Having regained leading positions at the local level, Jēkabpils Lūšu volleyball players this season have matured to fulfill their cherished goal for a long time to try their hand at European cup tournaments. The club’s management does not hide that the start in the Champions League qualifiers is still rather a test of its possibilities at this level, but hopes for a sufficiently long season at least in one of the international tournaments. Lynxes on Wednesday, in the first qualifying round, Jēkabpils will host the Swiss champion at the Olympic Center at 7:30 p.m. Schonenwerd.
Jēkabpils Lūši once entered the top league of Latvian volleyball with a strong youth system and a club pyramid, therefore, after the first successes at the local level, the desire to go on a bigger international stage than the usual Baltic League was heard more and more loudly. “It would be a good continuation of the growth of our students if we could participate in the European Cup tournaments in the new Jēkabpils Olympic Center,” coach Mārcis Obrumans expressed his hope to the author of these lines several years ago. The tax reform slightly reduced the pace of plan development, but the first attempt to start at the lowest level in the CEV Challenge Cup was stopped by the pandemic, however
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2024-09-19 07:20:25