Halkbank advanced to the semi-finals by defeating Italy’s Cucine Lube team in the gold set in the quarter-finals of the CEV Champions League, the most prestigious tournament of European Volleyball. The Efes of the People, who defeated their opponents in five of the seven matches; He will fight for the final in the championship.
Halkbank Men’s Volleyball Team won five of the seven matches it played in the CEV Champions League and qualified for the quarter-finals as the group winner. Despite being defeated by Italian team Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1 in the sets in the quarter-finals of the CEV Champions League, Halk’ın Efeleri reached the semi-finals by winning the Golden Set played in overtime.
Halkbank will face Poland’s Jastrzebski Wegiel team in the semi-finals. The first match will be played in Ankara and the second match will be played in Poland.
Head coached by Taner Atik, the team consists of Deniz İvgen, Volkan Döne, Aslan Ekşi, Micah Ma’a, Doğukan Ulu, Marko Mert Matic, Yunus Emre Tayaz, Mustafa Koç, Thomas Jaeschke, Oğuzhan Doğruluk, Yiğit Hamza Aslan, Yiğit Gülmezoğlu and He will challenge his opponent in the semi-finals with his staff consisting of Nicholas Bruno.
Osman Arslan: “Full support for the People’s Effendi and volleyball”
Halkbank Sports Club Chairman Osman Arslan stated that they are proud of the success of the Halkbank Men’s Volleyball Team in the tournament, and said, “After this good result we achieved in the most important league of European volleyball, we expect results that will make our country happy in the semi-finals from Halk’ın Efeleri. As Halkbank, our support for volleyball will continue uninterruptedly so that our country can be successfully represented abroad.”
The only Turkish team to make it to the final
Halkbank successfully represented our country in the CEV Champions League finals in 2014 as well. The Red-Blue-Whites finished the tournament second after their Russian rival and became the only Turkish team to make their mark in the final.
Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency
