VAKIFBANK GÜNES AIM FOR FINAL ROUND

Women's Indesit European Champions' League 2005/06

Istanbul, Turkey, November 29, 2005. Vakifbank Günes ISTANBUL’s women’s team will face Calisia KALISZ from Poland in the fourth leg of the Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/2006.

The match will be played on Wednesday, 30th November 2005 at 16.00hrs loacl time in the Istanbul Haldun Alagas Sports Hall and broadcast on Turkish TV Channel TRT.
Team manager Nalan Ural said: “We have completed the preparations with Neslihan Demir also being amongst our players. We have already beaten the Azerbaijan team Azerrail BAKU and the Spanish team TENERIFE Marichal with Aysun Ozbek being chosen ‘Best Player’ of the matches. Our aim is top compete in the Final Four.”
“We have prepared very well for the Champions’ League”, stated Vakifbank Günes coach Vlodimir Buzayev from the Ukraine, “We are currently leading the Turkish League, but we also want to be successful in the Champions’ League.”

Ragip Tekin
Press Officer
Vakifbank Günes ISTANBUL

THIRD HOME MATCH FOR PERUGIA 

Perugia, Italy, November 2005. On Wednesday, 30th November 2005 Pallavolo Sirio PERUGIA will meet Mladost ZAGREB at 20.30hrs local time in Palasport Evangelisti.

The Croatian champion from Zagreb has lost all of their three matches but playing in this competition has added to the experience of Ivica Jelic’s team.
Croatian spiker Senna Usic, who plays for the Italian champion PERUGIA, is ready to play against her Croatian colleagues. Last weekend the red and white team achieved their fifth triumph after defeating CHIERI (3:2) in the Italian competition, retaining the number two spot of the classification table.
Despite Ukrainian spiker Natalija Kvasnytsya Mladost ZAGREB is composed of solely national players.

“We are working very hard to play better”, commented PERUGIA’s Cuban star Mirka Francia, “We suffered many health problems in this season, thus we are incomplete. This international competition is a great opportunity for Perugia to promote the beauty of the city to the world.”

The game is scheduled live on Rai Sport Satellite channel. Next week the Italian champions will face TENERIFE Marichal for the fifth leg in Pool B.
The two referees of this IECL match are Mr. Adrian Flueckiger (first referee from Switzerland) and Mr. Volker Schiemenz (second referee from Germany).

Alberto Aglietti
Press Officer
Pallavolo Sirio PERUGIA

 

AZERRAIL BAKU MEET TENERIFE MARICHAL

Baku, Azerbaijan, November 29, 2005. A strong European clash is set up when Azerrail BAKU meet TENERIFE Marichal in the fourth leg of the Indesit European Champions’ League.

The Spanish team is currently in a tense situation as they have lost two out of three matches so far, currently positioned fifth in Pool B.
“The Spanish have participated in several Final Fours in the past years, which proves their potential”, stated Azerrail head coach Faig Garayev.
Nearing the final legs of the competition’s League Round, this match will be important for both teams.

Zohrab Gozalbayli
Press Officer
Azerrail BAKU

LAS PALMAS WANT TO DEFEND THEIR UNBEATEN STATUS

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, November 30, 2005. Hotel Cantur will defend their status of unbeaten team in the Champions League tomorrow at 18.00hrs local time in the Centro Insular de Deportes facing powerful French RC CANNES. Undertaking this venture won’t be easy, as the visitors have already won two European Champions' League awards and they are also the undisputed leaders of their country’s league.

The Spanish have booked three victories in three matches and they will play their fourth match at home, whilst the French, serious contenders to pass to the next round, have won two matches with losing their last one against Italian BERGAMO. Last year CANNES beat LAS PALMAS in Gran Canaria by 1:3.

The team coached by Sergio Miguel Camarero will count on the debut of US-American Stacy Sykora, who really longs for playing “in the European League and winning because that’s the reason I signed with this team”, stated the player.

Spanish head coach Sergio Camarero said that “winning won’t be easy at all, even if we have won all the previous matches, as the French are amongst the best on the continent. However, if we do manage to win, we will take an important step forward in order to be amongst the top six of the European Champions' League."

Jorge Peris
Press Officer
Hotel Cantur LASA PALMAS