Croatia
In Pool B Croatia also booked their tickets to the Finals after a 3-1 win over Austria. Daniele Santarelli, head coach of Croatia: “We didn’t play well and made a lot of mistakes. The first set was a disaster. However, today most important for us is the result and not the way we played. But we have to keep on working and improve our game.”
Matches, August 25:
Slovenia – Belgium 0-3 (17-25 16-25 23-25)
Top scorers: Mlakar 16; Grobelna 14, Herbots 10
Austria – Croatia 1-3 (25-21 23-25 21-25 21-25)
Top scorers: Markovic 20, Maros 14; Fabris 19, Mlinar 13
Norwey – Montenegro 0-3 (15-25 22-25 21-25)
Top scorers: Steen Knudsen 20; Perovic 13, Otasevic 12
Greece – Ukraine 3-0 (25-22 25-22 25-12)
Top scorers: Vasilantonaki 16, Strantzali 14, Lamprousi 10; Kyrychenko 10
Denmark – Portugal 0-3 (14-25 23-25 21-25)
Top scorers: Owie 10; Duarte 9, Rodrigues 9, Kavalenka 9.
Georgia – France 0-3 (16-25 17-25 16-25)
Top scorers: Kalandadze 13; Cazaute 13, Fidon 10
Sweden – Finland 0-3 (14-25 25-27 19-25)
Top scorers: Haak 22, Lazic 10; Vilponen 16, Kosonen 14, Karhu 14
Estonia – Czech 3-2 (25-15 26-24 24-26 16-25 16-14)
Top scorers: Laak 20, Miilen 18, Kullerkann 10, Hollas 10; Havelkova 23, Orvosova 16, Mlejnkova 13, Holaskova 13
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