Belgium Dazzles Fans With Impressive Win – Euro-W Qualifiers

2019 European Championship Final Qualifying Tournament – WOMEN

• August 15th, 2018-January 9th, 2019
• Home-and-home, double round robin
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• Leg 1 – Leg 2-1

Eight games of play rounded up the second leg of the the 2019 W European Championship Qualifiers. As was expected, Belgium, Croatia, Ukraine, and France plowed through its competition, including a 25-6 set Belgium set against Israel. This is the kind of unexpected result that one would only see in this unusual kind of qualifier. Here is the day’s recap:

• Israel vs. Belgium 0-3 (11-25, 6-25, 11-25) – Pool A
• Iceland vs. Slovenia 0-3 (18-25, 16-25, 13-25) – Pool A
• Switzerland vs. Croatia 1-3 (25-22, 23-25, 21-25, 13-25) – Pool B
• Albania vs. Austria 0-3 (21-25, 16-25, 14-25) – Pool B
• Montenegro vs. Ukraine 0-3 (18-25, 14-25, 17-25) – Pool C
• Portugal vs. France 0-3 (24-26, 18-25, 12-25) – Pool D
• Sweden vs. Estonia 1-3 (23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 17-25) – Pool E
• Spain vs. Romania 0-3 (21-25, 23-25, 13-25) – Pool F

Stats of the Day

• Sweden’s Isabelle Haak led all of the day’s scorers with 26 points on 40% hitting. She also scored the most aces of the day, with 6.
• Ukraine’s Diana Karpets led all of the day’s performers in blocks with 7 stuffs.

Star Watch

• Scandicci’s Isabelle Haak had 26 points on 40% hitting.
• Conegliano’s Samanta Fabris scored 19 points on 40% hitting.
• Novara’s Erblira Bici had 13 points on 26% hitting

Quote of the Day

Belgium, ranked 13th in the world, wiped the floor with Israel, ranked 35th, in a game that had a 25-6 set. According to the Belgian coach, Ger Vande Broek, this had nothing to do with the lack of parity between the teams, but only with his team’s superb play:

“Israel wasn’t week, we just played excellent. Now the challenge is to keep the level high.”

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