Officials
Zsolt MEZÖFFY
Ricardo FERREIRA
TOURS VB
- Tours VB is once again playing in the Champions League play-offs : a level in this competition that it had not reached since the 2015/2016 season
- Vfb FRIEDRICHSHAFEN is a club known to the team of TOURS, because it has already faced it several times, in particular in the final of the VOLLEY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2007.
- One player of Vfb FRIEDRICHSHAFEN is known to Tours fans : Ziga STERN, the Slovenian international, for having had a short experience in the Tours VB team in 2017.
- To note, the absence for this match of 2 middle players of Tours VB, because of injury : Leandro NASCIMENTO DOS SANTOS and Thiebault BRUCKERT.
Zeljko CORIC«It is a mixed team of experienced and young players, which showed a high level of play in the group stage, especially against Polish team Jastrzebski. It will be a challenge for us and for them, because we are in the elimination phase and every point is important.»
Captain Tours VB
Marcelo FRONCKOWIAK«This is a very important match in order to continue our adventure in the CEV Champions League Volley 2023. We succeeded in our first objective with this qualification so much awaited by the club since 2016 and we want to continue, knowing that this team of Friedrichshafen is strong and can pose us a very strong opposition.»
Head Coach Tours VB
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First RefereeZsolt MEZÖFFYHUNSecond RefereeRicardo FERREIRAPOR
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How To Attend
Centre Municipal des Sports, TOURS, 37000 Capacity: 3200
Team
- DE BARROS FERREIRA João Rafael1 Outside spiker
- AYA DIOKO Clement3 Outside spiker
- DE NARDA ELIOT4 Outside spiker
- NASCIMENTO DOS SANTOS Leandro5 Middle blocker
- PELVET Aymeric6 Outside spiker
- PALONSKY Luciano7 Outside spiker
- BRUCKERT Thiebault9 Middle blocker
- NACHBAR Julien11 Outside spiker
TOURS VB 
Address
1, boulevard de Lattre de Tassigny Centre Municipal des Sports TOURSContacts
Previous Games
| 15/02/2023 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 08/02/2023 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 25/01/2023 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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18Competitions Played
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2Titles
- Competition
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8Matches Played
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3Matches Won
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38%Win %
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14Sets Won
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664Points Won
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45%Attack %
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47%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1999
- Birth Place: Buenos Aires
- Height: 198 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Brasilia DF
- Height: 204 cm
- Birth Date: 1987
- Birth Place: Kupiansk
- Height: 200 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Height: 198 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Reading
- Height: 203 cm
Team
- PETER Tim4 Outside spiker
- BIERNAT Mateusz5 Setter
- VICENTIN Luciano7 Outside spiker
- BÖHME Marcus11 Middle blocker
- KOHN Simon16 Libero
- MARTINEZ PALACIOS Miguel Angel17 Opposite
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 
Address
VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 4 FriedrichshafenContacts
Previous Games
| 15/03/2023 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 09/03/2023 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 15/02/2023 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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25Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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10Matches Played
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6Matches Won
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60%Win %
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19Sets Won
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824Points Won
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52%Attack %
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49%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1986
- Birth Place: Slovenj Gradec
- Height: 200 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Vranje
- Height: 205 cm
- Birth Date: 1985
- Birth Place: Berlin-Pankow
- Height: 212 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: MONTENEGRO
- Height: 203 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Maribor
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Mississauga
- Height: 206 cm
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TOURS VB v VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
The quest for tickets to the CEV Champions League Volley 2023 - Men continued on Wednesday night. Tours VB took on VfB Friedrichshafen in the home play-off. It was not an easy game for the home side, as only a few minutes before the first whistle their captain and setter Zeljko Coric suffered an injury. Friedrichshafen powered by Ziga Stern and Michał Superlak earned an important straight-set win and is one step closer to the #CLVolleyM quarterfinals.
During the warm-up, the setter and captain of Tours VB, Zeljko Coric was injured, thus it was Gary Chauvin on playmaking duty. The opening set fired up fans gathered at Salle Robert Grenon Tours. The local favourites Tours VB and Vfb Friedrichshafen fought hard for every point, delivering a thrilling Volleyball show, but in decisive part a successful attack from Ziga Stern closed the set in favour of the visiting team after 31 minutes of play. Stern was a leader of Friedrichshafen (7 points and 67% in attack) with a solid support with Michał Superlak (5 points). Aboubacar Drame Neto contributed with spectacular 10 points for Tours
The team around coach Mark Lebedew kept the momentum, taking an early 8-3 lead. Even if Tours fought back and reduced the distance powered by Dmytro Teryomenko, it was not enough against the guests, who won this part 25-21.
Also the third part was dominated by Friedrichshafen led by their superduo Stern & Superlak. However, when the team from Germany led 21-18, the hosts managed to score three in a row and tie. It was a big merit of Aboubacar Drame Neto, who served two aces. It gave hope to the home crowd, but only for a brief moment as Vojin Cacic made a difference going on the service line and Friedrichshafen closed the game 25-21.
Ziga Stern topped the scorers chart with 17 points, including 15 kills (65% success in attack), 1 ace and 1 block. Michał Superlak tallied 11 points, once Fans' MVP of pool phase Aboubacar Drame Neto contributed with 14 points on Tours' side. The decisive re-match will be played on February 15.
Gary Chauvin"There were things missing tonight. There was a lack of automatisms. The Germans served very well. They have a great quality in serve -reception. It is complicated. Today it's the truth of one match: it's not necessarily the truth of the next..."
player of Tours VB
Ziga Stern"We expected very tough match. The result is incredible. What I remember is not my personal performance but the performance of the team. Everyone played very well tonight. It was bad luck for Tours who lost their setter just before the game."
MVP and player of VfB Friedrichshafen
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 TOURS VB compared to VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.
TOURS VB number of service aces compared to VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
Errors leading to points of TOURS VB, next to those from VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
Top Scorer
- 17 - Ziga STERN (SLO)
- 17 - Ziga STERN (SLO)
- 14 - Aboubacar DRAME NETO (BRA)
Top Blocker
- 4 - André BROWN (CAN)
- 4 - André BROWN (CAN)
- 4 - Michaël PARKINSON (NED)