Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball)
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Nickname | Thrylos (The Legend) Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites) | ||
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Founded | 1926 | ||
Ground | Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall (Capacity: 2,000) | ||
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League | A1 Greek Volleyleague CEV Challenge Cup | ||
2017–18 | 1st (Champions) | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Olympiacos S.C. is the men's volleyball team of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1926 and has won 2 CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Top Teams Cup / CEV Cups,[1][2] a record 28 Greek Volley League Championships,[3] a record 17 Greek Cups, 2 Greek Super Cups, a record 5 Greek League Cups and a record 14 Doubles. Olympiacos is a traditional powerhouse of European volleyball, ranked among the top European volleyball clubs; from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s they played in no less than 11 European Final Fours and reached 6 European finals, winning 2 CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Top Teams Cups (1996, 2005), being twice Runners-up of the CEV Champions League (1992, 2002) and twice Runners-up of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup (1997, 1998) as well. They were also Runners-up of the CEV Challenge Cup in 2018, thus reaching their 7th European final in all European competitions overall.
Olympiacos is the most successful volleyball team in Greece, having won the most Greek Championships, Cups, domestic Doubles and overall titles and by far the most successful Greek volleyball club in European and International competitions, being the only Greek team to have won European titles and the only one to have reached no less than 7 European finals. They also hold the all-time record for the most consecutive Greek Volley League Championships, as they are the only team to have won 8 consecutive Greek Volley League titles (1987–1994), as well as the all-time record for winning 7 Greek Volley League titles undefeated (1968, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1991, 2018). Furthermore, Olympiacos is the only Greek club to have played in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship and the CEV European Super Cup as well, having represented Greece successfully in all major European and Worldwide competitions.
In 1992 they reached the third place in the world in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship, after a 3–0 win against Il Messaggero Ravenna.[4] Altogether, they have participated in 7 CEV Champions League Final Fours (1982, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002), reaching the final twice (1992, 2002), in 4 CEV Cup / CEV Cup Winners' Cup Final Fours (1996, 1997, 1998, 2005), winning 2 titles (1996, 2005) and reaching the final in two other cases (1997, 1998), in 1 CEV Challenge Cup final (2018), as well as in 1 CEV European Super Cup Final Four (1996). Another impressive feat in Olympiacos European history is their participation in 7 consecutive European Final Fours, four in the CEV Champions League (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) and three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup (1996, 1997, 1998).
After the 2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup win of Olympiacos women's volleyball department, Olympiacos CFP become the only multi-sport club in Greece and one of the very few in European volleyball history to have won European titles with both its men's and women's departments.
Apart from Olympiacos' top Greek players who have traditionally been the backbone of Greece's national team, foreign world-class players that have played with the club over the years include: Ivan Miljković, Lorenzo Bernardi, Jeff Stork, Marcos Milinkovic, Bengt Gustafsson, Raimonds Vilde, Scott Fortune, Rodolfo Sánchez, Osvaldo Hernández, Dejan Brđović, Leszek Urbanowicz, Goran Vujević, Henk-Jan Held, Igor Runov, Tom Hoff, Vasa Mijić, Pablo Meana, Plamen Konstantinov, Janne Heikkinen, Simon Tischer, Boyan Yordanov, Wytze Kooistra, Mitar Đurić, Ernardo Gómez, Fabian Drzyzga, Marcus Böhme, Todor Aleksiev and Liberman Agámez.
