Today, decisive matches in the European tournaments with Bulgarian participation will be played.
The battle of Levski in Group E of the Champions League is being followed with the greatest attention., where Jastrzębski Węgiel's first place is 99% certain (the Poles have 14 points, having won 5 matches and lost only 4 sets, 2 of which were against the Bulgarian champion). The fight for second place in the group is also intense. SVG Lüneburg is second with 8 points, and Chaumont VB 52 of Silvano Prandi follows closely with 5 points. Although Chaumont has more wins than Lüneburg, they have fewer points, which means they have played more contested matches with high scores. Champion Levski Sofia is with 3 points from 4 won and 14 lost sets, and is still in the battle, albeit in a difficult position. To advance, Nikolay Zhelyazkov's boys must seek a positive outcome from the match in France. By all indications, the last round in the group will be of utmost importance and anything is possible.

In Group C of the strongest European club tournament, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and Matey Kaziyski's Allianz Milano will face each other in a crucial match for the standings.Allianz Milano returns to Poland a year and two weeks after their last visit to the country. Then it was for the CEV Cup, now it's in the Champions League, but the opponent is the same - Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, as is the hall - Arena Sosnowiec, where 3000 noisy fans in yellow and green will support their "Jurassic Knights". Qualification for the next phase is already guaranteed for both the Milanese and Michal Winiarski's Poles. The former Polish international is also a former Trento attacker (a former teammate of Kaziyski), and began his coaching career under the wing of Piazza, the current coach of the Italians. The group winner goes directly to the quarterfinals, the second-placed team plays an additional playoff with another second-placed team or one of the two best third-placed teams (from the five groups). Allianz Milano is still undefeated in 2025, after victories against Monza, Verona and Piacenza, and Zawiercie also continues its strong performance in PlusLiga. Captain Bieniek and his teammates are in second place (-5 points) behind Jastrzębski Węgiel of Fornal and Kaczmarek, where young Brehme and former Bergamo and Siena setter - Finoli also play.

Alexandar Nikolov and his teammates also face a new decisive match.Just a few days after winning their eighth Italian Cup and after a successful 3-1 away victory in the Netherlands in the first leg of the Challenge Cup quarterfinals, Cucine Lube Civitanova will fight for a place in the semifinals in the return leg at home against Nova Tech Lycurgus Groningen. For Giampaolo Medei's team, two won sets will be enough to eliminate the "tulips" from the competition and focus on the important regular season match scheduled for Sunday in Piacenza against Gas Sales Bluenergy. The new holders of the eighth trophy with the tricolor cockade, come after six consecutive victories in the league, Challenge Cup and Italian Cup. Since the beginning of the new calendar year, the team has been undefeated. In case of qualification: Lube will meet the winner of the pair between the Greek Paok Thessaloniki of Nikolay Kolev and the Turkish SK Ankara in the semi-finals.
Alex Nikolov: "I will be brief, as we need to be effective on the field against Groningen. In my opinion, it is imperative to be as focused as possible, forgetting everything that happened over the weekend in Bologna. Our goal should be to put pressure on the opponent, trying to resolve the issue of qualification in the first two sets, which are enough to move forward, so that we can then distribute our forces and have more energy for the sporting battle on Sunday in Piacenza."

The first referee of the match will be Iliya Penkov.