Festive qualification for PAOK

Undeterred, PAOK defeated Olympiada Neapolis 3-2 in Nicosia in their second leg of the Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup ’64 and, combined with a 3-1 set win in the first leg at Mikra last week, he unceremoniously qualified for the competition’s “32”.

In the tie-break, PAOK reached 8-5 and, maintaining the stable lead, also 15-13, despite the Cypriots’ attempt to reduce the score.

In the “32”, the “two-headed” will face Prostekhov, 14-16/11 in the Czech Republic and 21-23/11 in Thessaloniki.

The variance:

1st set: 8-5, 16-11, 21-16, 25-20

2nd set: 8-2, 16-9, 21-14, 25-23

3rd set: 7-8, 10-16, 13-21, 16-25

4th set: 8-6, 13-16, 17-21, 22-25

5th set: 4-5, 8-10, 10-12, 13-15

Sets: 2-3 (25-20, 25-23, 16-25, 22-25, 13-15)

* Olympiada Neapolis’ points came from 3 aces, 53 attacks, 7 blocks and 38 opponent errors and PAOK’s points came from 5 aces, 72 attacks, 13 blocks and 18 opponent errors.

PAOK (Zakots): Xanthopoulou (l, 82% ref.-75% excellent), Vigars 1 (1/4 ref.), Polynopoulou 8 (6/14 ref., 1 block, 1 ace), Iliopoulou, Kyparissi 6 (5/15 ref. , 1 ace, 53% sub.-33% excellent), Terzoglou 15 (9/14 ff., 2 aces, 4 blocks), Tsoumba 39 (35/70 ff., 4 blocks), Milanova 14 (10/25 ff. ., 4 blocks, 53% sub-41% excellent), Chioga 4 (3/8 fr., 1 ace), Williams 3 (3/11 fr.)

Neapolis Olympiad (Fogel): Mudritskaia 1 (1/4 ed.), Manitarou, Houdima 23 (22/36 ed., 1 block, 54% sub.-23% excellent), Kouta (l., 24% sub.-21% excellent), Christoforou ( l), Novakovic 11 (9/31 ref., 2 blocks), Drozd 7 (4/10 ref., 2 blocks, 1 ace), Charalambidou, Riala 3 (3/7 ref., 100% sub.-100% excellent), Megan 1 (1 block), Leonidou, Nogueras 1 (1/5 ref.), Zebyla, Konstantinou 16 (13/39 ref., 2 blocks, 1 ace, 37% sub.-33% excellent)