Our representative Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, who beat Scandicci 3-2, advanced to the finals of the CEV Zeren Group Champions League and became the rival of another representative of ours, Vakıfbank.
Thus, VakıfBank and Eczacıbaşı Dynavit gained the right to compete in the World Club Championship next season.
The orange-white team will face another Turkish team, VakıfBank, in the final. The match, which will be played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall, will start at 20.00.
Savino Del Bene started the match well. Against the superior play of the Italian team, Eczacıbaşı Dynavit took a time-out when the score was 7-3. Returning from the break, Savino Del Bene continued his effective performance against the orange-whites and took the first set 25-20, taking the lead 1-0.
Eczacıbaşı made a good start to the second set with consecutive points. With the inclusion of Ebrar Karakurt in Stysiak’s effective game, the orange-whites did not cede the superiority to their opponent throughout the set. Eczacıbaşı won the second set 25-20 and brought the score to 1-1.
The third set started with a close game. In the later part of the set, Eczacıbaşı put its weight on the game with the performances of Stysiak, Jack-Kısal and Ebrar Karakurt, as well as the mistakes of the opponent, and gained a 21-13 advantage. The orange-whites took the set 25-17 and took the lead 2-1.
The fourth set witnessed a competitive game. In the head-to-head match, Savino Del Bene played the end of the set well. The Italian team finished the set ahead 25-21 and made the score 2-2.
There was also a big conflict in the final set. Effective with Ebrar Karakurt in front of the net and diagonally, Eczacıbaşı Dynavit gained a 6-3 lead and the Italian team took a timeout. The orange-whites did not allow the gap to close after the break and won the set 15-8 and the match 3-2 and made it to the final.
Turkish final in CEV Champions League
VakıfBank and Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, which eliminated their rivals in the CEV Zeren Group Champions League Final Four, will duke it out in the final tomorrow.
VakıfBank, who beat A. Carraro Imoco 3-2, will try to win its 7th championship in the CEV Champions League in Istanbul. The yellow-black team won the championship in 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2023.
The yellow-blacks, coached by Italian head coach Giovanni Guidetti, reached the finals undefeated this season. If VakıfBank wins the cup, it will catch Volley Bergamo (7), the third team with the most championships in the tournament.
Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, which beat Savino Del Bene 3-2, will take the field to take the cup to its museum for the second time in the CEV Champions League.
The orange-whites, under the management of head coach Giulio Cesare Bregoli, completed the Final Four organization held in Poland in 2015 with the championship.
VakıfBank and Eczacıbaşı Dynavit competed in the final for the second time.
VakıfBank and Eczacıbaşı Dynavit will face each other for the second time in the CEV Champions League final.
In the organization, Turkish representatives duke it out in the final match played in the 2022-2023 season.
Defeating its opponent 3-1, VakıfBank thus took the Champions League trophy to its museum for the 6th time.
This match will also be the second Turkish final in the history of the Champions League.
Turkish women’s volleyball secured its 27th cup
Turkey guaranteed to win its 27th international cup at the club level in women’s volleyball in the CEV Zeren Group Champions League Final Four.
VakıfBank and Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, who managed to beat their Italian rivals in the semi-finals, will duke it out in the final.
The cup remained in Türkiye this season, as two Turkish teams reached the final.
Turkish teams won 26 trophies, including 8 championships each in the international Club World Championship and CEV Champions League, 6 championships in the CEV Cup and 4 championships in the CEV Challenge Cup.
Turkish teams’ 9th cup in the CEV Champions League will find its owner tomorrow
Turkish teams have won the championship 8 times before in the Women’s CEV Champions League.
The Champions League cup, which was first won by VakıfBank in the 2011 season, was later included in the museums of Turkish teams 7 more times. During this period, VakıfBank became the star and crescent team that won the most championships by winning the cup 6 times. Fenerbahçe and Eczacıbaşı won the championship in this organization once each.
VakıfBank had the joy of lifting the cup in 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2023, Fenerbahçe in 2012 and Eczacıbaşı in 2015.
With the VakıfBank-Eczacıbaşı Dynavit final to be played tomorrow, the number of trophies won in the organization will increase to 9.
