Poland's boys emulate girls to qualify for final round

Poland’s boys qualified on Sunday for the final round of the 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship scheduled for April 12-21 in Laktasi (BIH) and Beograd (SRB) after edging Israel in straight sets (25-9, 25-15, and 25-11) to claim their fourth consecutive win in Nitra. In another crucial game Bulgaria beat the home guys of Slovakia 3:2 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, and 16-14) to move up to second in the standings and is only one step away from making it to the final round as well.

Poland’s boys qualified on Sunday for the final round of the 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship scheduled for April 12-21 in Laktasi (BIH) and Beograd (SRB) after edging Israel in straight sets (25-9, 25-15, and 25-11) to claim their fourth consecutive win in Nitra. In another crucial game Bulgaria beat the home guys of Slovakia 3:2 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, and 16-14) to move up to second in the standings and is only one step away from making it to the final round as well.

In the last match of the session Poland beat Israel easy in straight sets and booked a ticket to the final round. “I am happy that we have reached our goal. We played good today and I used also players from bench in the second part of the match. It was an easy victory for us today” said the head coach of team Poland Wieslaw Czaja. “I think Poland is one of the five best teams in Europe. We are not at this level and we have not the players who can reach this. They beat us by serving and attacking really well. We have our last match against Portugal and it is much more important for us. It is not easy to accept such a big defeat, but that’s sport. I wish all the best to the Polish team” added the mentor of team Israel Jacob Herchko. Poland’s Jan Fornal was the best scorer of the match with 14 points.