A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO - Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL

• A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO and Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL are drawn together for the second time in the CEV Champions League, after the 2018/19 quarter-finals.
• A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO (then named Imoco Volley CONEGLIANO) defeated Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL (then named Eczacibasi VitrA ISTANBUL) after a golden set in the quarter-finals in 2018/19.
• A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO have a W13-L6 match record against teams from Türkiye in the CEV Champions League. They met Turkish side VakifBank ISTANBUL in three of the four Champions League finals they contested (W1-L2).
• Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL defeated Italian side Savino Del Bene SCANDICCI in the quarter-finals this Champions League season. They had lost both group stage encounters with Savino Del Bene SCANDICCI earlier this season.

A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO

• A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO defeated Turkish side VakifBank ISTANBUL in the quarter-finals of this season's CEV Champions League. The Italian side lost the first set in both encounters, but triumphed 3-1 in both matches.
• A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO have contested four of the last six finals of the CEV Champions League, winning in 2020/21 and finishing as runners-up in 2016/17 (as Imoco Volley CONEGLIANO), 2018/19 (as Imoco Volley CONEGLIANO) and 2021/22.
• A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO have only once failed to advance from the semi-finals in the Champions League: when they lost 2-3 to Turkish side VakifBank ISTANBUL in 2017/18.
• A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO have a W41-L2 record in their last 43 matches in the CEV Champions League, with their only losses coming against Turkish opposition.
• Isabelle Haak (155) leads A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO in scoring in the Champions League this season. She scored 47 points in the quarter-finals, joint-most among all players alongside Fenerbahce Opet ISTANBUL's Arina Fedorovtseva (47) behind Tijana Bošković of Eczacibasi (61).
• Full players available for coach Santarelli.
• Palaverde towards a sell-out (5344 people), last tickets on sale.
• Ex of the day (she'll be honoured tomorrow in the pre-match) the USA setter Alexa Gray, last season decisive in game 5 of the championship final at Palaverde.
• The Panthers' captain Joanna "Asia" Wolosz touches tomorrow the milestone of 300 presences in the Gialloblù, second in the club's "all time" ranking. The Polish director will be awarded in the match preview before the game at Palaverde.
• Daniele Santarelli (coach): "It is a match of the highest level, we play against the World Champion team that has been at the top of the international game for years. Great stars have taken turns on the court for Eczacibasi over the years, but their cornerstone has been there since she was a child, I speak of Boskovic a true star, an extraordinary striker who improves from year to year, a top player and the lighthouse of a really powerful attack. They have so many stars, there is the lighthouse. Boskovic, but also a thoroughbred attacker we know like Alexa Gray who we know well how decisive she can be as she showed in our last Italian championship final, a player and a person of whom I have very good memories. Then there are other important players that I know well because I coach them with Turkey and a series of top players to respect, experienced and strong. We will play at home and this is an extra boost for us, the Palaverde has already shown in the quarters how hot it is in the moments that count and at home the "home court factor" can make the difference, we must exploit it with a great game, we really need a choral performance to beat Eczacibasi and our fans can be the extra weapon."

Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL

• Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL reached the semi-finals after beating Italian side Savino Del Bene SCANDICCI in the quarter-finals. They were trailing 1-2 in both legs, but won both matches 3-2.
• Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL were runners-up in the 2022/23 CEV Champions League. Two of the last three editions of the CEV Champions League were won by the team that lost the previous final: A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO in 2020/21 and VakifBank ISTANBUL in 2021/22. Note: A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO lost the final in 2018/19. Due to COVID-19, no final took place in 2019/20.
• Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL have a W48-L13 record in their 61 Champions League matches since January 2016, with all of those losses coming against either fellow Turkish (7) or Italian teams (6).
• Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL have won at least one set in each of their last 44 Champions League matches, since their 0-3 defeat against VakifBank ISTANBUL in the 2016/17 semi-finals.
• Tijana Bošković (204) leads Eczacibasi Dynavit ISTANBUL in scoring in this season's CEV Champions League. She was their leading scorer as well in last season's Champions League on 169 points.