2013 Champions League final four
Cuneo is getting ready for the Champions League final four which will take place in Omsk, Russia, this weekend. This is the first time in history the Italians reach this stage of the competition, and to do so they need a golden set in the previous round to get rid of Macerata.
Its semi-final opponent, Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle, defeated Maaseik (Belgium) and Izmir (Turkey) in the two previous rounds.
Roberto Piazza, (This is his full debut as head coach in a Champions League final four, he won the Cev Cup with Treviso in 2011). This is a unique moment, and like in all special moments we’ll try to find that little extra to get above the others. Details will make the difference, few rallies. The Poles are an excellent team, this will be a difficult game. Their setter, Pawel Zagummy, played in the Italian league from 2000 to 2003 at Padova, the Brazilian spiker Luis Felipe Marques Fonteles played in Modena (2003-07) and the French Antonin Rouzier is the outside hitter of the French national team. It’s therefore easy to understand we’ll need our very best to make it to the final. I can’t see any clear favourite. The other semi-final puts face to face two extremely strong Russian teams. I think all the games are quite open to any result. Details will make the difference and especially the character. Technically and tactically, there’s not much to say, if a team got to this stage it is obvious they showed something more than the others”.
Andrea Marchisio: “I feel very fortunate to be part of the Cuneo roster and be in this Champions League final four. I think we deserve to be here, we’re extremely proud, this is Cuneo’s first time in history. I am the only local boy to go to Omsk, this is a great feeling to be able to play for the team of my city, in front of my parents and friends. I could not ask for more”.
Tsvetan Sokolov: “I am excited to play the Final Four, which is a special moment for the club, its first time in the final four ever. We’re all extremely satisfied and we’ll go there to give 100%. We’ll need to give it our very best. We can’t be happy just to have qualified, we have to go to Siberia to win”.
Schedule:
2013 CEV Champions League Final Four – Omsk (Russia)
Saturday March 16 at 10.30am Italian time
First semi-final
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) Live on Sportitalia 2
1.30pm Italian time
Second semi-final
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) Live on Sportitalia 2
Sunday March 17 at 11.30am Italian time
Game for 3rd place Live on Sportitalia 2
Sunday March 17 at 2.30pm
Final live on Sportitalia 2
PAST WINNERS
1960 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1960/61 Rapid Bucarest (ROM)
1961/62 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1962/63 Rapid Bucarest (ROM)
1963/64 SC Leipzig (GDR)
1964/65 Rapid Bucarest (ROM)
1965/66 Dinamo Bucarest (ROM)
1966/67 Dinamo Bucarest (ROM)
1967/68 Spartak Brno (CEC)
1968/69 CSKA Sofia (BUL)
1969/70 Burevestnik Alma Ata (URSS)
1970/71 Burevestnik Alma Ata (URSS)
1971/72 Zetor Zbroyovka Brno (CEC)
1972/73 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1973/74 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1974/75 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1975/76 Dukla Liberec (CEC)
1976/77 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1977/78 Plomien Milowice (POL)
1978/79 Stella Rossa Bratislava (CEC)
1979/80 Klippan CUS Torino (ITA)
1980/81 Dinamo Bucarest (ROM)
1981/82 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1982/83 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1983/84 Santal Parma (ITA)
1984/85 Santal Parma (ITA)
1985/86 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1986/87 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1987/88 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1988/89 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1989/90 Philips Modena (ITA)
1990/91 CSKA Mosca (C.S.I.)
1991/92 Il Messaggero Ravenna (ITA)
1992/93 Il Messaggero Ravenna (ITA)
1993/94 Edilcuoghi Ravenna (ITA)
1994/95 Sisley Treviso (ITA)
1995/96 Las Daytona Modena (ITA)
1996/97 Las Daytona Modena (ITA)
1997/98 Casa Modena Unibon (ITA)
1998/99 Sisley Treviso (ITA)
1999/00 Sisley Treviso (ITA)
2000/01 Paris Volley (FRA)
2001/02 Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA)
2002/03 Lokomotiv Belgorod (RUS)
2003/04 Lokomotiv Belgorod (RUS)
2004/05 Tous VB (FRA)
2005/06 Sisley Treviso (ITA)
2006/07 Vfb Friedrichshafen (GER)
2007/08 Dinamo Kazan (RUS)
2008/09 Trentino Volley (ITA)
2009/10 Trentino BetClic (ITA)
2010/11 Trentino BetClic (ITA)
2011/12 Zenit Kazan (RUS)
