European Cups
All group winners in Champions League
Treviso goes through to the challenge cup quarter final
Great performances from the Italian teams involved in European Cups: Three victory out of three in the Champions League, meaning all the teams finished top of their respective group.
Piacenza had the better of Paris 3-1, with all the spikers divided equally the points. It went well for Macerata too, 3-1 winners of Red Star Belgrade. At the same time, in Spain, Roeselare had lost against Maiorca, meaning the Italian took first place.
Trentino continued to impress in its first time in the Champions League with a 3-1 victory over Bled.
Some good news came as well from the Challenge Cup, with Treviso going through to the quarter finals thanks to a straight set win over Lokomotiv Kharkiy. Papi and co will face in the next round the Polish team of Jastrzebski Wegiel, coached by Italian Roberto Santilli.
CEV INDESIT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
POOL C
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Stella Rossa Belgrado (SRB) 3-1 (18-25; 25-18; 25-17; 25-22)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata: Saraceni 11, Omrcen 2, Bartoletti 18, Vermiglio, Santana 7, Monopoli 4, Podrascanin 9, Martino, Snippe 12, Giovi (L). DNP Lebl, Swiderski. Coach. De Giorgi.
Crvena Zvezda Beograd: Dokic 15, Terzic 16, Rasic 9, Zindovic 9, Bojovic 5, Stefanovic 1, Majstorovic (L), Mitic. DNP Culafic, Pajic, Ilic, Vujic. Coach. Bulatovic
POOL D
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Paris Volley (FRA) 3-1 (26-28; 25-19; 25-19; 31-29)
Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza: Meoni 3, Zlatanov 15, Rak 3, Boninfante dnp, Bjelica 13, Bravo 9, Marshall 19, Dunnes, Durante L, Grassano, Insalata 7, Pampel 12.
Coach: Lorenzetti Angelo
Paris Volley: Rejlek 22, Smrcka 12, Novak 6, Cantamessi dnp, Bonon, Kahlehue dnp, Bleuze, Bazin 3, Van der Veen, Rivera 12, De olivera L, Hargreaves Da Costa 11.
Coach: Motta Paes Mauricio
POOL E
ACH Volley Bled (SLO) – Trentino Volley 1-3 (17-25; 25-23; 20-25; 23-25)
Ach Volley Bled: Cuturic 16, Cebron 4, Skorc (L), Plesko 1, Satler, Flajs, Pajenk 7, Gasparini 18, Perez 1, Cundy 7, Eathertone 7. DNP Sket. Coach. Hoag
Trentino Volley : Zygadlo 3, Stefanov, Winiarski 12, Kaziyski 19, Bari (L), Piscopo 9, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 16, Della Lunga, Vissotto Neves 17. DNP Grbic, De Paola, Leonardi. Coach. Stoytchev
CHALLANGE CUP
Ritorno Ottavi di finale
Sisley Treviso – Lokomotiv Kharkiv 3-0 (25-22; 25-23; 27-25)
Sisley Volley: Fei 8, Ricardo 3, Cisolla 12, Papi 1, Hubner 2, Kohut 10; Farina (L), Vedovotto 4, Saitta 1, Gustavo 2, Antonov 7, Daldello. Coach. Dall’Olio.
Lokomotiv Kharkiv: Diachkov 7, Gumeniuk 2, Kalinicenko 4, Kapaiev 3, Jovanovic 7, Statsenko 19; Guevara (L), Storozhylov, Iereshchenko 3, Fomin dnp. Coach.: Filippov.
