European Cups
Trento, Cuneo, Macerata and Monza Brianza in the Champions League and the Cev Cup.
Modena in the Challenge Cup from December.
Champions League and CEV Cup ready to start. The three Italian teams ready to fight for the most prestigious title are Trentino, Cuneo and Macerata. Three-times champion Trento is chasing CSKA’s record of 1986-1989 when the Russians won four on the trot. Cuneo is hoping for its first ever title in this competition, while Macerata would like to add to the title won in 2002.
Starring in the Cev Cup 2012 for Italy will be Monza, while Modena’s adventure in the Challenge Cup will begin in December, although the 1st round will take place as soon as October 22.
2012 CEV Champions League
FORMULA
The Champions League begins with 6 groups of 4 teams. All the successive rounds will take place with home and away games except for the Final Four.
Italians taking part:
Trentino PlanetWin365 (Pool C)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (Pool D)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata (Pool E)
Cuneo will first travel to Germany to meet Unterhaching, while the other teams of the group are Budejovice, Czech Republic and Poitiers, France.
The holders, Trento, will face the ambitious team of Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle, the Polish side finalist of the last Cev Cup, the Serbian champions of Partizan Belgrade and the Spanish champions of Teruel.
Macerata will host the opening game against the Russians of Novosibirsk, national cup winners. Then, they will face Fenerbahce, Turkey, and Hypo Tirol Innsbruck, Austria.
POOL A
Wednesday October 19 at 7pm
Arkas Izmir (TUR) – Cska Sofia (BUL)
(Bjelic–Sampaolo)
Wednesday October at 8pm
Iraklis Thessaloniki (GRE) – Noliko Maaseik (BEL)
(Schiemenz–Flueckiger)
POOL B
Tuesday October 18 at 8.30pm
Euphony Asse-Lennik (BEL) – Remat Zalau (ROU)
(Godoy-Gaupp)
Wednesday October at 7pm
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – VfB Friedrichshafen (GER)
(Aliyev-Huhtaniska)
POOL C
Wednesday October at 6pm
Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) – Partizan Termoelektro Beograd (SRB)
(Hudik-Partiainen)
Thursday October 20 at 8.30pm
Trentino PlanetWin365 (ITA) – Cai Teruel (ESP) Live on Sportitalia 2
(Stipanicev-Bozkurt)
POOL D
Wesnesday October at 6pm
Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice (CZE) – Stade Poitevin Poitiers (FRA)
(Adler-Jacyna)
Wednesday October 19 at 8pm
Generali Unterhaching (GER) – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) Live on Sportitalia 1
(Maroszek-Mcdougall)
POOL E
Thursday October 20 at 8.15
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (AUT) – Fenerbahce Instanbul (TUR)
(Labasta-Seifried)
Thursday October 20 at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) Differed on Sportitalia 2
(Barnstorf-Zdravesky)
POOL F
Thursday October 20 at 6pm
Budvanska Rivijera Budva (MNE) – Pge Skra Belchatow (POL)
(Satanassi-Georgouleas)
Thursday October 20 at 8.30pm
Tours VB (FRA) – Ach Volley Ljubljana (SLO)
(Vaz De Castro-Kulhanek)
2012 CEV Cup
FORMULA: The competition starts at the 16th of finals with a special ‘Challenge Round’ between the quarters and the semis, in which four teams join in after being knocked out of the Champions League. There are no Final Four, all the rounds will be played with home and away games.
Italian team:
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza
The PalaIper of Moznza will host European Cup competitions for the first time in history. The club qualified thanks to the regular season fourth place of last season.
