27/09/2020 09:00
MEVZA League - Calcit Volley KAMNIK edge OK Merkur MARIBOR in tiebreaker
News from the Zonal Associations
Vienna, Austria, September 26, 2020. On Saturday evening, Calcit Volley KAMNIK started their MEVZA League campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 (25-18, 25-18, 28-30, 23-25, 15-11) away win at OK Merkur MARIBOR. The hosts of this fixture have already suffered their second defeat in a row after losing the season opener against defending champions ACH Volley LJUBLJANA earlier this week. OK Maribor’s opposite, Ahmed Ikhbayri topped the scorers’ charts in the Slovenian derby on 26 points, including an ace and three winning blocks. Mitja Gasparini hammered 23 points for the winning team.
There is one more match-up scheduled for this weekend. On Sunday at 5 pm, the ten-time competition winners ACH Volley will host MEVZA League debutants UVC Holding GRAZ. “We are well prepared for the new season and we feel ready to start. It will be a tough test for us, but we have nothing to lose in Slovenia,” Robert Koch, head coach of the Austrian team, explained.
The 2021 MEVZA League features seven men’s elite teams representing three countries. Alongside ACH Volley LJUBLJANA (SLO), OK Merkur MARIBOR (SLO), Calcit Volley KAMNIK (SLO) and UVC Holding GRAZ (AUT), SK Zadruga AICH/DOB (AUT), Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL (AUT) and HAOK Mladost ZAGREB (CRO) are competing in a double round robin format. After completion of the main round, the MEVZA League will be reaching its climax with the Final Four tournament scheduled for the last weekend of February.
For further information, visit www.mevza.org.
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