Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA
Play By Play
VakifBank ISTANBUL
Top Scorer
- 22 - Paola Ogechi EGONU (ITA)
- 21 - Ebrar KARAKURT (TUR)
- 11 - Gabriela BRAGA GUIMARAES (BRA)
Officials
Pawel BURKIEWICZ
Tudor POP
Head-to-Head
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA most recently met VakifBank ISTANBUL in the semi-finals of the 2018/19 CEV Champions
League. They won the first leg 3-0 in Istanbul, but lost the return 3-1 at home. The Italians won the deciding golden set 16-14.
Paola Egonu scored 39 points for Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA in this match.
· The other Champions League encounters between Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA and VakifBank ISTANBUL were group phase
matches in 2015/16, when the Turkish side won 3-1 at home and 3-2 away.
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA and VakifBank ISTANBUL also faced each other at the 2019 FIVB Women's Club World
Championship. The Italians won 3-2 in the group phase, but lost 0-3 in the match for third/fourth place.
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA have W7-L5 record against Turkish sides in the Champions League. They faced THY ISTANBUL in
the 2021/22 group phase (3-0 home win, 1-3 away loss).
· VakifBank ISTANBUL have a W15-L20 record against Italian clubs in the Champions League. The team faced Italian club A.
Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO in the final in 2021 (lost 2-3) and in 2022 (won 3-1).
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA have won their first two group phase matches this season. They won their first four group stage
fixtures in 2021/22, but failed to qualify for the quarter-finals after they lost their last two group matches.
· This will be Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA's 50th Champions League match (W37-L12). Their first-ever match was the 1-3 away
loss against VakifBank ISTANBUL in October 2015.
· Only one of Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA's last 21 Champions League matches was decided in a fifth set: the 3-2 win versus Grupo
Azoty Chemik POLICE in November 2021.
· Ebrar Karakurt (57 points) is Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA's top scorer in the 2022/23 group phase. She has scored 8.14 points per
set she has played in in this season's Champions League. Last season, Karakurt was the team's top scorer in the Champions
League on 61 points.
· Karakurt was part of the VakifBank ISTANBUL team that won the Champions League in 2017/18.
VakifBank ISTANBUL
· VakifBank ISTANBUL lost the final of the FIVB Women's Club World Championship against A. Carraro Imoco
CONEGLIANO (1-3) in December 2022. Paola Enogu was the team's top scorer in the final (27 points) and in the competition
(93, third-most).
· VakifBank ISTANBUL have won the Champions League five times and finished runners up also in five seasons.
· VakifBank ISTANBUL have won each of their last 19 group phase matches, since a 2-3 home loss against Savino Del Bene
SCANDICCI in November 2019.
· VakifBank ISTANBUL (W99-L29) can become the first women's team to win 100 group phase matches in the Champions
League.
· Paola Egonu played for Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA from 2017 to 2019.
· VakifBank ISTANBUL coach Giovanni Guidetti was appointed coach of current women's world champions Serbia last
December.
Kenia Carcaces"I feel very excited, I have been waiting to play such a prestigious game for years and I can't wait to match a great team such as Vakifbank is. I am confident that my team is ready for such a match and we will do our best to fight head-to-head with Vakifbank's players as we are aware that the game is very important for our European campaign"
Outside Spiker of Igor Gorgonzola Novara
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereePawel BURKIEWICZPOLSecond RefereeTudor POPROU
- How To Attend
Team
- POULTER Jordyn1 Setter
- CANTONI Martina2 Setter
- CAMBI Carlotta2 Setter
- BRESCIANI Giulia5 Libero
- GIOVANNINI Gaia6 Outside spiker
- VARELA GOMEZ Lucia12 Middle blocker
- BONIFACIO Sara13 Middle blocker
- CARCACES OPON Kenia14 Outside spiker
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA 
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Via Canobio 11 NovaraContacts
Previous Games
| 12/04/2023 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 05/04/2023 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 22/03/2023 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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7Competitions Played
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2Titles
- Competition
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10Matches Played
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8Matches Won
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80%Win %
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24Sets Won
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832Points Won
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46%Attack %
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54%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Texas
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1986
- Birth Place: Holguín
