2011 CEV Champions League
The Italian Volleyball League was in Trento this morning to present the coming season in the Champions League with Trentino and Cuneo amongst the teams taking part. The two clubs dominated the national and international competitions last year: Trento won the Club World Championships, the Champions League and Italian Cup while Cuneo won the Cev Cup and became national champions.
“I am particularly happy to present this new adventure in the Champions League, on this 8th of November, just one year after our victory in the Club World Championships – said Trentino’s president Diego Mosna – To become European Champions is a dream, we had the privilege to realise this dream two years in a row and we will try to make this fantastic winning streak going, although we are fully aware of the toughness of the task ahead”.
“The Champions League is a great competition to take part in but at the same time extremely complicated – said Cuneo coach Alberto Giuliani – There are the absolute best teams and at the same time you have to face the national championship. So we have a lot to do to match our results with our ambitions. But the club worked hard this summer to give me a strong and versatile squad. It will be my debut in this competition, like it was for me in the Cev Cup last year. Trento is definitely the favourite but the Russians are serious contenders too”.
Serie A1
Round 3 stats
Results
Sisley Treviso – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-2 (22-25, 21-25, 25-21, 30-28, 15-12)
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Marmi Lanza Verona 2-3 (23-25, 22-25, 26-24, 26-24, 9-15)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-23)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-23)
Copra Morpho Piacenza – Casa Modena 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-20)
M. Roma Volley – Yoga Forlì 3-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-20, 25-17)
Andreoli Latina – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 33-31)
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 12*, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 9, Andreoli Latina 7, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 7, Marmi Lanza Verona 6, Sisley Treviso 6, M. Roma Volley 5, Casa Modena 4, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 3, Copra Morpho Piacenza 3*, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 1, Yoga Forlì 0, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 0.
*1 game more: Itas Diatec Trentino, Copra Morpho Piacenza
LONGEST GAME: 02.11
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Marmi Lanza Verona (2-3)
Sisley Treviso – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (3-2)
QUICKEST GAME: 01.12
Itas Diatec Trentino – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza (3-0)
LONGEST SET: 00.37
3° Set (33-31) Andreoli Latina – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
QUICKEST SET: 00.21
2° Set (25-12) Itas Diatec Trentino – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza
TEAM STATS
ATTACK: 66,2%
Itas Diatec Trentino
RECEPTION: Pos. 67,5% Perf. 47,5%
Itas Diatec Trentino
BLOCKS: 12
Marmi Lanza Verona
Sisley Treviso
POINTS: 81
Marmi Lanza Verona
Sisley Treviso
ACES: 8
Itas Diatec Trentino
INDIVIDUAL HIGHS
POINTS: 24
Michal Lasko (Marmi Lanza Verona)
SPIKES: 22
Robert Horstink (Sisley Treviso)
ACES: 4
Dore Della Lunga (Itas Diatec Trentino)
BLOCKS: 8
Paolo Cozzi (Bcc-Nep Castellana Grotte)
THE BESTS
Samuele Papi (Sisley Treviso – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo)
Marco Meoni (BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Marmi Lanza Verona)
Dore Della Lunga (Itas Diatec Trentino – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza)
Marcus Popp (Copra Morpho Piacenza – Casa Modena)
Igor Omrcen (Lube Banca Marche Macerata – RPA LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino)
Raydel Poey (M. Roma Volley – Yoga Forlì)
Nikola Kovacevic (Andreoli Latina – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia)
Serie A1round 4 fixtures and refs
Saturday 13 November at 6.30pm
Yoga Forlì – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Perri – Cesare)
Sunday 14 November at 6pm
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – M. Roma Volley Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Padoan – Sobrero)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Diatec Trentino
(Boris – Pasquali)
Casa Modena – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
(Puecher – Balboni)
Sisley Treviso – Copra Morpho Piacenza
(Ippoliti – Braico)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Andreoli Latina
(Castagna – Cerquoni)
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino – Marmi Lanza Verona
(Pessolano – Tanasi)
Serie A2 round 5 fixtures and refs
Sunday 14 November at 11.30am
Globo Banca Popolare Del Frusinate Sora – Canadiens Mantova live on Sportitalia 2
(Marchello – Cappello)
Sunday 14 November at 6pm
Pallavolo Padova – Eurogroup Gela
(Bartoloni – Falzoni)
Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia – Volley Segrate 1978
(Carrara – Trevisan)
Sir Safety Perugia – Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello
(Prandi – Gelati)
Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna – CheBanca! Milano
(Astengo – Piersanti)
Carige Genova – Energy Resources Carilo Loreto
(Genna – Cardaci)
Club Italia Aeronautica Militare Roma – Geotec Isernia
(Puletti – Feriozzi)
NGM Mobile Santa Croce – Pallavolo Pineto
(Bertoletti – Prati)
Serie A2
Fourth round posponed game
Mantova vs Reggio Emilia, valid for round 4, will be played on Wednesday 10 November at 8.30pm instead of Sunday 7, because the PalaBam was not available at this date.
