VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DREAMS OF PRESTIGIOUS EUROPEAN TITLE!

Men's Indesit European Champions' League 2004/05

Luxembourg, March 8, 2005. VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (GER) is the first team to qualify for the Final Four of the Men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2004/05 next to the organising team Iraklis THESSALONIKI (GRE), after having beaten their playoff opponent Noliko MAASEIK only thanks the coefficient points between the two playoff matches disputed!

Everyone in Friedrichshafen was deeply impressed by the battle on the court, the world class play, and the show around the game this evening. The 129 minutes of playing action were full of excitement for the Belgian and German fans, lasting right up until the last points! The German team qualified for the first time in club history for the Final Four of the Champions League, passing through the playoffs of the Indesit European Champions League with a 2:3 defeat in the return match. Thanks to a better coefficient of points between both playoff matches (213 winning points for FRIEDRICHSHAFEN against 212 winning points for Noliko MAASEIK), the Germans succeeded to qualify for the Final Four organised in Thessaloniki (GRE).

Head coach Stelian Moculescu and his team will now meet the winner of the French battle between PARIS Volley and TOURS VB, who are playing the deciding match this Wednesday night, in the semifinal round in Thessaloniki on Saturday, 26 March 2005, whilst the opponent of the organising team Iraklis will be decided in Sisley (ITA) on Thursday, 10 March 2005 when Italian Sisley TREVISO receives two-times defending champion Lokomotiv BELGOROD at home.

Men’s Indesit European Champions League 2004/05, Second Playoff Round, Away matches
Tuesday, 8 March 2005 

VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (GER) - Noliko MAASEIK (BEL)

2:3

25-23, 20-25, 22-25, 25-23, 13-15

129 mins

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Enjoy & Be There:

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.