The women’s team of Imoco Volley Conegliano qualified for the quarterfinals of the most prestigious European tournament – the Champions League. The team led by Daniele Santarelli smashed the Serbian ZOK Ub with 3:0 (25:16, 25:22, 25:13) in a match of Group E of the competition.
Imoco Volley Conegliano is the leader in the standings with 15 points (5 wins), ZOK Ub is third with 3 points (1 win, 4 losses).
The Bulgarian national player Hristina Vuchkova made a great match, scoring 14 points (2 aces, 5 blocks) and was awarded the MVP of the match.
Raphaela Folie finished with 12 points (2 aces, 3 blocks), Giorgia Frosini added 11 points (1 ace, 1 block). For the Serbian team Ljiljana Rankovic finished with 9 points (1 ace, 1 block), Aleksandra Gligoric scored 7 points (1 block).
In his last match of the group stage, Imoco Volley Conegliano will play against the Polish Chemik Police, on February 15 (Tuesday). ZOK Ub plays against FATUM Nyíregyhaza.
In the other matches of the Champions League, Igor Gorgonzola Novara also qualified for the quarter-finals despite the loss from THY with 1-3 (21:25, 25:17, 23:25, 16:25) in the 5th round of Group C. Igor Gorgonzola Novara has 12 points (4 wins and 1 loss), while THY is third with 8 points (2 wins and 3 loss). Second with 7 points is Dynamo Moskow, which technically lost from Czech Dukla Liberec after the Czech embassy in Moscow refused to issue visas to 5 of Dynamo’s coaches.
