Trento, 24 April 2021

Champions League, all the numbers of the Trentino Volley-Kedzierzyn-Kozle match

The countdown enters its final part. In seven days, Saturday 1 May, the 2021 CEV Champions League Final will be played at the AGSM Forum in Verona between Trentino Itas and GroupaAzoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle, which will try to win respectively the fourth and first European Champion title in their history.
The two Clubs have a long series of direct matches in the European Cups, so much so that Zaksa represents the second foreign team faced the most times by Trentino Volley with eight previous official matches; the only one to have more is Dinamo Mosca (9).
The matches took place in the group stage of the 2012, 2013 and 2018 editions of the Champions League and in the semifinal of the 2015 CEV Cup, when curiously Nimir and Kooy also appeared on the Polish roster. The balance is favorable to the giallo-blù team for 5-3, with Trento that however lost the last two games at the tie break in both cases, played on 20 December 2017 in Poland and then on 14 February 2018 at the BLM Group Arena. The last match is the one that lasted the longest of the whole giallo-blù experience in the Champions League (ten participations between 2009 and 2021): 139 minutes. Another Trentino Volley record in the European cups is also related to a match with the Polish team, that of the aces scored in a single game by a giallo-blù player: 8 points scored by Matey Kaziyski in the success at the tie break on 28^th March 2015 against Zaksa.

This is the complete detail of the match with Kedzierzyn-Kozle:
Official matches played: 8 (4 in Trento, 4 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle)
Victories: 5 (2 in Trento, 3 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle); 2 for 3-0 (1 in Trento, 1 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle), 2 for 3-1 (1 in Trento, 1 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle), 1 for 3-2 (1 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle).
Defeats: 3 (2 in Trento, 1 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle); 3 for 2-3 (2 in Trento, 1 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle).
Sets won: 21
Sets lost: 13
Most-present player: Emanuele Birarelli and Matey Kaziyski (6 appearances in 8 matches)
Players of the current teams with the highest number of appearances: Simone Giannelli and PawelZatorski (4 appearances in 8 matches)
The shortest match: Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle-Trentino Planetwin365 0-3 on 22 December 2011 (70 minutes)
The longest match: Trentino Diatec-Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle 2-3 on 14 February 2018 (139 minutes)
Former players: Nimir Abdel-Aziz (in Kedzierzyn-Kozle in the 2014/15 season), Dick Kooy (in Kedzierzyn-Kozle in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons) and Nikola Grbic (in Trento in the 2007/08 and 2008 seasons / 09).

All the matches
14 December 2011 – Champions League, group stage
Trentino Planetwin365-Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle 2-3 (23-25, 17-25, 25-23, 26-24, 17-19)

22 December 2011 – Champions League, group stage
Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle-Trentino Planetwin365 0-3 (20-25, 21-25, 9-25)

14 November 2012 – Champions League, group stage
Trentino Diatec-Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-22)

21 November 2012 - Champions League, group stage
Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle-Trentino Diatec 1-3 (24-26, 15-25, 25-16, 23-25)

24 March 2015 - CEV Cup, first leg semifinal
Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle-Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino 2-3 (20-25, 25-21, 23-25, 27-25, 17-19)

28 March 2015 - CEV Cup, second leg semifinal
Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino-Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18)

20 December 2017 - Champions League, group stage
Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle-Trentino Diatec 3-2 (18-25, 24-26, 25-23, 25-16, 15-12)

14 February 2018 - Champions League, group stage
Trentino Diatec-Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle 2-3 (25-23, 22-25, 25-27, 25-22, 15-17)

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