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Epaminondas GEROTHODOROS
Vladimir SIMONOVIC
#CLVolleyM
Overview
Europe's top two teams going head to head for Champions League Gold.
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First RefereeEpaminondas GEROTHODOROSGRESecond RefereeVladimir SIMONOVICSUI
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Featured Players
Featured Players
Łukasz KACZMAREK
Bio
Łukasz is a 26 year old opposite, born in Krotoszyn, Poland. He always dreamt to be a sportsman. His volleyball career started on the beach, where he played for a while with Aleksander Śliwka. He is called by his volleyball friends "The Animal", due to his spectacular emotional expressions on the court. He is a Polish Champion from 2019 and a player of Polish National Team.
Head-to-Head
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE and TRENTINO Itas have met six times in the Champions League, all in the league round/fourth round.
· The last time these two teams met in the Champions League was in the 2017/18 fourth round. Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE won both matches in five sets. Back then these teams were known as Zaksa KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE and TRENTINO Diatec.
· TRENTINO Itas won both CL meetings in the 2012/13 league round: 3-0 at home and 3-1 away (also as Zaksa KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE and TRENTINO Diatec).
· The first two Champions League encounters between these teams came in the 2011/12 league round (as Zaksa KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE and TRENTINO PlanetWin365). Both teams won their away match, 3-2 in Italy and 3-0 in Poland.
· This is the first men's Champions League final between a team from Poland and Italy.
· TRENTINO Itas won three of their five Club World Championship titles after defeating a Polish team in the final (2009, 2010, 2011).
Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE have reached the Champions League final for the first time. Their previous best result in the competition was a third place in 2002/03.
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE can become the first team from Poland to win the Champions League. PGE Skra BELCHATOW (2011/12) and Asseco Resovia RZESZOW (2014/15) both finished runners-up in the competition.
· Płomień MILOWICE (1977/78) won Poland's only title in the Champions Cup, predecessor of the Champions League.
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE survived both of this season's quarter-finals (v Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA) and semi-finals (v Zenit KAZAN) after a deciding golden set.
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE lost two of their last three Champions League matches, after winning 14 of their previous 15 CL fixtures.
· Only TRENTINO Itas' Nimir Abdel-Aziz (188) has won as many points in this season's Champions League as Kamil Semeniuk (153) and Łukasz Kaczmarek (144).
· Jakub Kochanowski has won 20 points from stuff blocks this CL campaign. Only Srecko Lisinac (27, TRENTINO Itas), Marko Podrascanin (23, TRENTINO Itas) and Sebastian Solé (21, Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA) have won more.
TRENTINO Itas
· TRENTINO Itas have reached the Champions League final for a fifth time. They won the competition in 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 (all as TRENTINO BetClic), while finishing runners-up in 2015/16 (as TRENTINO Diatec).
· On the men's side, only Zenit KAZAN (6) and Belogorie BELGOROD (3) won as many Champions League trophies as TRENTINO Itas (3).
· TRENTINO Itas lost their most recent Champions League match, 2-3 against Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA in the second leg of the semi-finals. This ended a 14-match winning run in the competition for the Italians (includes one awarded win).
· TRENTINO Itas (W13-L1) have already broken the men's record for most wins by a team in a single edition of the Champions League.
The story so far...
Team
Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE 
Address
Mostowa 1A Kedzierzyn-KozleContacts
Previous Games
| 01/05/2021 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 24/03/2021 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 18/03/2021 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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16Competitions Played
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3Titles
- Competition
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11Matches Played
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9Matches Won
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82%Win %
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29Sets Won
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1016Points Won
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52%Attack %
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51%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Mulhouse
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Krotoszyn
- Height: 204 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Giżycko
- Height: 199 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Starachowice
- Height: 196 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Jawor
- Height: 196 cm
- Birth Date: 1985
- Birth Place: California, CA
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Ropczyce
- Height: 200 cm
Recent Results
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ZAKSA outplay Trentino to claim maiden Champions League title
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 Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE compared to TRENTINO Itas.
Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE number of service aces compared to TRENTINO Itas
Errors leading to points of Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE, next to those from TRENTINO Itas
Aleksander Śliwka“We bring the continental trophy to Poland for the first time since 1978, a really long time. It’s amazing! I am in a shock and it’s hard to say anything. We had our ups and downs, but we gave our best. We lost the championship final in Poland, which was tough for us, but we came here knowing that there is only one game and we have to give 100%. It was a tough journey, but we had confidence and it made us better players. We are surely going to celebrate tonight.”
MVP, outside hitter of Grupa Azoty Zaksa Kędzierzyn Koźle
Nikola Grbić“I am proud of these guys! Once more, they were the best that they could be when their best was needed. And that happened so many times this season, against many different difficult opponents. We eliminated three of the world’s top teams. We believed until the end we really deserve to be the champions of Europe.”
head coach of Grupa Azoty Zaksa Kędzierzyn Koźle
Nimir Abdel-Aziz“It’s difficult to speak at this moment, especially to say what we could have done better. We had some opportunities, but we didn’t take the chances that we had. And they did! After working a lot through a long season like this, you want to finish it in a good way and you feel that you deserve it. Of course, they also worked hard and deserve it... It’s difficult right now...”
Opposite of Trentino Itas
Most Valuable Player
Aleksander ŚLIWKA
Awarding Ceremony Gallery
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