Officials
Evgeny MAKSHANOV
Eldar ZULFUGAROV
1. LP SALO is still seeking its first win in CEV Champions League Volley on their 16th match in history. Finns have played total of 68 CEV European Cup games winning 26 of those.
2. LP SALO is missing their most experienced player, 41 year young ukrainian setter Viktoriia Tuchashvili because injury. Their setters Saana Virtanen and Irina Mäkinen are together 34 years old.* This is seventh time that LP SALO will meet Turkish opponent in European Cup competition. All the previous meetings have ended 3-0 to Turkish teams.
3.LP SALO played last Saturday and Sunday in their domestic league in two of the most northest volleyball League teams in Europe. Thursday they play in Istanbul and already Saturday (and maybe Sunday) on Finnish Cup Final4 at Tampere.
4. The treatment process of VakıfBank's setter Cansu Özbay, who has been injured in the Turkish Cup game against Galatasaray, continues.
5. Isabelle Haak became MVP in all 3 matches in CL 2022 so far.
6. The game in which VakıfBank beat their opponent 3-0 in Finland was the first match in the history of these two teams.
Tomi Lemminkäinen"One great opportunity to measure our level against the world best. Our goal in the second half of CEV Champions League is win ASPTT Mulhouse and challenge VakifBank ISTANBUL and Vero Volley MONZA much better than we did in first matches. Compared to our first game we need to serve better and specially our reception need to step up. Last time there was too many aces to our court. Can't think better preparation for our most important match of the season in Finland so far."
Head Coach LP Salo
Anna Czakan"We have talked inside team that we have been way to tensed on these CEV Champions League matches so far. We can be much more relaxed and stress less. We need to trust ourselves, specially now when we already now what is coming up."
Captain and middle-blocker LP Salo
Giovanni Guidetti"Not an easy week for us, we are playing 3 important matches in seven days. Also, we started to this edge with an emergency, Cansu’s injury. But in the Turkish League Buket, our setter and my whole team did their best. Now we will face LP Salo which we respect a lot. They are a pretty young team, even they are missing their most experienced player this match I think they will push till the end on the court. So, we need to be careful and focused."
Head coach VakifBank ISTANBUL
Chiaka Ogbogu"My teammates and I would like to continue our quest. To remain undefeated in our pool play we have goals of finishing of the top of this pool. I think it will be a good match filled with a lot of quality volleyball. I hope we can accomplish our goals tomorrow."
Middle-blocker VakifBank ISTANBUL
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First RefereeEvgeny MAKSHANOVRUSSecond RefereeEldar ZULFUGAROVAZE
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How To Attend
Selami Ali mah. Vakıf sok. No:8 Bağlarbaşı Üsküdar, İSTANBUL, 34844 Capacity: 2028
VakifBank ISTANBUL 
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Previous Games
| 22/05/2022 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 06/04/2022 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 31/03/2022 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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21Competitions Played
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7Titles
- Competition
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11Matches Played
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9Matches Won
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82%Win %
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29Sets Won
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979Points Won
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51%Attack %
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59%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: New Jersey
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Belo Horizonte/MG
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Kansas
- Height: 194 cm
Recent Results
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VakifBank ISTANBUL triumph over LP SALO to keep a clean sheet in Pool B
Buket Gulubay"Our first goal in the Champions League is to finish the group stage as leader and we started this match to contribute our goal. I would like to thank to our spectators, it was really good atmosphere today in our gym. We performed really good now we will focus to our next game in Turkish League."
Setter of VakifBank Istanbul and MVP
Giovanni Guidetti"Today we played very good. We started this match to perform our best in the court. Because we respect our oppenent and our spectators a lot. We need to perform our best to show this respect. I am happy that our players did their best in the court today."
head coach of VakifBank Istanbul
Jessica Kosonen"The atmosphere was amazing. In Finland, its forbidden to watch the matches at the venue now. So we missed this audience very much. In first set we were not good but in last 2 sets we believed ourselves and enjoyed our game and perfomed better."
outside spiker of LP Salo
Tomi Lemminkäinen"I am happy that we played better than the match in Salo. First set we VakifBank was better in block and defense. But in second set we performed our maximum level so I am happy how we played in last to sets."
head coach of LP Salo
The match in numbers
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of VakifBank ISTANBUL compared to LP SALO.
VakifBank ISTANBUL number of service aces compared to LP SALO
Errors leading to points of VakifBank ISTANBUL, next to those from LP SALO