Sunday 28.10.2012
TSV Düdingen - VC Kanti Schaffhausen 0:3 (18:25, 22:25, 17:25) MVP: Sandra Rojas Bacchi (Kanti) and Pamela Lejczyk (Düdingen)
Some short scenes of the match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbOF5Oc1cY
Hôtel Cristal VFM - Volero Zürich 0:3 (21:25, 24:26, 19:25) MVP: Nancy Carrillo (Volero) and Amber Roberson (VFM)
Sm'Aesch Pfeffingen - Sagres NUC 1:3 (25:20, 23:25, 20:25, 16:25)
Ranking (after 36 of 72 matches of the Qualification Round):
1. Volero Zürich 8 21 (24:6 sets)
2. Sagres NUC 8 15 (17:13 sets)
3. Hôtel Cristal VFM 9 15 (17:14 sets)
4. VC Kanti Schaffhausen 8 14 (18:14 sets)
5. Volley Köniz 8 14 (17:14 sets)
6. Sm'Aesch Pfeffingen 9 13 (16:17 sets)
7. TSV Düdingen 8 10 (13:18 sets)
8. VBC Cossonay 7 3 (6:18 sets)
9. Volley Toggenburg 7 3 (5:19 sets)
Mode:
This season the Swiss Volleyball League (or NLA) consists of 9 teams. They will play each other (home and away) in the Qualification Round until the end of the year.
After that (January and February), the best 5 teams of the Qualification Round will play the Playoff Round. In the Playoff Round these 5 top teams will play again each other (home and away). The first ranked team of the Qualification Round will start in this Playoff Round with 3 points, the second ranked with 2 points, the third ranked with 1 point and the other 2 teams with zero points. The teams ranked 6th to 9th place after the Qualification Round will do exactly the same in a Playout Round to determine the places from 6 to 9 of the league.
After that (March), the two best ranked teams after this Playoff Round will compete in a best-of-five to become Swiss Champion. The 3rd and 4th ranked team after the Playoff Round will compete in a best-of-three for the bronze medal. For the 5th ranked team the season will be over after the Playoff Round.
Last season the 5 teams in the Playoff Round were: Volero, NUC, Köniz, VFM and Kanti. They seem also to be the favourites to reach the Playoff Round this season. But Sm'Aesch Pfeffingen and TSV Düdingen (Düdingen has had bad luck with injuries of several players) maybe still have the potential to surprise.