Champions League: Olympiacos, Benfica, Sastamala and Karlovarko continue competition

Olympiacos Olympiacos Piraeus from Greece (3-0 over OK Mladost Brcko from Belarus), Portuguese of Sport Lisboa e Benfica (3-1 over Bigbank Tartu from Estonia) and finnish of VaLePa Sastamala (3-1 over Dutch Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn) repeat the victories of the first leg and pass the round without too many problems.
Instead, Czechs of CEZ Karlovarsko needs the Golden Set to eliminate CSM Arcada Galati from Romania.

In details, the most interesting face-off within the 1st Round of the 2022 CEV Volleyball Champions League out of those on schedule today was held in the Czech Republic: hosts ČEZ Karlovarsko lost 2-3 to CSM Arcada Galați in Romania in the first leg, but the Jiří Novák’s side took care of drama, beating the rivals with the same score at the home, to win later also the decisive gold set 15-10. Patrik Indra highlighted Karlovarsko with 30 points.
The rematch between Finland’s Ford Levoranta Sastamala (also known as VaLePa) and Dutch Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn had the potential to be dramatic as the one between Karlovarsko and Arcada, especially when Dynamo took the third set, but, VaLePa players (especially Antti Sakari Mäkinen /25 points/) were not in a mood for a golden set. They took the fourth set by which they upgraded a 3-2 win from the first leg.

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| CEV Champions League Volley 2022 – 1nd Round | 1st leg

| October 5, 2021
• IBB Polonia London – Shakhtior Soligorsk 2-3 (25:17, 15:25, 23:25, 25:20, 13:15)
• CDV Guaguas Las Palmas – Hebar Pazardzhik 3-0 (25:21, 25:22, 25:21)

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| October 6
• OK Mladost Brcko (BiH) – Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 0-3 (14:25, 11:25, 16:25)
• Budva Volley (MNE) – HAOK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) 3-2 (25:20, 20:25, 25:22, 19:25, 15:10)
• CSM Arcada Galati (ROM) – CEZ Karlovarsko (CZE) 3-2 (25:18, 27:29, 25:22, 19:25, 15:7)
• Bigbank Tartu (EST) – Sport Lisboa e Benfica (POR) 1-3 (24:26, 25:22, 18:25, 16:25)
• Rieker UJS Kmarno (SVK) – UVC Holding Graz 3-0 (25:18, 25:16, 26:24)
• Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn (NED) – Ford Levoranta Sastamala (FIN) 2-3 (25:16, 21:25, 25:19, 28:30, 19:21)

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| CEV Champions League Volley 2022 – 1nd Round | 2nd leg

| October 7 @ Belchatow
• Shakhtior Soligorsk (Blr) – IBB Polonia London (Gbr) 3-1 (25:16, 25:20, 22:25, 25:23)

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👉🏼 October 13, 2021
• Olympiacos Piraeus (Gre) – OK Mladost Brcko (Bih) (first leg: 3-0)
3-0 (25:16, 25:21, 25:17)

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• Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Por) – Bigbank Tartu (Est) (first leg: 3-1)
3-1 (25:21, 17:25, 25:21, 25:20)

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• Ford Levoranta Sastamala (Fin) – Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn (Ned) (first leg: 3-2)
3-1 (25:20, 25:21, 27:29, 25:23)

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• CEZ Karlovarsko (Cze) – CSM Arcada Galati (Rou) (first leg: 2-3)
3-2 (25:19, 22:25, 32:30, 22:25, 15:9)

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| October 14, 2021
• Hebar Pazardzhik (Bul) – CDV Guaguas Las Palmas (Spa) 3-1 (25:20, 25:27, 25:16, 25:18) – GOLDEN SET 15:13
• Mladost Zagabria (Cro) – Budva Volley (Mne) 3-1 (19:25, 25:18, 25:20, 25:22)

• UVC Holding Graz (Aut) – Rieker UJS Komarno (Svk) 1-3 (25:17, 23:25, 16:25, 16:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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Source and photos: CEV