2015 European Championships - Netherlands and Belgium

Maja is a master of making block free sets

Some of Nikolic's spikes in this set reminded me of her best days.

Courtois getting shaky in reception

I love how all QF matches are very close and hard-fought, it proves how tight the level of European top 8 is together...

Amazing atmosphere in Rotterdam

Quote from Sisko95

Aelbrecht's celebrations are so annoying. She thinks Belgium have won the Olympics after every point

Agreed. She's like a clown on the court, can't stand her...

If I were one of the belgian players, I would appreciate for having Aelbrecht as my teammate, she's a living energy giver on court right there

Congrats NED. Good luck

Great confusion for Belgium now...

Anyway great contribution from the MBs and Van Hecke but the OH are missing.. Maja is starting with her game and the game is going on serbians way!

Another great game by Dutch team, I wish them the best of luck for the remaining matches and hope they take a medal, preferably a golden one

I want a NED-SER final, but I also want to watch NED plays with RUS, it'd be fun to watch.

Big congrats to the dutch team Great team plays, team spirit, hope they keep them all.
No losses yet for them. Poland, Slovenia, Italy and Poland. Next - Turkey

Good work Netherlands! They still did not play against a serious team. Italy does not count because they are not in this best shape, especially OHs. Game against Turkey will be a good benchmark to see what level Netherlands really is. Compared to Italy, Turkey has slower middles in blocking, worse reception, but noone short at the net. If Turkey serves well and plays like they did against Belgium, Netherlands will need a second plan.

Quote from saishuu

I freaking love Aelbrecht. At least I've never seen her being offensive with her celebrations, she's just super hyper all the time on court. It must be great to have her around wherever she plays.

I agree. Her celebrations are really cheerful and full of energy, and I don't find them offensive at all.. unlike Adenizia for example

Btw Turkey - Netherlands final will include a lot of players playing in Turkish league, especially in Vakifbank next season: Sloetjes, Buijs, Robin, Gözde, Kubra, Naz (almost their starting 6!).

Since Malesevic came back on: 12 points Serbia, 3 Belgium

Mihajlovic's game is insane!

Aelbrecht so sweet.

Congrats also to Holland and Serbia.
Holland is the team that is playing the best game so far, let's see what they can do in these matches that now are really counting.
Serbia woke up from the end of the second set on and Belgium couldn't handle it. Boskovic and Mihajlovic started hitting hard. At the beginning of the 4th Nikolic screwed up the reception, Malesevic in and Serbia dominated it

Serbia might not play exactly as good as in WC, but still damn good.

Semifinals are wide open, but personally I hope for a SRB-NED final.

5th-8th places are determined by the QF losers' results altogether, right? Because then Germany should be 5th, they had 6 points in preliminaries, a 3:0 in playoff and a 2:3 in QF, while all other QF losers lost 1:3 and none of them had more points in preliminaries than Germany. It is important because 5th ranked is directly qualified for next ECH.