Spain, Finland & Czech Republic Sweep Opponents In Pool F Of Day 2

  0 Carly DeMarque | May 26th, 2017 | European volleyball, International Volleyball, News

2018 FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – MEN’S EUROPEAN QUALIFIER

In Pool F, all matches were settled by sweeps, as Finland, the Czech Republic and Spain all came out on top of day two of the 2018 FIVB World Championship Men’s European Qualifier.

Finland def. Northern Ireland

  • 3-0 (25-8, 25-8, 25-9)

Finland had no problems taking down Northern Ireland in three-sets on day two of the Men’s European Qualifier. The match took under one hour to complete with the Irish squad not scoring more than nine points the entire match.

Niklas Seppanen led the Finnish team with 14 points, 11 of which were kills, while also adding two aces and a block.

The Czech Republic def. Sweden

  • 3-0, (25-19, 25-16, 25-20)

The Czech team flew through Sweden in three sets on day two of the European qualifiers. Each set of the match took exactly 24 minutes to complete with the Czech not having to fear a loss in any of the sets.

Leading the Czech was Donovan Dzavoronok with 16 points including 10 kills, three aces and three blocks.

Spain def. Cyprus

  • 3-0, (25-17, 25-14, 25-22)

After a tough test with Sweden on day one, the Spaniards had no troubles taking down Cyprus on day two.

Leading the pack in points was Spain’s Andres J. Villena with 16 points – 15 of which were kills.

Standings – After Day Two

Matches W L Pts.
FINLAND
3 3 0 9
CZECH REPUBLIC
2 2 0 6
SPAIN
2 2 0 5
CYPRUS
3 1 2 3
SWEDEN
3 0 3 1
NORTHERN IRELAND
3 0 3 0

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Carly DeMarque

Carly DeMarque has been involved with competitive volleyball for the majority of her life, playing competitively at the club and collegiate level for 15 years and coaching club for five. Now a retired Division I volleyball athlete out of McNeese State University, she continues her volleyball enthusiasm by stepping back into …

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