Serbia
In Serbian Wiener Stadtische Super league were played regular season matches. Now, in progress is semifinal of play off, and first two games was finished.
Ribnica Kraljevo finished in fifth places, Mladi radnik Pozarevac is sixth. VGSK Veliko Gradiste will play barrage matches (in best of five) with Smederevo. Spartak Subotica was relegated from Super league, and new member of First division is Borac Starcevo. Actually champion is NIS Vojvodina.
In first two matches of semifinal there was many excitement in game Crvena zvezda – NIS Vojvodina. In first game NIS Vojvodina used their fifteenth match ball in fifth set, and Crvena zvezda missing one (on result 20:19). Konstantin Cupkovic gain 13 points just in fifth set, and 12 in four sets totally before that.
In second match NIS Vojvodina had two match ball in fourth set, and used totally eighth ball for win. Second match was play 142 minutes! Tomislav Dokic, opposite of Crvena zvezda was best scorer of game, with 33 points, but in NIS Vojvodina Borislav Petrovic has 17 points (11 blocks!).
Partizan surprised Radnicki in first matches, but losed second. However, Partizan is the host team of coming two games. In second game opposite of Radnicki, Nikola Gorgiev, Macedonian player and best scorer of Regular season, was not play because he was injured.
Results of Serbian play off, semifinal:
Radnicki Kragujevac (1) – Partizan Belgrade (4) 1:3 (23:25, 25:20, 24:26, 23:25)
Radnicki: Cedic 21, Gorgiev 16, Aleksic 13. Partizan: Dautovic 22, Steljic 14, Poluga 9.
Radnicki Kragujevac (1) – Partizan Belgrade (4) 1:3 (25:23, 24:26, 25:22, 25:18 )
Radnicki: Ristovic 18, Aleksic 14, Nakovski 12. Partizan: Dautovic 19, Steljic 12, Niciforovic 9.
Third and fourth games will play in Thursday and Sunday in Belgrade, and eventually fifth game will play in Kragujevac, 17. april
Crvena zvezda Belgrade (2) – NIS Vojvodina Novi Sad (3) 2:3 (19:25, 25:20, 29:31, 25:19, 26:28 )
Crvena zvezda: Dokic 22, Rasic 19, Zindovic and Terzic 18. NIS Vojvodina: Cupkovic 25, Ateljevic 22, Z. Jovanovic 18, S. Jovanovic 11.
Crvena zvezda Belgrade (2) – NIS Vojvodina Novi Sad (3) 2:3 (25:21, 20:25, 35:37, 33:31, 14:16)
Crvena zvezda: Dokic 33, Terzic 18, Stankovic 17. NIS Vojvodina: Cupkovic 23, Petrovic 17, S. Jovanovic 17, Ateljevic 16.
Third game will play in Thursday in Novi sad, eventually fourth game in Sunday (also in Novi Sad), and eventually fifth game 17.april in Belgrade.
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