Rematch of the Top-Teams

This weekend the Middle European League (MEL) for men will be continued with the 10th round. The Highlight of this round is the highly anticipated rematch between Leader HAOK Mladost (CRO) and third placed Hypo Tirol (AUT) .

All MEL-Clubs are in European Cup duty this week, followed by the MEL-matches on Friday and Saturday.

Kaposvar travels to Zagreb
On Friday last placed MOK Zagreb (CRO) welcomes the Hungarian Champion Diamant Kaposvar. In the first game between those two teams the Croats managed to win one set . They only won two sets this season and have yet to come up with a won game.

Hypo Tirol welcomes HAOK Mladost
The most intriguing match-up of the round will be played on Saturday between hosting MEL-leader HAOK Mladost (CRO) and third placed HYPO Tirol Volleyballteam (AUT). The Croats lost their home game in October by 1:3. They have to travel to Switzerland on Thursday for the second game of their Challenge Cup-match up against Chênois Geneve. The Austrians showed their prowess at home again on Tuesday with a convincing 3:0-win against Belgian Champion Noliko Maaseik on Tuesday in the CEV indesit Champions League.

Aich/Dob wants sixth win
SK Posjilnica Aich/Dob (AUT) wants to win it's sixth game of the season on Saturday at penultimate Salonit Anhovo (SLO) to keep their Final Four-hopes alive.

hotVolleys play at Humenne
Also the third Austrian MEL-Team plays on Saturday with the hotVolleys travelling to VK Chemes Humene (SVK).

MEL, Men, Upcoming games:
10th round:
Friday:
18:00 MOK ZAGREB (CRO) - DIAMANT KAPOSVAR (HUN) City Sporthall {KAPOSVAR}

Saturday:
19:00 Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam (AUT) - HAOK Mladost (CRO) Uni-Sportinstitut {INNSBRUCK}
19:00 Salonit Anhovo (SLO) - SK Posojilnica AICH/DOB (AUT) Športna dvorana {KANAL}
19:00 VK Chemes HUMENNE (SVK) - hotVolleys (AUT) Mestska sportova hala {HUMENNE}

Standings:
1 HAOK Mladost (CRO) 9 7 2 24 13 851 771 16
2 VK Chemes HUMENNE (SVK) 11 5 6 19 24 924 927 16
3 Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam (AUT) 8 7 1 22 7 704 616 15
4 ACH Volley (SLO) 8 6 2 21 10 736 647 14
5 SK Posojilnica AICH/DOB (AUT) 9 5 4 21 14 803 729 14
6 DIAMANT KAPOSVAR (HUN) 8 4 4 13 17 681 695 12
7 hotVolleys (AUT) 8 3 5 14 17 720 712 11
8 Salonit Anhovo (SLO) 8 2 6 12 19 648 685 10
9 MOK ZAGREB (CRO) 9 0 9 2 27 443 728 9 - ANS/RED/MEVZA