The 2012 Police Cup - 14-16.09 - Koszalin/Poland

yes they are playing in 1.league but they have to advance to Orlen Liga, roster is: Muhlsteinova, Zebrowska, Hudima, Mroz, Mirek, Krzos, I.Sliwa, D.Sobolska and so on the club is not new they were playing in 1.league for many years, but now they have a good sponsor

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C…5%82ka_siatkowa_kobiet%29
roster is better than 2-3 teams in Orlen Liga

Quote from Bartek

The Tour will be in Koszalin not Police.

Is it sure that Vakıfbank will participate to this tournament? I hope they will, it would be a good preperation before the league 'cause there are CL-level teams like Muszyna and Bielsko Biala.

It will be the first volleyball tournament in my city for a long time I'm very satisfied

Tournament in Koszalin with some changes... Atom instead of Muszynianka... Allianz MTV Stuttgart 1843 from Germany instead of Bielsko-Biała:

14.09.2012 Friday
16:30 - ATOM Trefl Sopot - Allianz MTV Stuttgart 1843
18:30 - Opening Ceremony
19:30 - Chemik Police - Vakifbank Istanbul

15.09.2012 Saturday
16:00 - ATOM Trefl Sopot - Chemik Police
19:00 - Vakifbank Istanbul - Allianz MTV Stuttgart 1843

16.09.2012 Sunday
14:00 - Vakifbank Istanbul - ATOM Trefl Sopot
16:30 - Allianz MTV Stuttgart 1843 - Chemik Police

Team Rosters:

VakıfBank
1 Dilek Kinik
2 Gözde Sonsirma
3 Gizem Güreşen
4 Sila Çalişkan
6 Jovana Brakocevic
7 Małgorzata Glinka Mogentale
8 Melis Gürkaynak
9 Tuğçe Hocaoğlu
10 Güldeniz Önal
11 Bahar Toksoy
13 Christiane Furst
16 Polen Uslupehlivan
17 Naz Aydemir
18 Saori Kimura
Coach: Giovanni Guidetti

PSPS Chemik Police
1 Izabela Śliwa
2 Dominika Sobolska
4 Kinga Zielińska
5 Veronika Hudima
6 Aleksandra Pasznik
7 Magdalena Soter
8 Aleksandra Krzos
9 Alicja Malinowska
11 Lucie Mühlsteinová
12 Izabela Żebrowska
13 Katarzyna Mróz
14 Anna Karpicz
15 Justyna Raczyńska
17 Joanna Mirek
Coach: Mariusz Wiktorowicz

Atom Trefl Sopot
1 Natalia Gajewska
2 Mariola Zenik
3 Erika Kelly
4 Izabela Bełcik
5 Dorota Pykosz
6 Anna Podolec
7 Yulia Shelukhina
8 Dorota Wilk
9 Sylwia Wojcieska
10 Anita Kwiatkowska
11 Justyna Łukasik
12 Magdalena Kuziak
15 Rachel Rourke
16 Klaudia Kaczorowska
Coach: Jerzy Matlak

Allianz MTV Stuttgart 1843
1 Silvana Olivera
2 Pia Weiland
3 Nadja Schaus
4 Deborah van Daelen
5 Ralitsa Vasilieva
6 Lena Gschwendtner
7 Lora Kitipowa
9 Franziska Bremer
13 Tatjana Zautys
16 Alessandra Jovy-Heusser
17 Svenja Engelhardt
18 Evelyn Delogu
Coach: Jan Lindenmair

Atom won opening match over Stuttgart 3:1 (24-26, 25-11, 25-21,25-23)

Chemik Police 0-3 Vakıfbank 15-25, 20-25, 21-25

It seems, we will get only the results of that tournament. Vakıfbank's starting line up:

Vtt: Naz - Fürst - Bahar - Gözde - Glinka - Brakocevic - Gizem (L)

Glinka played as OH, I am qurious how she played. I prefer Glinka as OPP and Gözde-Saori OHs. I believe Guidetti will use Polen in the league much more. Glinka-Saori-Fürst triple is my choice as foreigners that would play against FB, GS, ECV and TED. As for Champions league, Guidetti has so many options.

It was a very good game for Vakifbank team. Brakocević was the best on court imo. She had very good serves and spikes. Saori was on the court for only a few minutes. She's not the same Saori in Japan NT ..; She's a little uncertain and embarassed. Maggie Glinka was a little slow but it was enough for "new power" on the polish volleyball map.

I expected more local fans . Maybe at weekend will be better.

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Saori can feel awkward due to moving, it's usual that she got culture shock and it'll take some time to get used to Europe Araki in Italy also had problems, unfortunately she was only shadow of a player from best times. Hope that Saori can deal with new challenge

Short article here http://blokaut.net/aktualnosci…ie+Ma%C5%82gorzaty+Glinki
Polish language of course, but You can use translator.

Also, Darwin, thank You for report & photos.

Quote from Darwin

It was a very good game for Vakifbank team. Brakocević was the best on court imo. She had very good serves and spikes. Saori was on the court for only a few minutes. She's not the same Saori in Japan NT ..; She's a little uncertain and embarassed. Maggie Glinka was a little slow but it was enough for "new power" on the polish volleyball map.

Hey, I was there too

Anyway, Jovana was the best, that's for sure. I really liked her strong spikes, spirit, serves and her defence.
I think it may take Saori some time, before she gets used to the team and everything.
Gozde was bad, and I mean BAD. Naz still needs to find connection with her teammates, but she had a few nice ideas, like that pipe with Maggie at the end of second set. And Maggie was off in her spikes. Chemik (the other team) was well prepared for her spikes and she also had few problems here and there.

You know where you could see the biggest difference? Chemik looked like a bunch of some random players, who don't really know what to do with themselves (and they already played a tournament in Bobolice and they lost only with PTPS Piła), while Vakif players, with new setter and new opposite, they just KNEW how to play together. Of course they had their problems, but they were always a team. And that's what I love about Giovanni's groups - he always creates a TEAM.

Sure
She didn't play much. I mean, she was on the court, but didn't get many sets. And I think she couldn't find connection with Naz - most of the times the balls she got were way to low. I think Christiane was a little bit faster and in better shape, like she had more training, and Bahar just got back from holidays She didn't play bad or anything like that, she just needs some time.