10/12/2015 00:51
BURSA BBSK first team to move on to Challenge Cup Round of 16
2016 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women
Bursa, Turkey, December 9, 2015. The gold medallists from the 2015 edition of the CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup – Women easily made it to the Round of 16 in this year’s tournament after claiming also their re-match with Apollon Prestige LIMASSOL of Cyprus by 3:0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-12). BURSA BBSK are now waiting for the name of their next opponent, which will be the winner of the fixture starring France’s NANTES VB and Mladost ZAGREB of Croatia, with the Frenchmen having claimed the first round in three sets on Tuesday night.
Though Apollon Prestige LIMASSOL played with a lot of courage especially in the second set, they made some bad mistakes in reception and this helped BURSA BBSK cruise to their second 3:0 win.
“We have a very good team and even though everyone predicted an easy match with LIMASSOL, you could see that they played with a lot of courage and determination,” said the coach of BURSA BBSK, Dragan Nesic, following this second victory. “I have promised to my team that we will win the Challenge Cup again as they did already last year.”
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