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Greek Volley League
- Greek Cup
- Winners (16) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94,[5] 1996−97, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2015−16, 2016−17
- Greek League Cup
- Winners (5) (record): 2012−13, 2014−15, 2015−16, 2016−17,[6] 2017−18
- Greek Super Cup
- Winners (2): 2000, 2010
- Double
- Winners (14) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14
European competitions
CEV Champions League
CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Top Teams Cup / CEV Cup
CEV European Super Cup
- Fourth (1): 1996
CEV Challenge Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2017–18
Worldwide competitions
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship:
- Third (1): 1992
International record
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Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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CEV Champions League | |||
1981–82 | Final Four | 4th place in a group with Robe di Kappa Torino, CSKA Moscow and Dinamo Bucureşti | |
1991–92 | Final | won 3–0 against CSKA Moscow in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to il Messaggero Ravenna in the final | |
1992–93 | Final Four | 3rd place. Lost 1–3 to Maxicono Parma in the semi-final, won 3–0 against Maes Pils Zellik in the 3rd place game | |
1993–94 | Final Four | 4th place. Lost 0–3 to Maxicono Parma in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to Maes Pils Zellik in the 3rd place game | |
1994–95 | Final Four | 3rd place. Lost 1–3 to Edilcuoghi Ravenna in the semi-final, won 3–2 against Maes Pils Zellik in the 3rd place game | |
2000–01 | Final Four | 4th place. Lost 0–3 to Sisley Treviso in the semi-final, lost 2–3 to Ford B.Gesu Roma in the 3rd place game | |
2001–02 | Final | won 3–1 against Mostostal in the semi-final, lost 1–3 to Lube Banca Macerata in the final | |
2009–10 | Playoff 6 | 5th place. Eliminated by Dynamo Moscow, 1–3 loss in Moscow, 1–3 loss in Piraeus | |
CEV Cup Winners Cup / CEV Top Teams Cup | |||
1995–96 | Winners | won 3–1 against Alcom Capelle in the semi-final, won 3–2 against Bayer Wuppertal in the final | |
1996–97 | Final | won 3–1 against Berlin in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to Alpitour Traco Cuneo in the final | |
1997–98 | Final | won 3–0 against Castêlo da Maia in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to Alpitour Traco Cuneo in the final | |
2004–05 | Winners | won 3–0 against Dukla Liberec in the semi-final, won 3–0 against Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam in the final | |
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship | |||
1992 | Final Four | 3rd place. Lost 0–3 to Misura Milano in the semi-final, won 3–0 against il Messaggero Ravenna in the 3rd place game | |
CEV European Super Cup | |||
1996 | Final Four | 4th place. Lost 1–3 to Dachau in the semi-final, lost 0–3 against Daytona Modena in the 3rd place game | |
CEV Challenge Cup | |||
2017–18 | Final | defeated by Bunge Ravenna, 1–3 loss in Ravenna, 1–3 loss in Piraeus |
The road to CEV Cup Winners Cup / CEV Cup victories
The road to the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup victory
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The road to the 2005 CEV Top Teams Cup victory
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Supporters
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Olympiacos fans are renowned for their passionate and fervent support to the team, with the atmosphere at home matches regarded as extremely intense and intimidating to such an extent that is rarely seen in volleyball matches. In the decade of the 1900s and the early 2000s, Olympiacos was among the top powers in European volleyball (7 consecutive European Final Four participations, four in the CEV Champions League –1992, 1993, 1994, 1995– and three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup –1996, 1997, 1998–, winners of the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup, twice Runners-up of the CEV Champions League in 1992 and 2002, twice Runners-up of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup in 1997 and 1998, third place in the world in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 1992 and fourth place in the 1996 CEV European Super Cup) and one of the best supported volleyball teams in Europe.[9]
