Austria: Aich/Dob defeats Graz and wins top round!

SK Zadruga Aich/Dob will play DenizBank AG VL playoffs as leaders of top round after a four sets win over UVC Holding Graz on Wednesday evening in their JUFA-Arena Bleiburg. Partially it was 25:19, 23:25, 25:18, 25:19, in a match lasted 95 minutes.
Top scorers of the match were Konrad Formela (17), Arvydas Miseikis (15) and Sergej Drobnic (13) for the winners, while Johannes Kratz was the most prolific player for Graz with 14 points.
Top round will be concluded on Thursday in Zwettl with the encounter between Waldviertel and Amstetten, in an irrilevant match for the standings.
All quarter-final pairings are now fixed, and the first playoff round (best-of-3) starts next week! Aich/Dob will meet VBC TLC Weiz, while Graz will play against VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt. Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel will face TJ Sokol Vienna V, and VCA Amstetten NÖ will play against UVC Weberzeile Ried / Innkreis.

| DenizBank AG VL | Intermediate Round | Latest matches:

| February 6
• VBK Wörther-See-Löwen 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 Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 0:3 (20:25, 18:25, 22:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

| FINAL STANDINGS
SG UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis 38
TJ Sokol Wien V 30
VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 29
VBC TLC Weiz 21
TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 10

| Top Round
February 10 | VCA Amstetten NÖ – 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 3:1 (25:19, 23:25, 25:18, 25:19)
February 18 | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – VCA Amstetten NÖ 3:0 (25:17, 25:14, 25:21)

| Standings (updated on February 17)
SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 15
UVC Holding Graz 12
Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 6
VCA Amstetten NÖ 0

| Quarterfinals
• SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VBC TLC Weiz
• UVC Holding Graz – VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt
• Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – TJ Sokol Wien V
• VCA Amstetten NÖ – UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis.

Cover Photo: Volleynet.at / Gepa Pictures