European cups preview
After three SuperLega rounds in 8 days, there’s more to come for the five Italians involved in Europe.
2016 CEV DenizBank Champions League
Top of its group after wins of Maaseik (Belgium) and Thessaloniki (Greece), Trentino will now face its toughest task against the French side of Tours, who stayed perfect too. The team of former Macerata star Hubert won their first two games on a 3-1 score. Lanza and co will try to make the most of this home game to make a step closer to the Playoffs 12.
Civitanova obtained a superb victory in Poland against Belchatow in the last round to go top of group E. Blengini’s men travel to the Czech Republic to take on Liberec, still without a point.
Modena enjoys its first place too thanks to a win against Gdansk. Lorenzetti’s men will play host to the Serbians of Vojvodina Novi Sad, who lost against Gdansk before having the better of Ljubljana.
Champions League on TV
All the games can be seen on www.laola1.tv
Fixtures:
CEV Champions League – Round 3
Wednesday 2 December at 8.30pm
POOL C
Trentino Diatec (ITA) – Tours VB (FRA) Live on Fox Sports HD
(Twardowski-Goncalves)
POOL E
Thursday 3 December at 6pm
Dukla Liberec (CZE) – Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA) Live on Sky Sport 3
(Stanisic-Kurtiss)
Thursday 3 December at 8.30pm
POOL F
DHL Modena (ITA) – Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad (SRB) Live on Sky Sport 3
(Isajlovic-Collados)
CEV Champions League – Round 4 (return games)
Wednesday 16 December at 8pm
POOL F
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad (SRB) – DHL Modena (ITA)
(Mokry-Melnyk)
Wednesday 16 December at 8.30pm
POOL C
Tours VB (FRA) – Trentino Diatec (ITA)
(Gradinski-Hudik)
POOL E
Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA) – Dukla Liberec (CZE)
(Rodriguez-Georgouleas)
Standings:
POOL C
Trentino Diatec (ITA) 6, Tours VB (FRA) 6, Noliko Maaseik (BEL) 0, PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE) 0
POOL E
Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA) 6, PGE Skra Belchatow (POL) 3, Knack Roeselare (BEL) 3, Dukla Liberec (CZE) 0
POOL F
DHL Modena (ITA) 6, Lotos Trefl Gdansk (POL) 3, Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad (SRB) 3, ACH Volley Ljubljana (SLO) 0
2016 CEV Cup
Perugia easily went through the 16th of finals by getting rid of the Czechs of Karlovarsk. The next opposition in the 8th of finals are the Slovakians of Mirad PU Presov, who knocked out the Ukrainian of Lokomotiv Kharkiv. Castellani’s men face a long trip for the first leg. The team went on their way right after the league game against Molfetta.
Fixtures
8th of finals
Tuesday 1 December at 5pm
Mirad PU Presov (SVK) – Sir Safety-Sicoma Perugia (ITA)
(Ristovski-Penkov)
8th of finals return leg
Wednesday 16 December at 8.30pm
Sir Safety-Sicoma Perugia (ITA) – Mirad PU Presov (SVK)
(Kuzmanovic-Gerogiadis)
2016 CEV Challenge Cup
Determined to make a name for itself in Europe, Verona overcame with brilliance its first round against the Portuguese side of Fonte Bastardo Azores. The 16th of finals should be tougher as 16 teams come down from the CEV Cup and Verona has been drawn with the Dutch team of Landstede Zwolle, who had been knocked out by the Swiss of Lausanne.
Fixtures
16th of finals first leg
Wednesday 2 December at 7.30pm
Landstede Zwolle (NED) – Calzedonia Verona (ITA)
(Till-Vedris)
16th of finals return leg
Wednesday 16 December at 8.30pm
Calzedonia Verona (ITA) – Landstede Zwolle (NED)
