Austria: UVC Holding Graz second finalist

The opponent in DenizBank AG VL final serie of SK Zadruga Aich/Dob is UVC Holding Graz! They won the fifth and decisive duel with Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 3-0 (25:21, 25:23, 25:20) on Saturday evening. It was the first home victory in the series, as Waldviertel had twice won at tie-break in Graz, while the team of head coach Robert Koch had equalized in Zwettl.
Graz proved to be stronger and more determined in the decisive phases of the match, especially in the second set, in which the guests wasted a 5-point lead. In the end, the home side closed the match confidently and are thus for the first time ever in the final series, which starts on Wednesday in the JUFA-Arena in Bleiburg.

| DenizBank AG VL | Semifinals (best-of-5)

| GAME 1
| March 13
• SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NÖ 3:0 (25:12, 25:18, 25:19)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

| March 17
• UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (25:23, 26:28, 25:23, 19:25, 16:18)

| GAME 2
| March 20
• VCA Amstetten NÖ – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 1-3 (25:23, 22:25, 22:25, 14:25)
• Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz 1-3 (25:21, 20:25, 20:25, 21:25)

| GAME 3
| March 26
• UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (21:25, 25:23, 25:23, 20:25, 13:15)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

| March 27
• SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NÖ

| GAME 4
| March 31
• Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz 2-3 (25:23, 21:25, 25:23, 20:25, 14:16)

| GAME 5
| April 3
• UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 3-0 (25:21, 25:23, 25:20)

| Semifinals 5/8th place (best-of-3)
| March 20
• VBC TLC Weiz – UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis 1-3 (25:19, 22:25, 13:25, 23:25)

| March 27
• UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBC TLC Weiz 3-1 (25:23, 20:25, 25:16, 25:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

| March 24 April 10
• TJ Sokol Wien V – VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 3:2 (29:27, 24:26, 20:25, 25:16, 15:7)

| April 14
• VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V 3:1 (23:25, 25:23, 25:17, 27:25)

| April 17
• VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V

Cover photo: volleynet.at – Gepa Pictures