Austria: Straight sets wins for Ried and Sokol

In Phase 2 of DenizBank AG VL basic round, there was a home and an away victory today, on December 8. UVC Weberzeile Ried celebrated a straight sets (25:23, 25:20, 25:23) success in their home soil against VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt, while the newcomers TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg suffered a defeat against the leader of TJ Sokol Vienna V had with the same result (22:25, 20:25, 20:25). At this moment, Sokol and Ried lead the charts with equal points, although latter have played one game less.

Formula: the first four teams at the end of the basic round (phase 2) meet the four top round teams SK Zadruga Aich/Dob, UVC Holding Graz, Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel and VCA Amstetten NÖ in the quarter-finals. The basic round ends on February 13th, the top round on February 17th. The quarter-final pairings result from the two final tables: 1st Top Round vs. 4th Basic Round, 2nd TR vs. 3rd BR, 3rd TR vs. 2nd BR, 4th TR vs. 1. BR. Relegation for last-placed of the Basic Round.

📌| DenizBank AG VL | Basic Round Phase 2

🗓| December 8
• TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg – TJ Sokol Wien V 0-3 (22:25, 20:25, 20:25)

• SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 3-0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:23)

🗓| December 12
• VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V

🗓| December 13
• VBC TLC Weiz – SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis

🗓| December 19
• SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg

📌| Toprunde

🗓| December 8
• SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel POSTPONED

🗓| December 13
• SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NÖ

🗓| December 14
• Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz

🗓| December 18
• VCA Amstetten NÖ – UVC Holding Graz