Austrian Defending Champions HYPO TIROL volleyball team, again were able to avoid their first defeat in 2023/24 Powerfusion Austrian Volley League regular season as, in a game valid for Round 16 played on Saturday evening staged a comeback on the field of TJ Sokol V/Post SV Vienna, who wasted 2-0 set led and suffered a 2-3 (25:22, 25:22, 18:25, 24:26, 13:15) defeat.
In the fourth set the hosts were ahead 23:20, but failed to close it.
VCA Amstetten NÖ caused a big upset against TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg. After two wins in the MEVZA League, they also won their third home game this week, by beating the second-placed team in their Johann-Pölz-Halle with the score of 3-1 (25:21, 19:25, 30:28, 25:22). The man of the match was undoubtedly Artem Skorokho, who closed the match with 31 points! Amstetten improved to eighth place and they can still dream the playoffs. Hartberg is now four points behind HYPO TIROL.
Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel and SK Zadruga Aich/Dob celebrated confident home victories.
The first one defeated last-placed VBC TLC Weiz 3-0 (25:21, 25:12, 25:23) despite several injuries, injured or injured, while last season’s runners-up Aich/Dob easily defeated VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt (25:14, 25:21, 25:15) in the Carinthia derby.
UVC Holding Graz, on the other hand, suffered a surprising home defeat against UVC McDonald’s Ried, 1-3 (29:27, 15:25, 23:25, 21:25), a heavy blow for the battle for third place. Graz is now fifth, three points behind Waldviertel and two behind Aich/Dob, but they had only played 15 games – one game fewer than its two rivals, while Ried is still sixth.
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🇦🇹| Powerfusion Austrian Volley League 2023/24 – Round 16
👉🏼Saturday January 27, 2024
• 16.30 (Local Time) | TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien – Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam 2-3 (25:22, 25:22, 18:25, 24:26, 13:15)
• 18.30 (Local Time) | VCA Amstetten NÖ – TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 3-1 (25:21, 19:25, 30:28, 25:22)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – VBC TLC Weiz 3-0 (25:21, 25:12, 25:23)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | UVC Holding Graz – UVC McDonalds Ried/Innkreis 1-3 (29:27, 15:25, 23:25, 21:25)
Round 7
• 19.00 (Local Time) | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 3-0 (25:14, 25:21, 25:15)
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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam 41
2. TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 37
3. Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 31
4. SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 30
5. UVC Holding Graz 28
6. UVC McDonalds Ried/Innkreis 24
7. TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien 19
8. VCA Amstetten NÖ 11
9. VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 8
10. VBC TLC Weiz 5
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🏐| NEXT GAMES |ROUND 17
Saturday February 3, 2024
• 18.00 (Local Time) | UVC McDonalds Ried/Innkreis – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam – VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz
• 19.00 (Local Time) | TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien – VCA Amstetten NÖ
• 19.00 (Local Time) | VBC TLC Weiz – TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg
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