Fenerbahçe vs Novara | Full Match | CEV Champions League Volley 2026

Fenerbahçe vs Novara | Full Match | CEV Champions League Volley 2026. Mayu Ishikawa tied the fifth set with an ace. Melissa Vargas finished the match with a thunderous spike. Between those two moments, Arina Fedorovtseva fired three consecutive aces to decide the 2,000th match in CEV Women’s Champions League history.

Fenerbahçe Medicana Istanbul defeated Igor Gorgonzola Novara 3–2 (20–25, 25–22, 25–12, 20–25, 15–10) in Pool B of the 2025–26 CEV ZEREN Group Champions League Volley on January 13, 2026. The historic match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes in front of 2,148 fans at Burhan Felek Voleybol Salonu in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Novara recovered from 12–9 down in the opening set, with Tatiana Tolok scoring eight points and Britt Herbots finishing it with a back-row attack. Mayu Ishikawa put Novara ahead 7–6 with an ace in the second set, but Fenerbahçe captain Eda Erdem broke a 20–20 deadlock with a block and a kill before putting away the set winner. Erdem added six points in a dominant third set, only for Herbots and Lina Alsmeier to score six apiece in the fourth and help Novara force a tie-break.

Tolok opened up a 4–1 lead for Novara with back-to-back aces, and Ishikawa brought the Italians level again at 10–10 with her second ace of the night. The Japanese outside hitter finished with seven points. Fenerbahçe then won the last five rallies as Fedorovtseva served three straight aces to reach match point and Melissa Vargas put away the final ball. Vargas finished with 22 points, including 19 kills, two aces and one block.

Fedorovtseva earned MVP honors with 24 points, including 20 kills and four aces. Erdem scored 14 and led the match with four blocks. Tolok topped all scorers with 29 points, including 27 kills and two aces, while Herbots added 14 and Alsmeier scored 11 for Novara.

Fenerbahçe had won the first meeting in Italy in straight sets and entered the rematch without dropping a set in the competition. This five-set win kept the Istanbul club unbeaten and on top of Pool B with four wins and 11 points.

Watch the full match and tell us which moment stood out most: Mayu Ishikawa’s tie-break ace, Arina Fedorovtseva’s three-ace run, or Melissa Vargas’s match-winning spike?

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