17/3/2011  VOLLEYBALL

«SC Espinho celebrates the Top Teams Cup»

Sporting Clube de Espinho will celebrate, tomorrow (March 18th) the 10th anniversary of the triumph of the Top Teams Cup, club competition organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) and currently named CEV Cup.

The Final Four of the competition took place in the Turkish city of Eregli. At the time, the Costa Verde tigers, coached by Fernando Luis, defeated first in the semi-final the Spanish champions Unicaja Almeria (3-1) winning afterwards in the final, the powerful Russian team of Izmrud Ekaterinburg (3-2) .

SC Espinho in the Top Teams Cup 2000/2001:

Groups Phase - Group B
1. Match - 12.14.2000 - SC Espinho (POR) - Vojvodina Novi Sad (YUG), 3-0 (26-24, 25-18 and 25-21)
2. Match - 19.12.2000 - PCSK Riga (LAT) - SC Espinho (POR), 2-3 (25-17, 15-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 11-15)
3. Match - 10.01.2001 - SC Espinho (POR) - PCSK Riga (LAT), 3-0 (25-18, 25-19 and 15-18)
4. Match - 17.01.2001 - Vojvodina Novolin Novi Sad (YUG) - SC Espinho (POR), 3-2 (20-25, 16-25, 31-29, 25-18 and 20-18)

Quarter-final - 1st leg – 04.02.2001 - SC Espinho (POR) - Uniqa Salzburg (AUT), 3-0 (25-17, 25-15 and 25-20)
Quarter-final - 2nd leg – 20.01.2001 - Uniqa Salzburg (AUT) - SC Espinho (POR), 2-3 (27-25, 18-25, 25-23, 22-25 and 8-15 )

Semi-final - 17.03.2001 - SC Espinho (POR) - Unicaja Almeria (ESP), 3-1 (27-25, 24-26, 25-23 and 25-14)

Final - 18.03.2001 - SC Espinho (POR) - Izumrud Ekaterinburg (RUS), 3-2 (25-23, 25-15, 22-25, 19-25 and 18-16)

More information: www.scespinho.pt / www.cev.lu