On January 18, SC "Prometey" will play away against the French "Le Cannet" in the 4th round of the main draw of the CEV Champions League 2022/23. The match will take place at the La Palestre arena at 21:00 Kyiv time.
Previous match of the teams
In the match of the 2nd round against the giants of French volleyball, the "red and whites" won their first historic victory in the group stage of the most prestigious European club tournament.
The success of the Ukrainians was really strong-willed and, probably, somewhat unexpected for the representatives of "Le Cannet", but not for us. During the meeting, Ivan Petkov's team was losing 0-2 in sets but found the strength to fight back and made a comeback - 3-2 (24:26, 17:25, 25:14, 25:15, 15:10).
Tournament position
After the first round of the group stage of the competition, "Prometey" is on the fourth step in Quartet B (one win and two points). The "red and whites" lost to the clubs Vero Volley (Italy) and Alba Blaj (Romania) with the same score of 0-3, and, as we said above, defeated Le Cannet (France) in a tie-break.
Our closest opponents are currently in second place with two victories and five points. The team of the Serbian coach Milan Hrsychi quite unexpectedly triumphed over "Alba Blaj" and the group's favorite "Vero Volley". It is interesting that all three matches involving the French team ended after five played sets.
Results of games in group B
1st round
"Vero Volley" — SC "Prometey" 3-0 (25:17, 25:20, 25:21)
"Le Cannet" — "Alba Blaj" 3-2 (25:23, 18:25, 23:25, 25:21, 15:7)
2nd round
SC "Prometey" — "Le Cannet" 3-2 (24:26, 17:25, 25:14, 25:15, 15:10)
"Alba Blaj" — "Vero Volley" 1-3 (25:20, 16:25, 21:25, 21:25)
3rd round
SC "Prometey" — "Alba Blaj" 0-3 (15:25, 22:25, 21:25)
"Le Cannet" — "Vero Volley" 3-2 (23:25, 25:20, 14:25, 25:15, 15:6)
So, let's keep our fingers crossed for our players! We hope that they will be able to repeat their previous success in the confrontation with "Le Cannet" and prove that Ukrainian volleyball is worthy of being among the best. The broadcast is on the YouTube channel DIVISPORT VOLLEYBALL at 21:00.
We would like to remind you that SC "Prometey" is participating in the group stage of the Champions League for the second time in its history. There are five groups in total at this stage of the competition. The winners of each will go directly to the 1/4 finals.
All second-placed teams and one of the third-placed teams with the best results will form three pairs that will play for tickets to the quarterfinals in two-match confrontations. The other four teams from the third places will be transferred to the quarter-finals of the CEV Cup.
