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Overview

Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA gained a spot in the Quarterfinal for the 4th consecutive time since 2017-2018 season. Both Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL and Novara met in Champions League in 2017-2018 season, competing against each other in the pool phase when Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA won both games. They were also down to play each other in the Quarterfinal of Champions League last year, before the competition was stopped due to Covid-19 pandemic. Only 3 players from Igor Gorgonzola Novara remain in the squad since the last Champions League match vs Fenerbahce (2018): the captain and middle-blocker Cristina Chirichella, the middle-blocker Sara Bonifacio and the libero Stefania Sansonna.
Fenerbahce reached the quarterfinal as one of the top three runner-ups of the 4th Round. Their pool phase journey was challenged by another Italian team, A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO. Melissa Vargas was her team’s bets scorer in the pool phase, brining 79 points. Kelsey Robinson, who has joined Fenerbahce during the season, contributed 7 aces, becoming the best server for her team during that phase.
Micha Hancock just set a new all-time record in Italian League. In the 3-0 loss against A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO last Saturday night, she scored 2 aces, reaching 50 aces in regular phase of the season, with one game to go. The previous record was set in 2002-2003 by Virginie De Carne (49 aces).
Novara has lost only 5 games in their whole season so far: 4 games in Italian League (both with Conegliano and Monza) and 1 game in Italian Supercup semifinal against Unet e-work Busto Arsizio. The win-loss score is 27-5 so far.

Quest for spots among Europe’s best four about to begin

Head-to-Head

  • Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL and Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA met once before in a Champions League campaign, in the 2017/18 fourth round.
  • In 2017/18, Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA defeated Fenerbahce twice: 3-2 in Istanbul and 3-0 in Novara.
  • Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL lost eight of their last 10 Champions League meetings with Italian sides, including each of their last four. Their only wins in this period came against Savino Del Bene SCANDICCI in the 2018/19 quarter-finals.
  • Earlier this season, Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL lost both of their fourth round matches against Italian side A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO.
  • Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA have a W4-L4 record against teams from Turkey in the Champions League.
  • Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA's most recent CL encounter with a Turkish team came against VakifBank ISTANBUL in the 2018/19 semi-finals. Both teams won their away match after which Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA reached the final by winning the golden set (16-14).


Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL

  • Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL could reach the Champions League semi-finals for the sixth time. Only VakifBank ISTANBUL (9), RC CANNES (7), Volley BERGAMO (7) and Eczacibasi VitrA ISTANBUL (6) have reached the semi-finals at least six times on the women's side (all excluding the 2020/21 season).
  • Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL finished on the Champions League podium five times. They won the competition in 2011/12, came runners-up in 2009/10 and finished third in 2010/11, 2015/16 and 2018/19.
  • Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL won four of their six matches this Champions League season, with the only exception two defeats against Italian outfit A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO.
  • Melissa Teresa Vargas Abreu (79) won the most points for her team this Champions League campaign, of which 74 came from spikes.
  • After the conclusion of the fourth round, Melis Yilmaz (27.43%) had the second-best receive efficiency of all players. Only Martyna Grajber (28.24% for Grupa Azoty Chemik POLICE) performed better.
  • In Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL's last three matches, Kelsey Marie Robinson achieved a serve efficiency of 11.90%.


Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA

  • Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA are hoping to reach the Champions League semi-finals for a second time, after 2018/19. They won the competition that season, which is still their only CL podium finish.
  • Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA are on a 10-match winning run in the Champions League, since a 1-3 defeat against Allianz MTV STUTTGART in the 2019/20 fourth round. This is already their longest winning run in the competition.
  • Of Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA's eight defeats in the Champions League, half came against teams from Turkey (4).
  • Malwina Smarzek-Godek (88) won the most points for her team this Champions League season, including 14 from stuff blocks.
  • Haleigh Washington (55.00%) has the second-best spiker efficiency of all players, behind Ekaterina Evdokimova (62.16% for Lokomotiv KALININGRAD Region).
  • Micha Danielle Hancock (13) collected joint-most aces in the fourth round, alongside Isabelle Haak (13 for VakifBank ISTANBUL).

“We are really excited about continuing our European campaign in the Champions League quarterfinals. We are totally aware that Fenerbahce is one of the best teams in the world, but we are confident about our chances of achieving a spot in the semifinals. We expect to have two big clashes against Fenerbahce and will do our best - we will need a very consistent performance”

Cristina Chirichella
captain and middle-blocker of Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Igor Gorgonzola Novara

"Every match in the CEV Champions League is difficult. While it’s easier to make up for our errors in the group, you need to minimise the mistakes. We play the first match at our own court and want to put our best game on the field, beat our opponent and go to Italy with good spirits. Novara is one of the toughest teams of both the Italian League and the Champions League. It will be a good game, but we will reflect the best game we can as a team to pass to the next phase.”

