European cups 2014-2015
2015 CEV DenizBank Champions League
Last European outing of this 2014 for the Italians, who are fighting for a place in the Playoffs 12. Treia, Piacenza and Perugia will all gear up this Wednesday. The first one to go will be Treia on the cold court of the European Champions of Belgorod. The latter won in Italy two weeks ago, they are still perfect and top of the group. Without the injured Alessandro Fei, , Treia will need a great performance to get a result against the Russians, who have yet to be beaten this year at home, and were unbeaten in their gym in Europe last season. Treia is currently tied in second place with Fenerbahce.
At 7pm, it will be Piacenza’s turn to get it going in Switzerland against the Dragons Lugano. The encounter between the two sides two weeks ago marked a turnaround in Piacenza’s season. But the Italians, who’s coming off back-to-back wins in the league, will need to win it again to stay in the hunt for qualification as they’re currently third, tied on points with Roeselare.
Finally, Perugia will play host to the Belgium side of Maaseik. Grbic’s men were defeated by Treia this weekend after nine consecutive wins, they will try to get back to winning ways to secure qualification. They beat Maaseik 3-0 two weeks ago to keep a hundred percent record, which means another three points would guarantee them one of the first two places of the group. The fight for the first place is with HalkBank Ankara, Perugia’s last opponent in this group phase.
Standings after three rounds:
POOL A
Standings: Tomis Constanta (ROU) 8, Knack Roeselare (BEL) 5, Copra Piacenza (ITA) 5, Dragons Lugano (SUI) 0
POOL B
Standings: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) 9, Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) 6, Cai Teruel (ESP) 2, Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (BUL) 1
POOL C
Standings: Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER) 7, Asseco Resovia Rzeszow (POL) 6, Budvanska Rivijera Budva (MNE) 5, ACH Volley Ljubljana (SLO) 0
POOL D
Standings: Zenit Kazan (RUS) 9, VfB Friedrichshafen (GER) 4, Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 3, Posojilnica Aich/Dob (AUT) 2
POOL E
Standings: Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) 9, Fenerbahce SK. Istanbul (TUR) 4, Cucine Lube Treia (ITA) 4, Paris Volley (FRA) 1
POOL F
Standings: PGE Skra Belchatow (POL) 9, Precura Antwerp (BEL) 6, Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (AUT) 3, Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice (CZE) 0
POOL G
Standings: Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) 8, Halkbank Ankara (TUR) 6, Noliko Maaseik (BEL) 2, Tours VB (FRA) 2
Fixtures:
2015 DenizBank Champions League – Round 4 (first return games
POOL E
Wednesday December 17 at 5pm (Italian time)
Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) – Cucine Lube Treia (ITA) Live on Fox Sports 2 HD (213 ky)
(Partiainen-Wolf)
POOL A
Wednesday December 17 at 7pm
Dragons Lugano (SUI) – Copra Piacenza (ITA) Live on Fox Sports 2 HD (213 Sky)
(Dikmentepe-Muha)
POOL G
Wednesday December 17 at 8.30pm
Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) – Noliko Maaseik (BEL) Live on Fox Sports 2 HD or Near Live
(Ivanov-Burkiewicz)
2015 CEV Cup
Thanks to a 3-0 win in the first leg against Maccabi Tel Aviv, Trento is just two sets away from qualification to the quarter-finals as they travel to Israel. Getting through and if possible saving energy are the goals of Birarelli and co as they will face a tough league game against Modena this weekend.
Fixtures:
8th of finals return legs
Wednesday December 17 at 6pm
Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) – Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino (ITA)
(Pavlov-Georgiadis)
2015 CEV Challenge Cup
First European game in Forlì’s PalaCredito di Romagna as Ravenna plays host to the Estonians of Tartu in the 16th of finals return leg. The Italians won the first leg 3-0 and will therefore need just two sets to go through to the 8th of finals. They will also try to bounce back from the severe defeat conceded in the league on Sunday against Verona.
Fixtures:
16th of finals return leg
Wednesday December 17 at 8.30pm
CMC Ravenna (ITA) – Bigbank Tartu (EST)
(Fuentes Barrasa-Kyriopoulou)
