SERIE A1 TIM
THE NUMBERS OF THE 1ST ROUND, 2ND LEG
RESULTS
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Cimone Modena 3-2 (23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 15-11)
M. Roma Volley – Antonveneta Padova 3-1 (26-24; 20-25; 25-23; 25-23)
Andreoli Latina – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 0-3 (18-25; 14-25; 18-25)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-1 (25-23; 22-25; 25-18; 25-22)
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 3-0 (25-20; 25-18; 25-16)
Sisley Treviso – Famigliulo Corigliano 3-0 (25-23; 25-20; 25-19)
Prisma Taranto – Sparkling Milano 3-0 (25-22; 25-17; 25-20)
NEXT ROUND
Sat Jan 26th, 18:30
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari – Sisley Treviso <b<Live on SKY Sport 2
Sun Jan 27th, 18:00
Cimone Modena – Itas Diatec Trentino
Sparkling Milano – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
Famigliulo Corigliano – Prisma Taranto
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Sun Jan 27th, ore 18:30
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia – M. Roma Volley Live on SKY Sport 2
Mon Jan 28th, 20:30
Antonveneta Padova – Andreoli Latina Live on SKY Sport 2
STANDINGS
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, M. Roma Volley 32; Itas Diatec Trentino 29; Lube Banca Marche Macerata 25; Sisley Treviso 24; Cimone Modena, Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 23; Antonveneta Padova, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 20; Sparkling Milano 19; RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 15; Prisma Taranto 14; Famigliulo Corigliano 10; Andreoli Latina 8.
Longest match: 02.11
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Cimone Modena (3-2)
Shortest match: 01.09
Andreoli Latina – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari (0-3)
Longest set: 00.38
1° Set (25-22) Prisma Taranto – Sparkling Milano
Shortest match: 00.22
1° Set (18-25) Andreoli Latina – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
2° Set (20-25) M. Roma Volley – Antonveneta Padova
3° Set (25-16) Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
TEAM’S BEST
Attack: 62,4%
M. Roma Volley
Digging: Pos. 81,6% Perf. 67,3%
Prisma Taranto
Succ. blocks: 18
Sisley Treviso
Points: 79
Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Succ. serves: 7
Antonveneta Padova
INDIVIDUAL BEST
Points: 25
Angel Dennis (Cimone Modena)
Osvaldo Hernandez (M. Roma Volley)
Attack (point): 23
Angel Dennis (Cimone Modena)
Succ. serves: 5
Rob Bontje (Antonveneta Padova)
Succ. blocks: 6
Michal Rak (Prisma Taranto)
Stefan Hubner (Sisley Treviso)
THE BEST
Osvaldo HERNANDEZ (M. Roma Volley – Antonveneta Padova)
Mauro GAVOTTO (Andreoli Latina – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari)
Nikola GRBIC (Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo)
Joao Paolo BRAVO (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia)
Andrea BARTOLETTI (Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Cimone Modena)
Alberto CISOLLA (Sisley Treviso – Famigliulo Corigliano)
Michal RAK (Prisma Taranto – Sparkling Milano)
THIS WEEK’S PROGRAMME
NINE MATCHES IN THREE DAYS
TIM CUP A2 – Quarterfinals, 1st LEG
The formula: The first eight teams in the Serie A2 standings at the end of the first leg take part in the TIM CUP A2 2008. They will meet in the quarterfinals which will include first and second leg. The second leg is played in the grounds of the team better qualified. In case of a victory each (with any score in terms of sets), an extra set will be played at tie break. The 4 winning teams will take part in the Final Four.
Wed Jan 23rd, 20:30
Esse-ti Carilo Loreto – Olio Pignatelli Isernia
Falzoni – Pozzato
Thu Jan 24th, 20:30
Materdomini Volley.it Castellana Grotte – Marmi Lanza Verona
Bartoloni – Frapiccini
Stilcasa Salento d’amare Taviano – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
Puletti – Montanari
SP TTTLines Catania – Premier Hotels Crema
Valeriani – Costantini
INDESIT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
League Round second leg
The formula:24 teams divided into 6 Pools of 4 take part in the Champions League. The League Round is played the Italian way with first and second legs. The first two teams from each pool will go through to the Playoff 12. The best four teams who came third will go through to the Challenge Round of the Cev Cup.
Tue Jan 22nd, 20:35
Sisley Treviso – Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) Live on SKY Sport 2
Ilbeyli Abdulkadir – Deregnaucourt Patrick
Wed Jan 23rd, 20:15
aon hotVolleys Vienna (AUT) – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
Nikel Gerd – Karampetsos Georgios
Wed Jan 23rd, 20:30 (Local Time)
Iraklis Thessaloniki (GRE) – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Nesher Amnon – Jankovskis Valdis
CHALLENGE CUP
Final 16, 1st leg
The formula: the Challenge Cup replaces the CEV.
From the third round the 16 teams defeated in the first round of the Cev Cup have been added to the grid. The Final 16 (23rd and 30th of Jan) and the Final Four (13th and 20th of Feb) will define the 4 finalists who will go through to the Final Four.
Wed Jan 23rd, 20:30
Pallavolo Modena – Halkbank Ankara (TUR)
Stanisic Sascha – Grieder Stephan
CEV CUP
Quarterfinals
The formula: from this year the CEV Cup is replacing the Top Teams Cup. The formula forsees that once terminated the qualifying phase, the four teams qualified will meet the top three teams of the Champions League in a Challenge Round in order to access the Final Four.
Wed Jan 23rd, 20:00
Toac Tuc Toulouse (FRA) – M. Roma Volley
Stark Uwe – Gallaun Helmut