CLVM 61, TRENTINO Itas v Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

Head-to-Head
· TRENTINO Itas and Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE contested the final of the last two editions of the CEV Champions League. The Polish team won both finals: 3-1 in Verona in 2020/21 and 3-0 in Ljubljana in 2021/22.
· These two clubs have met eight times in the Champions League. The Polish side won on five occasions, including each of the last four.
· These sides have not met in the Champions League group stage since the 2017/18 edition, when Zaksa KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE beat TRENTINO Diatec in five sets on both occasions.
· TRENTINO Itas lost each of their last four Champions League fixtures against the Polish side, after they won three of the first four encounters in the competition. TRENTINO PlanetWin365 defeated Zaksa KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE 3-0 away in the 2011/12 group stage, and as TRENTINO Diatec in both meetings in the 2012/13 group phase (3-0 home, 3-1 away).
· Daniele Lavia, Alessandro Michieletto, and Riccardo Sbertoli (TRENTINO Itas) can be in opposition of Łukasz Kaczmarek, Marcin Janusz, Aleksander Śliwka (Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE), just like they were in the final of the 2022 World Championships in Katowice on 11 September. Italy beat Poland 3-1 in that final.
· Lavia (19) and Michieletto (14) scored the most points for Italy in the 2022 World Championships final. Śliwka (12) was Poland's top scorer in that match.

TRENTINO Itas
· TRENTINO Itas won the CEV Champions League three times, all from 2008/09 to 2010/11 (as TRENTINO BetClic).
· TRENTINO Itas lost the Champions League final three times since lifting the trophy in 2010/11: in 2015/16 (2-3 versus Zenit KAZAN), 2020/21 (1-3 versus Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE) and 2021/22 (0-3 versus Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN- KOŹLE), all as TRENTINO Diatec.
· TRENTINO Itas can become the third team to win the Champions League the season after finishing runners-up, after Zenit KAZAN in 2011/12 and Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA in 2018/19.
· TRENTINO Itas won six of their last seven matches in the Champions League group stage, with the exception a 0-3 home defeat against Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA last season on 10 February 2022.
· Daniele Lavia (42) is TRENTINO Itas' top scorer in the 2022/23 Champions League group stage. He scored 21 points against both Decospan VT MENEN (3-0 home win) and ČEZ KARLOVARSKO (3-1 away win).
· Tuesday’s match will be the 200th international match of Trentino Volley’s history; the data count 117 Champions League matches, 3 in the Top Teams Cup, 37 in the CEV Cup and 42 in the Club World Championship. The toll is 160 victories and just 39 defeats. The result that occurred many times is the 3-0 victory (93, 46,7%); the less frequent are two: the defeat for 0-3 and for 1-3 (11 times each). Kaziyski is the player who competed the most (97).
· Trentino Itas will compete without the hitter spiker Oreste Cavuto, who has been out for a couple of weeks due to an abdominal injury.

Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE won the last two editions of the Champions League. No Polish club had won this competition before.
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE can become the third club to win the Champions League three times in a row, after Zenit KAZAN from 2014/15 to 2017/18 (4 in a row) and TRENTINO Itas from 2008/09 to 2010/11 (3 in a row as TRENTINO BetClic).
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE won each of their last eight matches in the Champions League, their longest streak in the competition. Their current run includes two 3-0 awarded wins against Dinamo MOSCOW in the 2021/22 quarter-finals.
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE's most recent defeat in the Champions League was a 1-3 group stage home loss against Lokomotiv NOVOSIBIRSK on 12 February 2022.
· Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE have won each of their last 17 Champions League matches outside Kędzierzyn-Koźle, since a 2-3 defeat (as Zaksa KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE) at Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA on 27 February 2019. One of those 17 wins was a 3-0 awarded victory against Dinamo MOSCOW in last season's quarter-finals.
· Łukasz Kaczmarek (37) is Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN KOŹLE's top scorer in the 2022/23 Champions League group stage, followed by Aleksander Śliwka (35).

“It is the top match of the Pool, but it is also a challenge that means a lot for both Clubs because it is impossible to forget where the two teams got in the last two editions. We will compete before our public and we will be even more motivated to achieve a result, which is important especially for Playoffs’ qualification. We will do our best to gain a meaningful victory; the players, who were also in the shortlist last season, know how much it means from a psychological point of view”.

