Hebitaka vs Kriegiersien- chance to be first for first time
The first STWC, held in Squidrodia, has reached it's final stages. In this long tournament among 24 teams, only two remain to claim the championship- Kriegiersien and Hebitaka. Both these teams had a unique journey throughout the championship.
Hebitaka's path
The team Hebitaka began the World cup losing two consecutive matches. Placed in group A along with Sanyamathland, Dachine and the Frozen Forest, the team played in the city of Calamary County. The two loses had left lot of Hebitaki kickvolley fans disappointed and lot of them gave up the hopes for the team to even reach the Round of sixteen. The first game was the first ever international sepak takraw game for the Hebitaka National Team. The first game was played in Strikers Fieldhouse, Calamary County against The Frozen Forest. The match was lost at 2 to 1 sets. The next game against Sanyamathland was a similar disappointment with the same set score of 2-1. In the next game, however, the team crushed Dachine with 2 sets to 0, putting the team in the third place in group A after the end of first leg. And that was the beginning of Hebitaka's win streak. The next three games were all victories. Win of 2-1 against the forest, 2-1 win against Sanyamathland, and 2-1 win against the Dachine took the team to the top of the table in group A with 4 victories.
The 12th seeded Southern Palm Islands were the next target of the win streak for the 5th seeded Hebitaka. The game was another 2-1 victory and the team was ready for the Quater Finals. The Quater finals were a delight for the team as it continued the win streak and defeated the Treciene in Anchovy Center, Inkopolis. The team's next game was in the same city, but a different stadium of Mako Arena. The hosts were finally defeated in this round which helped Hebitaka get into their first ever STWC finals.
The Frozen Forest 21 14 21
Hebitaka 17 21 17
Sanyamathland 21 20 21
Hebitaka 18 22 16
Hebitaka 21 21
Dachine 18 19
Hebitaka 20 26 21
The Frozen Forest 22 24 18
Hebitaka 21 16 21
Sanyamathland 13 21 17
Dachine 18 21 14
Hebitaka 21 19 21
Hebitaka 21 19 21
Southern Palm Islands 19 21 17
Treciene 15 15
Hebitaka 21 21
Hebitaka 10 21 21
Squidroidia 21 9 17
Kriegiersien's Hardship
Kriegiersien had an odd journey throughout the tournament. The team was placed in group C along with the hosts Squidrodia, Dryicor and Team Jaya, the team played all the games at the city of Inkopolis. The team played the hosts in the first game which was a bitter loss for this team by 2 to 0 sets. The next game was a comeback victory as the team got a mighty victory of 2-0 against Team Jaya. The next game was another loss of 2-1 against Dryicor, making the team fall to third place at the end of first leg. The second leg began with another loss of 2-0 against Squidrodia followed by a crushing victory of 2-0 against Team Jaya once again. This was followed by a 2-1 victory against the Dryicor givin the team a complete average finish in the second spot with 3 victories and 3 losses and a win of 7 sets and 7 sets that ended as loss.
The team was seeded 10th for the knockouts along and were to play Sylestone in the round of sixteen. The team went for a crushing win of 2-0 to make it into the quarters playing Saint-Domingues, who were defeated at 2-0 as well. The Semifinals an ease as well as the team won the game too at 2-0, ending up losing not even a single set in the knockouts.
Squidroidia 21 21
Kriegiersien 18 13
Kriegiersien 21 21
Tanah Jaya 11 13
Dryicor 21 17 21
Kriegiersien 15 21 16
Kriegiersien 19 20
Squidroidia 21 22
Tanah Jaya 18 6
Kriegiersien 21 21
Kriegiersien 21 19 21
Dryicor 17 21 11
Sylestone 13 16
Kriegiersien 21 21
Saint-Domingues 20 16
Kriegiersien 22 21
Kriegiersien 21 21
Honeydewistania 14 13
The finals are going to be a great game for the both the teams. It does not matter which team wins. Both the teams have worked very hard and thus have it what it takes to win the championship. Unfortunately, only one team can take home the cup. Let's hope for the best.
