CEV Men’s European Championship 2019 - hosts France, Slovenia, Belgium and the Netherlands

    I want to start the discussion about streams, available channels, and TV rights in advance in order to avoid confusion once the tournament starts. And I am deliberately putting this here so people can read it if they visit the thread looking for info at any time.


    How's the experience so far been for the female ECH? Do we know who and what will be shown where for the men's event? Do we need the EuroVolleyTV subscription or are there tons of geo-blocked countries again and we'll have to rely on some poor-quality online streams? Will we get access to full-length matches on demand?


    For instance, just out of curiosity, I checked that today's match between Serbia and Bulgaria in the female event won't be shown on EuroVolleyTV either in Bulgaria or in Germany (where I will have to try and find some Sport1+ exclusive stream). Do we already know the list of blocked countries for the men's ECH and is it going to be valid for all matches?


    Any info and personal experience are welcome! Also, the same concerning the coverage by RAI, Polsat, and the likes.

    So just curious, who's the favorite going into the competition? Russia is very convincing since their VNL win last July, also Poland is now on another level with Leon. I think those two teams are a cut above the rest. What do you guys think?

    Leon (and I think Heynen as well) said that their goal is gold. I think Poland might be very strong during this competition.


    Also I won’t be surprised if Kurek will be back there as he is training normally with the team already.

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    Leon (and I think Heynen as well) said that their goal is gold. I think Poland might be very strong during this competition.


    Also I won’t be surprised if Kurek will be back there as he is training normally with the team already.

    I think the draw will let Russia and Poland meet in SF which is a bummer, let's see how well Leon adapts to his new team

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    I think the draw will let Russia and Poland meet in SF which is a bummer, let's see how well Leon adapts to his new team

    Correct, if Poland and Russia will win their groups, then they will meet in semis. Poland or Russia will have to be at 3rd or 4th place in their group to avoid themselves.

    Bulgaria - Greece 3-0

    Turkey - Russia 0-3

    Portugal - Italy 0-3

    Finland - Macedonia 3-0

    Slovenia - Belarus 3-1

    France - Romania 3-0

    Rep Ceka - Ukraina 3-2

    Serbia - Germany 3-1

    Estonia - Poland 0-3

    Netherland - Montenegro 3-0


    My prediction and yours?

    Some recently announced final rosters:


    Russia


    S: Kobzar, Butko

    OPP: Mikhaylov, Poletaev

    OH: VOlkov, Klyuka, Semishev, Karpukhov

    MB: Kurkaev, Muserskiy, Volvich, Yakovlev

    L: Golubev, Andreev


    Serbia


    S: Jovovic, Todorovic

    OPP: Atanasijevic, Luburic

    OH: U. Kovacevic, Petric, Ivovic, Cirovic

    MB: Okolic, Podrascanin, Lisinac, Krsmanovic

    L: Majstorovic, Pekovic


    Finland


    S: Tervaportti, Lankinen, Ivanov

    OPP: Sivula, Kaislasalo

    OH: Siltala, Krastins, Ronkainen, Suihkonen

    MB: Siirila, Sinkkonen, Kaurto, Porkka

    L: Kerminen


    Montenegro


    S: Strugar, Radonic

    OPP: Minic, Culafic

    OH: Cacic, Bojic, Vukasinovic, B. Cuk, Perunicic

    MB: G. Cuk, Jecmenica, Babic, Milic

    L: Lakcevic


    Bulgaria


    S: Seganov, Dimitrov

    OPP: Sokolov, Kadankov

    OH: Skrimov, Atanasov, N. Penchev, G. Petrov

    MB: Yosifoc, Gotsev, A. Grozdanov, Todorov

    L: Salparov, Karakashev

    Just realized, Russia will be in Pool C together with Finland. I wonder how Sammelvuo feels competing against his previous team which he was at the helm as head coach just last year during WCH.. I wonder if the Finn players feel betrayed by this ;)

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    Not so many users was interested in men's Olympics qualifications so I thought that men's volleyball is less popular here... but if you would like to...

    Yeah we should get the discussion going as I feel men's volleyball is more enjoyable to discuss s w/o the toxic drama some users have over on the women's side :lol:

    Polish roster:

    S: Fabian Drzyzga, Marcin Komenda.

    OH: Michał Kubiak, Wilfredo Leon, Artur Szalpuk, Aleksander Śliwka.

    Opp: Dawid Konarski, Maciej Muzaj.

    MB: Mateusz Bieniek, Karol Kłos, Jakub Kochanowski, Piotr Nowakowski.

    L: Damian Wojtaszek, Paweł Zatorski.

    Kurek injured yet ?

