The X-ray of the opponents that Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza will face from 22 November 2023 in the group stage of the 2024 CEV Champions League.
Berlin Recycling Volleys (Germany)
Among the most popular and important companies in Germany, both for tradition and history, and for the results obtained over the years. The German team has played in the Cev Champions League several times, in the last three years they have always reached the quarter-finals and have twice played in the Final Four (2014-2015 and 2016-2017).
The Berlin Recycling Volleys is a men’s volleyball club founded in 1989 based in Berlin and plays in the German Bundesliga which they also won last season by winning against VFB Friedrichshafen in the final.
In his palmares he has thirteen championships, 6 German Cups, 4 German Super Cups and a Cev Cup.
Sport Lisbon and Benfica (Portugal)
It is the most popular and important company in Portugal. The Cev Champions League has often seen her as a protagonist, in recent years she has been a regular presence. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a Portuguese men’s volleyball club based in Lisbon and plays in the Primeira Divisao league.
Halkbank Ankara (Türkiye)
Halkbank Ankara is a Turkish men’s volleyball club, based in Ankara: it plays in the Turkish Efeler Ligi championship Founded in 1983, in the early years it went through the best period in its history, winning five consecutive league titles and three editions of the Turkish Cup. In the 2012-2013 season, the first European trophy arrives thanks to the conquest of the Cev Cup by beating Top Volley Latina in the final. In the same season he won his fourth Turkish Cup. In the 2013–2014 season he won everything that can be won in the national arena: the Scudetto, the Turkish Cup and the Turkish Super Cup. And he also organizes the Champions League Final Four, losing only in the final against Belogor. Last season, after dominating the regular season in the playoffs, in the final, he raised the white flag with Ziraat Bank Ankara.
In his palmares he has nine championships, 8 Turkish Cups, 4 Turkish Super Cups and one Cev Cup and two BVA Cups.
For next season the team has been entrusted to the Serbian coach Slobodan Kovac who returns to the Turkish bench after having been there in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons, winning two championships and a Turkish Cup. In his club career Kovac also coached Top Volley Cisterna and Sir Safety Conad Perugia in Italy.
The Turkish team’s competitive roster includes the names of the Dutch opposite Nimir Abdel-Aziz and the French spiker Earvin Ngapeth, both great protagonists for several seasons in the Italian championship.
