CEV Cup: 32nd finals without big upsets. Zenit Kazan and Düren enter 1/16 finals

Two teams secured advancement to the 16th-finals of the 2022 CEV Volleyball Cup.
By beating Estonia’s Bigbank Tartu again in their first CEV Cup campaign in 16 years, the Russian powerhouse Zenit Kazan successfully went through the Qualification Round and reached the 1/16 finals of this season’s edition of the second-tier continental club competition. According to the agreement between the two sides, both matches were played in Estonia and that within two days. In the first match, the Kazan team was better in four sets, while on second they won 3-0. Dmitriy Volkov scored 12 points for Zenit.

Thanks to another straight-set win over Belarusian champions Shakhtior Soligorsk in two days, Germany’s SWD powervolleys Düren secured their place in the next round of the CEV Cup.

In other matches of the competition today, all of which were played within the 1st leg of the Qualification Round, there were no upsets. All results below.

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🏐| 2021/22 CEV CUP – 1/32 Finals First Leg

| November 9, 2021
• Bigbank Tartu (Est) – Zenit Kazan (Rus) 1-3 (21:25, 18:25, 25:20, 23:25)
• Shakhtior Soligorsk (Blr) – SWD powervolleys Duren (Ger) 0-3 (20:25, 22:25, 21:25) @Duren

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| November 10

• Budva (Mne) – Leuven (Bel) 2-3 (20:25, 25:21, 25:21, 22:25, 7:15)

• Guaguas Las Palmas (Spa) – Calcit Kamnik (Slo) 3-0 (25:20 25:22, 25:22)

• Rieker UJS Komarno (Svk) – Arkas Izmir (Tur) 1-3 (25:23, 20:25, 13:25, 10:25)

• Lindaren Amriswil (Sui) – Chenois Geneve (Sui) 3-1 (19:25, 25:21, 25:17, 25:21)

• UVC Holding Graz (Aut) – Dinamo Bucuresti (Rou) 1-3 (17:25, 19:25, 31:29, 22:25)

• CSM Arcada Galati (Rou) — VK Lvi Praga (Cze) 3-1 (25:19, 25:17, 22:25, 25:21)

• Draisma Dyano Apeldoorn (Ned) – Tours (Fra) 1-3 (22:25, 17:25, 25:19, 16:25)

• Ford Levoranta Sastamala (Fin) – Perkinelemer Leo Shoes Modena (Ita) 0-3 (18:25, 19:25, 23:25)

• SVG Luneburg (Ger) – Ribnica Kraljevo (Srb) 3-0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:22)

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| November 11
• Mladost Zagreb (Cro) – SVK Usti Nad Labem (Cze) 3-0 (26:24, 25:23, 25:12)

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| November 16 @ Belchatow
• OK Mladost Brcko (Bih) – PGE Skra Belchatow (Pol) 0-3 (17:25, 23:25, 14:25)

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🏐| Advances 2nd Leg

| November 10

• @ Tartu | Zenit Kazan (Rus)* – Bigbank Tartu (Est) 3-0 (25:21, 25:17, 25:19)

• @ Duren | SWD powervolleys Duren (Ger)* – Shakhtior Soligorsk (Blr) 3-0 (25:16, 25:21, 25:23)

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OTHERS QUALIFIED
• Montpellier (Fra)
• Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice (Cze)

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POSTPONED
• IBB Polonia London (Gbr) – Orion Doetinchem (Ola)
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