Minute silence for lost soldier
The Italian Volleyball Federation, in association with Coni, decided there would be a minute silence on all Serie A courts on Sunday to pay tribute to Lieutenant Massimo Ranzani, who dramatically passed away today in Afghanistan.
European cups
2011 CEV Champions League
Cuneo in Playoffs 6 against Dinamo Moscow
The Champions League is back with the Playoffs 6, in which Cuneo will face Dinamo Moscow. The first leg will take place this Wednesday in Italy. The winner of this double header will go through to the Final Four, to take place on March 26-27 in Blolzano. In quality of organizer, Trento is already qualified and is waiting to know which are the team it will face in the big event. If Cuneo was to go through, there would be an Italian derby in the semi-final according to the regulations of the CEV.
2011 CEV Champions League
Playoffs 6 first leg
Tuesday 1 March at 6pm
Jastrzbeski Wegiel (POL) – Noliko Maaseik (BEL)
(Partiainen-Heckford)
Wednesday 2 March at 6pm
PGE Skra Belchatow (POL) – Zenit Kazan (RUS)
(Barnstorf-Collados)
Wednesday 2 March at 8.30pm
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – Dinamo Moscow (RUS) Live on Sportitalia 2
CEV Cup: Treviso in fifth final
CEV Cup results
Emi-final return legs
Sisley Treviso (ITA) – Asseco Resovia Rzeszow (POL) 3-1 (26-28, 25-21, 25-21, 26-24)
Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) – CSKA Sofia (BUL) 3-0 (25-23, 33-31, 25-22)
Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle qualified with the Golden Set 15-12
Treviso qualified for the Cev Cup final for the fifth time of its history. The first leg of the final will be in Belluno against Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle, another Polish team.
Fixtures
CEV Cup – final first leg
Wednesday 9 March at 8.30pm
Sisley Treviso (ITA) – Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL)
GM Capital Challenge Cup
Macerata in final versus Izmir
GM Capital Challenge Cup results
Semi-final return legs
Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) – E.A. Patron Lux (GRE) 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-23)
Arkas Izmir (TUR) – Posojilnica Aich/Dob (AUT) 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-23)
Arkas Izmir qualified with the Golden Set 15-6
Macerata celebrated its qualification for the Challenge Cup final as it defeated E.A Patron Lux. This will be its sixth continental final of its history. Macerata will now fight it out with the Turkish side of Izmir. First leg to be played in Italy on March 9.
Fixtures
GM Capital Challenge Cup –Final first leg
Wednesday 9 March at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) – Arkas Izmir (TUR)
Serie A1 Sustenium
Fixtures and refs
Round 23
Wednesday 2 March at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Casa Modena
(Castagna-Cipolla)
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino – Sisley Treviso
(Sampaolo-Pasquali)
Round 24
Saturday 5 March at 4pm
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Ippoliti-Zucca)
Sunday 6 March at 6pm
Copra Morpho Piacenza – Lube Banca Marche Macerata Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Padoan-Boris)
Sisley Treviso – Andreoli Latina
(Caltabiano-Braico)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte
(Rapisarda-Cipolla)
Casa Modena – M. Roma Volley
(Sobrero-Sampaolo)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Marmi Lanza Verona
(Saltalippi-Pessolano)
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Yoga Forlì
(Tanasi-Cappello)
Serie A2 Sustenium
Fixtures and refs
Round 24
Wednesday 2 March at 8.30pm
Canadiens Mantova – Volley Segrate 1978
(Florian-Guerzoni)
Fixtures
Round 26
Saturday 5 March at 8.30pm
CheBanca! Milano – Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia
(Carrara-Valeriani)
Sunday 6 March at 11.30pm
Sir Safety Perugia – Geotec Isernia Live on Sportitalia 2
(Zavater-Canessa)
Sunday 6 March at 6pm
Canadiens Mantova – Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello
(Bertolini-Pristerà)
Club Italia Aeronautica Militare Roma – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
(Zingaro-Turtù)
Pallavolo Pineto – Carige Genova
(Chimento-Gentile)
Phyto Performance Padova – Energy Resources Carilo Loreto
(Piersanti-Gasparro)
Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna – NGM Mobile Santa Croce
(Gelati-Prandi)
Eurogroup Gela – Volley Segrate 1978
(Pignataro-Oranelli)
