VC Wiesbaden - 1st Bundesliga
The VCW volleyball players will once again play in the 1st Bundesliga in the 2025/26 season. After the clear 3:0 victory against Binder Blaubären TSV Flacht, the VCW conceded a 1:3 defeat at home against Aachen in the cup quarter-finals. The league now continues in Suhl on November 28.
Out in the cup quarter-finals after 1:3 against Aachen
In the league, the VCW will now take a break until November 28 and the guest match in Suhl. But now the DVV Cup awaits. The VCW women hosted league rivals Aachen in the round of 16. And after the 1:3 (23:25, 25:21, 20:25, 22:25) - the second defeat in the still young season against Aachen - the cup competition is already over for the Wiesbaden Bundesliga team. Coach Tigin Yağlioğlu's team was only able to win the second set; the visitors prevailed relatively safely in all other rounds and the VCW lacked so much that evening to leave the court as winners. Rene Sain and Co. can now concentrate fully on the Bundesliga.
Guest performance in Suhl
The Wiesbaden Bundesliga volleyball players now have until the end of the month to get back into shape, as their next league match is not until Friday, November 28. The VCW will then travel to VfB Suhl Lotto Thüringen at 7 pm.
Double (home) matchday: 3:2 against Erfurt, 3:0 against Binder Blaubären TSV Flacht
On the fifth matchday, the women of VCW head coach Tigin Yağlioğlu had no trouble with league newcomers Binder Blaubären TSV Flacht in the women's first volleyball Bundesliga match. The score was 3:0 (25:11, 25:9 and 25:19) after just under an hour of play. Although the 1,263 fans saw a one-sided match, they were delighted with the VCW's commanding performance. Wiesbaden's Sanne Konijnenberg was the best player on the night. The VCW has nine points after five games and is within striking distance of the top teams in the Bundesliga.
After the clear 0:3 defeat in Dresden, a double (home) matchday awaits the VCW. In the first game, the VCW managed to beat Schwarz-Weiß Erfurt in the end, but almost let the game slip from their grasp in a 3:2 win (25:22, 25:22, 18:25, 11:25, 15:13) after leading 2:0. Particularly in the third and especially in the fourth set, the Wiesbaden team was unable to match the level of play of the first two rounds and let a seemingly certain victory slip from their grasp and now have to be satisfied with just two points after the narrow victory in the tie-break.
VCW squad for the 2025/2026 season
- Outside attack: Dagmar Boom, Pleun van der Pijl (both Netherlands), Cayetana López Rey (Spain), Jovana Dordević (Serbia / Germany)
- Diagonal: Jimena Fernández Gayoso (Spain)
- Middle block: Laura Broekstra, Hannah Clayton (USA), Marlene Rieger (Germany)
- Set: Sanne Konijnenberg (Netherlands), Hanna Weinmann (Germany)
- Libera: Rene Sain (Croatia)
Teams 2025/26
In addition to the VCW, the following teams will be in the Bundesliga 1 in the 2025/26 season: Ladies in Black Aachen, Skurios Volleys Borken (promoted), Dresdner SC, Schwarz-Weiß Erfurt, Binder Blaubären TSV Flacht (promoted), SC Potsdam (withdrawn from the league), VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen, USC Münster, Allianz MTV Stuttgart, SSC Palmberg Schwerin and ETV Hamburger Volksbank Volleys (promoted). Potsdam returned its license during the summer.
