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CL M: Danish champions easy prey for combined Belogorie line-up, Kurek highlights in Greece!

by WoV
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Russian and Polish giants Belogorie Belgorod and Skra Bełchatów easily smashed their rivals on road in the first leg of the last round of qualifications for the 2017 CEV Men’s Volleyball Champions League.

Kurek vs. PAOK

Kurek vs. PAOK

It has been 30 years since Danish capital Copenhagen hosted Champions League match. Gentofte and Belogorie had the honor to break the ice. The hosts suffered heavy defeat 3-0 to Russian side, partially 25-15, 25-18, 25-20.

In only 76 minutes of a play, Belogorie (played 170th match in European Cups) downed Danish title holders. Belogorie coach Gennadiy Shipulin introduced combined line-up without Sergey Tetyukhin and Taras Khtey. Young receiver Yaroslav Podlesnykh topped winning team with 18 points while Philip Metin Özarı had 12 in Gentofte.

Skra slightly opened the door of the main stage of the Champions League after confident victory on traditionally tough visit for all clubs, in Thessaloniki 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-20). For the second time this season, Bartosz Kurek started the match for Skra and highlighted with 18 points. Skra coach Philippe Blain decided to leave first opposite Mariusz Wlazły home. In PAOK, Charalampos Sakoglou scored 13.

Turkish Arkas Spor İzmir stormed through Serbian capital Belgrade, downing Crvena zvezda 3-0 with 19 points from Cuban Michael Sánchez Bozhulev while Finnish champions Tiikerit Kokkola swept Czech Dukla Liberec in straight sets as well. Canadian Steven Hunt was best scorer in Tiikerit with 13 points.

3RD ROUND OF QUALIFICATIONS

DATE/TIME

TEAMS

SCORE

1

2

3

4

5

6

STATS

VIDEOS

16.11.18:00

CRVENA ZVEZDA BEOGRAD

ARKAS SPOR IZMIR

0

3

15

25

23

25

14

25

         

16.11.18:30

GENTOFTE VOLLEY

BELOGORIE BELGOROD

0

3

15

25

18

25

20

25

         

16.11.18:30

ACH VOLLEY LJUBLJANA

ARAGO DE SETE V.B

0

0

               

16.11.18:30

TIIKERIT KOKKOLA

VK DUKLA LIBEREC

3

0

25

23

25

14

25

21

         

16.11.19:00

VOLLEY AMRISWIL

SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA

0

0

               

16.11.19:00

PAOK THESSALONIKI

PGE SKRA BELCHATOW

0

3

22

25

17

25

20

25

         

16.11.19:00

HYPO TIROL VOLLEYBALLTEAM INNSBRUCK

VFB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

0

0

               

16.11.19:00

ABIANT LYCURGUS GRONINGEN

NOLIKO MAASEIK

0

0

               

 

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