SC POTSDAM - Grot Budowlani ŁÓDŹ

• SC Potsdam will play the first Champions League home game in 2024. Grot Budowlani Lódz will be guests in the MBS Arena from 8:30 p.m. And the hosts have a lot planned against the Poles. Because it's about getting past the guests in Pool C again.
• The German runner-up's big goal is to advance to the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in the club's history.
• Lódz is currently in second place in Group C behind Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul with six points (the Poles won twice against Calcit Kamnik). Potsdam is third with five points.
• At the start of the Champions League group phase, SC Potsdam won 3-0 at Grot Budowlani Lódz in November.
• In addition to two 3-0 defeats against Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul, there was also a 3-2 win against Calcit Kamnik from Slovenia.
• fter four games, the SCP is in third place in Group C with five points. Lódz is better positioned despite the home defeat against Potsdam. The team from Poland beat Calcit Kamnik twice (3:1 and 3:0) and has six points on the side.
• The encounter in Potsdam is therefore of great importance for both teams. Ultimately, the aim is to first qualify for the so-called playoff round after the group and then for the quarter-finals.

SC POTSDAM

• Danielle Harbin (diagonal): "The fans can expect that we will fight until the end. I expect a good game. They are a really good team. We are really excited to play at home again."
• Head coach Riccardo Boieri's team has only had to admit defeat twice against league leaders Istanbul. Away at Calcit Kamnik it was 3:2. Previously, the German runner-up won the start of the group phase in Lódz with a surprisingly clear 3-0 (25:21, 25:18, 26:24).
• SC Potsdam took part in the CEV Champions League Volley for the first time ever in the 2022/2023 season. 
• After three wins - including a 3-2 against VakifBank Istanbul - from six games, the team was off after the pool phase.

Grot Budowlani ŁÓDŹ

• Last season Grot Budowlani Lódz finished third in the Tauron League. The team is currently fifth in the table with 28 points from 14 games. 
• In 2010 and 2018, the club secured the country's cup competition. Grot Budowlani Lódz was successful in the Polish Supercup in 2017 and 2018. The team kept the second place in Tauron League 2017 and 2019.
• Coach Maciej Biernat has been working at Grot Budowlani Lódz since 2014. He was initially a scout, then an assistant coach and is now head coach. He succeeded Jakub Głuszak in 2022. With a third place last season, he provided a positive exclamation mark after a long dry spell.