European Cups bring OK Maribor’s Champions League debut

Photo Credit: OK Maribor

OK Maribor, the newly crowned national champion of last season will have its Champions League debut tomorrow against no lesser team than the last year Champions League winner Grupa Azoty KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE from Poland.

Three Czech teams in Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice, VK Dukla Liberec and CEZ Karlovarsko will be joined by the Croatian record Champion Mladost Zagreb in this week’s CEV Volleyball Cup action. For all of the teams it will be the first of the two encounters in the 16th final of the CEV Cup.

CEV Challenge Cup features five Middle European teams from five different countries. Headlining the line-up is the Slovenian powerhouse ACH Volley Ljubljana, who is joined by the Austrian UVC Weberzeile Ried im Innkreis, Omonoia Nicosia from Cyprus, Maccabi Yeadim Tel-Aviv from Israel and MOK Mursa Osijek from Croatia. Similar to the CEV Cup, the teams are also having the first of the two encounters in the 16th finals of the competition.

Photo Credit: Aleš Oblak/ACH Volley/OZS

CEV Champions League – Men
01/12/2021 19:30 Grupa Azoty KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE (POL) – OK Merkur MARIBOR (SLO)

CEV Volleyball Cup – Men
01/12/2021 17:00 Jihostroj CESKÉ BUDEJOVICE (CZE) – Kuzbass KEMEROVO (RUS)
01/12/2021 18:00 PGE Skra BELCHATOW (POL) – VK Dukla LIBEREC (CZE)
01/12/2021 19:00 Ribnica KRALJEVO (SRB) – CEZ KARLOVARSKO (CZE)
01/12/2021 19:30 Mladost ZAGREB (CRO) – Vero Volley MONZA (ITA)

CEV Challenge Cup – Men
30/11/2021 19:00 UVC Weberzeile RIED IM INNKREIS (AUT) – Volley SCHÖNENWERD (SUI)
30/11/2021 20:00 Omonoia NICOSIA (CYP) – NARBONNE Volley (FRA)
30/11/2021 20:40 Maccabi Yeadim TEL-AVIV (ISR) – Panathinaikos AC ATHENS (GRE)
01/12/2021 18:00 ACH Volley Ljubljana (SLO) – VC Barkom-Kazhany LVIV (UKR)
01/12/2021 19:00 PAOK THESSALONIKI (GRE) – MOK Mursa OSIJEK (CRO)

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