European cups
2014 DenizBank Champions League
The Champions League will take a month break after this week’s third round as the Grand Champions Cup will take place in Tokyo from November 19 to 24. Trento will travel to Turkey to take on Izmir in a top versus bottom game. Macerata will play Wednesday too, but at home against the European Champions of Novosibirsk. The Italians upset Kazan in the first round and will try another Russian scalp to stay perfect. Giuliani’s boys will do everything to win as the return games will take them twice to Russia. On Thursday, it will be Piacenza’s turn with a home game against the Bulgarian side of Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa. Beaten last week at the tie-break by Tours, Monti’s men will try to get back on top of the group despite the absence of Zlatanov (wrist). The Bulgarians have yet to get a point.
Streaming of all the games on www.laola1.tv
Standings of the Italians
POOL A
Tours VB 5, Copra Elior Piacenza 4, Ach Volley Ljubljana 3, Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa 0
POOL D
Trentino Diatec 6, Berlin Recycling Volley 3, Energy Investments Lugano 2, Arkas Izmir 1
POOL E
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 6, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, Zenit Kazan 3, Posojilnica Aich/Dob 0.
2014 DenizBank Champions League
Round 3
Wednesday November 6 at 5.30pm
Arkas Izmir (TUR) – Trentino Diatec (ITA)
(Micevski-Aliyev)
Wednesday November 6 at 8.30pm
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS)
(Yener-Vereecke)
Thursday November 7 at 8.30pm
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (BUL)
(Muha-Twardowski)
2014 Challenge Cup
On Wednesday November 6, Latina will take a dive into European competition. Finalist of the Cev Cup last season, Latina will launch an attack on the challenge Cup starting with a tie against Chemes Humenne from Slovakia. The Italians will try to do well on home soil after what has been an hesitant start to the league.
2014 Challenge Cup
2nd round first leg
Wednesday November 6 at 8.30pm
Andreoli Latina (ITA) – Chemes Humenne (SVK)
(Demirdelen-Georgiadis)
2014 CEV Cup
The Cev Cup will resume in early December. Cuneo had overcome easily the 16th of finals and will now face the German side of TV Ingersoll Bühl. First leg away between December 3 and 5, and return leg between December 10 and 12.
Full draw
TV Ingersoll Buhl (GER) – Bre Lannutti Cuneo (ITA)
Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) – Paok Thessaloniki (GRE)
MOK Djerdap Kladovo (SRB) – Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara (TUR)
Prefaxis Menen (BEL) – CVC Gabrovo (BUL)
Guberniya Nizhiy Novogorod (RUS) – Dukla Liberec (CZE)
Arago de Sete (FRA) – S.C.M. Craiova (ROM)
Generali Unterhaching (GER) – CAI Teruel (SPA)
Pge Skra Belchatow (POL) – Volley Amriswil (SWI)
