Germany - VBL 1. Bundesliga 2023/24

Wow, I'm surprised but also happy to see Britte is often voted MVP! The MB competition is tough for NT with many young(er) talents, but it will be helpful for her to have a starting spot each match and have such an important contribution for her team and Pauline Martin with many points as well, get that Belgium NT starting Opp spot, girl!

Is Kayla Haneline actually injured? She wasn't in Borken today. But I haven't read anything official yet.

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Is Kayla Haneline actually injured? She wasn't in Borken today. But I haven't read anything official yet.

Maybe a flu? Stuttgart can use any 2 of 3 middles against Oythe, all of them are too much for the amateurs...

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Stats of Oythe-Schwerin and Borken-Stuttgart have been uploaded now. Grozer with 12/16 in attack is impressive even against a 2nd league team

But Michelle Schwerdtners reception against Borken was terrifying. I often criticize Koskelo, but that was nothing from Schwerdtner yesterday

The quarter-final games in the cup are:

Dresden-Suhl

Potsdam-Wiesbaden

Vilsbiburg-Schwerin

Aachen-Stuttgart

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The quarter-final games in the cup are:

Dresden-Suhl

Potsdam-Wiesbaden

Vilsbiburg-Schwerin

Aachen-Stuttgart

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Easy draw for Stuttgart, but on the road. The other three are much more close, you can't be sure, that Dresden, Potsdam and Schwerin will all win.

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Easy draw for Stuttgart, but on the road. The other three are much more close, you can't be sure, that Dresden, Potsdam and Schwerin will all win.

And three days after the cup game (22.11), there is the Bundesliga game between Aachen-Stuttgart

And four days before the cup game, there is the Bundesliga game between Vilsbiburg-Schwerin.

And this Saturday Dresden-Suhl will play against each other in the Bundesliga

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Maybe a flu? Stuttgart can use any 2 of 3 middles against Oythe, all of them are too much for the amateurs...

Kayla Haneline has back problems. That was just said in the stream on sportdeutschland.tv

To this day I still don't know what Stuttgart wanted to achieve by signing Ivana Vanjak? When she is fit again at some point, she will first need match practice. She had her last game in May 2022. I can't imagine that she can really help Stuttgart this season

Potsdam delivered for VBL in Lodz, won in three sets.

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To this day I still don't know what Stuttgart wanted to achieve by signing Ivana Vanjak? When she is fit again at some point, she will first need match practice. She had her last game in May 2022. I can't imagine that she can really help Stuttgart this season

She is a German National Player listed in the roster of Stuttgart. Achievement unlocked

This week the European season began for the German teams, with the exception of SSC Palmberg Schwerin. The German teams were able to achieve the following results:

Champions League

• Grot Budowlani Łódź vs. SC Potsdam 0:3 (21:25, 18:25, 24:26)
• PGE Rysice Rzeszów vs. Allianz MTV Stuttgart 3:2 (23:25, 26:24, 17:25, 25:23, 15:12)

CEV Cup

• CV Gran Canaria vs. Dresdner SC 0:3 (23:25, 21:25, 30:32)

Challenge Cup

• Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare vs. VC Wiesbaden 1:3 (22:25, 25:15, 23:25, 16:25)

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TV match today 18:00 CET Neuwied vs Stuttgart stream

Stuttgart will probably play with their bench and still win without any trouble, this TV match certainly won't be good advertisement for volleyball

Yes, I fear too, that Stuttgart will clobber Neuwied to no end today, a TV suitable hall chosen for this match does not help much - it might make it even easier for Stuttgart because rule confirming.

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Stuttgart will probably play with their bench and still win without any trouble

So far Stuttgart has been very weak.

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[...], this TV match certainly won't be good advertisement for volleyball

I see it completely differently. Would I have preferred to watch the Saxon-Thuringian derby on TV today? Definitely yes. But in principle there was also the possibility that this would have been shown in the second half of the season, especially if you look at the other games on the match day. But that won't happen because Suhl doesn't want to have a home TV game and that's exactly what I see as no advertising for the sport of volleyball. The fact that the spectators don't come into the hall for a TV match is not due to the TV broadcast, but rather because the spectators in the hall are not offered enough of what the TV broadcast does not offer. So from my point of view the fault lies with the Suhl club and they should do their homework.

Just 600 spectators in Koblenz for the Neuwied-Stuttgart game.

Alexis Hart isn't even allowed to play against Neuwied. Michelle Schwerdtner was also only allowed to play from the middle of the 3rd set.