The VakifBank Istanbul volleyball players dominated Conegliano 3 sets to 1 (25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 25-21) in the Champions League final on Sunday in Ljubljana, thus taking their revenge on the Champions League final. year. VakifBank won its fifth European title after 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2018, thanks to its Swedish point Isabelle Haak (19 points) and the Brazilian receiver-attacker Gabriela Guimares (23), who scored the point of victory.
The exclusion of the three Russian clubs – Kazan, Dinamo Moscow and Kaliningrad – following the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army on February 24, changed the situation. Connegliano, winners of Monza in the final, did not need to play a semi-final, where they had to face the winner of the quarter between Dinamo Moscow and Kazan.