Azerrail becomes leader, Rabita claims its first victory

The second day of the first Final Four round of the Azeri Super league in Mingachevir city ended by the leadership of Azerrail Baku.

Azerrail lost the first against Lokomotiv but won the following three sets with an outstanding performance of the Thailandese setter Tomkom Nootsara and Azeri players Polina Rahimova and libero Korotenko.

Rabita Baku was looking forward to claim its first victory. One of the key players Sanja Starovic came back to the court after yesterday`s injury that broken Rabita`s 2 sets advantage in the match against Lokomotiv. She proved once again she was a part of Rabita Baku as no one else.

Latvian universal player Olga Tocko- Ativi showed amazing performance. Azeri Star Natalya Mammadova also played great match,especially in the key moments. The setter Iryna Zhukova made her middle-blockers Mira Golubovic and Natasa Krasmanovic play as machines, libero Popovic also did her best and played great role in this vicotry against Igtisadchi Baku.

Olga Tocko- Ativi was the best player on the court.

19 aprel

“Lokomotiv” – “Azərreyl” - 1:3 (25:18, 19:25, 21:25; 15:25)

MVP: Tomkom Nootsara

The results of the Regular season matches

“Azərreyl” – “Lokomotiv” – 3:0 (28:26, 25:13, 27:25)
“Lokomotiv” - “Azərreyl” - 0:3 (13:25, 12:25, 22:25)

“Rabitə” – “İqtisadçı” - 3:1 (25:19, 25:16, 22:25, 25:18)

MVP: Olga Tocko Ativi

The results of the Regular season matches

“İqtisadçı” – “Rabitə” - 0:3 (14:25, 27:29, 19:25)
“Rabitə” - “İqtisadçı” - 0:3 (24:26, 23:25, 22:25)

Azərreyl	2	2	0	6-2	4
Rabitə	2	1	1	5-4	3
Lokomotiv	2	1	1	4-5	3
İqtisadçı	2	0	2	2-6	2

Azerrail and Lokomotiv win

The first round of Final Four tournaments of the Azeri Super league started in Mingachevir city yesterday.

The first match played between Rabita and Lokomotiv. Rabita lost the match after winning first two sets in a row. After Sanja Starovic`s leg injury at the end of the second set Olga Ativi changed her starting position of the 4th zone to the diogonal player and Kimberly Glass replaced her in the 4th zone. It did not helped Rabita and the last two years` champions lost the following three sets and Lokomotiv took its five-sets thriller`s happy end.

In the second match Azerrail Baku of outstanding Polina Rahimova destroyed Igtisadchi in four sets.

To watch the full matches: http://tv.voleybolx.com/

18 April

“Rabitə” – “Lokomotiv” - 2:3 (25:22; 25:16; 21:25; 22:25; 17:19)

MVP: Nicole Davis

Results of the regular season matches

“Rabitə” - “Lokomotiv” - 2:3 (25:23, 25:21, 21:25, 18:25, 12:15)
“Lokomotiv” - “Rabitə” - 1:3 (14:25, 25:13, 17:25, 25:27)


“İqtisadçı” – “Azərreyl” - 1:3 (18:25; 25:22; 19:25; 22:25)

MVP: Polina Rahimova

Results of the regular season matches

“İqtisadçı” - “Azərreyl” - 2:3 (25:27, 14:25, 25:22, 26:24, 12:15)
“Azərreyl” - “İqtisadçı” - 2:3 (23:25, 25:17, 27:25, 18:25, 12:15)