Austria: Waldviertel wins again in five sets against UVC Graz in semifinal Game 3!
2 min readUnion Raiffeisen Waldviertel scored their second away win in the DenizBank AG VL semi-final duel with UVC Holding Graz.
They won in the Raiffeisen Sportpark at the tie-break, in a match lasted 125 minutes (25:21, 23:25, 23:25, 25:20, 15:13) and now they lead the best-of-five serie 2:1.
The fourth duel will take place next Wednesday in Zwettl, and the hosts also have their first chance to take the ticket for final.
Tonight top scorers for Graz were Johannes Kratz (17), David Reiter (14), Tiago Pereira and Clemens Unterberger (10 each), while Daan Streutker had an amazing performance for the winners with 30 points, while Martin Licek also contributed with 18. The winners scored more attack points (63 to 60), aces (5 to 1) and block points (10 to 6), while Graz made four fewer errors (33 to 37).
Recall that the other finalist has already been determined: SK Zadruga Aich/Dob, as they won the first two duels with VCA Amstetten NĆ, but the third match scheduled for Saturday in the JUFA-Arena Bleiburg will not be played, and not even the other supposedly matches of the serie….
| DenizBank AG VL | Semifinals (best-of-5)
| GAME 1
| March 13
ā¢ SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NĆ 3:0 (25:12, 25:18, 25:19)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
| March 17
ā¢ UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (25:23, 26:28, 25:23, 19:25, 16:18)
| GAME 2
| March 20
ā¢ VCA Amstetten NĆ – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 1-3 (25:23, 22:25, 22:25, 14:25)
ā¢ Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz 1-3 (25:21, 20:25, 20:25, 21:25)
| GAME 3
| March 26
ā¢ UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (21:25, 25:23, 25:23, 20:25, 13:15)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
| March 27
ā¢ SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NĆ
| GAME 4
| March 31
ā¢ VCA Amstetten NĆ – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob
ā¢ Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz 2-3 (25:23, 21:25, 25:23, 20:25, 14:16)
| GAME 5
| April 3
ā¢ UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 3-0 (25:21, 25:23, 25:20)
ā¢ SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NĆ
| Semifinals 5/8th place (best-of-3)
| March 20
ā¢ VBC TLC Weiz – UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis 1-3 (25:19, 22:25, 13:25, 23:25)
| March 24
ā¢ TJ Sokol Wien V – VBK Wƶrther-See-Lƶwen Klagenfurt POSTPONED
| March 27
ā¢ VBK Wƶrther-See-Lƶwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V POSTPONED
ā¢ UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBC TLC Weiz 3-1 (25:23, 20:25, 25:16, 25:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
??? UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBC TLC Weiz
??? VBK Wƶrther-See-Lƶwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V