Greece Hits 72% As A Team As #EuroVolleyM Qualifiers Reach Mid Point

2019 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT – MEN

• August 15th, 2018-January 9th, 2019
• Home-and-home, double round robin
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Teams have reached the midway point of the 2019 CEV Volleyball European Championship qualifiers. The seven men’s pool are starting to take shape. Who will advance and who’ll have to stay home? Here is the day’s recap:

• Finland vs. Romania 2-3 (18-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-18, 6-15) – Pool A
• Estonia vs. Israel 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-15) – Pool B
• Slovakia vs. Republic of Moldova 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-16) – Pool C
• Montenegro vs Iceland 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-15) – Pool C
• Portugal vs. Austria 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-17) – Pool D
• Croatia vs. Albania 3-1 (25-15, 25-21, 19-25, 25-14) – Pool D
• Spain vs. Norway 3-1 (25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 25-19) – Pool E
• Belarus vs. Georgia 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-12) – Pool E
• Ukraine vs. Hungary 3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 25-19) – Pool F
• Former Y.R. of Macedonia vs. Switzerland 2-3 (25-21, 21-25, 23-25, 25-19, 12-15) – Pool F
• Greece vs. Azerbaijan 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-13) – Pool G
• Sweden vs. Luxembourg 3-1 (22-25, 25-14, 25-17, 25-14) – Pool G

Stats of the Day

• Macedonia’s Nikola Gjorgiev led the day’s scorers with 40 points on 54% (37/68) hitting.
• Slovakia’s Peter Michalovic had 6 aces.
• Switzerland’s Thomas Brandli and Spain’s Fernandez Vacalcarcel had 5 blocks each.

Quote of the Day

Greece swept Azerbaijan to maintain an absolutely perfect record after three matches in Pool G. It hit an astonishing 72% from the field (48/67) while holding Azerbaijan to a 33% (22/66) effort. The total dominance in which is presenting itself over its pool opponent got into Georgios Petreas, Greece’s captain, head:

“The level of our team is shown in every game. We are a lot better than the other three teams in our pool. We did not suddenly become a super team, but we are now showing what we are capable of.”

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