Maritza PLOVDIV

• Bulgaria’s Maritza Plovdiv and Romania’s CSM Targoviste have met in an official game only once before. On October 5, 2014 in Ankara, Targoviste claimed a 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-17) victory over the Yellow-and-Blues in a BVA Cup match.
• The two teams also played four friendly matches some two years ago. In October 2020, Targoviste beat Maritza twice (3-1, 3-0) at home, and in January 20221 Maritza won the first of two games played in Plovdiv by 3-2 and lost the second by 1-3.
• Maritza and Targoviste are set to vie for their first win in Pool E of the women’s CEV Champions League Volley 2023, as they enter their match on a 0-2 win-loss record each.
• Unlike the Bulgarian champions who have yet to win a set, Targoviste scored its first point by claiming two sets against Poland’s Grupa Azoty Chemik Police at home in its second-leg match last month.
• Targoviste’s line-up has undergone some changes since then. Canadian setter Kim Robitaille has been replaced by Belgian international Ilka Van de Vyver. Greek middle blocker Georgia Lamprousi has also left the club.
• Maritza leads the current standings in the Bulgarian Demax National Volleyball League 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.
• Targoviste will visit Bulgaria’s second largest and Europe’s oldest living city Plovdiv while standing fourth in Romania’s Divizia A1 on a 7-3 win-loss record.