    Germany


    S: Kampa, Zimmermann

    OPP: Grozer, Hirsch

    OH: Kaliberda, Fromm, M. Karlitzek, Reichert, Schott

    MB: Bohme, Krick, Baxpohler, Brehme

    L: Zenger


    Spain


    S: Trinidad, De Amo

    OPP: Colito, Villena

    OH: V. Rodriguez, Ramon, J. M. Gonzalez, Ferrandez, Ferrera

    MB: Vigil, Fernandez, Fornes

    L: Piris, Gamiz


    Greece


    S: Filippov, Stivachtis

    OPP: Zoupani, Papadopoulos

    OH: Protopsaltis, Raptis, Koumentakis, Fragkos

    MB: Pelekoudas, Petreas, Voulkidis, Papalexiou

    L: Kokkinakis, Zisis


    Czech Republic


    S: Janouch, P. Bartos

    OPP: Hadrava, Finger

    OH: Dzavoronok, Galabov, A. Bartos, Janku

    MB: Zajicek, Patocka, Sobotka, Sedlacek

    L: Monik, Kunc


    I find it ridiculous that I have to search on each federation's page or make individual searches in order to find specific rosters... The final lists haven't been published anywhere. At least not to my knowledge.

    Italy


    S: Giannelli, Sbertoli

    OPP: Zaytsev, Nelli

    OH: Juantorena, Lanza, Lavia, Antonov

    MB: Candellaro, Piano, Russo, Anzani

    L: Balaso, Colaci


    France


    S: Toniutti, Brizard

    OPP: Patry, Boyer

    OH: Tillie, Lyneel, Ngapeth, Clevenot, T. Rossard

    MB: Le Roux, Le Goff, Bultor, Chinenyeze

    L: Grebennikov


    Portugal


    S: Violas, Tavares

    OPP: M. Ferreira, B. Cunha

    OH: A. Ferreira, Simoes, L. Martins

    MB: Teixeira, Cveticanin, P. Martins, Menezes, M. Cunha

    L: Fidalgo, Alvar


    Romania


    S: Dumitru, Bartha

    OPP: Matei, Lica

    OH: Aciobanitei, Bala, Suson, Balean

    MB: Mihalcea, Gheorghita, Olteanu, Spinu

    L: Cristudor, Kantor


    Slovenia


    S: Vincic, Ropret

    OPP: T. Stern, Gasparini

    OH: Sket, Z. Stern, Urnaut, Cebulj

    MB: Pajenk, Kozamernik, Stalekar, Videcnik

    L: Klobucar, Kovacic


    North Macedonia


    S: G. Gjorgiev, Despotovski

    OPP: N. Gjorgiev

    OH: Milev, Ljaftov, Milkov, Iliev, Mihaylov

    MB: Nikolov, Nakov, Andonov, Madjunkov

    L: Angelovski, Nikolovski


    Turkey


    S: Keskin, Eksi

    OPP: Lagumdzija, Toy

    OH: Avci, Gungor, Gulmezoglu, Unver

    MB: Savas, Karasu, Gunes, Ulu

    L: Mert, Done


    Belarus


    S: Tsiushkevich, Kurash

    OPP: Miskevich, Charapovich, Udrys

    OH: Radziuk, Antanovich, Kuklinski,

    MB: Busel, Shmat, Burau, Marozau

    L: Zabarouski, Aplevich


    Some more rosters thanks to volleyball.it.

    Ukraine


    S: Kovalchuk, Didenko

    OPP: Viietskyi, Tomin

    OH: Plotnytskyi, Iereshchenko, Shevchenko, Poluian

    MB: Drozd, Semeniuk, Teremenko, Hladenko

    L: Fomin, Brova


    Slovakia


    S: Zatko, Palgut

    OPP: Michalovic, Gavenda

    OH: Patak, Krisko, Lux, Firkal

    MB: Ondrovic, Krajcovic, Kovac, Macuha

    L: Vitko, Ihnat


    Belgium


    S: D'Hulst, Cosemans, Valkiers

    OPP: Van Den Dries, Tuerlinckx

    OH: Deroo, Grobelny, Rousseaux, Baetens

    MB: Van de Velde, Van De Voorde, Coolman

    L: Stuer, Ribbens


    Austria


    S: Thaller, Tusch

    OPP: Zass, Trothann

    OH: Berger, Ibrahimovic, Kronthaler, Landfahrer, Menner

    MB: Wohlfahrtstatter, Grabmuller, Jurkovics

    L: Kroiss, Ringseis


    The Netherlands


    S: Keemink, van Solkema

    OPP: Abdel-Aziz, Hoogendoorn, ter Maat

    OH: van Garderen, Gommans, ter Horst, Jorna

    MB: Plak, van der Ent, Parkinson

    L: Andringa, Dronkers


    Estonia


    S: K. Toobal, Keel

    OPP: Teppan, Pulk

    OH: Raadik, Kollo, Taht, Juhkami, Tamme

    MB: Kreek, Tammemaa, Aganits

    L: Maar, Rikberg

    From Turkey's roster, burutay subaşı is excluded because of his injury.


    Also Yasin Aydın, Oğulcan Yaygın, Çağatay Durmaz and Ertuğrul Gazi are out. They are replaced by Burak Güngör, Selçuk Keskin, Vahit Emre Savaş and Faik Samet Gunes.


    Having such an experienced setter like Selçuk might upgrade the team. Also Vahit and Faik iş a better mb duo than our previous ones. I hope they can reach quarter finals 🙏