Simone Giannelli under the net with Matthew Anderson e Wilfredo Leon during the 2016 CEV Champions League Final
Trento, 28th November 2017
The countdown for the return of Trentino Volley in CEV Champions League is almost over. In a week the match in the Belgian field of Noliko Maaseik (on Thursday December 5th at 8:30pm) will coincide with the comeback of Trentino Volley in the most important continental tournament in which a Club can participate. Last time Trentino Voley played in it was 590 days ago, in the occasion of the match played on April 17th 2016 (a final played in Krakow in which they lost in the tie-break against Kazan).
CEV Champions League’s book of memories is full of such wonderful pages: the first is the night of April 5th 2009 in Prague, when yellow-blues played versus Iraklis Thessaloniki and won with a 3-1, achieving the title after overcoming Macerata in the semifinals and finishing the tournament with 12 victories out to 12 matches; the second is the victory over Dinamo Mosca at Atlas Arena of Lodz on March 2nd 2010 while the third one, which is definitely unforgettable, is the 3-1 over Kazan in the semifinals played at PalaOnda in Bolzano on March 27th 2011. It was none other than the last final of the tournament played in Alto Adige before the one played in Poland a year and a half ago.
Below the STATISTICS of Trentino Volley in CEV Champions League:
Match played: 74 (32 at home, 42 away)
Victories: 61 (29 at home, 32 away)
Defeats: 13 (3 at home, 19 away)
Victories for 3-0: 39 (23 at home and 15 away)
Victories for 3-1: 17 (5 at home and 12 away)
Victories for 3-2: 5 (1 at home and 4 away)
Defeats for 3-2: 7 (2 at home and 5 away)
Defeats for 3-1: 2 (2 away)
Defeats for 3-0: 4 (1 at home, 3 away)
Set won: 199
Set lost: 66
Series of victories in a row: 15 victories in a row between November 2008 and December 2009
Most present player: Emanuele Birarelli (47 matches out to 74)
Shortest match: Trentino Volley-Portol Palma Mallorca 3-0 on February 18th febbraio 2009 (63’ minutes)
Longest match: Zenit Kazan-Trentino Diatec 3-2 on April 17th 2016 (135’ minutes)
Trentino Volley’s opponents in CEV Champions League: 5 teams from Poland (Belchatow, Czestochowa, Jastrzebski, Kedzierzyn-Kozle and Rzeszow); 3 from Russia (Belgorod, Kazan and Mosca), 3 from Belgium (Roeselare, Maaseik and Lennik), 3 from Greece (Olympiacos, Paok and Iraklis); 2 from Serbia (Stella Rossa and Paritzan Belgrado), 2 from Spain (Mallorca and Teruel), 2 from Germany (Berlin, Friedrichshafen) and 2 from France (Beauvais, Tours); 1 from Austria (Vienna), 1 from Czech Republic (Budejovice), 1 from Italy (Macerata), 1 from Romania (Zalau), 1 from Slovenia (Bled), 1 from Switzerland (Lugano), 1 from Turkey (Izmir)
Trentino Volley’s away matches in CEV Champions League: 8 trips to Poland (Czestochowa, Cracovia, two times in Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Rzeszow and three times in Lodz); 5 in Belgium (Roeselare and four times in Maaseik); 4 in Russia (two times in Belgorod and two times in Mosca); 3 in France (Beauvais and two times in Tours); 2 times in Germany (Friedrichshafen and Berlin), Spain (Palma di Maiorca and Teruel), Serbia (two times in Belgrado) and Greece (Atene and Salonicco); 1 in Austria (Vienna), Romania (Zalau), Slovenia (Lubiana), Switzerland (Lugano) and Turckey (Izmir).
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