Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA - Halkbank ANKARA (15 Mar 2023)

Head-to-Head

· Halkbank ANKARA won the first leg of these quarter-finals against Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA 3-1 in Turkey: 21-25, 25-20,
25-23, 25-21. Thomas Jaeschke scored 22 points for the hosts, Mattia Bottolo had 14 points for the visitors.
· Halkbank ANKARA and Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA have been drawn together once before in the CEV Champions League, in
the Playoff round in 2015/16. The Italians won the golden set 15-17 in Ankara after both teams had won their home fixture 3-2.
· Halkbank ANKARA had lost their previous four Champions League matches against Italian opposition, following their 3-2 (15-
17 golden set) win versus Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA in 2016.
· Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA have never been eliminated in their three previous knockout ties against Turkish opponents in the
Champions League: in 2008/09 against Fenerbahce ISTANBUL in the eighth finals and in 2015/16 versus Arkas IZMIR and
Halkbank ANKARA in the Playoff rounds.

Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA

· Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA could reach the semi-finals for the first time since they won the trophy in 2018/19. They won all of
their 11 matches in that campaign.
· The Italians had reached the semi-finals in four consecutive seasons from 2015/16 to 2018/19.
· Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA won all six of their group stage matches in this Champions League campaign. They have reached
the quarter-finals for the fifth season in a row.
· Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA were eliminated in the quarter-finals in the past two seasons. In 2019/20 they had won their first
quarter-final match against Knack ROESELARE before the campaign ended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
· Marlon Yant Herrera (121) is his team's top scorer in this Champions League season. He scored 13 points in the first leg against
Halkbank ANKARA. His 121 points are already more than their club top scorer had last season: Robertlandy Simon Aties (114).

Halkbank ANKARA

· Halkbank ANKARA could reach the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second time after 2013/14, when they qualified
as hosts of the final four. Halkbank ANKARA finished runners up in that campaign, after a 1-3 defeat against Belogorie
BELGOROD in the final.
· Halkbank ANKARA have won their last six matches in this Champions League campaign after they lost their first match 1-3
against Aluron CMC Warta ZAWIERCIE in Poland.
· Halkbank ANKARA can win seven successive Champions League matches for the first time. They also won six in a row in
2014/15. Their seventh match in that run was a 1-3 loss against Belogorie BELGOROD, after which they won the necessary
golden set that day.
· Nimir Abdel-Aziz (142 points - sixth most) is Halkbank ANKARA's top scorer in this Champions League campaign. He has
scored one point less than his Dutch compatriot Wouter ter Maat (143 points, fifth most) scored for their city rivals Ziraat Bank
ANKARA in this Champions League season.
· Abdel-Aziz scored 44 points for Leo Shoes PerkinElmer MODENA in their two matches versus Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA in
the 2021/22 Italian Superleague (3-1 home win, 1-3 away loss