The Turkish side Maliye Piyango played without a pressure against Ravenna and pulled out the best possible outcome from this – a straight-set win against the favorites, partially 25-21, 25-19, 25-23. The rematch is scheduled for March 21.
The Estonian Oliver Venno topped Maliye with 23 points (4 aces, 2 kill blocks). An Austrian Paul Buchegger scored 19 points for Ravenna.
The other semi-final went to the visitors as well. Olympiacos Piraeus swept the Russian Gazprom-Ugra Surgut by a 3-0 with 14 points from Bulgarian Todor Aleksiev. The Serbian Petar Krsmanović scored 12 points for Surgut.