VolleyBar25# : Friday June 19, 2026

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Before the customary weekend break, VolleyBar will return on Monday at its usual time of 8:00 PM.

In France, Spacer’s Toulouse are pleased to welcome Czech middle blocker Petr Spulak for the 2026/2027 season. Last season, he played in his native country for VK ČEZ Karlovarsko.

And Narbonne officially welcomed 7 new players for next season:
Setter Simon Gill, from Cambodia’s Visakha VC, young opposite Tylan Dalaize from Plessis Robinson, outside hitters Viden Natzev from France Avenir, Italian Tim Held, from Sonepar Padova in his homeland and Spanish Carlos Nieves, from Spain’s Conecta Balear CV Manacor and Israeli middle blocker Nikita Maron, and U.S. Ben Braun, from Long Beach State University.

In Poland, Jakub Popiwczak will remain with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.
The best defensive player in the PlusLiga will continue to represent defending champions. In his first season with the club, he won the Polish championship, finished as runner-up in Europe, and claimed the bronze medal at the Club World Championship.

“I will spend another year at Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie because it is a great place both to play volleyball and to be a volleyball player. Here, you can compete for the highest goals while enjoying what you love doing. You also get to play in front of fantastic fans, who are always with us in great numbers. All the most important conditions are met here,” he said.

In Italy, relegated side Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina have confirmed Michele Fedrizzi for next season.
Now entering his fourth consecutive year with Yuasa Battery, Fedrizzi has earned 14 caps for the Italian national team and played 469 matches in Serie A, half of them in the top division. Yet for him, Grottazzolina means more than the category in which the club competes.
“Anyone who comes here will find a welcoming environment. I am sure this can become an added value for the newcomers as well, just as it has been for me over these years,” he said.

There were also confirmations for Milano, who announced that young libero Jacopo Corbetta will stay with the club, and for Cisterna Volley, who retained young opposite hitter Tommaso Barotto.

In Russia, Argentina National Team captain and veteran setter Luciano De Cecco is officially a new player of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.

The first teams qualified for the CEV EuroVolley 2028 will emerge later this weekend, when the League Round of the CEV Volleyball European League 2026 will completed!
The race is especially close since after completion of two rounds, the collection of teams still in contention for a top four finish remains very large. As many as 12 teams have won at least three matches in competition, with the Netherlands leading the way with four wins and no sets lost at all this far. They are the only side with such a perfect record, followed by Estonia, Finland, Denmark, and Israel, who also all have four wins to their name in as many matches. Denmark will be the first team with an opportunity to make it five wins in a row when they play Albania on Friday. All other unbeaten teams will be taking to the court on Saturday – the Netherlands will play Croatia, Israel take on North Macedonia, Estonia will face a solid Swedish team and Finland will be playing Slovakia.

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