Germany - VBL Bundesliga 2015/16

  • Potsdam - Münster 0:3 (17:25 19:25 18:25)
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2080.pdf
    MVP: Regina Mapeli Burchardt / Amanda Sa


    Very bad performance by Potsdam, very good performance by Münster with the recovered Ashley Benson and Michala Kvapilova. Potsdam played without reception and with very little defense, Münster with very good serving and block-defense on the other side.


    Ranking:
    1 Dresden 16 14 44:13 41
    2 Schwerin 16 13 43:19 38
    3 Münster 16 10 37:26 30
    4 Wiesbaden 15 10 34:21 29
    5 Vilsbiburg 16 10 35:27 28
    6 Stuttgart 15 9 34:24 26
    7 Potsdam 15 7 31:29 25
    8 Hamburg 16 8 29:32 22
    9 Straubing 15 7 27:30 20
    10 Aachen 15 6 22:32 18
    11 Köpenick 15 5 24:34 17
    12 Thüringen 15 2 12:39 8
    13 VCO Berlin 17 0 5:51 1

  • USC Münster wins easily with 3:0. Mapeli Burchard MVP for SCP ?( ?( For Münster she was really valuable. :lol: :lol:

    This was one of the matches where choosing an MVP for the losing team is simply ridiculous because nobody in Potsdam was any good. Burchardt was the best scorer in the end, probably that's why Andi Vollmer picked her.

  • So we are on the back home. It was quite a good game for us with a strong servie, good recepetion and defense and overall a good attacking perfomance. Our tactic of services was the key of the victory. You also see, why Benson is our best middlr blocker and michala with her best perfomance in our dress. Go Münster... :drink:
    Btw: The little helpers in front of us were sometimes more interested in us then in the game :whistle:

  • According to CEV, Mari Aase Hole will have to undergo surgery. :( :(
    CEV

    This is a big blow, and I think Stuttgart won't play Champions League ever again (if they qualify). They lost Sandor, they almost lost Renkema, all players are exhausted from so many matches and travels, so they also don't get good results in the league this season, and they get less spectators in CL matches than in league matches.

  • Two interesting transfers, neither of them has been announced by the clubs yet but the players are in the official team rosters on VBL site:
    Vilsbiburg signs Canadian MB Lucy Charuk because Nikol Sajdova is injured and now Emani Sims became ill so she probably can't play this weekend. Charuk was one of the best MBs of the league last season when she played in Hamburg.
    Kathy Radzuweit returns to SC Potsdam because of Ivonne Montano's injury, looks like Montano can't play anymore this season.


    Schedule for the weekend, all matches live on http://www.vbl.tv:


    30. Januar 2016
    14:00 Stuttgart - Dresden (TV production)
    19:00 Köpenick - Potsdam
    19:00 Schwerin - Straubing
    19:00 Wiesbaden - Hamburg
    19:00 Aachen - Thüringen


    31. Januar 2016
    14:30 Münster - Vilsbiburg
    16:00 Stuttgart - VCO Berlin

  • Stuttgart - Dresden 3:0 (25:20 25:12 25:20) :white:
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2086.pdf
    MVP: Lisa Thomsen / Michelle Bartsch


    Köpenick - Potsdam 3:2 (25:23 28:26 20:25 21:25 15:10)
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2084.pdf
    MVP: Pia Riedel / Saskia Hippe (32 points)


    Schwerin - Straubing 3:0 (25:21 25:17 26:24)
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2085.pdf
    MVP: Ariel Turner / Carina Aulenbrock


    Wiesbaden - Hamburg 3:0 (25:19 25:19 25:17)
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2087.pdf
    MVP: Esther van Berkel / Karine Muijlwijk


    Aachen - Thüringen 3:0 (25:19 25:13 25:20)
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2088.pdf
    MVP: Tatiana Crkonova / Erika Salanciova


    Tomorrow 14.30 CET Münster-Vilsbiburg, 16.00 CET Stuttgart - VCO.

  • Quote

    This is a big blow, and I think Stuttgart won't play Champions League ever again (if they qualify). They lost Sandor, they almost lost Renkema, all players are exhausted from so many matches and travels, so they also don't get good results in the league this season, and they get less spectators in CL matches than in league matches.


    Yes, there are far too many English weeks for our team now to compensate with the current players. But Dresden and Schwerin suffer from similar problems, though they can cope better with it due to more resources and experience (and also more luck in the DOL). It was always a dream of many of us in Stuttgart to take part in the CEV Champions League anyway and we had definitely fun with it, although we had bad luck and the players are exhausted.


