Highlights
Head-to-Head
- Projekt WARSZAWA and Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA meet for the first time in the Champions League.
- Projekt WARSZAWA will play a team from Turkey for the first time in the Champions League.
- Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA met Polish opposition once in the competition, against PGE Skra BELCHATOW in the 2015/16 Playoffs 12. The Turkish team failed to reach the Playoffs 6 after a 1-3 defeat in Belchatów and a 3-2 win in Ankara.
- Each of the last eight Champions League matches between a Polish and Turkish team were won by the team from Poland.
Projekt WARSZAWA
- Projekt WARSZAWA compete in the Champions League for the third time, after 2019/20 and 2020/21. They failed to progress from the group stage in their previous two campaigns (as Verva WARSZAWA Orlen Paliwa).
- Projekt WARSZAWA lost this season's opening match 2-3 to Dinamo MOSCOW on 1 December. They had won their opening match in both 2019/20 and 2020/21.
- This will be Projekt WARSZAWA's fourth Champions League match played at home in Warsaw. In the 2019/20 group stage, they defeated TOURS VB and Benfica LISBOA in straight sets, but lost 1-3 to Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA..
- Each of Projekt WARSZAWA's last three Champions League matches were decided in five sets: against Leo Shoes MODENA (win) and Kuzbass KEMEROVO (loss) in 2020/21, and versus Dinamo MOSCOW (loss) in 2021/22. They had not played a five-setter in their first 10 matches in the competition.
- Projekt WARSZAWA could record three successive defeats in the Champions League for the first time.
- Bartosz Kwolek (13) picked up the most points for his team in the 2-3 loss versus Dinamo MOSCOW. In 2020/21, Kwolek (80) finished as Projekt WARSZAWA's top scorer in the Champions League.
Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA
- Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA are participating in their second Champions League season, after 2015/16. They reached the Playoffs 12 in that campaign, where they were eliminated by Polish team PGE Skra BELCHATOW.
- Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA won seven of their nine Champions League matches. The exceptions were a 0-3 group stage defeat against Dinamo MOSCOW and a 1-3 loss versus PGE Skra BELCHATOW in the Playoffs 12. NOTE: One of Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA's wins is a 3-0 awarded win against Dinamo MOSCOW in the 2015/16 group stage.
- Wouter ter Maat won 20 points in Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA's 3-0 win against VC Greenyard MAASEIK in this season's opening leg on 1 December, at least double the amount of any other player in that match (10 by teammate Martin Atanasov).
- Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA finished runners-up in last season's Challenge Cup. Ter Maat (128) and Atanasov (112) finished respectively in first and third place on the top scorer list.
- Ter Maat finished as Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta ISTANBUL's top scorer in the 2019/20 Champions League on 93 points.
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Officials
First RefereeBogdan Laurentiu STOICAROUSecond RefereeVitor Alexandre GONCALVESPOR
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How To Attend
ul. Łazienkowska 6a, Warsaw, 00-449 Capacity: 4824
Team
Team Schedule
Previous Games
16/02/2022 | vs. | 3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
15/02/2022 | vs. | 3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
09/02/2022 | vs. | 0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
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4Competitions Played
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1Titles
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6Matches Played
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2Matches Won
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33%Win %
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10Sets Won
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510Points Won
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47%Attack %
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46%Reception %
Team
8
WRONA Andrzej
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Warszawa
- Height: 206 cm
2
KWOLEK Bartosz
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Płock
- Height: 193 cm
7
TRINIDAD DE HARO Angel
Setter
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Estepona/Malaga
- Height: 192 cm
9
BLANKENAU Jay Michael
Setter
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Edmonton
- Height: 195 cm
10
GALAZKA Janusz
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1987
- Birth Place: Minsk Mazowiecki
- Height: 199 cm
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NOWAKOWSKI Piotr
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1987
- Birth Place: POLAND
- Height: 205 cm
13
GROBELNY Igor Oskar
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Radom
- Height: 194 cm
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Match Report
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Article
The match in numbers
141
Points
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
109
Duration
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
1277
Spectators
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
208
Match Spikes
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
50%
Reception Level
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
12-12
Net Domination
The number of successful point winning blocks of Projekt WARSZAWA compared to Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA.
3-8
Ace Count
Projekt WARSZAWA number of service aces compared to Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA
48-30
Error Difference
Errors leading to points of Projekt WARSZAWA, next to those from Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA