CEV Cup final
Cuneo beat the Russians of Iskra.
Thanks to a brilliant victory, the Cev Cup is back in Cuneo. This is the third of the club. The team of chairman Valter Lannutti beat the Russians of Iskra in Belgium 3-1. It was a tight affair all the way but Giuliani’s boys played with great determination and only conceded the second set.
“It’s been a fantastic game – said chairman Lannutti – A very difficult one but played at a high level, like the whole competition. We needed this victory for the club, the players, the fans and the city. On Thursday we’ll be back on court to win again”.
One of the most applauded players of this Final Four has to be Captain Wijsmans, who played at home in Belgium: “We had to fight to win it, it was tough but we managed to clinch it. This team has worked very hard to get there, we really deserved this trophy, let’s enjoy it! The Russians fought hard, they block and serve well but we did well to stay composed. Winning the Cev Cup in Belgium is something unbelievable for me”.
Middleblocker Luigi Mastrangelo was thrilled too: “The Cev Cup was one of our targets this season and we fought fori t. It was not easy to block the Russians, who really played a good game. Our next target ? Get to Bologna!”.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – ISKRA ODINTSOVO 3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 26-24) –
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Nikolov 28, Wijsmans 19, Mastrangelo 12, Grbic 7, Fortunato 4, Henno (L), Peda, Parodi 10. DNP Jeroncic, Patriarca, Ariaudo, Nuti. Coach. Giuliani.
ISKRA ODINTSOVO: Kalinin 7, Mysin, Kruglov 3, Miranda, Kuleshov 8, Arkiphov, Ermakov (L), Schops 26, Egorchev 1, Spiridonov 4, Astashenkov 16, Makarov 1.
MVP: Wout Wijsmans (Bre Banca Lannutti CUNEO)
Best Blocker: Simon Van de Voorde (Noliko MAASEIK)
Best Libero: Hubert Henno (Bre Banca Lannutti CUNEO)
Best Receiver: Bert Derkoningen (Noliko MAASEIK)
Best Scorer: Jochen Schöps (Iskra ODINTSOVO)
Best Server: Wout Wijsmans (Bre Banca Lannutti CUNEO)
Best Setter: Nikola Grbic (Bre Banca Lannutti CUNEO)
Best Spiker: Jochen Schöps (Iskra ODINTSOVO)
CEV CUP PAST WINNERS
1980/81 A.S. Cannes (FRA)
1981/82 Starlift (NED)
1982/83 Panini Modena
1983/84 Panini Modena
1984/85 Panini Modena
1985/86 Kutiba Falconara
1986/87 Enermix Milano
1987/88 Automobilist Leningrado (URSS)
1988/89 Automobilist Leningrado (URSS)
1989/90 Moerser Moers (GER)
1990/91 Sisley Treviso
1991/92 Maxicono Parma
1992/93 Sisley Treviso
1993/94 Ignis Padova
1994/95 Cariparma Volleyball Parma
1995/96 Alpitour Traco Cuneo
1996/97 Area Ravenna Volley
1997/98 Sisley Treviso
1998/99 Iveco Palermo
1999/00 Piaggio Roma
2000/01 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2001/02 Noicom Brebanca Cuneo
2002/03 Sisley Treviso
2003/04 Kerakoll Modena
2004/05 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2005/06 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2006/07 Novy Urengoi (RUS)
2007/08 M. Roma Volley
2008/09 Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod (RUS)
2009/10 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
CEV Cup: Game for third place
Piacenza beaten
In Maaseik, Piacenza played the game it would have preferred to avoid: the one for third place. In its 50th anniversary, the hosts really wanted this third place and got it on a 3-1 score without much trouble.
COPRATLANTIDE PIACENZA – NOLIKO MAASEIK 1-3 (20-25, 25-23, 16-25, 19-25) –
COPRATLANTIDE PIACENZA: Boschi, Rak 11, Grassano 11, Boninfante 4, Sequeira 14, Zlatanov, Pereira Bravo, Rinaldi (L), Oivanen 8, Urnaut 14. DNP Bjelica. Coach. Lorenzetti.
NOLIKO MAASEIK: Viafara Mina 2, Lopes 8, Van Harskamp 2, Van Walle 22, Maan 1, Schrijvers, Derkoningen (L), Klinkenberg 7, Klapwijk 6, Van Decraen 7, Van De Voorde 11. DNP Van Kerckhove.
Serie A1 TIM
Play off
1ª- Itas Diatec Trentino |
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3-0 3-2 |
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8ª- Marmi Lanza Verona |
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4ª- Trenkwalder Modena |
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1-3 |
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5ª- Lube Banca Marche MC |
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| V-Day |
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2ª- Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo |
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| Bologna, 9 maggio |
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7ª- CoprAtlantide Piacenza |
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3ª- Sisley Treviso |
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3-2 |
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6ª- Acqua Paradiso Monza |
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Fixtures
Wednesday 31 March at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Trenkwalder Modena GAME 2 – Live on Rai Sport Più from 9pm
Itas Diatec Trentino – Marmi Lanza Verona GAME 3
Thursday 1 April at 8.30pm
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – CoprAtlantide Piacenza GAME 1
Acqua Paradiso Monza – Sisley Treviso GAME 2
Serie A1 TIM – Playoffs quarter-finals
Another tie-break win for Trento, while Treviso strikes first.
MARMI LANZA VERONA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 2-3 (18-25, 25-23, 25-21, 14-25, 12-15) –
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Groppi, Latelli, Sottile 1, Della Lunga 8, Lasko 19, Kovar 1, Curti 6, Galabinov, Colaci (L), Kromm 20, Howard 8. DNP Peslac, Holt. Coach. Bagnoli.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 17, Gallosti (L), Birarelli 14, Garcia Pires Ribeiro, Portuondo Juantorena 22, Zygadlo, Vieira De Oliveira 2, Vissotto Neves 4, Sala 7, Sokolov 8, Corsini, Herpe 1, Bari (L). Coach. Stoytchev.
Verona pushed Trento to the tie-break but the latter did not make mistakes when it mattered most. Trailed 2-1, Juantorena showed the way back in with 4 aces and the MVP title. Verona had to do without Holt, substituted by Curti, who did well. The hosts played well, better than in game 1, but the World Champion responded with 12 blocks (6 from Birarelli), 4 aces and 54% in attack.
Michal Lasko (Marmi Lanza Verona): “We are a bit disappointed with the fourth set. We let it slip away right from the start, after two sets played at the top level. Shame because at 2-1 up, we had an opportunity to push them to game 4. We have served very well today, which we had not done in game 1. They played well and did not make many mistakes. We’ll go to Trento to give everything we have. Shame we have wasted an opportunity tonight”.
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