In the 1992 CEV Champions League Final Four in Piraeus, an estimated 20,000 Olympiacos fans crowded the Peace and Friendship Stadium for the semi-final against CSKA Moscow and 20,000 more for the final against il Messaggero Ravenna.[10][11][12] Volleyball legend Karch Kiraly, Hall of Famer and three times Olympic gold medalist, a key member of il Messaggero Ravenna at the time, talked about the 1992 CEV Champions League Final in a 2018 interview: "That particular CEV Champions League Final Four in Piraeus was really a very special experience. Even now as we speak, the first thing that comes to my mind was the unbelievable atmposhere that we all lived in that volleyball game in Athens 26 years ago. In that day I cherished the Greek supporters and the passion of Olympiacos fans for volleyball. It was something unique."[13]
In the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup Final Four which was held again in Piraeus and the Peace and Frienship Stadium, an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 Olympiacos fans filed into SEF and created the most intense atmosphere, pushing the team to the their first ever European title against the German side Bayer Wuppertal, after a hard-fought 3–2 win.[14][15] After the victory, hundreds of ecstatic Olympiacos fans stormed the court and celebrated the title with the players.[16]
Olympiacos hosted the Final Four of the CEV Top Teams Cup in 2005 and Olympiacos supporters relived some of the 1990s moments. 15,000 fans packed the Peace and Frienship Stadium and provided once again an electric atmosphere, helping Olympiacos to win their second European title, after a 3–0 win against the Dutch side Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam in the final.[17][18]
In 2018 Peace and Friendship Stadium lived once again some of its timeless glory, as an estimated 12,000 Olympiacos fans created an extraordinary atmosphere in the final of the 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup against Bunge Ravenna.[19] Ravenna's Austrian star Paul Buchegger talked about the atmosphere in the post-game interview: "The atmosphere, the fans were really great. It was a "red hell", when I entered the court I had goose bumps. I have never played in front of such a big crowd."[20]
Notable players
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Michalis Alexandropoulos
Kaloudis Alexoudis
Sotiris Amarianakis
Andreas Andreadis
Christos Angelidis
Apostolos Armenakis
Theodoros Bozidis
Akis Chatziantoniou
Dimitris Chorianos
Kostas Christofidelis
Theologos Daridis
Giorgos Dermatis
Christos Dimitrakopoulos
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Mitar Đurić
Iraklis Doriadis
Giannis Fakas
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Dima Filippov
Andreas Frangos
Vasilis Galakos
Marios Giourdas
Kostas Goudakos
Konrad Guzda
Makis Kanellos
Theoklitos Karipidis
Dimitris Kazazis
Menelaos Kokkinakis
Tasos Koublis
Rafail Koumentakis
Kostas Kourbetis
Vasilis Kournetas
Pavlos Kouzounis
Chrysanthos Kyriazis
Giannis Laios
Andreas Lorandos
Giorgos Lykoudis
Thanos Maroulis
Thanasis Michalopoulos
Avgoustinos Michalos
Dimitris Mitropoulos
Sakis Moustakidis
Giorgos Ntrakovits
Kyriakos Pantelias
Achilleas Papadimitriou
Giorgos Papazoglou
Panagiotis Pelekoudas
Giorgos Petreas
Stefanos Polyzos
Stelios Prosalikas
Kostas Prousalis
Giannis Roumeliotakis
Nikos Roumeliotis
Nikos Smaragdis
Dimitris Soultanopoulos
Giorgos Stefanou
Kostas Stivachtis
Giannis Takouridis
Kostas Tambouratzis
Lefteris Terzakis
Andreas Theodoridis
Michalis Triantafyllidis
Antonis Tsakiropoulos
Paraskevas Tselios
Sotiris Tsergas
Manos Xenakis
Vasilis Xerovasilas
Nikos Zoupanis
Jorge Elgueta
Pablo Meana
Marcos Milinkovic
Leonardo Caldeira
Athos Ferreira Costa
Paulino Dirceu
Luiz Felipe Fonteles
Todor Aleksiev
Krasimir Gaydarski
Ivaylo Gavrilov
Nikolay Jeliazkov
Plamen Konstantinov
Lyudmil Naydenov
Dimo Tonev
Hristo Tsvetanov
Boyan Yordanov
Andrey Zhekov
Justin Duff
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Jason Haldane
Gavin Schmitt
Liberman Agámez
Tomislav Čošković
Rolando Despaigne
Osvaldo Hernández
Rodolfo Sánchez
Janne Heikkinen
Olli Kunnari
Mikko Oivanen
Eemi Tervaportti
Renaud Herpe
Marcus Böhme
Christian Pampel
Simon Tischer
Lorenzo Bernardi