Angelo Lorenzetti
Head Coach Trentino Itas

“It will be a particular and really felt match; even though I did not experience the two Trentino Volley’s last finals, I can only imagine how much desire for a re-match my teammates have. This is an amazing appointment and, together with the Club World Championship, it was one of the reasons why I chose Trento because it is not every day to live such appointments as a main character”

Donovan Džavoronok
Outside Hitter Trentino Itas

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Officials

First Referee

Fabrice COLLADOS

FRA

Second Referee

Igor SCHIMPL

SVK
How To Attend

Via Fersina, Loc. Ghiaie, TRENTO, 38100 Capacity: 4159

TRENTINO Itas Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

Team Profile

TRENTINO Itas

Address

Via del Brennero 276 TRENTO

Social

Contacts

+39 0461 42 13 77 segreteria@trentinovolley.it

Team Schedule

Previous Games

16/03/2023	vs.	3 - 2	W	Go to Match Centre
07/03/2023	vs.	2 - 3	L	Go to Match Centre
25/01/2023	vs.	3 - 2	W	Go to Match Centre

All Time
13

Competitions Played
5

Titles

Competition
8

Matches Played
7

Matches Won
88%

Win %
23

Sets Won
738

Points Won
56%

Attack %
53%

Reception %

Team

KAZIYSKI Matey

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 1984
Birth Place: Sofia
Height: 203 cm

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NELLI Gabriele

Opposite

Birth Date: 1993
Birth Place: Lucca
Height: 210 cm

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D'HEER Wout

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 2001
Height: 205 cm

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Dzavoronok Donovan

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 1997
Height: 202 cm

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MICHIELETTO Alessandro

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 2001
Height: 211 cm

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SBERTOLI Riccardo

Setter

Birth Date: 1998
Birth Place: Milano
Height: 190 cm

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CAVUTO Oreste

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 1996
Height: 198 cm

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PACE Domenico

Libero

Birth Date: 2000
Height: 182 cm

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BERGER Martin

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 2003
Height: 204 cm

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LAURENZANO Gabriele

Libero

Birth Date: 2003
Height: 176 cm

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LAVIA Daniele

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 1999
Birth Place: Cariati
Height: 200 cm

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PODRASCANIN Marko

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 1987
Birth Place: Novi Sad
Height: 204 cm

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LISINAC Srecko

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 1992
Birth Place: Kraljevo
Height: 205 cm

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Staff

LORENZETTI Angelo

Head Coach

PETRELLA Francesco

Assistant Coach

Team Profile

Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

Address

Mostowa 1A Kedzierzyn-Kozle

Social

Contacts

+48 77 405 41 41 club@zaksa.pl

Team Schedule

Previous Games

20/05/2023	vs.	3 - 2	W	Go to Match Centre
06/04/2023	vs.	3 - 1	W	Go to Match Centre
29/03/2023	vs.	3 - 1	W	Go to Match Centre

All Time
16

Competitions Played
3

Titles

Competition
13

Matches Played
9

Matches Won
69%

Win %
34

Sets Won
1279

Points Won
55%

Attack %
53%

Reception %

Team

KARYAGIN Denis

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 2002
Height: 204 cm

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KACZMAREK Łukasz

Opposite

Birth Date: 1994
Birth Place: Krotoszyn
Height: 204 cm

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STĘPIEŃ Przemyslaw

Setter

Birth Date: 1994
Height: 183 cm

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JANUSZ Marcin

Setter

Birth Date: 1994
Height: 195 cm

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WILTENBURG Twan

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 1997
Birth Place: Zevenhuizen
Height: 205 cm

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STASZEWSKI Adrian

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 1990
Birth Place: Starachowice
Height: 196 cm

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KLUTH Bartlomiej

Opposite

Birth Date: 1992
Height: 209 cm

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ŚLIWKA Aleksander

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 1995
Birth Place: Jawor
Height: 196 cm

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SMITH David

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 1985
Birth Place: California, CA
Height: 201 cm

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KALEMBKA Tomasz

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 1991
Height: 205 cm

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PASHITSKII Dmitrii

Middle blocker

Birth Date: 1987
Birth Place: Kiev
Height: 205 cm

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ZALINSKI Wojciech

Outside spiker

Birth Date: 1988
Birth Place: POLAND
Height: 195 cm

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SHOJI Erik Thomas

Libero

Birth Date: 1989
Birth Place: Hawaii
Height: 184 cm

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BANACH Korneliusz

Libero

Birth Date: 1994
Height: 185 cm

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Staff

SAMMELVUO Tuomas

Head Coach

SWACZYNA Adam

Assistant Coach 2

CHADAŁA Michal

Assistant Coach

Team Statistics

TRENTINO Itas

Overview

Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Match

Winning Spikes

Kill Blocks

Aces

Opponent Errors

Points

Player Statistics

Head to Head

Matey KAZIYSKI

Outside spiker

TRENTINO Itas

Łukasz KACZMAREK

Opposite

Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

13 Winning Spikes 18

45% Spike % 49%

1 Kill Blocks 1

0 Aces 2

100% Positive Reception % 0%

3 Errors 9

14 Points 21

Highlights

Michieletto on fire as Trentino wins set one

Highlights

Sliwka spikes as Grupa Azoty dominates set two to level the match

Highlights

Shoji chases a difficult ball

Highlights

Triumphant Dzavoronok and Podrascanin

Highlights

Trentino celebrates the victory

Highlights

Michielletto named MVP of the match

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Match Report

TRENTINO Itas v Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

Article 29 November 2022

Trentino Itas Trento remained the only undefeated team in Pool D of the men’s CEV Champions League Volley 2023. In a remake of the final match-up of the last two seasons, the Italian team got back at two-time defending champions Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle of Poland with a 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 26-24, 25-23) Super Match of the Week victory at home, at the BLM Group Arena on Tuesday evening. Trentino leads the current pool standings on a 3-0 win-loss record, leaving ZAKSA in second on 2-1.

