Because of the numerous corona cases, the Volleyball Bundesliga (VBL) is pulling the emergency brake. The VBL management decided on Tuesday, after consulting the clubs, to cancel the main round with immediate effect and to take a break until the start of the intermediate round on January 22nd.
“We are very confident that we will be able to carry out the intermediate round and the subsequent play-offs from March 12th to May 8th as planned thanks to the unanimous decisions today,” said VBL managing director Julia Retzlaff: “We have the best possible solution found for the continuation of fair competition. “
The background to the decision is that there was no realistic possibility of completing the large number of catch-up games before the start of the intermediate round.
Thus, the quotient regulation decides on the classification of the final table. As a result, the current ranking remains – only the SWD powervolleys Düren and the United Volleys Frankfurt swap places in the table, so that the Frankfurters start the second round in second place.
The operations of the women’s Bundesliga and the four seasons of the second division are not affected by this decision.
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