BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Play By Play
Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
Top Scorer
- 18 - Marek SOTOLA (CZE)
- 16 - Wilfredo LEON VENERO (POL)
- 16 - Kamil RYCHLICKI (ITA)
Officials
Bernard VALENTAR
Koen LUTS
BERLIN Recycling Volleys - Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
Head-to-Head
- BERLIN Recycling Volleys and Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA will meet for the first time in the Champions League.
- BERLIN Recycling Volleys have a W4-L11 record against Italian teams in the Champions League. They faced TRENTINO Itas in the quarter-finals in the last two seasons and were eliminated on both occasions.
- Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA's only previous encounters with German opposition were in this season's Champions League group stage: 3-0 and 3-1 wins versus SWD powervolleys DÜREN.
- The two setters with the best efficiency in this season's Champions League group stage could face each other: Simone Giannelli (82.35%) and Johannes Tille (61.96%).
BERLIN Recycling Volleys
- BERLIN Recycling Volleys have a W53-L54 record in the Champions League. They won their last three matches, including a 3-2 triumph against Ziraat Bank ANKARA in the Playoff to reach this season's quarter-finals.
- BERLIN Recycling Volleys have yet to progress from the CEV Champions League quarter-final stage (twice eliminated).
- BERLIN Recycling Volleys have made semi-final appearances in two seasons, 2014/15 (directly after the group stage) and 2016/17 (after Playoffs). They are the most recent German club to have reached the semi-finals in the CEV Champions League.
- BERLIN Recycling Volleys' best result in the Champions League was reaching the final four in 2014/15 and 2016/17. The only German side to reach the final was VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN in 2006/07 (won vs TOURS VB).
- Marek Sotola is the team's top scorer on 146 points. He leads this season's Champions League on most aces (16). Timothée Carle (13) is third in this list. Carle was the team's top scorer in 2021/22 on 88 points.
Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
- Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA have reached the semi-finals in five of their last six Champions League campaigns. They were eliminated by TRENTINO Itas in the semi-finals in the last two seasons.
- Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA have never been eliminated in their four quarter-final ties (from 2018/19 to 2021/22). The competition was halted after the first leg in 2019/20 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA's last four Champions League defeats were against Italian opposition. They have not lost a Champions League match against a non-Italian side since they were eliminated by Zenit KAZAN in the 2018/19 semi-finals (lost 2-3 in Perugia and 1-3 in Kazan as Sir Colussi Sicoma PERUGIA).
- Simone Giannelli (82.35%) has the best setter efficiency in this season's Champions League.
- Kamil Semeniuk (79) leads his team in scoring in this Champions League campaign. Last season when he played for Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE he was the top scorer in the group stage (104) and finished the campaign on 150 points.
Andrea Anastasi“Berlin Recycling Volleys is a team that plays excellent volleyball, from a technical point of view it has nothing to envy to the top teams of the Champions League. We will have to be intelligent and very humble, Berlin knows how to play volleyball, both technically and tactically they know what to do. We have great respect, it will be a difficult match, we will need to play hard"
Head Coach Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
Massimo Colaci“A completely different match awaits us in Berlin than Sunday's in Taranto in Italian Superlega. We know Berlin Recycling Volleys, they play volleyball very well, they are a very technical team, we know they will put pressure on their serve and we will have to be good at receiving. It will be a complicated match and rightly so in a quarter-final of the Champions League".
Libero Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeBernard VALENTARSLOSecond RefereeKoen LUTSBEL
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Venue Information
Volleyball fans have ‘nicknamed’ the iconic Max-Schmeling-Halle ‘Germany’s Volleyball temple’. Actually, it is much more than just that – since this venue has played host to an impressive number of major international competitions as well, such as the 2002 FIVB Women’s World Championship, 2003 EuroVolley Men, 2013 EuroVolley Women, as well as the historic CEV Champions League Volley 2019 Super Finals back in May – to name only a few highlights. The Hall also plays as hosts to the Berlin Recycling Volleys, Germany's most decorated volleyball club with 10 Bundesliga titles and a CEV cup title in 2015/2016. The arena is located at Am Falkpl. 1, 10437 Berlin, Germany and holds up to 12,000 spectators. Capacity: 8533
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Team
- KOWALSKI Adam1 Libero
- RONKAINEN Antti3 Outside spiker
- DOSANJH Arshdeep4 Setter
- TILLE Johannes6 Setter
- SCHOTT Ruben13 Outside spiker
- PATCH Benjamin16 Opposite
- KRAUCHUK ESQUIVEL RODRIGUES Matheus18 Opposite
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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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44%Attack %
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45%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
Team
- GUALBERTO Flavio Cesar0 Middle blocker
- CARDENAS MORALES Julio cesar0 Outside spiker
- PLOTNYTSKYI Oleh5 Outside spiker
- SOLE' Sebastian11 Middle blocker
- RUSSO Roberto12 Middle blocker
- SEMENIUK Kamil16 Outside spiker
- ROPRET Gregor20 Setter
- MENGOZZI Stefano23 Middle blocker
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Previous Games
| 06/04/2023 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 29/03/2023 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 15/03/2023 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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10Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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10Matches Played
