On Wednesday, the PalaBianchini arena will host a European cup final for the first time in the history of the city. Latina will indeed host the Cev Cup final first leg against the Ankara, while the return leg will be in Turkey on Sunday. Ankara won the Turkish league titles five times as well as three Turkish cups. In Europe, its best result had been a semi-final of Confederal cup in 2006-07, while it counts 57 wins and 32 losses. This year, their only defeat was in the first round first leg in Poland (vs Bydgoszcz). In the league, Ankara is currently second with 14 wins and 4 losses. The main men in Ankara are US spiker William Priddy, the Venezuelan Luis Augusto Diaz (5 years in Italy, in Vibo, Padova and Modena) and Egyptian outside hitter Ahmed Abdelhay.