European Cup 2014-2015
CEV Cup: Trento in Romania
Challenge Cup: Ravenna takes on LIberec
2015 CEV Cup
No time to rest from the intense cup weekend for Trento. Right after playing in the final against Modena on Sunday, Birarelli and co have to reset their minds as they fly out to Romania to take on Craiova in the CEV Cup quarter-finals first leg. The return game is scheduled on January 22. This won’t be an easy tie by any means. The Romanians got rid of Kecskemet Rc in the 8th of finals with a double 3-0 score, while they knocked off Partizan Vizura Beograd in the 16th of finals
Quarter-final first leg
Tuesday January 13 at 4.30pm (Italian time)
Scm U Craiova (ROU) – Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino (ITA)
(Cvetkovic-Nikolic)
2015 CEV Challenge Cup
Ravenna had time to rest as the SuperLega had a break. The group focused on recharging the batteries for the tricky road game in the Czech Republic. In the 8th of finals of the Challenge Cup Kantor’s men will take on Dukla Liberec, which is the current league leader of the Czech league. Liberec has a lot of experience in Europe, they even won the Champions League in 1976.
8th of finals first leg
Wednesday January 14 at 6pm
Dukla Liberec (CZE) – CMC Ravenna (ITA)
(Reichardt-Janik)