Thursday October 20 at 8pm
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza (ITA) – Lakkapää Rovaniemi (FIN)
(Delikostidis-Franc)
Serie A1 Sustenium
Round 4 in numbers
Results
Round 4
Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 2-3 (25-17, 22-25, 21-25, 25-21, 12-15)
Sisley Belluno – Energy Resources San Giustino 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 26-24)
CMC Ravenna – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 1-3 (21-25, 29-27, 19-25, 19-25)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Andreoli Latina 3-2 (24-26, 25-23, 24-26, 25-23, 15-10)
Casa Modena – Copra Elior Piacenza 3-0 (25-20, 25-13, 25-18)
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – M. Roma Volley 0-3 (27-29, 16-25, 19-25)
Marmi Lanza Verona – Fidia Padova 3-2 (25-16, 22-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-6)
League table
Casa Modena 12, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 11, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 10, Itas Diatec Trentino 9, Andreoli Latina 8, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 6, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 5, Energy Resources San Giustino 5, Sisley Belluno 5, Marmi Lanza Verona 4, Fidia Padova 4, M. Roma Volley 3, CMC Ravenna 1, Copra Elior Piacenza 1
LONGEST GAME: 02.17
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Andreoli Latina (3-2)
QUICKEST GAME: 01.12
Casa Modena – Copra Elior Piacenza (3-0)
LONGEST SET: 00.34
2° Set (29-27) CMC Ravenna – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza
QUICKEST SET: 00.21
2° Set (25-13) Casa Modena – Copra Elior Piacenza
TEAM HIGHS
ATTACK: 57,5%
Casa Modena
RECEPTION: Perf. 49,2%
Energy Resources San Giustino
BLOCKS: 15
Andreoli Latina
POINTS: 89
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
ACES: 14
Lube Banca Marche Macerata
INDIVIDUAL HIGHS
POINTS: 37
Mitja Gasparini (Marmi Lanza Verona
SPIKES: 30
Leandro Vissotto (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo)
ACES: 11
Mitja Gasparini (Marmi Lanza Verona)
BLOCKS: 6
Gérald Hardy-Dessources (Andreoli Latina)
Marko Podrascanin (Lube Banca Marche Macerata)
THE BESTS
Marko PODRASCANIN (Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata)
Robert HORSTINK (Sisley Belluno – Energy Resources San Giustino)
Luciano De CECCO (CMC Ravenna – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza)
Leandro VISSOTTO (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Andreoli Latina)
Dick KOOY (Casa Modena – Copra Elior Piacenza)
Ivan ZAYTSEV (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – M. Roma Volley)
Mitja GASPARINI (Marmi Lanza Verona – Fidia Padova)
Serie A1 Sustenium
Round 5 fixtures and refs
Saturday October 22, at 5.30pm
CMC Ravenna – Marmi Lanza Verona Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Bartolini-Pessolano)
Sunday October 23 at 5.30pm
Fidia Padova – Casa Modena Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Cipolla-Rapisarda)
Sunday October 23 at 6pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
(La Micela-Castagna)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Energy Resources San Giustino
(Gnani-Tanasi)
M. Roma Volley – Sisley Belluno Live on Sportube.tv
(Pasquali-Santi)
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Andreoli Latina
(Saltalippi-Sobrero)
Copra Elior Piacenza – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
(Cesare-Pol)
Serie A2 Sustenium
Round 5 fixtures and refs
Saturday October 22 at 8.30pm
Club Italia Roma – Energy Resources Carilo Loreto
(Gasparro-Cassarino)
Sunday October 23 at 4pm
Cassa Rurale Cantù – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte Live on Sportitalia 2
(Prati-Genna)
Sunday October 23 at 6pm
Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia – Sidigas Atripalda
(Puletti-Cappelletti)
CheBanca! Milano – Cicchetti Isernia
(Cappello-Falivene)
Pallavolo Molfetta – Caffè Aiello Corigliano
(Turtù-Oranelli)
NGM Mobile S.Croce – Volley Segrate 1978
(Pignataro-Orpianesi)
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Sir Safety Perugia
(Carrara Monica-Zavater)
Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello – Carige Genova
(Simbari-Andreoni)
