Borken announced that Yina Liu will not play for them this season. The medical exams raised questions about whether she could play a full season, so the club decided not to sign her eventually. This means they need another setter surprisingly.
The health issues that led to the termination of her contract with Skurios Volleys Borken have now also caused Yina Liu to end her career (for the time being).
Slovakia and Slovenia played two friendly matches the day before yesterday and yesterday. These were their fifth and sixth encounters of the year. Unsurprisingly, the Slovenian team won the first match decisively 3–0, though Slovakia won the additional set that was played. The second match ended in a 2–2 draw. The Slovak side has provided the following details regarding the matches:
The correct source is the article of Bergamo itself about the season opening.
It states: "E un applauso speciale è arrivato con l’annuncio dell’imminente arrivo a Bergamo della schiacciatrice tedesca Lena Stigrot, che andrà a completare il roster e resterà in forza a ChorusLife Volley Bergamo fino a novembre, quando si trasferirà nel Stati Uniti." (English: "A special round of applause greeted the announcement that German outside hitter Lena Stigrot will soon be arriving in Bergamo; she will complete the roster and remain with ChorusLife Volley Bergamo until November, when she moves to the United States.")
The signing stems from the fact that Adelina Ungureanu has a ligament injury.
The deal with Sporteurope.tv covers all matches. Therefore, all matches will be geo-blocked.
According to CEV documents, Russia and Belarus remain EEVZA members and the BVA also retains its direct qualification spot. This means that if Russia or Belarus were to win the tournament, they would secure the direct spot and also the best-performing BVA team in the tournament. Thus, for the time being, the situation does not appear to be permanent.
USC Münster is strengthening its coaching staff with Jürgen Wagner, who will serve as an individual coach. He is known for his success as a beach volleyball coach, having led both Brink/Reckermann and Ludwig/Walkenhorst to world championship title and Olympic gold. However, he has also achieved success as an indoor coach, guiding CJD Feuerbach (women) and Moerser SC (men) to German championship titles.
Link: USC Münster gewinnt Jürgen Wagner als Individualtrainer
The outside hitter position is actually set, too. After all, Isabel Martin isn't at the training camp, and it is at least questionable whether Iane Henke is there. I’m just going to assume that Kirchhoff isn’t an option for OH, so there only four OH's left..
Even though I’ve retracted my statement about Iane, a few details in the matchday roster are indeed interesting, as you rightly point out.
Isabel was only in Germany this year to show her boyfriend her home country. As far as I know, she never attended national team training, you’re right about that.
I would certainly be surprised if Franziska Heil were actually part of the European Championship preparations, because according to VCO Münster and the Westfälische Nachrichten, she is actually slated for the WEVZA U20 qualifiers.
That’s why I’d say let’s wait a few more days until the CEV actually updates its information, since today is the deadline, after all.
The team list includes everyone registered also for the qualification tournaments, so that's a VERY large list. The roster posted in the pages of the final round matches should be the valid ECH longlist.
That is correct, but we also not know on which basis the matchday list is shorted.
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I’m still cautious regarding Iane, as she is still registered for beach volleyball tournaments in Baden-Württemberg in the next weeks, during the preparations for the European Championship. Since my post has already been quoted: I am retracting that statement, as I believe I got the dates mixed up.
It's a bit odd that Timmer doesn't appear on the "matchday list" but is on the team list.
But nobody has claimed that so far, neither denzz nor I.
I’m not sure what your statements have to do with mine. I was simply correcting your claim that these were "test lists", because that isn't the case. In fact, the current FIVB lists were usually the ones published and if a player aren't on them, she can't play in the European Championship.
See “FIVB new Annual Long List rule” on Site 44 in the document. This is the section above the one you partially posted.
Exceptions are federations that have already trimmed their rosters to the standard longlist, such as Slovakia. Listed there are the 18 nominated players, whom I posted about earlier, along with the six reserve players.
It isn't a real test. Due to new FIVB regulations, a "long long" list had to be submitted by April 12, 2026. These lists have now been published.
Since Slovakia according to Slovak federation president Marek Rojko will most likely be a host as well, but will also host only one group, the two "larger" hosts are still being sought.
Since I don't speak Spanish, I could only use Google Translate, but doesn't the following sentence in the press release imply that Las Palmas will host only one group of the tournament?
QuoteLa Confederación Europea de Voleibol ha elegido a Las Palmas de Gran Canaria como sede de uno de los grupos de la fase final de la competición, alabando la calidad de la candidatura presentada por la RFEVB y las administraciones locales.
Maybe it's for weplayvolleyball. The shoe store. Don't they always shoot at Kienbaum
I would also guess that this is heading in the direction of an advertising shoot for WePlayVolleyball/Adidas, since Lina and Leana are the female faces of the jersey campaign and Hanna is a WePlayVolleyball brand ambassador.
It’s funny that you mention Hanna Orthmann, because she also posted a story from Kienbaum that features Leana Grozer.
Why was Panionios ranked higher than Olympiacos by your federation? Because they wanted to participate in the CEV Cup?
Ah, sorry, I forgot that Panionios won the Greece cup and secured an international spot that way.
Why, then, did they register with the CEV under the name ŁKS Commercecon ŁÓDŹ?
