Austria: Predictions respected in Game 1 of Quarterfinals – Hypo Tirol, Hartberg and Aich/Dob victorious

Quarterfinals of 2024/25 Powerfusion VL started today with first three games.
Absolute regular season leaders as well as defending champions and ÖVV Cup winners HYPO TIROL volleyball team leveled their role as favorites winning their first best-of-five series against No.8 TJ Sokol V/Post SV Vienna, 3-0 (25:17, 25:14, 25:22). Top scorers in the USI hall were Kyle Hobus with 13 points, well supported by Nicolai Grabmüller who added 10 and Niklas Kronthaler with 7, while Boris Nikolic was the only player in double digit for the team from country’s capital with 13 points. Unfortunately, for the still undefeated team from Innsbruck, this is the last season in the top division, as Manager Hannes Kronthaler announced on Wednesday that the professional operations came into an end!
Predictions and field advantage respected also in the other two clashed played today, with No.3 in regular season SK Zadruga Aich/Dob who also had a good lead in their playoffs campaign by beating No.6 Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 3-1 (21:25, 25:21, 25:20, 25:21) in their JUFA Arena Bleiburg, in what was the fourth win of the season for the Carinthians over today’s rivals! They did it despite the injury of Cuban bomber Carlos Charles Santana, due a broken finger, and the absence of Sebastian Sablatnig had to sit out due to illness.
Top scorers of the day were Vitor Yamamoto, who led the charge with 21 points, closely followed by Noel Krassnig who added 20, while Paul Nusterer scored 15 points on the other side of the net.

“I’m not happy at all today. The absences must not be an excuse, as we can and must play better. Waldviertel was better for a long time. It was only from the third set onwards that we played as we can,” said Aich/Dob sports director Martin Micheu.

Predictions respected also in last game played today, with No.2 TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg, as well as Last season’s runners-up prevailed in the duel against No.7 VCA Amstetten NÖ also in four sets, 3-1 (25:15, 28:30, 25:22, 25:19). Lukas Glatz led the charge with 26 points, well supported by Đorđe Knezevic and Tobias Willimek, also in double digit with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Robert Gavan tallied 15 points for the visiting side.

UVC McDonald’s Ried and UVC Holding Graz will face each other on Sunday evening starting from 8:20 p.m.
Meanwhile, at the start of the relegation round, Sportunion z+p St. Pölten beat hotVolleys Vienna 3-0 (25:16, 25:20, 25:14).

____________________

🏐| Powerfusion Volley League 2024/25 | Quartefinals

GAME 1

👉🏼Saturday, February 22, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam (1) – TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien (8) 3-0 (25:17, 25:14, 25:22)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob (3) – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel (6) 3-1 (21:25, 25:21, 25:20, 25:21)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg (2) – VCA Amstetten NÖ (7) 3-1 (25:15, 28:30, 25:22, 25:19)

Sunday, February 23, 2025
• 20.20 (Local Time) | UVC McDonald’s Ried (4) – UVC Holding Graz (5) 0-3 (17:25, 23:25, 21:25)

🏐| Relegationsrunde

👉🏼Saturday, February 22, 2025
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Sportunion z+p St. Pölten – hotVolleys Wien 3-0 (25:16, 25:20, 25:14)

Sunday, February 23, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | VBC TLC Weiz – UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn 3-2 (25:13, 22:25, 29:31, 25:22, 18:16)

____________________

🏐| NEXT GAMES | Quarterfinals

GAME 2

Wednesday, February 22, 2025
• 18.30 (Local Time) | VCA Amstetten NÖ (7) – TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg (2)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien (8) – Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam (1)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | UVC Holding Graz (5) – UVC McDonald’s Ried (4)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel (6) – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob (3)

GAME 3

Saturday, March 1, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam (1) – TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien (8)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | UVC McDonald’s Ried (4) – UVC Holding Graz (5)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob (3) – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel (6)

Sunday, March 2, 2025
• 18.30 (Local Time) | TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg (2) – VCA Amstetten NÖ (7)

____________________

👀|QUICK LINKS
• AGENDA 📝🏐
• Austrian Volley League 2024/25 CALENDAR
• All news from Austria 🇦🇹
• Multimedia
• Facebook
• Instagram

____________________