Minchanka Volleyball Club advances to European Cup Final

21 марта 2018

By Andrei Kozlov: Women's volleyball has given its fans lots of pleasant emotions again. Minchanka Volleyball Club will play in the European Cup Final, the 2nd ranked club tournament in Europe. This is the greatest achievement of the Belarusian volleyball in the country’s history.

To advance to the finals, Minchanka has beaten Stuttgart from Germany twice. Both games were thrilling and unpredictable, and victory did not come easy to Minchanka. In the second leg, the Belarusians were losing at first 0:2. Supporting the Belarusians were the leaders of the Belarusian sport led by Minister Sergei Kovalchuk and the head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus – Natalia Kochanova. The team bounced back quickly, and the final score was 15:8. This is the best result for the Belarusians since the year 1987.

The finals will be held in April. Minchanka will face the Turkish club Eczacıbaşı VitrA – one of the world’s best volleyball teams. The first match of the final series will be hosted by Minsk on 3 April, the second leg will be held on 10 April in Istanbul.

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