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?
CEV Men’s European Championship 2019 - hosts France, Slovenia, Belgium and the Netherlands
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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.
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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.
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Prediction game?
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Prediction game?
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...
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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?
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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
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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
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I'm so sad I probably won't have time to watch this tournament.
So many good teams. I have favourite players almost from every team.
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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.
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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 ?
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Kurek injured yet ?
He started to train already, but probably he is out of shape yet. Maybe he will get chance to play at World Cup.
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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.
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He started to train already, but probably he is out of shape yet. Maybe he will get chance to play at World Cup.
Kurek won't play because he was not in wide roster, this is the only reason. Now he goes to Monza to train with his club and he will play at World Cup:
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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.
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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
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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 🙏
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Austria without Bucchegger. Zass played great in qualification to Ech, but against teams with good block he will have difficulty