Linkem Cup A1 league playoffs semi-finals
Trentino in the final
In a crazy atmosphere in Trento, the world champions defeated Cuneo again and qualified for the league finals. Trento’s victory means we now know the Italian participants for next year’s European competitions. Trentino, Macerata and Piacenza will be in the Champions League. Cuneo will take part in the Cev Cup while Modena will wave the Italian flag in the Challenge Cup.
Linkem Cup Semi-final game 3:
Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-22)
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-22)
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 13, Sintini, Birarelli 11, Juantorena 8, Vieira De Oliveira 1, Lanza, Djuric 9, Colaci (L), Stokr 12, Bari (L), Burgsthaler. DNP Uchikov, Chrtiansky Jr. Coach. Stoytchev.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Antonov 4, Ngapeth 11, De Pandis (L), Wijsmans 13, Kohut 7, Grbic 1, Della Lunga, Sokolov 11, Rossi 2. DNP Marchisio, Galliani, Abdelaziz. Coach. Piazza.
Trentino is the first one to make it into the 2013 league final. The world champions took on the bounce their first opportunity and swept Cuneo, which means they will take part in the sixth consecutive league final. Only Modena and Treviso managed such feat in the past.
Over 4000 fans were there to push their team to this record achievement. Contrary to game 2, the latest encounter was not really tight. In each set, Trentino had managed to escape in the scoreboard before even the second technical time out. Wijsmans shined with 59% at the net, while the block-dig area worked to perfection and Raphael distributed just fine to his spikers. MVP: Emanuele Birarelli.
Osmany Juantorena (Itas Diatec Trentino): “Congratulations to everyone because it was not easy to seal the series in two games played. We made it because halfway through the first set we managed to shake off the tension and lack of confidence we also had in game 2 and loosen up. The 11 days without competition had definitely influenced us a bit but today we saw Trentino at its best. We’re thrilled, six finals in a row is not easy”.
Roberto Piazza (coach Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “Both teams were tense at the beginning and made 3-4 mistakes. Then, Trentino stepped up and we could not stop them. This was a different Trento team compared to game 2, and you can’t let them play like we’ve done tonight. The serve and reception was the difference tonight”.
Linkem Cup A1 playoffs semi-final game 4
Wednesday April 17 at 8.30pm
Copra Elior Piacenza (3) – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (2) Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Semi-final Game 5 (if needed)
Saturday April 20 at 6pm
in Osimo (AN)
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (2) – Copra Elior Piacenza (3) Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Final from April 25
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2-3 2-3 | 4a Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 0 | |||||
4ª Cuneo 3 |
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8ª Castellana Grotte 1 | 2-3 0-3 | 1ª Itas Diatec Trentino | ||||
3-2 0-3 1-3 | 9ª Vibo Valentia 0 |
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9ª Vibo Valentia 2 | 0-3 0-3 | 1ª Itas Diatec Trentino 3 |
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1ª Trento 3 |
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6ª Perugia 0 |
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1-3 0-3 | 3ª Copra Elior Piacenza 2 |
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