A run of six consecutive points on Alessandro Michieletto’s serve, decorated with a fiery ace, gave Trentino an early 6-1 lead in the first set. With Lukasz Kaczmarek spearheading Grupa Azoty’s offence, the Polish team tried fighting back, but all it could do through the rest of the set was catch up momentarily at 16-16, before the home side broke away again. Michieletto was very valuable in Trentino’s attack and contributed six spiking points. In the money time, he aced again to bring in set point and it was soon over at 25-20.

Grupa Azoty’s reaction was swift and emphatic. The Polish side greatly improved its blocking effort in the second set. Dmitrii Pashitskii raised two back-to-back kill blocks within a four-point streak that put the visitors at a 6-3 advantage. Kaczmarek kept hammering away and Tomasz Kalembka added three more stuffs to power Grupa Azoty to a wide lead. Finally, a first-tempo swing by Pashitskii delivered the set point at 24-16 and the set was closed on a serving error at 25-17.

The third set was a real rollercoaster. The lead swung back and forth from three points ZAKSA’s way to four points Trentino’s way. Adrian Staszewski and Aleksander Sliwka powered Grupa Azoty’s attacks, but the Polish team also committed far too many unforced errors. And when it came down to overtime at 24-24, two spiking mistakes in a row handed Trentino the set at 26-24.

The home side stormed the fourth set on a 4-0 run and kept pace to stay well in control through 15-10. And when it looked like Trentino was cruising towards the win, Grupa Azoty came up with five in a row, garnished by two aces from Kalembka, to level it at 15-15. It was time for experienced captain Matey Kaziyski to lead his squad in this fierce battle. He delivered a fantastic 10 points, including the one for 24-22 that pushed the team to within one from victory. Finally, it was sub-in Donovan Dzavoronok that hammered the match winner at 25-23.

Alessandro Michieletto, who was named MVP of the game, and Lukasz Kaczmarek shared the top scorer honors of the match with 21 points apiece. Michieletto’s tally included four aces, while Kaczmarek produced two of those and a kill block. Adrian Staszewski added 18 points for Grupa Azoty, while Matey Kaziyski contributed 14 to Trentino’s victory.

“We succeeded in moving on from the previous championship’s defeats. We played with plenty of determination and we won, even though our opponents proved that they were better at blocking and defense. It is an important victory and I hope it will be a turning point for our season.”

Angelo Lorenzetti
Head coach of Trentino Itas Trento

"We did great at fighting in every single moment and winning by 3-1, which is also important for our Pool D rankings. We did our best and now we have to keep going like this. The job isn’t finished. It was very difficult today, because ZAKSA is a very good team with a lot of great players. So I am very happy for my team and for this victory, because we worked hard every day in the gym and this is the result."

Alessandro Michieletto
Outside hitter of Trentino Itas Trento, MVP of the match

“We knew it would be an emotional match. Trentino didn’t play well in the last match of the SuperLega, so we knew the team could have a strong reaction. However, I am happy that after the bad start we stuck together and continued to play point by point. It was a good, hard-fought game.”

Tuomas Sammelvuo
Head coach of Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle

The match in numbers

137

Points

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

107

Duration

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

1846

Spectators

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

214

Match Spikes

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

46%

Reception Level

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

3-8

Net Domination

The number of successful point winning blocks of TRENTINO Itas compared to Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE.

5-6

Ace Count

TRENTINO Itas number of service aces compared to Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

51-56

Error Difference

Errors leading to points of TRENTINO Itas, next to those from Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE

Top Scorer

21 - Łukasz KACZMAREK (POL)
21 - Alessandro MICHIELETTO (ITA)
18 - Adrian STASZEWSKI (POL)

Top Attacker

18 - Adrian STASZEWSKI (POL)
18 - Łukasz KACZMAREK (POL)
17 - Alessandro MICHIELETTO (ITA)

Top Blocker

3 - Tomasz KALEMBKA (POL)
2 - Dmitrii PASHITSKII (RUS)
2 - Marcin JANUSZ (POL)

Top Server

4 - Alessandro MICHIELETTO (ITA)
2 - Tomasz KALEMBKA (POL)
2 - Łukasz KACZMAREK (POL)

Top Receiver

5 - Alessandro MICHIELETTO (ITA)
4 - Gabriele LAURENZANO (ITA)
3 - Daniele LAVIA (ITA)