Austria: Waldviertel defeat Graz at tie break in Game 1 of semifinals! Ried-Weiz 3-0 for 5th place

Four matches of Austrian Volley League were played today.

About playoffs for the title, Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel won Semifinal Game 1 against UVC Holding Graz in five sets by beating the defending champions in their Stadthalle Zwettl 3-2 (23:25, 25:15, 25:23, 23:25, 15:11). MVP and top scorer of the match was Daulton Sinoski, with 26 points.

The second semi-final match between SK Zadruga Aich/Dob and a decimated VCA Amstetten NÖ due injuries has been postponed.

In Quarterfinal playoffs for 5th/8th place, UVC Weberzeile Ried made a big step towards fifth place, as they defeated VBC TLC Weiz in their Raiffeisen Volleydome 3-0 (25:17, 25:21, 25:15). Ried captain and top attacker Tomek Rutecki made back on the court after a three-month injury break, but today head coach Dominik Kefer was absent and replaced by Joachim Hackl. Four players had to pass for the Styrians. The rivals, on the other hand, were heavily penalized by absences and played without Captain Sebastian Schweighofer, at home, and Leo Schober and Jakob Grasser injured.
The winner of this playoff duel will face VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt and TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien, and Game 1 between these two sides has been postponed.

| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

And what about relegation Round? Austrian Volley League top division teams were victorious: TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg defeat hotVolleys Wien 3:1 (16:25, 25:23, 25:22, 25:19), and three points also for Hypo Tirol volleyball team, who defeat UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn with the same result (25:6, 15:25, 25:14, 25:13).
Hartberg now leads the current standings, three points ahead of newcomers aspirants hotVolleys Wien, while Hypo Tirol VT is four more points behind, but with one game less (5).

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🏐| AUSTRIAN VOLLEY LEAGUE 2021/22 – PLAYOFFS – Semifinals Game 1

March 26, 2022

• Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz 3-2 (23:25, 25:15, 25:23, 23:25, 15:11)

• April 3 – SK Zadruga AICH/DOB – VCA Amstetten NÖ 3-0 (25:18, 25:21, 25:20)

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🏐| 5/8th Place

March 26, 2022
• UVC Ried/Innkreis – VBC TLC Weiz 3-0 (25:17, 25:21, 25:15)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

• VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien POSTPONED, April 1
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🏐| Relegation Round

| March 26, 2022
• UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn – Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam 1-3 (6:25, 25:15, 14:25, 13:25)
• TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg – hotVolleys Wien 3-1 (16:25, 25:23, 25:22, 25:19)

| March 27
• SSV HIB Liebenau – Raiffeisen VC Wolfurt 3-2 (27:25, 25:23, 23:25, 24:26, 17:15)

| STANDINGS (updated with these matches)
TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 16
hotVolleys Wien 13
Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam 9
Raiffeisen VC Wolfurt 6
SSV HIB Liebenau 5
UNIONvolleys Bisamberg 3

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