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Host countries: Italy, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Israel
The full program is here
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Group A (Italy): Italy, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Switzerland, Serbia
Group B (Bulgaria): Bulgaria, Spain, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, Croatia
Group C (North Macedonia) North Macedonia, Denmark, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic.
Group D (Israel) : Israel, France, Greece, Türkiye, Romania, Portugal
The first 4 countries from each group advance to 1/8th place
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French choice 🇫🇷
Free player: Zhenya Grebennikov (Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia)
The Settlers: Benjamin Toniotti (Jastrzybski Weigel, Poland), Antoine Brizzard (Piacenza, Eta)
Sharp: Jan Butry (Jastrzybski Vigil, Poland), Stephen Boyer (Rzeszow, Poland).
Forwards: Kevin Tiley (Warsaw, Poland), Trevor Clevino (Zauwerci, Poland), Yacine Luati (Rzeszow, Poland), Timothy Karl (Berlin, Germany), Irvin Ngapeth (Hulkbank Ankara, Turkey).
Midfielders: Quentin Joffroy (Le Plessis Robinson, France), Daryl Poltour (Saint-Jean Delac, France), Barthelemy Cheninez (Loupe Civitanova, Italy), Nicolas Le Goff (Montpellier, France).
Coaching staff: Andrea Gianni (coach), Roberto Ciamara (assistant coach), Loic Geller (assistant coach), Pascal Fossard (manager), Jocelyn Lafond (doctor), Sebastien Villau and Romain Rollet (physiotherapists), Laurent Lesina (physical coach) ). Paolo Peroni and Valentin Roto (statisticians)
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Watch the live broadcast on YouTube here
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Monday 28 August
Belgium vs Italy: 0-3
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Tuesday 29 August
Spain vs Bulgaria: 3-1
Greece vs. Israel: 2-3
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Wed 30 Aug
Germany Against Estonia: 3-0
Serbia Against Switzerland: 3-0
Slovenia Against Ukraine: 3-1
Finland Against Croatia: 3-0
Macedonia Against Denmark: 3-1
Romania vs. Portugal : 0-3
France vs Türkiye: 3-0 (25-20, 30-28, 27-25)
The French men’s team negotiated their EuroVolley debut well on Wednesday in Tel Aviv by fielding a fine team from Turkey in three sets. This success launches the Blues well into the Euros where they have great ambitions.
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Thursday 31st August
Serbia Against Belgium: 3-1
Estonia vs. Italy : 0-3
Ukraine vs. Croatia : 2-3
Finland Against Bulgaria: 3-0
Montenegro vs. Holland : 0-3
Poland Against the Czech Republic: 3-0
Romania vs. Israel : 2-3
France Against Portugal: 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-19, 25-17).
Reactions: Timothy Karl, receiver/forward
“We’re very happy, and the goal for us is to get back-to-back wins. We knew it was going to be difficult today and we had to conserve energy, which isn’t always easy when you’re in a series of matches, but I think we’ve done a good job”. Good job as a team.
I’m very happy that I was able to come back, spend some time playing and doing what is expected of me offensively in these moments.
Everyone who entered knew how to bring energy, between Steve (Boyer), Totti (Benjamin Tognotti) and me. It’s important to count on the 14 players, because the competition is long and we go from game to game.
We’ll play Israel on Saturday, it’s a team we don’t know much about although we watched their game yesterday, and I hope there’s a good atmosphere in the room. We know that we will have to give everything we have because we want to finish first in our group.”
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Friday 1st September
Germany Against Switzerland: 3-0
Serbia vs. Italy : 0-3
Finland vs. Slovenia : 0-3
Croatia Against Spain: 3-0
Netherlands vs. Poland: 1-3
Denmark vs. Czech Republic : 1-3
Romania Against Türkiye: 3-2
Portugal vs. Greece: 2-3
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Saturday, September 2nd
Slovenia Against Spain: 3-0
Bulgaria Against Ukraine: 3-1
Holland Against the Czech Republic: 3-0
Macedonia Against Montenegro: 3-0
Türkiye Against Greece: 3-1
Israel vs. France : 0-3 (21-25, 27-29, 17-25)
Loic Geller, Assistant Coach:
“We’ve tried to give playing time to players who have a bit of time to put them into the rhythm of the competition, particularly Irvin who was able to get up to speed in a real game, sure after four months not playing, it’s good.” not easy.
One point of relief is that this is the first match in which we serve well, but they were surprising with this, as they received very well, at least in the first two sets, which allowed them to get a good level. From the side outward and stay not far from us.
At the end of the second set, we were a bit too wide and not as coldly effective, so we opened the door to a bit of a nuisance, but the players reacted well by tightening the screw, and in the third set, it was a little bit easier.
Now, we’ll just have to switch to cold efficiency mode to prepare for the upcoming cleaver matches. We’ll have to change the style of play a bit, but the team is building pressure well, and it’s good to see Irvin on the field and to be able to rotate.”
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