Special Europe
Piacenza to meet Kazan
Challenge Cup: Latina faces Slovenians in quarters
2014 DenizBank Champions League
No particular scare for Trentino who beat the Belgium side of Maaseik and qualified for the playoffs 6, stage Birarelli and co could not reach last season. Tough one in the next round now with a match-up against the Russians of Belgorod, led by the setter of the Italian national team, Dragan Travica. So far, they won 8 out of 8 and 7 of those on a 3-0 score.
Piacenza turned things around in the Euroderby. Beaten 3-0 in the first leg, it gave the same treatment to Macerata in the return leg and took the golden set to become the second Italian team into the next phase. Tough to take in for Macerata who had already been knocked out by this golden set last season by Cuneo. Piacenza will meet the Kazan team of Nikola Grbic.
PlayOffs 12 return legs results:
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER) 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-23)
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-20) Golden Set 15-13
Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) – Tours VB (FRA) 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-22)
Knack Roeselare (BEL) – Asseco Resovia Rzeszow (POL) 1-3 (18-25, 28-26, 16-25, 18-25)
Trentino Diatec (ITA) – Noliko Maaseik (BEL) 3-1 (25-23, 25-19, 26-28, 25-23)
Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) – Budvanska Rivijera Budva (MNE) 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-16)
PlayOffs 6 draw
Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) – Asseco Resovia Rzeszow (POL)
Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) – Trentino Diatec (ITA)
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Zenit Kazan (RUS)
Fixtures
2014 DenizBank Champions League – Andata PlayOffs 6
Between 4 and 6 of February
Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) – Trentino Diatec (ITA)
(Kulhanek-Zahorcova)
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Zenit Kazan (RUS)
(Gerothodoros-Pobornikov)
2014 Challenge Cup
Latina’s positive run in the Challenge Cup continues with a victory over the Estonians of
Pärnu VK in the 8th of finals return leg. Dario Simoni began its new challenge as head coach with a win and a qualification into the quarter-finals. Next opponent: the Slovenians of Calcit Kamnik, who defeated Selver Tallin (Estonia).
Result:
Andreoli Latina (ITA) – Pärnu VK (EST) 3-0 (25-20, 30-28, 25-18)
Fixtures
2014 Challenge Cup quarter-finals first leg
Between 4 and 6 of February
Calcit Kamnik (SLO) – Andreoli Latina (ITA)
(Maciejewski-Viktorini Lisa)
