Europe
Challenge Cup: Piacenza in the final
DUKLA LIBEREC – COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA 0-3 (14-25, 20-25, 13-25)
DUKLA LIBEREC: Kaminski 1, Hadrava 4, Burrow 5, Zajicek, Reznicek 2, Stanek 7, DÉmar 1, Hysky 5, Kopacek (L), VodvÁrka 1, Spravka 3. Coach. Nekola.
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Corvetta, Papi 7, Fei 11, Ogurcak, Ogurcak 6, DÉmar 13, Holt 15, Tencati, Vettori 2, De Cecco 2. DNP Maruotti. Coach. Monti.
Piacenza collected another victory in the Challenge Cup semi-final in Liberec and qualified for the final. Just over an hour of play was enough for the Italians to register their tenth consecutive win in the competition. Piacenza shined at the net with 15 blocks, and did well too in attack (62%) and reception (66%).
Luca Monti (Coach Copra Elior Piacenza): “To be honest this game was very similar to the first set of the first leg, with the opponent that immediately escaped only to quickly lose their way. We did a good job of creating break opportunities at the net and on the serve, two areas that allowed us to lead the second and third set, when our opponents did not even play. I liked the quality of our game, we worked hard and well in every area. The place was packed and the fans were fantastic, we have to congratulate our supporters too who came all the way here. Now we’ll face Ural Ufa, a team similar to ours. We have to do everything we can now to take a trophy that the club and the city deserves”.
Challenge Cup
Semi-final return legs
Saturday March 2
Dukla Liberec (CZE) – Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) 0-3 (14-25, 20-25, 13-25)
Delecta Bydgoszcz (POL) – Ural Ufa (RUS) 3-2 (25-18, 21-25, 22-15, 25-21, 15-21), golden set 12-15
Final
March 19 or 10
Ural Ufa (RUS) – Copra Elior Piacenza
Sunday March 24
Copra Elior Piacenza – Ural Ufa (RUS)
Serie A1
Round 21: Perugia won Saturday night’s game
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 1-3 (19-25, 11-25, 25-17, 21-25)
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Alletti 6, Van Harskamp, Petric 14, Daldello 1, Giovi (L), Tomassetti 2, Schwarz 1, Tamburo 16, Vujevic 8, Edgar 1, Semenzato. DNP Van Rekom, Pochini. DNP. Kovac.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Coscione 1, Cortellazzi, Kaliberda, Farina (L), Forni, Rocamora, Badawy 12, Buti 8, Klapwijk 20, Barone 8, Urnaut 19. DNP Montesanti, Lavia. Coach. Blengini.
Probably Perugia’s worst performance of the season as Vibo inflicted them their fourth home loss in 2012-13. Thanks to this three points, Vibo are back in the race for this sixth place. While Perugia was totally lost in the first two sets, Klapwijk and Urnaut (MVP) were working on all cylinders for Vibo. Perugia was back to life in the third but the two spikers above-mentioned made sure Vibo would go home with the three points in the fourth set.
Aimone Alletti (Sir Safety Perugia): “Incredibly enough we started off well, only to stop playing quickly and for two whole sets, and I really don’t know why. We tried to get back in it with a good third set, but that was not enough. It’s obviously disappointing to lose this way”.
Rocco Barone (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “Good game for us, we played at a good level, this will give us a boost and some confidence. I think we played better than our opponents in just about every area of the game, especially in attack. Anyway, the three points is what matters here”.
Serie A1 round 21
Saturday March 2
Sir Safety Perugia – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 1-3 (19-25, 11-25, 25-17, 21-25)
Sunday March 3 at 5.30pm
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Live on RAI Sport 1
(Rapisarda-Santi)
Sunday March 3 at 6pm
Casa Modena – Altotevere San Giustino Live on Sportube.tv
(Pasquali-Bartolini)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Marmi Lanza Verona
(Balboni-Braico)
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – CMC Ravenna
(Gentile-Pol)
Copra Elior Piacenza – Andreoli Latina (già disputata): 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-21)
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 48, Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 44, Copra Elior Piacenza 44, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 40, Casa Modena 33, Sir Safety Perugia 33, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 31, Andreoli Latina 28, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 26, Altotevere San Giustino 20, CMC Ravenna 10, Marmi Lanza Verona 9.
1 game more: Copra Elior Piacenza, Sir Safety Perugia, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia, Andreoli Latina
Del Monte Boy League 2013 – 18th Enrico Bazan cup
Semis and final tomorrow
Macerata, Monza, Treviso and Trentino are the four teams that will fight for the Del Monte Boy League 2013. Loreto and Padova will play for fifth place.
Semi-finals:
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Btb Trentino
Volley Treviso – Vero Volley Monza
GROUP D
1. Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata
4. Vero Volley Monza
6. Pallavolo Loreto
GROUP E
2. Volley Treviso
3. Tonazzo Padova
5. Itas BtbTrentino
Saturday’s results
Vero Volley Monza – Pallavolo Loreto 2-1 (25-21, 25-19, 17-25)
Volley Treviso – Tonazzo Padova 2-1 (25-17, 25-17, 21-25)
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Pallavolo Loreto 3-0 (25-11, 25-4, 25-17)
Tonazzo Padova – Itas Btb Trentino 1-2 (22-25, 25-15, 17-25)
Volley Treviso – Itas BtbTrentino 2-1 (25-14, 25-9, 19-25)
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Vero Volley Monza 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-15)
Sunday March 3
9.30 am: semi-finals (two different courts)
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Btb Trentino
Volley Treviso – Vero Volley Monza
11am
Game for fifth place
Pallavolo Loreto – Tonazzo padova
2pm
Game for third place
4pm
Final
PAST WINNERS
1996 Las Daytona Modena
1997 Cassa di Risparmio Ravenna
1998 Alpitour Traco Cuneo
1999 TNT Alpitour Cuneo
2000 Sisley Treviso
2001 Conad Forlì
2002 Esse-Ti Carilo Loreto
2003 Albero del Volley V3 Parma
2004 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2005 Samia Schio
2006 Scuola di Pallavolo Anderlini Cimone Modena
2007 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2008 Sisley Treviso
2009 Sisley Treviso
2010 Itas Diatec Trentino
2011 Sisley Treviso
2012 Volley Segrate 1978
