Champions League
2013 CEV Champions League
PlayOffs 6 return leg
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) 3-2 (25-17, 25-19, 22-25, 21-25, 15-8) – Golden Set 15-7
Dinamo Moscow (RUS) – Zenit Kazan (RUS) 0-3 (23-25, 18-25, 22-25)
Arkas Izmir (TUR) – Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) 1-3 (23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 19-25)
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 3-2 (25-17, 25-19, 22-25, 21-25, 15-8) – Golden Set 15-7
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO : Antonov 18, Ngapeth 13, De Pandis (L), Wijsmans 18, Kohut 7, Grbic 7, Della Lunga, Sokolov 22, Abdel-aziz, Rossi. DNP Marchisio, Galliani. Coach. Piazza.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA : De Moraes Lampariello, Zaytsev 15, Parodi 12, Stankovic 9, Monopoli, Henno, Travica, Starovic 1, Kooy 15, Podrascanin 6. DNP Pajenk, Savani. Coach. Giuliani.
Cuneo had the better of Macerata and will go through to the Final Four despite having lost the first leg 3-0. In the return leg, the hosts played with fighting spirit and determination and clinched it at the tie-break before getting their pass for the finals in the golden set. Piazza’s boys will therefore fight for the title in Omsk on March 16-17 and will face the Polish side of Kozle in the semi-finals. The second semi-final will put face to face two Russian teams: Dinamo Moscow and the hosts Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.
2013 CEV Champions League Final Four – Omsk (Russia)
Saturday March 16 (time to be revealed soon)
Semi-finals:
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL)
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS)
Sunday March 17
Game for third place
Final
2013 CEV Cup
Semi-final return leg:
Andreoli Latina (ITA) – Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara (TUR) 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-20) – Golden Set 15-11
Lokomotiv Kharkiv (UKR) – Halkbank Ankara (TUR) 0-3 (21-25, 23-25, 22-25)
ANDREOLI LATINA – MALIYE MILLI PIYANGO ANKARA 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-20) – Golden Set 15-11
ANDREOLI LATINA: Rauwerdink 18, Rossini (L), Gitto 15, Sottile 1, Jarosz 11, Verhees 6, Noda Blanco 7, Cisolla, Guemart. DNP Patriarca, Troy, Fragkos. Coach. Prandi.
MALIYE MILLI PIYANGO ANKARA : Yilmaz 2, Gjorgiev 10, Ivovic 9, Tokgoz, Emet 4, Ugur, Kidoglu, Vemic 6, Hascan 3. DNP Catal, Hamaz, Dayi. Coach. Milenkoski.
Beaten a week ago 3-1, Latina swept the MMP Ankara team and won the consequent golden set to turn things around and qualify for the Cev Cup final. The serves of captain Sottile continuously put havoc in the opponent’s reception. Rossini’s dig was something special too between volleyball and gymnastics, but the MVP was Jaroen Rauwerdink who led the way with his incredible competitive spirit.
Silvano Prandi (allenatore Andreoli Latina): “I know that Sunday’s loss influenced this reaction from the team. Defeats can hurt badly when you expect a certain result, but today mattered more than Sunday. Now we’ll go back to Ankara”.
Final first leg
February 26 or 27 (to be revealed soon)
Andreoli Latina (ITA) – Halkbank Ankara (TUR)
2013 Challenge Cup
Quarter-final return leg
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Stroitel Minsk (BLR) 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-18)
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – STROITEL MINSK 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-18)
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Corvetta, Papi 4, Fei 17, Ogurcak 1, Simon Aties 7, Zlatanov 14, Holt 9, Tencati 1, Maruotti 4, Vettori 7, De Cecco 1. Coach. Monti.
STROITEL MINSK: Radziuk 13, Bazin 2, Busel 4, Liashchynskas 2, Akulich 8, Labetski, Hernandez Cardonell 5, Likharad, Pranko 3, Mikanovich 1. DNP Chebatarou, Khilko. Coach. Sinhayevski.
Piacenza got off to a difficult start in the first set but eventually defeated Minsk with an 8th consecutive 3-0 victory. The Italians are through to the semi-finals in which it will meet the Czechs of Dukla Liberec, which got rid of Maccabi Tel Aviv. Piacenza had 59% in attack versus the 42% for the Byelorussians and won the reception battle 61% to 43%.
Luca Monti (coach Copra Elior Piacenza): “Just like in Castellana we made the most of the Fei – De Cecco pair. It’s a formula that works fine. Vettori continues to get better and better, it would not be fair to leave him on the bench, we need to find a way to use him. These games always look easy on the eve of the game but then always turn out to be more complicated. Everything went well when we controlled the net and serve, which we did not do in the first set. I want to dedicate this game to Marco, a dear friend who passed away yesterday”.
Semi-final first leg
February 26 or 27
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Dukla Liberec (CZE)
