Austria: Ried continue fight for fifth place after defeating Weiz in Game 2

UVC Weberzeile Ried won also the second DenizBank AG VL playoff duel with VBC TLC Weiz. They prevailed again in four sets (25:23, 20:25, 25:16, 25:18) in their home hall on Saturday evening and thus will continue race for fifth place, despite It is not yet clear who will be their next opponent, as the series VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt vs. TJ Sokol Vienna V had to be postponed for COVID. Ried’s captain Tomasz Rutecki was the top scorer of the match with 21 points, including 3 aces and 3 winning blocks, while Felix Breit sets up 6 of his team’s 15 winning blocks.

| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

| DenizBank AG VL | Semifinals (best-of-5)

| GAME 1
| March 13
• SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NÖ 3:0 (25:12, 25:18, 25:19)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

| March 17
• UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (25:23, 26:28, 25:23, 19:25, 16:18)

| GAME 2
| March 20
• VCA Amstetten NÖ – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 1-3 (25:23, 22:25, 22:25, 14:25)
• Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz 1-3 (25:21, 20:25, 20:25, 21:25)

| GAME 3
| March 26
• UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (21:25, 25:23, 25:23, 20:25, 13:15)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

| March 27
• SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – VCA Amstetten NÖ

| GAME 4
| March 31
• VCA Amstetten NÖ – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob
• Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – UVC Holding Graz 2-3 (25:23, 21:25, 25:23, 20:25, 14:16)

| GAME 5
| April 3
• UVC Holding Graz – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 3-0 (25:21, 25:23, 25:20)

| Semifinals 5/8th place (best-of-3)
| March 20
• VBC TLC Weiz – UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis 1-3 (25:19, 22:25, 13:25, 23:25)
| March 24
• TJ Sokol Wien V – VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt POSTPONED

| March 27
• VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V POSTPONED
• UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBC TLC Weiz 3-1 (25:23, 20:25, 25:16, 25:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

??? UVC Weberzeile Ried/Innkreis – VBC TLC Weiz
??? VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – TJ Sokol Wien V