Poland better than Slovakia

Poland and Bulgaria will both play in the final round of this year’s CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Boys scheduled for April 12-21 in Laktasi (BIH) and Beograd (SRB). In the last day of the qualification tournament held in Nitra Poland beat the home guys of Slovakia at the end of a real drama (3:2; 22-25, 25-16, 20-25, 25-20, and 15-6) while Bulgaria edged England in straight sets (25-16, 25-8, and 25-17) to finish in second place and claim the second ticket available for joining the final round.

Poland and Bulgaria will both play in the final round of this year’s CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Boys scheduled for April 12-21 in Laktasi (BIH) and Beograd (SRB). In the last day of the qualification tournament held in Nitra Poland beat the home guys of Slovakia at the end of a real drama (3:2; 22-25, 25-16, 20-25, 25-20, and 15-6) while Bulgaria edged England in straight sets (25-16, 25-8, and 25-17) to finish in second place and claim the second ticket available for joining the final round.   

In the last match the home heroes of Slovakia knew they needed to beat Poland to make it to the final round of the Championship. Slovakia started out very good and lead 2:1 after the first three sets. However, the Polish guys turned the match around and finally claimed the deciding tie-break with the terrific score of 15-6. The crowd in Nitra and also the home players were disappointed because the local guys were really close to reach their goal. “It was a difficult match but I am happy that we won and finished first in the group” said the head coach of team Poland Wieslaw Czaja. “Of course we are disappointed, because our goal was to finish first or second and get a place for the final round. We played very good Volleyball in Nitra especially in the last match against Poland. Our guys played well, but we are sad” concluded the head coach of team Slovakia Miroslav Palgut.