Igtisadchi crushed Eczacibashi in Istanbul.

Azerbaijani team "Igtisadchi" Baku continues preparation for the "Challenge Cup" 2010/11 season in Turkey.
After participation in "Errea Cup" where Igtisadchi finished the fourth,Igtisadchi played against Turkish Superleague team Eczacibashi in Istanbul. In the match of "Errea Cup" in Samsun, Igtisadchi lost in five sets,playing without setter (Nenova,setter of Rabita played for Igtisadchi),who had problems before the match.
This time Azeri club crushed Eczacibashi of ex-Bergamo coach Lorenzo Micelli, in three sets: 3-0
American Superstar Tayyiba Haneef joint her team and played big role in this victory. Kathleen Weiss,Yuko Sano and Alice Blom miss the camp because of participation in the World Championship.
Igtisadchi Baku will participate in the tournament of "Four teams" in Istanbul on the 9th and 10th October.

Rabita lost, Azerrail won twice.

Following a first pre-season camp in Czech Republic, Azerrail traveled to Turkey for the short second camp. The team has already held two friendly games against Turkish clubs and won both of them - 3:1 against Vakifbank Gunes and 3:0 against Besiktas. From Turkey, the team will fly to Malta for the upcoming "Challenge Cup" first round game against Paola Hibs on October 10.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, Rabita played a second friendly game against Turkish national team in Istanbul. The game ended 3:1 (25:23, 25:19, 17:25, 25:22) in favor of the hosts.

Rabita Baku: Mammadova 23:Kulikova 3:Attivi 12:Starovic 8: Dyachenko 8: Golubovic 10:Nenova 2:

Turkey: Neslihan 21: Eda 13: Seda 13: Esra 5: Neriman 5: Bahar 3: Naz 7: Gozde 3:

Statistics by: Artem Borisenko (Rabita VC)- Thanks!