Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE - Halkbank ANKARA
- These teams meet for the first time in the Champions League.
- Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE faced Turkish opponent Ziraat Bank ANKARA in the group stage of this Champions League campaign. They lost 2-3 in Ankara on 29 November and 0-3 in Kędzierzyn-Koźle on 19 December.
- Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE met Turkish opponents twice before beyond the group stage, against Arkas IZMIR in the 2011/12 Playoff 12 (1-3 and 0-3) and in the 2012/13 Playoff 6 (3-2 and 3-1).
- Halkbank ANKARA missed out on last season's Champions League final when they were eliminated by Polish side JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel in the semi-finals, losing 1-3 at home and winning 3-2 away. JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel went on to lose the final against Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE.
Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE
- Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE won the Champions League in each of the past three seasons. They defeated TRENTINO Itas in the final in 2020/21 and 2021/22, and JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel in 2022/23.
- Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE can become the second team to win at least four successive Champions League titles, after Zenit KAZAN from 2014/15 to 2017/18 (4 in a row).
- Lukasz Kaczmarek (110) is the team's top scorer in this Champions League season. Kaczmarek was last season's Champions League top scorer on 234 points.
- Kaczmarek has scored 691 Champions League points since the start of 2018/19, at least 99 points more than any other player in this span (Wilfredo Leon Venero on 592 points).
- Adam Swaczyna (coach): "Is this my debut in the Champions League? Officially, yes, but for several years I have been on the coaching bench as an assistant to such greats as Nicola Grbic and Gheorghe Cretuso I had a lot of opportunity to get acquainted with the best workshop in the world of volleyball and I hope that I will be able to take full advantage of it. That's why I'm not afraid of the challenge. We all really want to advance to the next phase of the Champions League and that is why we have carefully prepared for the two-legged match against the team from Ankara. We are getting back into shape and I hope we will prove it on Wednesday."
Halkbank ANKARA
- Halkbank ANKARA reached the semi-finals in last season's Champions League, when they were eliminated by JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel (1-3 and 3-2).
- Halkbank ANKARA allowed multiple sets in each of their last three Champions League matches: 0-3 versus BERLIN Recycling Volleys, 0-3 versus Gas Sales Daiko PIACENZA and 3-2 versus Sport LISBOA e Benfica, following a 3-0 win over Sport LISBOA e Benfica on 14 December.
- Nimir Abdel-Aziz scored 115 points for Halkbank ANKARA in this season's CEV Champions League group stage. Only Knack ROESELARE's Seppe Rotty (131) scored more points in this season's group stage.
- Only Seppe Rotty (20 for Knack ROESELARE) and Paolo Zonca (19 for Guaguas LAS PALMAS) hit more aces this Champions League season than Nimir Abdel-Aziz (15).
- Abdel-Aziz played for Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE in 2014/15. They finished sixth in the Polish league that season.
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First RefereeAndrea PUECHERITASecond RefereeVlastimil KOVARCZE
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How To Attend
ul. Mostowa 1, KĘDZIERZYN - KOŹLE, 47-223 Capacity: 3500
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Previous Games
07/02/2024 | vs. | 0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
31/01/2024 | vs. | 3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
17/01/2024 | vs. | 3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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16Competitions Played
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3Titles
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8Matches Played
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4Matches Won
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50%Win %
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14Sets Won
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725Points Won
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46%Attack %
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44%Reception %
Team
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- Height: 204 cm
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- Birth Place: Zabrze
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- Birth Place: California, CA
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- Height: 205 cm
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- Birth Place: Bucuresti
- Height: 204 cm
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Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
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The number of successful point winning blocks of Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE compared to Halkbank ANKARA.
Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE number of service aces compared to Halkbank ANKARA
Errors leading to points of Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE, next to those from Halkbank ANKARA