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Men’s Champions League pool stage settles direct quarter-final places
Italian and Polish clubs supplied four of the five pool winners alongside Ziraat Bankkart.
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The men’s Champions League pool stage concluded with ten matches across Europe, settling the direct quarter-final entrants and play-off participants. Two Italian and two Polish clubs topped their groups alongside Türkiye’s Ziraat Bankkart, who finished with six wins and eighteen points.
Ziraat defeated Trentino 3–1 away, with Nimir Abdel-Aziz scoring thirty-five points. The result maintained their perfect pool-stage record and reinforced the Turkish club’s progression after winning the CEV Cup during the previous European season.
Perugia secured first place in their pool by defeating Berlin in front of 8,553 spectators. ACH Volley Ljubljana lost 3–2 to Tours but continued into the CEV Cup quarter-finals, showing the separate continental route available to some clubs after group-stage elimination.
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