Halkbank ANKARA
Play By Play
BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Top Scorer
- 19 - Marek SOTOLA (CZE)
- 19 - Nimir ABDEL-AZIZ (NED)
- 10 - Nicolas BRUNO (ARG)
Officials
Roy GOREN
Alexandros MYLONAKIS
Champions League returns to ANKARA, at Halkbank’s home after three years
An important competitor
Halkbank ANKARA's Dutch opposite Nimir Abdelaziz announced his thoughts on the Berlin match.
The Dutch star stated that the opponent is a good team and he continued:
“To play against Berlin will be another strong game! They take part in the Champions League every year with good results! So its going to be a big battle again. We have to fight and we want to show our improvement after the game which we have lost in Poland.”
Berlin Recycling Volleys
1. Group B was the crowd puller of the first leg of the Champions League: Nearly 4.000 people witnessed the incredible 0:2 comeback win of the BR Volleys against Hebar Pazardzhik in their home-venue the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin. The second most popular game was also a Pool B game, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie’s 3:1 win against Halkbank Ankara was visited by 2.750 spectators. Now, the opponents and the venues change.
2. Over 2.000km of travel: Ankara is the furthest destination in southeast Europe the BR Volleys have ever travelled to for a CEV Champions League game.
3. Unbeaten in the national leagues: Both BR Volleys and Halkbank Ankara have won all their games in the national championship so far. Both teams only lost 3 sets, but Ankara played 8 games while the BR Volleys played 6.
4. It’s been 5 years: The BR Volleys last played against a Turkish team 5 years ago. During the 2016/17 CEV Champions League, they played against Istanbul BBSK in play-off 12 (2:3 and 3:2 + winning the Golden Set). Since this face-off Turkish and German teams never met again because they were always seeded in the same pool for the drawing of lots.
5. A total of 52 points: That’s the number of points that Timothée Carle and Marek Sotola scored on the first gameday. Carle is Top-Scorer of #CLVolleyM with 27 points, while Sotola is ranked on 4th position with 25 points.
Kaweh NIROOMAND"One or the other may have thought that the draw went well for us this year. But anyone who saw the match between Zawiercie and Ankara knows that we really can't talk about luck of the draw. Not least, a signing like Abdel-Aziz's shows the potential and quality of Ankara. Halkbank is top-notch, because with the Argentine Bruno and Gülmezuglo, the team is also really strong on the outside spiker positions. In addition, Matic is a real presence in the middle block. "
General Manager BR Volleys
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Officials
First RefereeRoy GORENISRSecond RefereeAlexandros MYLONAKISGRE
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How To Attend
Eminiyet Mah. Bogazici Sok 5/A, Besevler, ANKARA, 06555 Capacity: 6000
Team
- EKŞİ Aslan1 Setter
- JAESCHKE Thomas7 Outside spiker
- COŞKUN Serhat9 Opposite
- KOÇ Mustafa10 Middle blocker
- TAYAZ Yunus Emre20 Middle blocker
- BRUNO Nicolas30 Outside spiker
- ASLAN Yiğit Hamza99 Outside spiker
Halkbank ANKARA 
Address
Yukarı Bahçelievler Mh. Aşkabat Cd.(Eski 7.Cd.) 65.Sk. No.2/3 Çankaya/ANKARA AnkaraContacts
Previous Games
| 05/04/2023 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 29/03/2023 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 15/03/2023 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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15Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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10Matches Played
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7Matches Won
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70%Win %
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24Sets Won
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958Points Won
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52%Attack %
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50%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: TURKEY
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Sliedrecht
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
- Height: 188 cm
Staff
Team
- RONKAINEN Antti3 Outside spiker
- DOSANJH Arshdeep4 Setter
- TRINIDAD DE HARO Angel10 Setter
- KESSEL Cody11 Outside spiker
- ŠTALEKAR Sašo12 Middle blocker
- PATCH Benjamin16 Opposite
- KRAUCHUK ESQUIVEL RODRIGUES Matheus18 Opposite
BERLIN Recycling Volleys 
Address
Glockenturmstr. 3 BerlinContacts
Previous Games
| 15/03/2023 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 08/03/2023 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 15/02/2023 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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18Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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9Matches Played
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5Matches Won
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56%Win %
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19Sets Won
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808Points Won
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55%Attack %
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53%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Estepona/Malaga
- Height: 192 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Campsie
- Height: 203 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Toulon
- Height: 198 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Colorado
- Height: 197 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Slovenj Gradec
- Height: 214 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Berlin
- Height: 192 cm
- Birth Date: 1999
- Birth Place: Ceske Budejovice
- Height: 207 cm
Recent Results
Aluron CMC Warta ZAWIERCIE
Halkbank ANKARA
(23 - 25, 26 - 24, 25 - 21, 25 - 15)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Aslan EKŞİ
Setter
Halkbank ANKARA
Satoshi TSUIKI
Libero
BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Halkbank ANKARA celebrating home win
Mert Matic spiking over Nehamiah Mote's block
BERLIN Recycling Volleys celebrating successful play
Gallery
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Johannes Tille"Somehow this game was suddenly over far too quickly. It feels like a not finished job. We knew that Nimir could tip the match again at any time when he goes to serve. But this ending hurts. We fought so well and got back into the match. That makes it even more bitter that we couldn't push it to the tiebreak."
setter of Berlin Recycling Volleys
Cedric Enard"We are really disappointed today. We were aware of Ankara's serving quality, but we were supposed to have the class to stand up to it. Aces on the lines, as we were unfortunate to concede a few today, can happen. But our task was to control the middle of the field in the reception. Maybe we missed experience, because we have to finish the fourth set without question and win it. There are no excuses. We missed clarity in our actions. We came back strong again, but unfortunately that's not worth anything today."
head coach of Berlin Recycling Volleys
The match in numbers
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of Halkbank ANKARA compared to BERLIN Recycling Volleys.
Halkbank ANKARA number of service aces compared to BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Errors leading to points of Halkbank ANKARA, next to those from BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Top Scorer
- 19 - Marek SOTOLA (CZE)
- 19 - Nimir ABDEL-AZIZ (NED)
- 10 - Nicolas BRUNO (ARG)
Top Attacker
- 18 - Nimir ABDEL-AZIZ (NED)
- 17 - Marek SOTOLA (CZE)
- 8 - Ruben SCHOTT (GER)
Top Blocker
- 2 - Nicolas BRUNO (ARG)
- 2 - Micah Kupono MA'A (USA)
- 2 - Mert MATIC (TUR)
Top Server
- 3 - Nicolas BRUNO (ARG)
- 2 - Ruben SCHOTT (GER)
- 2 - Micah Kupono MA'A (USA)
Top Receiver
- 10 - Timothée CARLE (FRA)
- 8 - Volkan DÖNE (TUR)
- 5 - Yiğit GÜLMEZOĞLU (TUR)