Europe
Trentino in the CEV Cup final
2015 CEV Cup
Semi-final return leg
Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino (ITA) – Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18)
Volley behappy2 Asse-Lennik (BEL) – Dinamo Moscow (RUS) 0-3 (19-25, 25-27, 30-32)
ENERGY T.I. DIATEC TRENTINO – ZAKSA KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18) – ENERGY T.I. DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 18, Nelli, Birarelli 10, Zygadlo, Nemec 17, Giannelli, Lanza 10, Solé 15, Colaci (L), Fedrizzi. DNP Mazzone, Burgsthaler. Coach. Stoytchev.
ZAKSA KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE: Zatorski (L), Abdel-aziz 8, Witczak 1, Rejno 5, Zagumny 1, Loh 7, Gladyr 8, Kooy 14, Van Dijk 17, Ruciak 2, Kazmierczak. DNP Zaplacki. Coach. Swiderski.
Four years on, Trentino is back in a European Cup final. Winners of three Champions League from 2009 to 2011, the Italians will try to enrich their trophy cabinet with a first CEV Cup when they take on Dinamo Moscow in April. The first leg will be in Italy on April 7 while the return leg will be in Russia on April 11.
Trentino had made its first step towards that final with a tie-break win in Poland, and they finished the job off at home with a superb Kaziyski (MVP) who scored 8 aces for a total of 18 points. Solé has been brilliant of late too, he collected 6 blocks and registered 89% in attack.
Radostin Stoytchev (coach Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino): “I am extremely satisfied with the result, level of play, the reaction and qualification to the final. A great night of volleyball. We deservedly qualified, we gave everything we had both in the first and return leg, we proved we were stronger than the already very strong Zaksa team. The boys have done a great job of winning the three tough games we had this week, starting with the one in Modena and finishing today. We’ll have some even more difficult ones ahead but we’re on the right track”.
The league game between Trento and Monza, initially scheduled on Sunday 29, has been postponed to Wednesday April 1.
Final first leg
Tuesday April 7 (time to be revealed soon)
Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino (ITA) – Dinamo Moscow (RUS)
(Bozkurt-Hakkarainen)
Final return leg
Saturday april 11 (time to be revealed soon)
Dinamo Moscow (RUS) – Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino (ITA)
(Hodon-Adler)
2015 CEV Challenge Cup
Semi-final return leg
Sunday March 29 at 6pm
CMC Ravenna (ITA) – Benfica Lisboa (POR)
(Burkiewicz-Vedris)
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad (SRB) – Stroitel Minsk (BLR)
(Sarikaya-Parshyn)
2015 Champions League
Zenit Kazan versus Resovia Rzeszow the final
2015 DenizBank Champions League
Semi-finals results in the final four in Berlin
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER) 3-1 (26-24, 21-25, 25-22, 25-15)
Asseco Resovia Rzeszow (POL) – PGE Skra Belchatow (POL) 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22)
Fixtures
Game for third place
Sunday March 29 at 1pm
Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER) – PGE Skra Belchatow (POL)
FINAL
Sunday March 29 at 3.45pm
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – Asseco Resovia Rzeszow (POL)
