European Cups
Champions League:Cuneo sweeps the French of Poitiers 3-0 away
STADE POITEVIN POITIERS – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 0-3 (19-25, 15-25, 17-25)
STADE POITEVIN POITIERS: Teixeira (L), Reis Lopes 2, Fernandes Paranhas Campos 5, Araujo Pinheiro, Audric, Sol 3, Alpha 4, Zopie 5, Petrovic 3, Marechal 5, Culafic 8. DNP Salmon. Coach. Lecat.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Mastrangelo 3, Henno (L), Ngapeth 11, Wijsmans 17, Vissotto Neves 14, Grbic 4, Vesely 2. DNP Fortunato, Van Lankvelt, Caceres Gomez , Patriarca, Baranowicz. Coach. Gulinelli.
The team coached by Flavio Gulinelli needed little over an hour to get rid of Poitiers on its home ground. Both teams are now tied with 6 points but Cuneo is ahead thanks to yesterday’s win. After the loss of the second round, this game became crucial for Cuneo and the team did not disappoint. It was all one way traffic as Wijsmans was unstoppable (17 points).
Standings 2012 CEV Champions League
POOL A
Noliko Maaseik 7, Iraklis Thessaloniki 5*, Arkas Izmir 3*, Cska Sofia 0
* one game in hand (13/12/11)
POOL B*
Zenit Kazan 6, VfB Friedrichshafen 3, Euphony Asse-Lennik 2, Remat Zalau 1
POOL C*
Trentino PlanetWin365, Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle 6, Cai Teruel, Partizan Termoelektro Beograd 0
POOL D*
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, Stade Poitevin Poitiers 6, Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice, Generali Unterhaching 3
POOL E
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 6, Fenerbahce Instanbul 5, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 4*, Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 0*
*one game in hand
POOL F*
Pge Skra Belchatow 6, Tours VB 3, Ach Volley Ljubljana 2, Budvanska Rivijera Budva 1
Fixtures
CEV Champions League – Round 4
POOL D
Wednesday December 21 at 8.30pm
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – Stade Poitevin Poitiers (FRA)
Challenge Cup
Superb start for Modena
CASA MODENA – VC STRASSEN 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-15)
CASA MODENA : Catellani (L), Carletti 5, Bellei 15, Yosifov 7, Martino 15, Casoli 6, Piscopo 5. DNP Mania, Sala, Dennis, Esko, Anderson. Coach. Bagnoli.
VC STRASSEN : Schmitt, Adamovic (L), Lentz 4, Tomsicek 3, Stutz 1, Kuchar 9, Kvasnicka 11, Raibikis 10, Vosahlo 10. DNP Funk, Rychlicki. Coach. Jenne.
Modena swept the Luxemburg team of Strassen in the Challenge Cup second round. Despite being without Kooy and Diachkov, Modena had not trouble to dispose of the Luxemburg league leaders (only four sets lost in 9 games). Only in the second set did Modena need to fight back from an 18-21 deficit. A Martino ace eventually sealed it for the Italians. If Strassen was to win the return game, there would be a golden set to decide who goes through (the number of set won and lost has no effect). The winner will meet the Israeli of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 16th of final (Maccabi was knocked out of the Cev Cup in the first round).
Challenge Cup
2nd round return leg
Tuesday December 20 at 7.30pm
VC Strassen (LUX) – Casa Modena (ITA)
Trento, Macerata and Monza in action tomorrow and Thursday
CEV Champions League – Round 3
POOL C
Wednesday December 14 at 8.30pm
Trentino PlanetWin365 (ITA) – Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) Live on Sportitalia 2 –
POOL E
Thursday December 15 at 8.15pm
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (AUT) – Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) Differed on Sportitalia 2 (10.30pm)
CEV Cup
8th of final first leg
Wednesday December 14 at 8pm
Seat Volley Näfels (SUI) – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza (ITA)
