Poland: PlusLiga playoffs start with wins of PGE Skra Bełchatów and Trefl Gdańsk

PGE Skra Bełchatów and Trefl Gdańsk emerged victoriously from opening matches of the 2020/21 Polish Plusliga playoffs.
One of the biggest classic of the Polish club volleyball was on a schedule at the start of quarterfinals: the no.4 PGE Skra Bełchatów downed no.5 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów in a game that was marked with numerous errors on both sides of the court 3-1 (25:23, 11:25, 25:20, 25:19). Mateusz Bieniek top-scored the winners with 16 points of which 5 came from the block, 56% in attack and 2 aces. MVP of the match Petkovic with 14 points.

On the other match, the no.3 Trefl Gdańsk justified the role of the favorites and defeated no.6 VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa in Game 1. German Moritz Reichert was Trefl’s top scorer with 19 points (he was also named MVP of the match with 55% in attack and 3 aces).

| 2020/21 Polish PlusLiga playoff quarterfinals – Game 1:
| March 20
• Trefl Gdansk (3) – VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa (6) 3-1 (25:18, 25:20, 21:25, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Reichert 19, Wlazly 18, Lipinski 14, Crer 11, Urbanowicz 7; Krol 18, Szalpuk 16, Kwolek 14, Nowakowski 11, Wrona 7. MVP: Reichert.

• PGE Skra Beichatow (4) – Asseco Resovia Rzeszow (5) 3-1 (25:23, 11:25, 25:20, 25:18)
Top Scorers: Bieniek 16, Petkovic 14, Ebadipour 13, Sander 8, Huber 7; Cebulj 19, Butryn 16, Szerszen 12, Krulicki 5. MVP: Petkovic.

| March 21
• Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle (1) – Slepsk Malow Suwalki (8) 3-1 (17:25, 25:16, 25:16, 25:21)
• Jastrzebaki Wegiel (2) – Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (2) 3-0 (25:23, 25:21, 25:18)