Out of the five Italian teams making their debut in European Cup competitions, there were four wins. Piacenza was severely defeated in Friedrichshafen, Germany, finding no answers to the serves of Moculescu’s team.
Indesit Champions League
Pool A
Olympiacos Piraeus – Trentino BetClic 2-3 (28-26, 25-19, 18-25, 22-25, 9-15) –
Olympiacos Piraeus: Kyriazis, Miljkovic 17, Stefanou (L), Andreadis 13, Kunari 10, Tischer 7, Soultanopoulos, Kouzounis-boukogiannis, Tzourits 16, Caldeira 12. DNP Angelopoulos, Ioannou. Coach. Kristianson.
Trentino BetClic: Zygadlo 5, Herpe 3, Kaziyski 30, Vieira De Oliveira 1, Bari (L), Sala 10, Garcia Pires Ribeiro, Birarelli 8, Vissotto Neves 1, Corsini, Juantorena Portuondo 22. DNP Gallosti. Coach. Stoytchev.
Pool C
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-17) –
Lube Banca Marche Macerata: Raymaekers 5, Omrcen 14, Bartoletti, Vermiglio, Monopoli 4, Podrascanin 14, Martino 7, Smerilli (L), Fantin 13. DNP Lebl, Cisolla, Paparoni. Coach. De Giorgi.
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck: Gavan 4, Chocholak 4, Jago 6, Joscak, Laure (L), Carletti 1, Weber, Chrtiansky 11, Costa Da Silva 10, Nascimento Dos Santos 1, Holmes 5. DNP Berger. Coach. Chrtiansky.
Pool E
VFB Friedrichshafen – CoprAtlantide Piacenza 3-0 (25-18, 29-27, 25-18) –
VFB Friedrichshafen: Grozer 18, Geiger, Bahme 8, Tichacek, Bauer, Lima Martins 6, Fromm, Jose 13, Rosic (L), Lukianetz 12. DNP Gontariu, Welz. Coach. Moculescu.
CoprAtlantide Piacenza: Meoni 2, Zlatanov 10, Rak 3, Boninfante, Bjelica 5, Pereira Bravo 9, Urnaut 1, Marshall 7, Oivanen, Grassano (L). DNP: Massari, Sequeira. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Coppa CEV
Volley Amriswil – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 0-3 (22-25, 15-25, 21-25) –
Volley Amriswil: Bar 1, Willi, Rutishauser (L), Schlapfer 14, Dailey 6, Bruhwiler, King 15, Durbin 11, Meerstein 2. DNP Sinotti Filho, Hofer. Coach. Johan Verstappen.
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo: Nikolov 7, Wijsmans 13, Mastrangelo 9, Grbic 2, Fortunato 5, Henno (L), Parodi 10, Nuti. DNP Patriarca, Peda, Pieri, Mulatero. Coach. Giuliani Alberto.
GM Capital Challenge Cup
2nd Round
Metallurg Zhlobin – RPA-Luigi Bacchi.It Perugia 1-3 (21-25, 16-25, 27-25, 22-25) –
Metallurg Zhlobin: Elistratov 11, Mitsko 10, Asipchyk (L), Petrachenka 1, Ejame 3, Malinouski 5, Kosach 16, Akhrary 2, Kachmarou 11, Furman. DNP Osipov.
RPA-Luigi Bacchi.It Perugia: HÜbner 10, Pippi (L), Cernic 12, Bovolenta 12, Sintini 2, Savani 16, Ogurcak, Botti, Stokr 20, Lo Bianco, Nemec, Petruzzo, Fanulli. DNP Bucaioni. Coach. Sartoretti.
