Czech Republic: ČEZ Karlovarsko defeat VK Lvi Praha in decisive Game 5 to celebrate 2nd title in a row

ČEZ Karlovarsko defended the Czech Volleyball Championship title after breaking the surprisingly tough resistance of VK Lvi Praha in the playoff finals.

2021/22 UNIQA Extraliga Muži playoff finals saw in fact a great fight which ended with the closest possible result, 3-2 (25:14, 19:25, 25:17, 20:25, 16:14) in decisive Game 5, and 3-2 in the series itself, both in the favor of regular season winners Karlovarsko. The volleyball players from Karlovy Vary defeated No.4 Lvi (literally “the lions”) in the tie-break, just like they did last year in the finals against VK Jihostroj České Budějovice, to become the Czech champions for the 3rd time in club history and second in a row.
In addition to these 2 championship titles, Karlovarsko were also on top in 2018.
On the other hand, the rivals capital failed to return the most valuable volleyball trophy to the country’s capital even after 30 years when PVK Olymp Praha took the title in the last season before Czechoslovakia fell apart.

As many as 3 players of Karlovarsko shared were top scorers in the decisive game of this year’s finals: Adam Zajíček, Lukáš Vašina, and Patrik Indra with 14 points. The first in the trio made as many as 8 winning blocks!

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🏐| 2021/22 UNIQA Extraliga Muži | Final

| Game 1 | April 27, 2022
• CEZ Karlovarsko – Lvi Praha 2-3 (25:19, 22:25, 25:21, 17:25, 14:16) Serie: 0-1

| Game 2 | April 30, 2022
• Lvi Praha – CEZ Karlovarsko 0-3 (23:25, 21:25, 20:25) Serie: 1-1

| Game 3 | May 3, 2022
• CEZ Karlovarsko – Lvi Praha 0-3 (23:25, 18:25, 21:25) Serie: 1-2

| Game 4 | May 6, 2022
• Lvi Praha – CEZ Karlovarsko 1-3 (19:25, 20:25, 25:23, 17:25) Serie: 2-2

👉🏼 Game 5 | May 10, 2022
• CEZ Karlovarsko – Lvi Praha 3-2 (25:14, 19:25, 25:17, 20:25, 16:14) Serie: 3-2

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