Paolo Merlo
Hermans Egleskalns
Raimonds Vilde
Božidar Ćuk
Henk-Jan Held
Wytze Kooistra
Jeroen Rauwerdink
Fabian Drzyzga
Leszek Urbanowicz
José Rivera
Andrei Spînu
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Igor Runov
Dejan Bojović
Slobodan Boškan
Dejan Brđović
Konstantin Čupković
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Milan Jurišić
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Milan Marković
Vasa Mijić
Ivan Miljković
Veljko Petković
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Goran Vujević
František Ogurčák
Tine Urnaut
Bengt Gustafsson
Andrii Diachkov
Oleksiy Gatin
Igor Popov
Carson Clark
Scott Fortune
Tom Hoff
Jayson Jablonsky
Reid Priddy
Riley Salmon
Jeff Stork
Donald Suxho
Ernardo Gómez
Iván Márquez
Andy Rojas
Notable coaches
Players
2018–2019 Roster
Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Height | Position |
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Kostas Christofidelis | June 26, 1977 | 2.00 | Outside hitter |
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Paraskevas Tselios | July 26, 1997 | 2.07 | Middle blocker |
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Nikos Zoupanis | March 18, 1989 | 2.02 | Opposite |
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Kostas Stivachtis | May 22, 1980 | 1.86 | Setter |
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Giorgos Stefanou | January 12, 1981 | 1.81 | Libero |
7 | ![]() |
Giorgos Petreas | November 19, 1986 | 2.02 | Middle blocker |
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Marcus Böhme | August 25, 1985 | 2.11 | Middle blocker |
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Theologos Daridis | July 18, 1991 | 1.80 | Libero |
10 | ![]() |
Andreas Andreadis | January 14, 1982 | 2.05 | Middle blocker |
11 | ![]() |
Andreas Frangos | December 21, 1989 | 2.00 | Outside hitter |
12 | ![]() |
Gavin Schmitt | January 27, 1986 | 2.08 | Opposite |
14 | ![]() |
Eemi Tervaportti | July 26, 1989 | 1.93 | Setter |
17 | ![]() |
Rafail Koumentakis | May 5, 1993 | 2.03 | Outside hitter |
18 | ![]() |
Jeroen Rauwerdink | September 13, 1985 | 2.00 | Outside hitter |
Technical and managerial staff
Name | Job |
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Historical performance in Volleyleague
Stats
Season | Position | W–L | Sets |
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1967–68 | 1st | 6–0 | 18–0 |
1968–69 | 1st | 13–1 | 40–12 |
1969–70 | 2nd | 20-2 | |
1970–71 | 4th | 16–6 | |
1971–72 | 2nd | 22–2 | |
1972–73 | 2nd | ||
1973–74 | 1st | 24–0 | |
1974–75 | 3rd | ||
1975–76 | 1st | 14–1 | |
1976–77 | 2nd | 13–2 | |
1977–78 | 1st | 21–1 | |
1978–79 | 1st | 22–0 | |
1979–80 | 1st | 17–1 | 52–13 |
1980–81 | 1st | 22–0 | 66–13 |
1981–82 | 2nd | 20–2 | 63–11 |
Season | Position | W–L | Sets |
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1982–83 | 1st | 21–1 | 65–16 |
1983–84 | 2nd | 26–2 | 79–18 |
1984–85 | 2nd | 25–3 | 80–14 |
1985–86 | 2nd | 20–2 | 63–14 |
1986–87 | 1st | 21–1 | 64–11 |
1987–88 | 1st | 22–0 | 66–9 |
1988–89 | 1st | 19–1 | 59–6 |
1989–90 | 1st | 21–1 | 63–6 |
1990–91 | 1st | 20–0 | 60–9 |
1991–92 | 1st | 21–1 | |
1992–93 | 1st | 20–1 | 62–12 |
1993–94 | 1st | 21–1 | 65–11 |
1994–95 | 2nd | ||
1995–96 | 4th | 18–8 | 61–36 |
1996–97 | 3rd | 19–6 | 65–27 |
Season | Position | W–L | Sets |
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1997–98 | 1st | 26–5 | 84–25 |
1998–99 | 1st | 27–3 | 82–19 |
1999–00 | 1st | 27–3 | 82–21 |
2000–01 | 1st | 27–2 | 84–14 |
2001–02 | 2nd | 25–6 | 83–30 |
2002–03 | 1st | 25–2 | 78–24 |
2003–04 | 2nd | 23–5 | 76–27 |
2004–05 | 2nd | 20–11 | 72–37 |
2005–06 | 3rd | 20–9 | 64–37 |
2006–07 | 3rd | 22–6 | 72–31 |
2007–08 | 3rd | 22–9 | 72–39 |
2008–09 | 1st | 26–5 | 82–28 |
2009–10 | 1st | 25–6 | 82–34 |
2010–11 | 1st | 21–6 | 71–33 |
2011–12 | 5th | 14–11 | 56–38 |
Season | Position | W–L | Sets |
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2012–13 | 1st | 26–3 | 78–23 |
2013–14 | 1st | 23–7 | 80–38 |
2014–15 | 2nd | 22–7 | 75–40 |
2015–16 | 3rd | 21–5 | 70–24 |
2016–17 | 2nd | 28–4 | 89–24 |
2017–18 | 1st | 30−0 | 90−12 |
Positions
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Times | 28 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Kit manufacturer
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Olympiacos team.
