Poland: ZAKSA open playoffs path with a tie break win, Jastrzębski at 2-0!

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In every playoffs series, the clash between No.4 in regular season standings and the fifth-placed is what should be the most balanced one. And this is the case also in Plusliga, in which Champions League finalist (who eliminated italian powerhouse Perugia in semifinals) and fourth-placed Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle needed five sets to defeated No.5 Projekt Warszawa, s team able to show something great in last part of the competition, collecting 14 wins in a row (a series broke by Trefl Gdańsk only in last Round). Partially, today, it was 17:25, 25:20, 25:20, 24:26 and 15:10.
Bartosz Bednorz was the top scorer on the winning side with 23 points to his name through 52% in attack including 3 aces and 3 winning blocks, while German opposite Linus Weber scored the same number of points in the losing side, with only 44% and 17% efficiency in attack by a remarkable performance from the service line, scoring as many as 7 of his team’s 10 aces (against 6 of ZAKSA, slightly better, on the other hand, in attack and blocking, 11 to 9).
Game 2 between these two sides is scheduled tomorrow, on Easter Monday.

In the second game on Easter Day, also the second game between the other Champions League finalist Jastrzębski Węgiel and Trefl Gdańsk, the hosts repeated themselves and won again in straight sets (25:23, 25:12, 25:17), struggling only in first set.
Since then, the game was absolutely one-sided, with the No.3 in regular season very inspired in blocking, scoring 14 points from this element (6 from top scorer Tomasz Fornal, 14 points through 44% in attack, and 4 with the signature of Jurij Gladyr), against 7 of the rivals, led in score by Mikołaj Sawicki, the only player in double digit.
On Wednesday, April 12, the decisive Game 3 between these two, which will be played in Gdańsk.

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Thursday, April 6 – GAME 1
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (2) – Indykpol AZS Olsztyn (7) 3-0 (25:13, 25:20, 25:21) Serie: 1-0
Friday, April 7 – GAME 2
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (2) – Indykpol AZS Olsztyn (7) 3-0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:21) Serie: 2-0

Saturday, April 15 – GAME 3
• 14.45 (Local Time) | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn (7) – Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (2) 3-2 22:25, 25:16, 25:15, 18:25, 15:13) Serie: 1-2

Sunday, April 16 – GAME 4
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn (7) – Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (2) 3-0 (25:23, 25:16, 25:23) Serie: 2-2

Wednesday, April 19 – GAME 5
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (2) – Indykpol AZS Olsztyn (7) 3-1 (25:23, 24:26, 30:28, 25:23) Serie: 3-2

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Friday, April 7 – GAME 1
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (1) – PSG Stal Nysa (8) 3-0 (25:21, 25:18, 26:24) Serie: 1-0
Saturday, April 8 – GAME 2
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (1) – PSG Stal Nysa (8) 3-0 (25:12, 25:23, 25:20) Serie: 2-0

Friday, April 14 – GAME 3
• 17.30 (Local Time) | PSG Stal Nysa (8) – Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (1) 1-3 (26:24, 19:25, 20:25, 18:25) Serie: 0-3

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Saturday, April 8 – GAME 1
• 14.45 (Local Time) | Jastrzębski Węgiel (3) – Trefl Gdańsk (6) 3-0 (25:19, 25:17, 25:18) Serie: 1-0
👉🏼 Sunday, April 9 – GAME 2
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Jastrzębski Węgiel (3) – Trefl Gdańsk (6) 3-0 (25:23, 25:12, 25:17) Serie: 2-0

Wednesday, April 12 – GAME 3
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Trefl Gdańsk (6) – Jastrzębski Węgiel (3) 1-3 (23:25, 27:25, 18:25, 22:25) Serie: 0-3

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👉🏼 Sunday, April 9 – GAME 1
• 14.45 (Local Time) | Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (4) – Projekt Warszawa (5) 3-2 (17:25, 25:20, 24:26, 15:10) Serie: 1-0
Monday, April 10 – GAME 2
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (4) – Projekt Warszawa (5) 3-2 (25:22, 18:25, 17:25, 25:23, 15:13) Serie: 2-0

Friday April 14 – GAME 3
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Projekt Warszawa (5) – Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (4) 3-2 (20:25, 26:24, 18:25, 25:16, 15:12) Serie: 1-2

Saturday April 15 – GAME 4
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Projekt Warszawa (5) – Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (4) 1-3 (25:23, 23:25, 19:25, 20:25) Serie: 1-3

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