- Height: 189 cm
Team
- AKMAN Kübra6 Middle blocker
- PAŞA Bilge9 Middle blocker
- ÇALIŞKAN Selin12 Setter
- GÜLÜBAY Buket13 Setter
- KARUTASU Aleksia14 Opposite
- CEBECİOĞLU Derya17 Outside spiker
- GÜNEŞ Zehra18 Middle blocker
- AKBAY Bahar21 Middle blocker
VakifBank ISTANBUL 
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Previous Games
| 20/05/2023 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 13/04/2023 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 06/04/2023 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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24Competitions Played
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8Titles
- Competition
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13Matches Played
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10Matches Won
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77%Win %
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33Sets Won
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1099Points Won
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48%Attack %
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53%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Belo Horizonte/MG
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: New Jersey
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 2003
- Birth Place: Bucuresti
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Amsterdam
- Height: 189 cm
Recent Results
Crvena Zvezda BEOGRAD
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA
(17 - 25, 20 - 25, 25 - 27)
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA
SC POTSDAM
(25 - 15, 25 - 17, 24 - 26, 25 - 19)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Carlotta CAMBI
Setter
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA
Ayça AYKAÇ ALTINTAŞ
Libero
VakifBank ISTANBUL
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VakifBank with a straight-sets win
In what was the third encounter between the two sides in Novara, the hosts couldn’t finish on a positive note, and couldn’t record their first victory on home soil against this opponent. The players of Giovanni Guidetti seized a straight-sets victory, but this doesn’t mean that more than 3000 fans in the fully packed Igor Gorgonzola sports hall didn’t enjoy some high-class Volleyball, as the two teams delivered a great performance. Several players from other Italian clubs and the Turkish General Consul of Milan were among the guests of the match.
The game was a special one for the Turkish side, as winning it means they become the first women’s team to win 100 group phase matches in Champions League.
Furthermore, two of VakifBank’s players - Paola Egonu and Nika Daalderop, were thrilled to bits to come back to the Italian town, as both of them have previously played for Novara. On the other side of the net, Igor’s Ebrar Karakurt also had a particular experience since she faced a former team as well - VakifBank.
The kill blocks turned out to be VakifBank’s trump card in Tuesday’s #SMOTW, as the guests finished with 13 points from this element (compared to only four by the hosts). VakifBank were also better on attack (47 to 40).
Daalderop, who played for a first time against her former club, was chosen for MVP of the game, finishing with 11 points (63% exc.in attack). Egonu, on the hand, became top scorer with 22 points (55%). For Novara, only Karakurt reached the double digits (21 points, 43%).
VakifBank are now topping the charts in Pool C, with three wins out of three matches, while Novara follow them on the second place with two wins and one loss.
Nika Daalderop“It was very nice to play in such a great atmosphere, with over 3.0000 spectators. It was a good clash and a very important win for my team. I am proud of our performance, I think we had a good approach and then stayed very focused on the crucial moments of the game”.
Player, Vakifbank Istanbul
Cristina Chirichella“I think we had a good performance, and we played a good game, but Vakifbank did better than us and they deserved the victory. I think that there are many positive aspects in our performance, and we should take them as a starting point to prepare the best possible way our next game against the team from Belgrade. We are aware that it is a crucial match for our European campaign”.
Player, Igor Gorgonzola Novara
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 Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA compared to VakifBank ISTANBUL.
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA number of service aces compared to VakifBank ISTANBUL
Errors leading to points of Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA, next to those from VakifBank ISTANBUL
Top Scorer
- 22 - Paola Ogechi EGONU (ITA)
- 21 - Ebrar KARAKURT (TUR)
- 11 - Gabriela BRAGA GUIMARAES (BRA)
Top Attacker
- 18 - Paola Ogechi EGONU (ITA)
- 18 - Ebrar KARAKURT (TUR)
- 10 - Nika DAALDEROP (NED)
Top Blocker
- 5 - Chiaka OGBOGU (USA)
- 3 - Paola Ogechi EGONU (ITA)
- 2 - Gabriela BRAGA GUIMARAES (BRA)
Top Server
- 2 - Gabriela BRAGA GUIMARAES (BRA)
- 2 - Ebrar KARAKURT (TUR)
- 1 - Caterina Chiara BOSETTI (ITA)
Top Receiver
- 9 - Caterina Chiara BOSETTI (ITA)
- 8 - Gabriela BRAGA GUIMARAES (BRA)
- 7 - McKenzie ADAMS (USA)