Youth European Championships 2009

ı know it is hard to make a prediction about which team will play in final, but ı guess turkey wıll play at least semi finals

Where was the last time Poland didn't participate in this tournament? I don't remember

Selection of Holland:

Nr. Naam Geb.datum Lengte Club
1 Kirsten Knip 14-09-1992 1.73 m. HAN Volleybal
2 Kathy Bonsen 09-05-1992 1.86 m. Halley
3 Celia Diemkoudre 30-07-1992 1.80 m. Dynamo
4 Samanta Jimenez 01-04-1993 1.73 m. HAN Volleybal
5 Inge Molendijk 09-12-1992 1.87 m. HAN Volleybal
6 Floor van den Nieuwenhoff 28-09-1992 1.71 m. VC Sarto
7 Carlijn Oosterlaken 22-05-1992 1.85 m. HAN Volleybal
8 Ilse Oude Luttikhuis 19-06-1992 1.85 m. HAN Volleybal
9 Kirsten Oude Luttikhuis 19-06-1992 1.85 m. HAN Volleybal
10 Tess von Piekartz 24-07-1992 1.72 m. Set-Up’65
11 Lea van Rooijen 21-01-1994 1.86 m. Taurus
12 Jessica Smit 22-05-1993 1.85 m. HAN Volleybal
13 Nienke Snelting 16-03-1993 1.89 m. HAN Volleybal
14 Lisette Stindt 04-10-1992 1.80 m. Dynamo
15 Lynn Thijssen 22-08-1992 1.88 m. HAN Volleybal
16 Ester de Vries 26-02-1992 1.83 m. HAN Volleybal
17 Rosalie van Wijnen 30-03-1992 1.74 m. VC Sneek
18 Celine Keijsers 27-12-1994 1.90 m. Peelpush
19 Moniek Jansen 26-08-1992 1.90 m. Longa ‘59
20 Esther Cramer 22-06-1994 1.78 m. Peelpush

I'm gonna see the finale day,hopefully with Holland in the final game

Very disappointing performance from Russia and Holland. On the other hand, Italy and Serbia are likely going to play for the gold medal match.
Italy has improved their height with a couple of players above 2.00m...... impressive

I've watched some matches on http://www.volleybal.tv and I must say I am quite shocked by the technical level of almost all teams I've seen. On the other hand all those girls show great fighting spirit, so there are many long rallies.

Serbia-Slovakia 3:2. Serbia in the finals against Belgium.

Somewhat unexpected results. Hopefully this means there are new nations emerging in European volleyball.

I'm very glad that Serbia is doing consistently well on youth level, but if the stats are to believed, we have yet another generation that is incapable of receiving serve.

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Somewhat unexpected results. Hopefully this means there are new nations emerging in European volleyball.

I'm very glad that Serbia is doing consistently well on youth level, but if the stats are to believed, we have yet another generation that is incapable of receiving serve.

On this level the "big" nations of European volley almost never have big success, e.g. Russia, Netherlands, Poland; and the teams who play well on this level, e.g. Belgium, often don't succeed in transferring that success to senior level.

And concerning reception, absolutely ALL teams which I have watched suck big time in reception!!!

Well, yeah, I realize it it's too much to hope that Slovakia or Belgium will become new powerhouses of volleyball, but perhaps it will lead to at least somewhat more competitive competitions in the future, if they keep improving. But that's a big if.

Talking about reception, Serbia had 19 aces against Greece (in a straightforward 3-set match). I shudder to think what was going on in that match and how it looked like.

Yesterday, Belgian Opp Lise van Hecke alone had 11 (!!!) aces in 3 sets, and more than 30 points in total against Ukraine

I think van Hecke should also have won best server award, but then 4 awards for one player would probably be a little too much
She is really a very promising player, I hope she can keep it up and develop further!

Interesting. I'm curious of these Belgian girls future. As it was said above, Belgium won't be rather a real power now, but may to make some changes in European wide top in the future.