Melis Yılmaz
libero of Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul
Melis Yılmaz, libero of Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul
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    Eldar ZULFUGAROV
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  • 4
    Matches Won
  • 50%
    Win %
  • 15
    Sets Won
  • 606
    Points Won
  • 37%
    Attack %
  • 38%
    Reception %

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ERDEM DÜNDAR Eda
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1987
  • Height: 188 cm
1
YILMAZ Melis
Libero
  • Birth Date: 1997
  • Height: 167 cm
4
ROBINSON COOK Kelsey Marie
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1992
  • Birth Place: Illinois
  • Height: 188 cm
5
BASKIR Beliz
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1998
  • Height: 195 cm
6
ŞENGÜN Lila
Setter
  • Birth Date: 2002
  • Height: 183 cm
7
CETIN Cansu
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1993
  • Height: 183 cm
8
BABAT Dicle Nur
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1992
  • Height: 191 cm
9
VARGAS Melissa Teresa
Opposite
  • Birth Date: 1999
  • Birth Place: Cien Fuegos
  • Height: 194 cm
10
BUSA Bianka
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1994
  • Birth Place: Vrbas
  • Height: 187 cm
11
TOKSOY GUIDETTI Bahar
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1988
  • Height: 190 cm
12
MIHAJLOVIC Brankica
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1991
  • Birth Place: Brcko
  • Height: 190 cm
16
KURT Ipar Ozay
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 2003
  • Height: 186 cm
17
AYDEMIR AKYOL Naz
Setter
  • Birth Date: 1990
  • Height: 186 cm
19
KAPUCU Ceren
Opposite
  • Birth Date: 1993
  • Birth Place: Kadikoy
  • Height: 188 cm

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Novara win the opening match of the Quarterfinals phase

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Igor Gorgonzola Novara secured a valuable victory at the beginning of the Quarterfinal phase, beating Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul on the Turkish soil in Burhan Felek hall. Both teams expected a big clash and delivered an exciting opening match of this phase of the tournament. The Turkish team was close to turn the match into a five-setter, leading throughout the fourth set, but the Italians found their way to seal the deal at the end of fourth set.

Fenerbahce put a pressure on Novara from the first moments, taking a four-point lead by the time they arrived at 16-12. The Turkish team remained cautious when Novara made a few attempts to decrease the point gap, as time out was called for Fenerbahce at 18-15. Two powerful attacks from Melissa Vargas and Brankica Mihajlovic changed the score to 21-16, giving Fenerbahce a boost to finish the set in their favour. Melissa Vargas lived up to her standard, giving her team the first set point opportunity, which Fenerbahce used winning the set 25-19. The opposite of the Turkish club scored 10 points in the opening set.

Novara wasted no time to bounce back against their Turkish opponent, going 3-7 ahead and forcing Fenerbahce to call an early time out in the second set. Micha Hancock delivered yet again with her precise serve as her two aces made it 6-15 for the Italians side and she only stepped down from the service line when Novara reached 6-18, putting Turkish in the difficult position to chase the score in this set. The Italian club tied the score, winning the set 12-25.

The third part began with a tight fight between both teams, as neither allowed their opponent to go too far ahead. Fenerbahce eventually found an edge over Novara, forcing the Italians to take a time out at 11-8. Novara quickly found a way back and a double block on Melissa Vargas brought Italians back to 12-11. This was just the beginning of Novara’s run as they continue putting a pressure on Fenerbahce, going 14-19 ahead. Another double block on Vargas gave Italians their first set point at 18-24 and Novara secured the set at 19-25.

Fenerbahce entered the fourth set, knowing this is their last chance to prolong the match and turn the result in their favour. The Turkish team opened the set with a 7-3 lead, but Novara yet again chased the score as Bosetti made it 12-11 with a great spike for Italians. Fenerbahce did not let Italians to repeat the story of the third set, as the Turkish maintained the two-point gap until 22-20, but Novara bounced back to level at 22-22. Fenerbahce called a time out and the tight fight followed, when both teams continued fighting point by point. Novara reached a match point at 25-26 and secured a victory when Melissa Vargas’s went long.

  • Caterina Bosetti was named the best player of the match, scoring 18 points for Novara (16 winning spikes, 1 block and 2 ace)

  • Melissa Vargas was undoubtedly the top scorer of the match, gaining 29 points for Fenerbahce (26 winning spikes, 2 blocks and 2 ace)

  • Micha Hancock and Britt Herbots contributed 2 aces each for the Italian team

  • Novara led in serve and block, scoring collectively 5 aces and 15 blocks to 2 aces and 10 blocks of Fenerbahce

  • Nur Babat was the top scorer of the match with 3 blocks for Fenerbahce

Zoran Terzic, coach of Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul: "First of all, congratulations to Novara, because they were very good tonight. They played with lot of energy, a lot of motivation. Defence was one of the elements that they played pretty well. We still have chance in İtaly and If we play our game we can win there.”

Caterina Bosetti, outside spiker of Igor Gorgonzola Novara: “We came here knowing it would be a difficult game, so we pushed a lot. At the beginning I think we were nervous but afterwards we better our block-defense relationship and we pushed a lot with our service. We are a very good team I think, but we have another game coming in Novara. We are happy, but we are focusing on the next game.”

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136
Points

The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

104
Duration

The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

50
Spectators

Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

268
Match Spikes

The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

32%
Reception Level

An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

10-15
Net Domination

The number of successful point winning blocks of Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL compared to Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA.

2-5
Ace Count

Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL number of service aces compared to Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA

27-23
Error Difference

Errors leading to points of Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL, next to those from Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA