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National volleyball player Alex Nikolov and his “Kuchine Lube” (Civitanova) qualified for the 1/4-final in the third strongest European club tournament – Challenge Cup.
In Italy, the team of the 21-year-old host beat “Karajorgje Topola” 3:1 (25:22, 25:18, 21:25, 25:9) in the second leg after a 3:0 success on Serbian soil.
In the first game, “Lube” won 3:0 game and needed to win only two games to advance.
Nikolov scored 8 points.
In the next stage, the Italian giant meets the Dutch “Groningen”.