Imoco Ready to Set a New World Record

A new era may begin in women's volleyball this weekend: The defending CEV Champions League Volley titleholder A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano will take the court to break the world record for the most consecutive victories of a women's volleyball team.

In the most anticipating challenge of the eighth week in the Italian Women's Super League, Imoco will host Delta Despar Trentino.

If Imoco wins this encounter as well, they will overtake VakifBank Istanbul's record of 73 matches and make it into the Guinness World Book of Records as the women's volleyball team that won the most consecutive matches.

The last SuperFinalist Vakifbank Istanbul will face Galatasaray HDI Sigorta on Saturday in the Turkish Sultans League Round 10.

VakifBank suffered a rather surprising failure this week: They lost to Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü without even winning any sets and took their second loss of the league. Also, due to this result, they lost the leading position to Fenerbahçe Opet.

On the other hand, Galatasaray won their last three matches and will fight hard to win this battle to continue their streak. Considering that including these two, five teams have only two defeats in the league so far, the result of this clash is also essential for the league standings.

In the Polish Tauron Liga, the country's CEV Champions League Volley representative Developres Rzeszow will meet Il Capital Legionovia Legionowo in the ninth week to continue their invincibility in the league.

Rzeszow's biggest rival in the league, Grupa Azoty Chemik Police, won their game by 3-1 yesterday and became the new leader temporarily.

Beziers Volley, the CEV Champions League team of France, has not yet performed well in the league: They won only four of the nine matches they have played and aim to rise to the higher rank by defeating Terville-Florange OC in the tenth week of the French Ligue A.