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CEV, Luxembourg. The 1st Round of the new season of Europe’s premiere club volleyball competition, Champions League Volley, entered its second match day for both men and women’s competitions, with teams either achieving qualification or getting a step closer to the next round. With no less than six matches taking place today throughout Europe, plenty of things to go over as we look back on an action-packed day.
All matches from the 1st Round of the CEV Champions League Volley are streamed live on CEV’s EuroVolley.TV!
CEV Champions League Volley Men

Pool A
After the forfeit of Mladost Zagreb and the points of the already scheduled matches being granted to the other participating teams, the Pool A tournament taking place in Croatia became a battle between two clubs only, with Fino Kaposvar VC and Erzeni Shijakut to be facing each other twice for a spot in the 2nd Round.
Pool B
OK Ribola Kastela had to forfeit the first match of the tournament taking place in Galati, Romania, due to not having the COVID-19 test results before the start of the match, so today’s encounter was the opening game in Pool B, a decisive one for them if they were to keep any hopes of qualifying. However, Ford Levoranta Sastamala proved to be the better team on the day and will now look to face C.S.M Arcada Galati with a spot in the next round up for grabs.
Pool C
After losing the opening match of the tournament taking place in Poland, despite a good performance, Stroitel Minsk was hoping for a different result today against Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn. However, a second defeat means they are out of the qualification race with Apeldoorn and Jastrzebski Wegiel facing each other in yet another decisive match.
Post match reactions
“It was a difficult match. We saw yesterday’s game and we knew that the team from Belarus is a good-serving team. The difference we made today was our defense. We had this fighting spirit that no balls were touching the ground. From the second set also our serve was going really well. We put pressure on them. I am happy that we are going to play some sort of final for a spot in the next round,” said Jeroen Rauwerdink, Outside Hitter of Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn.
“Unfortunately, after this loss we have no chance to move on to the second round. It is a bit disappointing, but in my opinion we were too nervous today and in yesterday’s game we played against an excellent team. It’s pretty hard to play good volleyball for two days in a row. So we made too many mistakes. We just need to learn something from our loss,” said Vadzim Pranko, Middle blocker of Stroitel Minsk.
CEV Champions League Volley Women

The women’s competition gave us the Match of the Day, between Vasas Obuda Budapest and Dinamo Moscow, and with very valuable players on both sides, this was definitely a match that volleyball fans were very excited about. Russian powerhouse Dinamo Moscow and Hungarian Cup winners Vasas Óbuda agreed to play only one game in their 1st round Champions League tie in Budapest, Hungary. The game was hosted by Vasas with spectators, but with a mandatory temperature check for everyone entering the venue and strict mask-wearing regulations.
Post match reactions
Jakub G?uszak, head coach Vasas Obuda Budapest: “Our biggest goal was to play bravely and enjoy the chance to play against a team like Dinamo. It was the first official game of our season, but still, in my opinion we made way too many mistakes. We have one and a half week until the start of the national league, we hope to recover our injured players and prepare the best way we can for the start.”
Zeljko Bulatovic, head coach Dinamo Moscow: “We knew our opponent, we knew their strengths and weaknesses. Generally we can be satisfied, although in the second set Vasas Óbuda came close to surprise us as we made too many mistakes and they played really good volleyball.”Elsewhere, Savino del Bene Scandicci ensure their presence into the 2nd Round with another strong performance against Tent Obrenovac, with Magdalena Stysiak having an absolute stellar performance that saw her scoring 27 points. One of the most balanced matches so far took place in Ukraine, with SC “Prometey” Kamyanske facing Khimik Yuzhny. Despite a strong and promising start from Kamyanske, that saw them winning the first set comfortably, Khimik got back in the game in time, dominating the following 3 sets, with the help of Yuliya Boyko’s 20 points.
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