BELGOROD THRASHES TREVISO 3:0

Men's Indesit European Champions' League 2004/05

Luxembourg, March 3, 2005. After French PARIS Volley and VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN from Germany succeeded to book away victories in the home match round of the final playoffs of the Men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2004/05, Italian Sisley TREVISO were without chance in Belgorod, Russia exiting the court after a 3:0 thrashing by the home team Lokomotiv BELGOROD. 

The last time these two top European clubs met was in 1999 during the League Round of the same competition, where Sisley TREVISO kept the upper hand booking a straight set victory. This time, however, the 4’800 spectators in the Cosmos Sport Palace witnessed the demise of the Italian guest team. Dominating Sisley in every aspect (53 total points vs. 22, 9 aces vs. 1, 10 blocks vs. 2, 34 successful attacks vs. 19), the ‘black lions’ finished the match in three clear sets, lasting just over an hour. Sergey Tetyukhin (12 points), Sergey Baranov (12) and Alexander Kosarev (10) were the leading trio in BELGOROD’s line-up whilst Alessandro Fei scored the most points (7) for Sisley TREVISO.
“This match was extremely important for the team”, stated Lokomotiv’s head coach Gennady Shipulin after the match, “but because we prepared for it thoroughly, analysing every little detail, we came out as the winning team. I am extremely pleased with my players and today’s game.” Valerio Vermiglio mentioned that Sisley found no solution to the host formation’s serve and aggressive attacking play. In addition, the Italians weren’t sufficiently calm so that several unforced errors allowed the Russians to pull through their own game.

The teams are now preparing for the second match on Thursday, 10 March 2005 in Italy, where TREVISO will be under enormous pressure because the two times defending champion Lokomotiv BELGOROD will need to win only one more set in order to snatch the ticket to the Final Four in Thessaloniki from 26-27 March 2005.

Men’s Indesit European Champions League 2004/05, Second Playoff Round, Home matches

Thursday, 3 March 2005

Lokomotiv BELGOROD (RUS) - Sisley TREVISO (ITA)

3:0

25-20, 25-11, 25-17

64 mins

Wednesday, 2 March 2005 

Noliko MAASEIK (BEL) - VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (GER)

2:3

23-25, 18-25, 25-21, 25-22, 10-15

114 mins

Tuesday, 1 March 2005
 

TOURS VB (FRA) - PARIS Volley (FRA)

1:3

18-25, 22-25, 25-14, 18-25

102 mins

 

Match Schedule play-off round (all times are local)
2^nd play-off round (6 teams), Away matches

Tuesday, 8 March 2005	20.15	VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (GER) - Noliko MAASEIK (BEL)
Wednesday, 9 March 2005	19.00	PARIS Volley (FRA) - TOURS VB (FRA)
Thursday, 10 March 2005	20.30	Sisley TREVISO (ITA) - Lokomotiv BELGOROD (RUS)

Final Four (4 teams)

Saturday, 26 March 2005	16.00	Winner Noliko MAASEIK / VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN vs. Winner TOURS VB / PARIS Volley
	20.15	Iraklis THESSALONIKI (GRE) vs. Winner Lokomotiv BELGOROD / Sisley TREVISO
Sunday, 27 March 2005	16.00	Bronze medal match
	19.00	Final

Women’s Indesit European Champions League 2004/2005
Match Schedule play-off round (all times are local) 

Final Four (4 teams)

Saturday, 19 March 2005	16.00	Foppapedretti BERGAMO (ITA) - TENERIFE Marichal (ESP)
	19.00	Sant’Orsola Asystel NOVARA (ITA) - RC CANNES (FRA)
Sunday, 20 March 2005	13.30	Bronze medal match
	16.00	Final

 

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Enjoy & Be There:

 

05-06 March 2005: CEV Cup, Men’s Final Four, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
05-06 March 2005: CEV Cup, Women’s Final Four, Perugia, Italy.
08-10 March 2005: Indesit European Champions League, Playoffs Men, Away matches.
11-12 March 2005: Austrian Airlines Top Teams Cup, Final Four Men, Piraeus, Greece.
12-13 March 2005: Top Teams Cup, Final Four Women, Turin, Italy.
19-20 March 2005: Indesit European Champions League, Final Four Women, Tenerife, Spain.
26-27 March 2005: Indesit European Champions League, Final Four Men, Thessaloniki, Greece.
29 March-03 April 2005: Youth European Championships 2005, Boys Final Round, Riga, Latvia.
29 March-03 April 2005: Youth European Championships 2005, Girls Final Round, Tallinn, Estonia. 

23-24 July 2005: European League, Final Four, Kazan, Russia.
26-31 July 2005: FIVB Grand Prix Qualification, Baku, Azerbaijan.
02-11 September 2005: Men’s Senior European Championships 2005, Rome (ITA) and Belgrade (SCG).
16-25 September 2005: Women’s Senior European Championships 2005, Pula and Zagreb, Croatia.