    Remember the bad DOLs, which braught us maximum distance and exhaustion travels twice to Baku, once to Kazan and now once to Krasnodar (always requiring change of aircraft with long delays on airports: no direct flies possible) in the European Cups. And we have not the money like Dresden and Schwerin to get even more players of course.


    The two leaders of the Bundesliga have the clear advantage, that they have no relevant soccer team consuming up nearly all public recognition and sponor money like the VfB does in Stuttgart, also other good Bundesliga teams don't have this disadvantage, save for Hamburg, where the HSV seems also to be kind of doom for VT Aurubis. If the VfB descends into second league, it may be possible to get a more financially sound situation for Allianz MTV Stuttgart, otherwise not, to make it rather clear.


    Now not yet clear the rules of European Cups in the coming season nor the place, AMS can reach at end of season, it is to early, to state behaviour of the team. But the prospects regarding players for next season are good, so let us see. I'm still hoping, that our club can live up to the expectations and get into the semis of the playoffs either directly (3rd or 4th place after main round) or defeating others when becoming 5th or 6th when they are no more so much under pressure with many games for example compared to USC Münster, because at end of Feburary Dynamo KRASNODAR will finish our European adventure for sure.

  • Stuttgart - Dresden 3:0 (25:20 25:12 25:20) :white:
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2086.pdf
    MVP: Lisa Thomsen / Michelle Bartsch


    Tomorrow 14.30 CET Münster-Vilsbiburg, 16.00 CET Stuttgart - VCO.


    This is the fourth game for Stuttgart since last Saturday (Hamburg), Wednesday (Azerrail) and yesterday (Dresden) in 9 days... regarding Dresden: they returned only at Thursday from Istanbul (defeat in Burhan-Felek against Fenerbahce Grundig) and traveled with bus on Friday to Stuttgart already, game was earlier than planned originally (had to be shifted from evening to noon due to a VfB game postponed from afternoon to evening!). So Dresden had virtually no time to prepare or to relax before. Though Stuttgart played very strong like against Azerrail a few days before, being the less exhausted team this time.


    Remember the clear defeat of Schwerin against Dresden one week ago, when they returned from the Black Sea (Jushny, Oblast Odessa in Ukraine) late and suffered a similar fate.

  • Vilsbiburg is EMBARASSING today :white:
    I don't understand Kronseder, why does he keep Oosterveld on court so long when Markovic is a much better player? The only explanation I have is that Markovic also became a victim of the flu that hit many players of the team lately (von Piekartz, Mesa, Sims, Acosta).

  • And now it's the match I was hoping for :super:


    Vilsbiburg coming back from 18:22 and 20:23 to have set point at 24:23, then defending 3 match points (all by Markovic in attack) and eventually using their own 2nd set point to make it to tie-break. Amanda Sa with an incredibly stupid error for Münster at 27:27 :aww:

  • Münster - Vilsbiburg 3:2 (25:16 25:11 22:25 27:29 15:7)
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2089.pdf (soon)
    MVP: Michala Kvapilova / Roslandy Acosta


    Stuttgart - VCO Berlin 3:0 (25:16 25:9 25:16)
    http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2141.pdf
    MVP: Deborah van Daelen / Aisha Skinner


    Ranking:
    1 Dresden 17 14 44:16 41
    2 Schwerin 17 14 46:19 41
    3 Wiesbaden 16 11 37:21 32
    4 Stuttgart 17 11 40:24 32
    5 Münster 17 11 40:28 32
    6 Vilsbiburg 17 10 37:30 29
    7 Potsdam 16 7 33:32 26
    8 Hamburg 17 8 29:35 22
    9 Aachen 16 7 25:32 21
    10 Straubing 16 7 27:33 20
    11 Köpenick 16 6 27:36 19
    12 Thüringen 16 2 12:42 8
    13 VCO Berlin 18 0 5:54 1


    After about 2/3 of regular season we can assume that Dresden and Schwerin will enter the playoffs as the two best ranked teams. Behind them 3rd-7th place are very close together and 8th-11th place also are very close. Thüringen is in a crisis lately, they will need a miracle to avoid relegation.
    The latest news from Hamburg is that they still haven't found new sponsors for next season, currently they have about 80.000€ for next season but they would need at least about 450.000€. At the moment it is very likely that Hamburg will disappear from professional volleyball :S