Thirteen round of the Middle European League coming up this weekend

News from the Zonal Associations

Vienna, Austria, January 14, 2010. This Friday the hotVolleys VIENNA will welcome HAOK Maldost ZAGREB at the Budocenter for an additional round of the Men’s Middle European League. “With a victory against my former club we can get the right boost in terms of self-confidence”, said hotVolleys athletic director Darko Antunovic. With eight wins out of twelve games the Croats are one of the strongest teams in the league. On the other side the hotVolleys try to win their third game in a row.
Last placed MOK ZAGREB (CRO) has to travel to Slovenia to play there ACH Volley BLED on Saturday. Everything but a clear-cut victory of the hosts would be a big surprise. The Croats didn’t have a lot of luck this season losing all of their previous eleven games.
SK Posojilnica AICH/DOB (AUT) hosts the Hungarian Champion Diamant KAPOSVAR. Five rounds before the end of the regular season the teams need every point in the struggle for the Final Four. The Hungarians, who have already lost five games, look to be out of the race though.
A total of five games are scheduled for this coming weekend in the Women’s Middle European League. On Friday Calcit KAMNIK of Slovenia travels to Croatia to play there ZOK SPLIT 1700. The Slovenians recently enjoyed three victories in a row, but to make it to the Final Four they need some more positive results in the last five rounds of the regular season.
ATSC Sparkasse KLAGENFURT (AUT) faces an away game on Saturday against Slavia BRATISLAVA (SVK). The two teams are separated by only on win in the standings. The importance of the game for both teams is obviously self-evident.
Current leader SVS Post SCHWECHAT (AUT) welcomes Branik MARIBOR (SLO). The Slovenians are not included among the teams currently topping the standings, but still they have played only 8 games so far with 7 victories.
ZOK RIJEKA (CRO) could be the first team to win its tenth game this season, when the Croats host ZU ZILINA (SVK) on Sunday. At the moment Rijeka seems to be nearly unstoppable in the competition. Finally last seeded Vital LJUBLJANA (SLO) welcomes Doprastav BRATISLAVA (SVK).

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