Austria: all results of the weekend – Hypo Tirol first finalist, Aich/Dob still in race!

Among the many games of 2024/25 Powerfusion VL played this weekend, HYPO TIROL volleyball team reached the final thanks to another strong performance displayed on Saturday.
The defending champions showed no weakness in Game 3 of semifinal against UVC Holding Graz, winning again 3-0 (25:16, 25:14, 25:23) in front of their home fans at their USI Hall.
In front of almost 600 enthusiastic volleyball fans, they underscored their title favorites, having already won the Supercup and ÖVV Cup this season. Outside hitter Kyle Hobus was named MVP and was also the game’s top scorer with 15 points, while Arwin Kopschar scored 12 points for Graz.
In any case, the Innsbruck side prevailed in all areas with 38 to 24 points in attack, 8 to 3 blocks and 3 to 2 aces.
SK Zadruga Aich/Dob is still in race, prevailing on the field of TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 1-3 (22:25, 22:25, 25:20, 22:25). Game 4 will take place on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the JUFA Arena Bleiburg.
Aich/Dob’s sporting director Martin Micheu was in the coaching zone after parting ways with coach Lucio Oro on Thursday.
The top scorers in the once again very well-attended Stadtwerke Hartberg Hall were Lukas Glatz with 19 for the hosts and Bryan Camino Martinez for the winners, while Noel Krassnig was named MVP.

UVC McDonald’s Ried and Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel will battle for 5th place starting from next weekend.
The first one lost the first leg against TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien in four sets , but bounced back on Saturday at the Raiffeisen Volleydome with a clean 3-0 (25:20, 25:15, 25:12) victory, also winning the subsequent golden set 15-9.
Waldviertel won also the second leg match against VCA Amstetten with the score of 3-1 (25:21, 24:26, 25:21, 25:20) at their Zwettl Stadthalle.

Since Saturday, it also has been confirmed that Sportunion z+p St. Pölten and VBK Kelag Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt will stay in Austria’s top division next season too.
St. Pölten destroy hotVolleys in Wien with a 0-3 (19:25, 19:25, 17:25) clean success to stay at +2 from Klagenfurt, who won at home against HIB Volley Graz 3-1 (25:17, 22:25, 25:19, 25:18).
In their third Saturday match, UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn beat VBC TLC Weiz 3-0 (25:23, 25:18, 25:14) at home, and then they also won on Sunday on the field of HIB Volley Graz, 1-3 (22:25, 25:23, 21:25, 20:25).

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🏐| Powerfusion Volley League 2024/25 | Semifinals

GAME 1

Saturday, March 22, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam – UVC Holding Graz 3-0 (25:15, 25:17, 25:16) Series: 1-0
• 17.00 (Local Time) | TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 3-1 (20:25, 25:23, 25:23, 25:23) Series: 1-0

GAME 2

Wednesday, March 26, 2025
• 17.35 (Local Time) | UVC Holding Graz – Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam 0-3 (21:25, 17:25, 27:29) Series: 0-2
• 19.00 (Local Time) | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 1-3 (25:20, 18:25, 21:25, 23:25) Series: 0-2

GAME 3

👉🏼Saturday, March 29, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam (1) – UVC Holding Graz (5) 3-0 (25:16, 25:14, 25:23) Series: 3-0
• 19.00 (Local Time) | TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg (2) – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob (3) 1-3 (22:25, 22:25, 25:20, 22:25) Series: 2-1

GAME 4

Wednesday, March 26, 2025
• 19.30 (Local Time) | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 1-3 (24:26, 25:21, 24:26, 20:25) Series: 1-3

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5th/8th Place

FIRST LEG

Saturday, March 22, 2025
• 18.30 (Local Time) | VCA Amstetten NÖ – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (23:25, 20:25, 27:25, 25:18, 11:15)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien – UVC McDonald’s Ried 3-1 (25:18, 25:13, 16:25, 25:20)

SECOND LEG

👉🏼Saturday, March 29, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien – UVC McDonald’s Ried 3-0 (25:20, 25:15, 25:12) GOLDEN SET: 15-9
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – VCA Amstetten NÖ 3-1 (25:21, 24:26, 25:21, 25:20)

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Relegationsrunde

👉🏼Saturday, March 29, 2025
• 14.30 (Local Time) | UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn – VBC TLC Weiz 3-0 (25:23, 25:18, 25:14)
• 17.00 (Local Time) | VBK Kelag Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – HIB Volley Graz 3-1 (25:17, 22:25, 25:19, 25:18)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | hotVolleys Wien – Sportunion z+p St. Pölten 0-3 (19:25, 19:25, 17:25)

👉🏼Sunday, March 30, 2025
• 11.30 (Local Time) | HIB Volley Graz – UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn 1-3 (22:25, 25:23, 21:25, 20:25)

🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Sportunion z+p St. Pölten 21
2. VBK Kelag Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 19
3. UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn 15
4. VBC TLC Weiz 9
5. hotVolleys Wien 5
6. HIB Volley Graz 3

🏐| NEXT GAMES | Relegation Round

Saturday, April 5, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | hotVolleys Wien – VBK Kelag Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt
• 19.30 (Local Time) | VBC TLC Weiz – Sportunion z+p St. Pölten

Saturday, April 12, 2025
• 14.30 (Local Time) | VBK Kelag Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – VBC TLC Weiz
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Sportunion z+p St. Pölten – UNIONvolleys Bisamberg-Hollabrunn
• 19.30 (Local Time) | HIB Volley Graz – hotVolleys Wien

Saturday, April 26, 2025
• 19.30 (Local Time) | VBC TLC Weiz – hotVolleys Wien

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