the solo block from Nuñez that settled the definitive 2-1 (9-15, 15-8, 17-15).
The next shift held another solid performance of the champions as the McKibbins and Field skillfully dealt with Argentina’s Zelayeta, Amieva, Mehamed and Aulisi, delivering them their first defeat of the competition by 2-0 (15-11, 15-8). However, they quickly regrouped and clinched the bronze over Russia in two chapters, by 15-11 and 16-14.