- Even if Ziraat Bankasi Ankara has won its home game against Greenyard Maaseik in straight sets, the Turkish champion will have to face a challenging tradition in Belgium. At home Maaseik is used to play very close games against Turkish teams. 3 of the last 5 encounters went to a tiebreak, the other two ended in a close 3-1 victory for the hosts.
- VC Greenyard Maaseik will host Ziraat Bankasi Ankara with a new headcoach. Maaseik parted ways with Joel Banks, who led the reds in more than 5 years to two Belgian League titles, a semi-final in the CEV-cup and impressive wins against top teams like Zenit Kazan, Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle, SKRA Belchatow, Jastrzebski Wegiel and Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.
- With last Saturday’s 1-3 away victory against Volley Haasrode LEUVEN, new head coach Fulvio Bertini made a succesful debut at the helm of Greenyard Maaseik. The 42-year old Italian will make his Champions League debut wih Maaseik with a lot of experience in international competitions: he has been headcoach in Bratislava (Svk), Beauvais (Fra), Nantes Rezé (Fra) and Foinikos Syros (Gre), and at the same time he’s T2 of the Czech national team.
- Greenyard Maaseik is not only looking for its first victory and first points, it still hasn’t won a single set yet in pool B. That’s no shame, since the schedule offered them extremely tough opposition: first an away game in Ankara, followed by two clashes with the mighty side of Dinamo Moscow.
- Recently -and luckily- the COVID-restrictions have been changed in Belgium, so that Greenyard Maaseik can again welcome spectators for a Champions League game. The previous European game in front of its enthusiastic crowd dates back from Feb 19th, 2020, so nearly two years ago. On that day Maaseik beat Jastrzebski Wegiel 3-2.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeIgor SCHIMPLSVKSecond RefereeOlivier GUILLETFRA
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How To Attend
Sportlaan 8, MAASEIK, 3680 Capacity: 2500
VC Greenyard MAASEIK 
Address
Sportlaan 10 MAASEIKContacts
Previous Games
| 16/02/2022 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 15/02/2022 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 08/02/2022 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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29Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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6Matches Played
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1Matches Won
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17%Win %
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5Sets Won
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443Points Won
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41%Attack %
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49%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Buenos Aires
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Kragujevac
- Height: 200 cm
- Birth Date: 1986
- Birth Place: Caxias do Sul/RS
- Height: 215 cm
Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA 
Address
Işınlar Mah.Esref Bitlis street no:6/A Yenimahalle AnkaraContacts
Previous Games
| 16/02/2022 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 08/02/2022 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 25/01/2022 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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5Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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6Matches Played
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3Matches Won
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50%Win %
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11Sets Won
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475Points Won
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47%Attack %
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43%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 196 cm
- Birth Date: 1986
- Birth Place: Havana
- Height: 207 cm
Recent Results
Dinamo MOSCOW
VC Greenyard MAASEIK
(25 - 16, 25 - 15, 25 - 18)
VC Greenyard MAASEIK
Dinamo MOSCOW
(20 - 25, 22 - 25, 18 - 25)
Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA
VC Greenyard MAASEIK
(26 - 24, 25 - 15, 25 - 17)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Henri TREIAL
Middle blocker
VC Greenyard MAASEIK
Wouter TER MAAT
Opposite
Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA
VC Greenyard MAASEIK trying to stop Camejo
Roberto Santilli instructing his players during time-out
Camejo diving for a ball
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VC Greenyard MAASEIK v Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA
- After three defeats without a single set win, Greenyard Maaseik immediately broke the curse against Ziraat Bankasi Ankarain in the first set. After an early 2-4, local captain Jolan Cox overwhelmed the Turkish champions with 4 aces for a clear 15-11 lead. With five more succesful attacks he led his team to 25-19.
- Set two went into a nerve-wrecking thriller after defences teams kept Cox and Ter Maat from scoring regularly. But after 18-16, Atanasov took the upper hand for the visitors with two aces: 19-21. With another killblock, Muhammet Ertugrul capitalized on the first set point: 23-25.
- The same close game developed in set three until two Estonians appeared: Henri Treial blocked as well Camejo as Ter Maat, setter Vanker added an ace for 18-13. This bonus was enough for Cox to close it out at 25-21.
- The home team then had to replace Cirovic (13 pts) because of a muscle injury. Setter Arslan Eksi raised the level of his team so that Ankara stormed to an early lead at 6-11. prevailed clearly in set 4: 18-25.
- The home team picked up its best level in the fifth set, with Bonatto blocking and spiking for 10-8. Atanasov levelled the score at 10-all. Another block by Treial gave Maaseik a new 2-point margin, Jan Martinez scored on the second match point: 15-13.
- Jolan Cox was top scorer of the game with no less than 22 points. Martin Atanasov scored 20 for Ankara. Maaseik beat Ankara in blocking with 13 versus 10.
- Interesting statistics: four of the last five home games by Maaseik against a Turkish opponent went to a tiebreaker. Two more of the last games almost went tot five sets.
2013: Maaseik – Arkas Izmir 3-2;
2015: Maaseik – Halkbank Ankara 2-3;
2017: Maaseik – BBSK Istanbul 3-2;
2018: Maaseik - Arkas Izmir 3-2;
2020: Maaseik – Halkbank Ankara 3-1.
2022: Maaseik – Ziraat Bankasi Ankara 3-2.
Jan Martinez Franchi"It is a new Maaseik. We are really happy. Finally, victories are coming - not only in the national league, but also in the Champions League. I am very proud of our team. Ankara is a great team and it was hard to win with them, but we totally enjoyed it. It was very special to score last point, even if it was not important who - we had to score this point and win the game."
player of VC Greenyard Maaseik
Arslan Eksi"It was a nice game for Volleyball fans. We knew that Maaseik plays good at home, we were expecting it. They served much bettter today and we had problems with reception. Anyway, we played tie-break, but some decisions I made maybe were not the best choice, but it's Volleyball. We lost and we will try to win against Dinamo Moscow to qualify. It will be difficult for us, but we will try our best."
captain of Ziraat Bankasi Ankara
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 VC Greenyard MAASEIK compared to Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA.
VC Greenyard MAASEIK number of service aces compared to Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA
Errors leading to points of VC Greenyard MAASEIK, next to those from Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA
Top Scorer
- 22 - Jolan COX (BEL)
- 20 - Martin ATANASOV (BUL)
- 15 - Gustavo GUAZZELLI BONATTO (BRA)
Top Attacker
- 17 - Jolan COX (BEL)
- 15 - Wouter TER MAAT (NED)
- 13 - Martin ATANASOV (BUL)
Top Blocker
- 5 - Gustavo GUAZZELLI BONATTO (BRA)
- 4 - Martin ATANASOV (BUL)
- 3 - Renet VANKER (EST)
Top Server
- 4 - Jolan COX (BEL)
- 3 - Martin ATANASOV (BUL)
- 2 - Henri TREIAL (EST)
Top Receiver
- 11 - Jan MARTINEZ FRANCHI (ITA)
- 7 - Oreol CAMEJO DURRUTHY (RUS)
- 5 - Lazar CIROVIC (SRB)