Period | Kit provider |
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2002– | Puma Mikasa Adidas |
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Porto Petrol other sponsors: Athens Medical Group, Nova Sports and Astari Plastikoy.
See also
References
- ^ "CEV Cup (Top Teams Cup) 1995/96 Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) - SV Bayer Wuppertal (GER) 3:2 (Final)". volleyball-movies.net.
- ^ "CEV Cup (Top Teams Cup) 2004/05 Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) - Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam (NED) 3:0 (Final)". volleyball-movies.net.
- ^ "Η χρυσή βίβλος της Volleyleague" (in Greek). gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship – Honours. FIVB official website
- ^ Ιστορία του Κυπέλλου Ανδρών (in Greek)
- ^ 2017 League Cup final www.sport24.gr
- ^ "2001/02 European Champions League". cev.lu.
- ^ "1991/92 European Champions League". cev.lu.
- ^ Σαν σήμερα το 1996 γιόρτασε τα γενέθλιά του με το Κύπελλο Κυπελλούχων (in Greek). Olympiacos official website. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ O Oλυμπιακός στον τελικό του Πρωταθλητριών – Το ΣΕΦ είναι τίγκα από 20,000 φίλους των Πειραιωτών. Οι Μοσχοβίτες είναι σούπερ φαβορί, αλλά θα λιώσουν με 15-8, 15-7 και 15-4. (in Greek). sportdog.gr. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ O Oλυμπιακός του ΣΕΦ (in Greek). volleyplanet.gr. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Olympiacos–CSKA Moscow 3–0 1992 CEV Champions League semi-final full game (sec. 58). ERT1
- ^ Καρτς Κίραλι: Λάτρεψα το πάθος των Ελλήνων (in Greek). sportsfeed.gr. 3 April 2018.
- ^ Το πρώτο Ευρωπαϊκό του εορτάζοντος Ολυμπιακού. Ο Γιάννης Λάιος στο Sport-Retro.gr – Η ανδρική ομάδα του Ολυμπιακού, ανήμερα των 71ων γενεθλίων από την ίδρυση του συλλόγου, κατέκτησε το Κύπελλο Κυπελλούχων στο κατάμεστο από περίπου 20.000 κόσμο Στάδιο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας. (in Greek). sport-retro.gr. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Master στο ΣΕΦ (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Η νίκη που έγραψε ιστορία (in Greek). volleyplanet.gr. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ «Κοκκίνισε» η Ευρώπη – Μπροστά σε 15.000 φιλάθλους οι "ερυθρόλευκοι" σήκωσαν το τρόπαιο και το στάδιο πήρε φωτιά. (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Όταν ο Ολυμπιακός κατέκτησε το δεύτερο ευρωπαϊκό (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Ultras World lost for words with Olympiacos fans" (in Greek). fosonline.gr. 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Ravenna upset 11,800-strong crowd to seize men's Challenge Cup title". cev.eu. 11 April 2018.
External links
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