Austria: Waldviertel inflicts first defeat to Graz in Top Round. Intermediate Round closed today.
2 min readHome defeat for UVC Holding Graz: the leaders of the DenizBank AG VL Top Round had to admit the first defeat against Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel on Saturday. The match ended in four sets, partially it was (19:25, 23:25, 25:21, 19:25). The top scorers of the match were Koraimann (21) and Kratz (9) for the hosts and Sulc (22) and Licek (18) for the winners. In any case, Graz still lead the table ahead of SK Zadruga Aich/Dob, but have so far played one game more than the Carinthians. Waldviertel is third with two wins and two defeats.
In Intermediate round, the last games were played today. Table leaders SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis suffered an irrilevant 3-0 defeat against last-placed TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg, who collected the third victory overall in competition (but remains at last place). In second place TJ Sokol Vienna V (with a day off today) and in third place VBK WĂśrther-See-LĂśwen Klagenfurt, who was able to win in straight sets over fourth-placed VBC TLC Weiz (PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH).
| DenizBank AG VL | Intermediate Round
| February 6
⢠VBK WĂśrther-See-LĂśwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V 3:0 (25:23, 25:19, 25:21)
⢠SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBC TLC Weiz 3:0 (25:15, 25:17, 25:18)
| February 13 (Last Round)
⢠TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg – SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis 3:0 (25:21, 25:15, 28:26)
⢠VBC TLC Weiz – VBK WĂśrther-See-LĂśwen Klagenfurt 0:3 (20:25, 18:25, 22:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
| Standings (updated on February 13)
SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis 38
TJ Sokol Wien V 30
VBK WĂśrther-See-LĂśwen Klagenfurt 29
VBC TLC Weiz 21
TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 10
| Top Round
February 10 | VCA Amstetten NĂ – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 0-3 (20:25, 23:25, 20:25)
February 13 | UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 1:3 (19:25, 23:25, 25:21, 19:25)
February 14 | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 3:1 (21:25, 25:22, 25:19, 25:18)
February 17 | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – UVC Holding Graz
February 18 | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – VCA Amstetten NĂ
| Standings (updated on February 13)
UVC Holding Graz 12
SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 9
Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 6
VCA Amstetten NĂ 0