Asterix Avo progress to #CLVolleyW group stage after Golden Set win

On Wednesday night, Belgium’s multiple national champions Asterix Avo BEVEREN secured a spot in the group stage of the elite CEV Champions League Volley 2027 Women, doing so via a dramatic Golden Set win. 

After losing the previous matchup in Porto, the Asterix Avo BEVEREN players wanted to show to their home fans that they can do better. In the first set they quickly got a small lead, and kept it until they sealed a 25-18 win.  Sets two and three went to the team that made the least unforced errors. In set four, BEVEREN, encouraged by a loud home crowd, could come back from behind and secure the set and the match with the smallest difference (25-23). The hosts continued this positive flow in the Golden Set, quickly assuring a lead and never relinquishing it (15-12). 

Asterix Avo BEVEREN looks forward to the matches in the group phase, but especially to the confrontation with VakifBank ISTANBUL. Long-time head coach Gert Vande Broek is now on the VakifBank staff and he also looks forward to a match against the team he moulded over the years, from 1991 until 2016. Their other rivals in Pool A will be Poland’s European Cups rookies UNI OPOLE and France’s Volley MULHOUSE Alsace. 

Setter Elise Van Sas and outside hitters Nel Demeyer and Flore Maes are especially excited to play in the most prestigious club competition in Europe. After contesting EuroVolley and the VNL last summer with the Belgian national team (aka the Yellow Tigers), they can now continue this positive development with their club.