Officials
Michail KOUTSOULAS
Ilaria VAGNI
• In the first leg of the Pool E double round-robin, on December 7, Turkiye’s Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul mastered a 3-0 home victory over Romania’s CSM Targoviste, while Bulgaria’s Maritza Plovdiv lost in straight sets at Poland’s Grupa Azoty Chemik Police.
• Eczacibasi will visit Europe’s oldest living city Plovdiv just two days after claiming bronze at the Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkiye.
• Eczacibasi’s Serbian opposite Tijana Boskovic was the best server of the Club World Championship with eight aces to her name. The Generation O standout was also the second best scorer and the second best attacker of the tournament. Her teammates, Serbia’s Maja Ognjenovic and Russia’s Irina Voronkova, topped the charts for best setters and for best receivers, respectively.
• Eczacibasi is the only undefeated team in Turkiye’s Misli.com Sultanlar Ligi this season and leads the standings on a perfect 10-0 win-loss record and 30 points.
• Maritza topped the Bulgarian Demax National Volleyball League standings after the first half of the regular season without losing a single set in seven matches played, thus extending its amazing winning streak in the league to 144 consecutive matches since November 21, 2015.
• Last week Maritza shut out another Plovdiv team, Maritza 2022, in a Kupa Bulgariya quarterfinal to advance to the national cup semis.
• This is Maritza’s seventh consecutive season in the Champions League after its debut in the 2016-2017 season. Back then, in a second-round home-and-away series, reigning club world champions at the time Eczacibasi mastered a 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-19) win over Maritza in Plovdiv on November 1, 2016, and a 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-19) victory in the return game in Istanbul on November 5, 2016.
Borislav Krachanov“Eczacibasi is a very strong team with top-level players. We have a young squad and every point we win in the Champions League means growth for our players. It’s important that we don’t burden them with expectations, but we are preparing hard for this match. I hope the stands will be full and we will thank them for the support with a good game.”
Head coach of Maritza Plovdiv
Ivelina Monova“It’s always pleasant and emotional to play at home, in your native town. The audience has always given us wings and we rely on its support. It’s always easier when the stands are full. In addition, not everyone gets a chance to compete against players like Tijana Boskovic and we all realize that. We’ll give our all for a strong match.”
Libero and captain of Maritza Plovdiv
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First RefereeMichail KOUTSOULASGRESecond RefereeIlaria VAGNIITA
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Venue Information
Kolodruma is the biggest multifunctional complex in Plovdiv, famous with modern architecture and impressive atmosphere. The hall is unique not only being the only covered Olympic-sized cycling track in the Balkans, but also for being able to host 22 sports at the highest level. Kolodruma has also a hall for warm up trainings, press center, locker rooms, coach rooms, LED screens, underground and grand parking for 438 cars. The Arena is connected to four boulevards so getting there is easy. Capacity: 6100
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How To Attend
Naycho Tsanov Blvd., PLOVDIV, 4000 Capacity: 6100
City bus lines that have stops near the arena: 4, 10, 17, 99 PLOVDIV AIRPORT – distance to the hall is 12.2 km, cca. 15 min by car. There’s no public transportation from the airport. SOFIA AIRPORT – distance to the hall by car using highway A1 is 151 km and takes around 1 hour 40 minutes. Get directions
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| 08/02/2023 | vs. |
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| 01/02/2023 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 18/01/2023 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
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Maritza PLOVDIV v Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL
Borislav Krachanov"We can certainly draw only positives from a match like this. I am glad our young girls showed some character and a fighting spirit. At times, they were able to play as equals against these top players. We saw some aggression in our actions, which means more confidence and growth for the future.”
Head coach of Maritza Plovdiv
Samanta Fabris“These were three really important points for us. Maybe we did not show our best quality today, but we are happy and we look forward to the next matches.”
Opposite of Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul, MVP of the match
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 Maritza PLOVDIV compared to Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL.
Maritza PLOVDIV number of service aces compared to Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL
Errors leading to points of Maritza PLOVDIV, next to those from Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL