Challenge Cup: Galatasaray and Fonte Bastardo first quarterfinalists!
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2023/24 CEV Challenge Cup Round of 16 Second leg started today with the first verdicts and first two teams who will progress to the next stage of the competition, quarterfinals.
The first one is Turkey’s Galatasaray HDI Istanbul, who easily defeated Hungary’s PĆ©nzügyƶr SE Budapest by 3-0 (25:12, 25:18, 25:20) with an absolute better performance in attack (56% to 22%), blocking (13 to 7) and 16 points from top scorer Onur Günaydi (1 ace, 1 block and 67% in attack), supported by Nikola Mijailovic (12 points, 60% in attack and 6 blocks).
The second team qualified was from Portugal, Fonte Bastardo Azores, who celebrated a 1-3 23:25, 17:25, 25:23, 17:25) win in Slovakia, on the field of Rieker UJS KomƔrno, with 26 points from top scorer Jose Carlos Romero Gonzalez, including 2 winning blocks and 56% in attack and 14 winning blocks.
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š| 2023/24 CHALLENGE CUP | Round of 16
First Leg
Tuesday December 12, 2023
⢠19.30 (Local Time) | Levski Sofia (BUL) – Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) 3-0 (25:20, 25:23, 25:18)
šLevski Sofia Sport Hall
⢠19.30 (Local Time) | Fonte Bastardo Azores (POR) – Rieker UJS KomĆ”rno (SVK) 3-2 (25:20, 25:19, 19:25, 22:25, 15:11)
šComplexo Desportivo Vitorino Nemesio Praia da Vitoria
Wednesday December 13, 2023
⢠18.30 (Local Time) | Panathinaikos Athens (GRE) – Mint Vero Volley Monza (ITA) 2-3 (25:21, 18:25, 25:22, 18:25, 9:15)
šP.Gazgas Competition Hall Athens
⢠19.00 (Local Time) | Projekt Warszawa (POL) – Saint Nazaire VB Atlantique (FRA) 3-0 (25:14, 25:16, 25:18)
šArena Ursynów Warszawa
⢠19.00 (Local Time) | PĆ©nzügyƶr SE Budapest (HUN) – Galatasaray HDI Istanbul (TUR) 1-3 (25:23, 19:25, 14:25, 20:25)
šUTE Volleyball Sporthall Budapest
⢠19.30 (Local Time) | Pamesa Teruel (ESP) – MĆ”v Foxconn SzĆ©kesfehĆ©rvĆ”r (HUN) 3-0 (25:14, 25:18, 25:21)
šPabellon Municipal Los Planos Teruel
Thursday December 14, 2023
⢠18.30 (Local Time) | Akaa Volley (FIN) – Aero Odolena Voda (CZE) 3-1 (25:22, 13:25, 25:23, 28:26)
šViialan Liikuntahalli Akaa
⢠19.00 (Local Time) | Helios Grizzlys Giesen (GER) – Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) 3-2 (20:25, 25:20, 20:25, 25:21, 17:14)
šVolksbank Arena Hildesheim
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Second Leg
šš¼Tuesday December 19, 2023
⢠19.00 (Local Time) | Rieker UJS KomĆ”rno (SVK) – Fonte Bastardo Azores (POR) 1-3 23:25, 17:25, 25:23, 17:25)
šMestska Sportova Hala KomĆ”rno

⢠19.00 (Local Time) | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul (TUR) – PĆ©nzügyƶr SE Budapest (HUN) 3-0 (25:12, 25:18, 25:20)
šBurhan Felek Voleybol Salonu Istanbul

Wednesday December 20, 2023
⢠18.00 (Local Time) | Aero Odolena Voda (CZE) – Akaa Volley (FIN) 1-3 (25:23, 19:25, 19:25, 23:25)
šSports Hall Odolena Voda
⢠18.00 (Local Time) | Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) – Levski Sofia (BUL) 3-2 (21:25, 27:25, 25:23, 15:25, 15:12)
šDinamo Bucuresti
⢠20.00 (Local Time) | Saint Nazaire VB Atlantique (FRA) – Projekt Warszawa (POL) 1-3 (24:26, 25:23, 22:25, 18:25)
šGymnase Pierre de Coubertin Saint-Nazaire
Thursday December 21, 2023
⢠16.15 (Local Time) | MĆ”v Foxconn SzĆ©kesfehĆ©rvĆ”r (HUN) – Pamesa Teruel (ESP) 0-3 (15:25, 18:25, 21:25)
šTatabĆ”nyai MultifunkcionĆ”lis Csarnok
⢠18.00 (Local Time) | Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) – Helios Grizzly’s Giesen (GER) 3-1 (21:25, 25:20, 25:20, 25:19)
šMihai Viteazul Hall Bucharest
⢠20.00 (Local Time) | Mint Vero Volley Monza (ITA) – Panathinaikos Athens (GRE) 3-0 (25:15, 27:25, 25:17)
šArena di Monza
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