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8Matches Won
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80%Win %
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26Sets Won
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930Points Won
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50%Attack %
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38%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Santiago de Cuba
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Vinnitskyi Region
- Height: 195 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Ettelbruck
- Height: 204 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Rosario, Santa Fe
- Height: 202 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: La Habana
- Height: 196 cm
- Birth Date: 1985
- Birth Place: Gagliano del Capo (LE)
- Height: 180 cm
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Recent Results
BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Ziraat Bank ANKARA
(24 - 26, 25 - 21, 25 - 20, 18 - 25, 15 - 9)
BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Aluron CMC Warta ZAWIERCIE
(25 - 22, 25 - 17, 25 - 19)
Hebar PAZARDZHIK
BERLIN Recycling Volleys
(20 - 25, 16 - 25, 20 - 25)
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Head to Head
Adam KOWALSKI
Libero
BERLIN Recycling Volleys
Jesus HERRERA JAIME
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Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
BERLIN Recycling Volleys after scoring a point
Kamil Rychlicki performing one of his powerful spikes
BERLIN Recycling Volleys' triple block against Wilfredo leon
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BERLIN Recycling Volleys v Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
Although both Berlin Recycling Volleys and Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia are #CLVolleyM regulars, the quarterfinal game at Max-Schmeling-Halle was their first clash ever. The hosts started the match with no fear. Thus, the fans gathered at the venue and in front of TV could enjoy a fierce fight over the net. Powerful spikes from Plotnytskyi and impressive blocks from Rychlicki and Gianneli gave Perugia a 17-14 lead. With Plotnytskyi (2 aces in set 1) on the service line the Italian team improved it further, closing the part 25-18.
The second set was a show of two Perugia's players - Oleh Plotnytskyi and Kamil Rychlicki, they made a difference, scoring as many as 5 and 6 points, respectively. Perugia was out of range for Berlin in this part, quickly jumping to a 16-8 lead. The hosts were more successful in block 5-2, but in all other components Perugia was dominant, winning the second set with a 10-point margin.
Players from Berlin Recycling Volleys returned to the court eager to fight to prolong the game. Coach Enard Cedric modified his squad, giving a chance to Cody Kessel and it was a right call. The third set was a point-by-point race until 10-10. Then Perugia got a two point advantage, but Anton Brehme helped the hosts to tie. First he spiked and then served an ace, giving a spark to his teammates. Berlin took a 16-14 lead, but Perugia quickly made it up. The game continued as a fierce race to 23-23. A striking kill from Sotola (6 points in the 3rd set), gave the first set point to Berlin and an ace serve from Johannes Tille sealed the deal at 25-23.
A tough game with Volleyball of the finest level started already at the beginning of the 4th set. After two successful spikes from Plotnytskyi and Rychlicki, Perugia took a 10-8 lead. And step by step, they started to enlarge the gap. With great teamwork they improved it to 17-12 and keeping the score safe they ended the game 25-18.
Marek Sotola topped the scorers chart with 18 points (52% success in attack), having Perugia's trio: Kamil Rychlicki (16), Wilfredo Leon (16) and Oleh Plotnytskyi (15) behind him. Rychlicki who had 13 kills (also 52%), 3 aces and 3 blocks to his name was selected the MVP of the game.
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 BERLIN Recycling Volleys compared to Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA.
BERLIN Recycling Volleys number of service aces compared to Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
Errors leading to points of BERLIN Recycling Volleys, next to those from Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA
Oleh Plotnytskyi“A beautiful atmosphere tonight and a tough match. We played aggressive, in the third set we made a few too many mistakes, then we went back to playing our volleyball. Tonight the result was important and we achieved it”.
opposite of Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia
Andrea Anastasi“It wasn't easy and we knew it. We struggled at the beginning, then we kept the match under control because we blocked and defended very well thanks to a great serve. Berlin played a very good match, it was a real match in front of a wonderful fans".
head coach of Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia
Cedric Enard, head coach of Berlin Recycling Volleys: "You could see the physical difference today. Perugia is known for serving power and they showed that here in our arena. We were under a pressure from the opponent the whole match, which we are not used to be. Nevertheless, Marek and Cody, after being substituted, for example, performed well. In the third set our block defense was more effective and so we could reward ourselves. Against this team you have to take so much risk, you can't succeed at everything. Perugia came here as the superior team in Europe and now we know why. We will try our best again in Italy, but it will be hard."
Top Scorer
- 18 - Marek SOTOLA (CZE)
- 16 - Wilfredo LEON VENERO (POL)
- 16 - Kamil RYCHLICKI (ITA)
Top Attacker
- 16 - Marek SOTOLA (CZE)
- 13 - Kamil RYCHLICKI (ITA)
- 12 - Wilfredo LEON VENERO (POL)
Top Blocker
- 5 - Flavio Cesar GUALBERTO (BRA)
- 3 - Kamil RYCHLICKI (ITA)
- 2 - Nehemiah MOTE (AUS)
Top Server
- 6 - Oleh PLOTNYTSKYI (UKR)
- 2 - Wilfredo LEON VENERO (POL)
- 1 - Johannes TILLE (GER)
Top Receiver
- 7 - Satoshi TSUIKI (JPN)
- 5 - Oleh PLOTNYTSKYI (UKR)
- 4 - Timothée CARLE (FRA)