Igtisadchi resigns with Yaziciogullari

Last bronze medalist of the Azerbaijani Super league Igtisadchi Baku resigned with the Turkish head coach Reshat Yaziciogullari.
Who will replace the Turkish coach in this position?- Soon... Stay with us!

4th phase of the Super League LIVE on Idman TV today

Today the 4th leg of the Azerbaijani Super league starts in Sarhadchi Olympic Center .
The debutant of the Super league "VC Shirvan" will be tested by the team of World Stars Igtisadchi Baku in the opening match of the phase.
In the second match the last champion Rabita Baku will face another debutant of the Super league "VC Baki".
And in the third and the last match of the day Azerrail will meet Lokomotiv Baku which is looking forward to claim its first victory in the local arena.

14:00 "VC Shirvan" - "Igtisadchi "
16:00 "VC Baki" - "Rabita "
18:00 " Azerrail"- "Lokomotiv"

Oksana Parkhomenko scores 10 points!!! Dinamo Moscow crushes Uralochka 3-0!!!

Azerbaijani National team captain,setter Oksana Parkhomenko`s Dinamo Moscow faced legendary Karpol`s Uralochka Yekaterinburg in the 5th leg match of the Russian Super league.
With great performance by Natalia Goncharova (15 points) and Yulia Merkulova (12 points) Dinamo Moscow defeated girls of Karpol in straight three sets. Azeri setter of Dinamo scored 10 points as much as the Italian star outside-hitter Carolina Costagrande.
Oksana Parkhomenko scored 2 points from attack,3 from block and 5 from services. It helped the Muscovite to close the match with three points.

Statistcis of the match: Click

Rabita sweeps Aluprof 3:0

In the fourth round of the 2010-11 CEV Champions League, Rabita Baku swept Aluprof Bielsko-Biala in straight sets, avenging the last week defeat.

Sanja Starovic headlined Rabita's attack with 14 points and Natasa Krsmanovic added 12 points, including match-high five blocks.

Rabita came out focused and ready, and by the time of the first technical timeout the host team was up 8:3. It didn't stop there, as Azerbaijani champions pushed ahead to a 10:3 lead, forcing Aluprof coach to signal another timeout. A tip over by Kim Glass had Rabita go up 17:4, and Polish team looked like a shadow of itself from last week. Aluprof did managed to cut Rabita's lead to eight, but it was too little too late as a block from Mira Golubovic closed the set 25:13.

Rabita picked up from where it left off in the second set, as Kim Glass put another block for a 12:7 lead. Polish team, however, stayed resilient, and crept within two at 15:13. Rabita grabbed the next three points, taking a 18:13 lead, but Aluprof responded with a ferocious 8:2 run and took a first lead in the game, 21:20. With the set on the line, it was the time for Rabita defense to shine - a series of incredible saves and three blocks in a row helped Rabita to snatch the set 25:23.

In the third set, Rabita built a quick 4:1 lead for Aluprof to erase it and to tie it at six. But Rabita would not relent. Hosts took four points straight, then pieced together three more points to go up 13:8, forcing guests into a timeout. But the pep talk didn't help much as Rabita finished the set with a final 12:4 run to close the match 25:12.

Rabita Baku - Aluprof Bielsko-Biala 3:0 (25:13, 25:23, 25:12)

Rabita Baku: Doganjic, Krsmanovic 13, Popovic (L), Mammadova 11, Glass 10, Golubovic 7, Starovic 14, Zhukova 5

Aluprof Bielsko-Biala: Ciaszkiewicz 5, Frackowiak 3, Waligora 1, Okuniewska 12, Sawicka (L), Studzienna 2, Kaczmar 2, Bamber 12, Matusiak 1

Notes: Set duration: 21min, 27min, 21min (total: 69min). Service errors: Aluprof 8, Rabita Baku 3 Aces: Rabita Baku 11, Aluprof 5

In the other match in the group, Scavolini defeated Dinamo Romprest 3:0 (25:12, 25:20, 25:21)

Baku wants to host "FINAL FOUR" of the Champions League.

The capital of Azerbaijan,Baku can host the "Final Four" of the CEV Champions league for 2010/11 season.
Rabita Baku which represents Azerbaijan in the most popular European clubs tournament pretends to organize this important event in its city.

Azerrail and Igtisadchi join Lokomotiv in the next round of the GM Challenge Cup

Following Lokomotiv's footsteps, Azerrail and Igtisadchi advanced to the next round of the GM Challenge Cup after defeating Greek Markopoulo Revoil and Austrian Sparkasse Klagenfurt, respectively, in return matches of the second qualification round.

Azerrail earned the victory with set scores of 25:12, 25:20 and 25-15 while Lokomotiv picked up the win over Austrians with set scores of 25:9, 25:19 and 25:22. Azerrail and Igtisadchi won first games last week with a similar 3:0 scoreline.

The next opponents for Azerbaijani clubs will be determined by drawing of lots later this week.

Great Moments:Lokomotiv - Omichka. Extended highlights

Lokomotiv downs Omichka 4-0!!! GREAT match!

In front of a full house of about 3,000 fans at the Sarhadchi Sports Arena, Lokomotiv Baku defeated tough Russian Omichka team in straight sets 3:0 (25:16, 25:23, 26:24) and won the "golden set" 16:14 to advance to the next round of the GM Challenge Cup.

In the opening set, Lokomotiv forged ahead 8:7 and kept Omichka at bay, extending the lead to 16:13. Out of the second technical timeout hosts went on a 9:3 run to win the set, 25:16.

Lokomotiv came out strong again in the second set to claim an early 8:4 advantage. Host team pushed the margin to its widest at the 12:6 mark with Yelena Parkhomenko`s powerful attacks and Kseniya Kovalenko`s killing blocks before Omichka exploded with a 9:3 run to erase the deficit and then take an 18:17 lead with an amazing game of Bulgarian Eva Yaneva. Down by one point at 21:22, Lokomotiv responded with a 4:1 run of its own to snatch the set 25:23.

In the third set, teams went neck-to-neck all the way to 11:11, before Lokomotiv took what seemed like a comfortable 17:12 lead. Immediately, Omichka fueled a 7:0 run with a block and series of kills to push the tally to 17:19. Trailing 22:23, Lokomotiv answered with two-straight points. A successful attack by Russians evened the set at 24 before Lokomotiv connected on back-to-back kills to end the match 26:24 and tie the series 1:1.

Even though after two games Lokomotiv had a better set ratio, under new CEV regulations, in case of a tie (1 match won, 1 match lost), irrespective of sets ratio, teams now had to play one extra set, called"golden set" to determine the winner.

Going into the decisive "golden set", Lokomotiv dug itself a massive 2:6 hole early on. Several minutes later the situation turned dire as Russian team extended the lead to five points, 5:10. With Oksana Mammadyarova`s services and brilliance performance by Nancy Metcalf Lokomotiv, however, had no intentions of "going gently into that good night", as the team mounted a comeback of epic proportions to tie the game at 12, and then take a 14:12 lead. With their backs against the wall, Omichka saved two match points to level the set at 14, but it was Lokomotiv that finished the set and the match 16:14, sending the jubilant crowd in the stands into absolute frenzy.

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