On January 21, another confrontation awaits Ivan Petkov's team in the MEVZA League — against the Slovenian "Branik" (Maribor). The match will take place in the Croatian city of Kaštela at 18:30.

"Branik" is the vice-champion of Slovenia and a participant in the CEV Cup

Our nearest opponent "Branik", like the previous one "Marina", also holds the title of vice-champion of the country. They last won the Slovenian championship in the 2018/19 season. After that came the leadership of "Calcit" - another rival of "red and whites" in this competition.

The club is currently in second place in the Slovenian championship, having won 12 of 13 matches. The only defeat was against the same "Calcit". In addition, this season "Branik" took part in the CEV Cup, where it was eliminated from the Italian "Busto-Arsizio" at the 1/16 final stage (twice by 0-3).

The team is made up exclusively of Slovenians, and its most productive players in the MEVZA League are the players Lorena Lorber Fijok (48 points) and Tali Lekshe (23). The team is headed by local specialist Bruno Najdych, who once worked with the national women's team of Slovenia.

Tournament position

In the MEVZA League, "Branik" managed to play only two matches, as a result of which they won one point — they lost in a tie-break to the Austrian team "Linz-Steg". There was also a defeat against the Croatian "Mladost" (1-3).

SC "Prometey" after an unsuccessful debut against the Hungarian "Békéscsaba" (0-3) did not leave any chance to the Croatian team "Marina Kaštela" (3-0).