Austria: Straight sets wins for Ried and Sokol
2 min readIn 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 WĂśrther-See-LĂśwen 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 NĂ 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.
đ| DenizBank AG VL | Basic Round Phase 2
đ| December 8
⢠TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg – TJ Sokol Wien V 0-3 (22:25, 20:25, 20:25)
⢠SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBK WĂśrther-See-LĂśwen Klagenfurt 3-0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:23)
đ| December 12
⢠VBK WĂśrther-See-LĂśwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V
đ| December 13
⢠VBC TLC Weiz – SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis
đ| December 19
⢠SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg
đ| Toprunde
đ| December 8
⢠SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel POSTPONED
đ| December 13
⢠SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NĂ
đ| December 14
⢠Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz
đ| December 18
⢠VCA Amstetten NĂ – UVC Holding Graz