CEV Cup: Omonia Nicosia first team qualified for 16th finals

Omonia Nicosia from Cyprus is the first team to qualify for 16th Finals of 2024/25 CEV Cup after a double win against OK Radnik Bijeljina.
After a straight sets win in first leg on their home soil, the players around head coach Savva Savvas repeated themselves after a hard-fought 1-3 (17:25, 33:35, 26:24, 17:25) win in Bijeljina, led in score by Brazilian Theo Lopes, top scorer among the winners with 19 points through 47% in attack, 1 ace and 1 block, and Fernando Dos Reis, who added 17, 50% in attack, 1 ace and 1 block too.
On the other side of the net Miodrag Marinkovic scored 23 points, but he wasn’t enough to push the game until a possible Golden Set.

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🏐2024/25 CEV CUP – 32th Finals

FIRST LEG

Tuesday October 8, 2024
📍Vexve Areena Sastamala
• 18.30 (Local Time) | VaLePa Sastamala (FIN) – Budva (MNE) 3-0 (25:22, 25:11, 25:12)
📍Park Strumica
• 19.00 (Local Time) | VC Strumica (MKD) – Fino Kaposvar (HUN) 3-0 (26:19, 25:23, 25:19)
📍Audentes Sports Hall Tallinn
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Selver x Taltech Tallinn (EST) – OK i-Vent Maribor (SLO) 3-1 (22:25, 25:21, 27:25, 25:23)
📍Tassos Papadopoulos Eleftheria Nicosia
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Omonia Nicosia (CYP) – OK Radnik Bijeljina (BIH) 3-0 (25:23, 25:22, 25:16)

Wednesday October 9, 2024
📍Jufa Arena Bleiburg
• 19.00 (Local Time) | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob (AUT) – Lausanne UC (SUI) 3-2 (31:29, 25:27, 22:25, 25:23, 15:8)
📍SSC Pere Zecevica Odžak
• 20.00 (Local Time) | OK Napredak Odžak (BIH) – Pafiakos Pafos (CYP) 2-3 (25:17, 27:25, 18:25, 19:25, 12:15)
📍Sport Oase Leuvwn
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Volley Haasrode Leuven (BEL) – Sport Lisboa e Benfica (POR) 0-3 (21:25, 19:25, 21:25)

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SECOND LEG

Tuesday October 15, 2024
📍Dvorana Gimnazije Filip Višnjić Bijeljina
• 19.00 (Local Time) | OK Radnik Bijeljina (BIH) – Omonia Nicosia (CYP) 1-3 (17:25, 33:35, 26:24, 17:25)

Wednesday October 16, 2024
📍Kaposvár Aréna
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Fino Kaposvar (HUN) – VC Strumica (MKD) 3-0 (25:19, 28:26, 26:24) GOLDEN SET: 15-11
📍Mediteranski Sportski Centar Budva
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Budva (MNE) – VaLePa Sastamala (FIN) 1-3 (18:25, 13:25, 25:23, 22:25)
📍University Sports Hall SOS II / Dorigny Lausanne
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Lausanne UC (SUI) – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob (AUT) 3-0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:23)
📍Afrodite Pafos
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Pafiakos Pafos (CYP) – OK Napredak Odžak (BIH) 3-0 (25:18, 25:22, 25:16)
📍Dvorana Tabor Maribor
• 20.00 (Local Time) | OK i-Vent Maribor (SLO) – Selver x Taltech Tallinn (EST) 3-2 (23:25, 19:25, 25:23, 25:23, 15:13)

Thursday October 17, 2024
📍Sports Hall Benfica Lisboa – Pavilhão Fidelidade
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Sport Lisboa e Benfica (POR) – Volley Haasrode Leuven (BEL) 2-3 (27:25, 27:29, 20:25, 25:21, 11:15)

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