Home » EL W: First-ever final and first-ever gold medal for Ukraine

EL W: First-ever final and first-ever gold medal for Ukraine

by WoV
source: cev.lu; Photo: cev.lu

Ukraine won their first-ever senior Women’s volleyball national team gold medal at any tournament, both under CEV and FIVB, as they victoriously emerged from the two matches against Finland in the finals of the 2017 CEV European League.

Ukrainian W NT

Ukrainian W NT

So far, Women’s NT of Ukraine has only one medal on its account since the country got the independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 – a bronze from the 1993 CEV European Championship – but it has never grabbed the gold meda before. Until this year.

In 2017, Ukraine moved all boundaries related to the senior female volleyball in the country by firstly advancing to the first-ever European League semi-final, then to the first-ever final of the tournament, all the way to beating Finland twice in four days to claim the title.

In the 2nd leg of the finals at home court in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine achieved another 3-1 win led by Nadiia Kodola and Anna Stepanyuk, who both scored 19 points. In Finland, Piia Korhonen made 24.

FINAL ROUND / FINAL – 1ST PLACE MATCH 

DATE/TIME

TEAMS

SCORE

1

2

3

4

5

6

STATS

VIDEOS

05.07.18:30

FINLAND ( W )

UKRAINE ( W )

1

3

20

25

27

29

25

22

11

25

       

09.07.19:00

UKRAINE ( W )

FINLAND ( W )

3

1

 17

 25

 25

 23

 27

 25

25

16

       

 

See STATS & VIDEOS from Women’s European League 2017.

Subscribe to have full access on WoV PROFILES, STATS and WoVVIDEO.

Receive email notifications about players’ or teams’ latest STATS and VIDEOS.

Discover what’s new in a volleyball world.

Related Articles

Leave a Comment

five × four =

WorldOfVolley

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close