Champions League: With a very convincing victory in Germany, Jastrzębski Węgiel take first step towards semifinals

The first leg matches of quarterfinals in the CEV Champions League are over with today’s match, and the second legs are set to take place next week, more specifically on March 15th and 16th.

Today Jastrzębski Węgiel achieved a very convincing victory by defeating VfB Friedrichshafen after a clear 0-3 (17:25, 16:25, 13:25).
The victory in the first leg puts the Polish team in a favorable position to advance to the semifinals of the competition, as they only need to win two sets in the upcoming rematch on their home ground.
Tomasz Fornal scored 13 points for Jastrzębski Węgiel including two aces and was awarded MVP, while Stephen Boyer was the top scorer of the match with 14 points.

Interestingly, after defeating VfB Friedrichshafen 3-0 and 3-1 in the pool phase earlier, Jastrzębski has secured their third victory over the same rivals this season, and the crucial rematch between the two teams will take place on March 15 in Poland.

“Even if you cannot see it on the scoreboard, my team played really good in some moments, but the opponents defended in an outstanding way. Even if they aced us too often, we spiked really good during the beginning of the first set,” said Mark Lebedew, Head coach of VfB Friedrichshafen

“This is important step to the semifinals. But we still need to play the game in Poland next week. To me, it is great to be the MVP tonight, but our whole team did really good in all the components“, said MVP Tomasz Fornal.

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🏐| 2022/23 CEV Champions League | Quarterfinals | First Leg

| Tuesday | March 7, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Halkbank Ankara (TUR) – Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA) 3-1 (21:25, 25:20, 25:23, 25:21)
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn-Kozle (POL) – Trentino Itas (ITA) 3-2 (25:22, 22:25, 22:25, 25:21, 15:10)

| Wednesday | March 8, 2023
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER) – Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia (ITA) 1-3 (18:25, 15:25, 25:23, 17:25)

👉🏼 Thursday | March 9, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | VfB Friedrichshafen (GER) – Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) 0-3 (17:25, 16:25, 13:25)

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🏐| 2022/23 CEV Champions League | Quarterfinals | Second Leg

| Wednesday | February 15, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) – VfB Friedrichshafen (GER) 3-0 (25:14, 25:20, 25:16)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia (ITA) – Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER) 3-2 (24:26, 25:21, 22:25, 25:17, 15:13)
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA) – Halkbank Ankara (TUR) 3-1 (31:29, 25:20, 23:25, 20:25) GOLDEN SET: 12-15

| Thursday | February 16, 2023
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Trentino Itas (ITA) – Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn-Kozle (POL) 3-2 (25:19, 23:25, 27:29, 25:21, 15:12) GOLDEN SET: 9:15
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