Igtisadchi and Azerrail advance to the second round of the GM Challenge Cup

Igtisadchi and Azerrail finished the first round GM Challenge Cup games with effortless wins over Kula Gradacac and Paola Hibs, respectively, and advanced to the second round of the tournament.

In the return leg, Igtisadchi defeated Bosnian Kula 3:0 (25:19, 25:15, 25:12) while Azerrail outclassed Maltese Paola with a similar scoreline, 3:0 (25:9, 25:14, 25:12).

Meanwhile, in men's tournament, Azerneft almost caused a major upset. Following the 0:3 loss a day before, Azerbaijan champions rallied to the 3:0 victory (25:21, 27:25, 25:22) in the return leg, taking the game to the "golden set". However, hosts may have run out of steam as Partizan snatched the decisive set 15:10 thus eliminating Azerneft from the competition.

In the second round of the Challenege Cup, Igtisadchi will face off with Sparkasse Klagenfurt of Austria, while Azerrail will meet with A.O. Markopoulo Revoil of Greece.