South-Korea
The Women’s friendly match, closed for the audience, between the current world champions Serbia and South Korea in Belgrade was ended prematurely due to a bizarre situation. Namely, Korea’s head coach Stefano Lavarini did not have any more setters at the disposal after 3 sets. The starting setter An Hye-Jin felt ill already in the plane upon arriving in Serbia and was taken to the hospital so, the visiting team played with her backup Li Dae-Yeong. But, in the third set, she injured her Achilles tendon and the match was interrupted as Lavarini had no more setters to put in. At the moment, the result was 2-1 for Serbia, partially 25-18, 25-22 and 20-25. Tijana Bošković was Serbia’s best scorer with 16 points, while Kim Yeon-Koung tallied 18.
Women’s national team of Russia beat Poland on the last day of the Governor’s Cup in Kaliningrad in straight sets to win the tournament. The “Zbornaya“ won all 3 matches. They beat Belgium and Germany in 4 sets each, and Poland by a 3-0. in the last match of the tournament, Nataliya Goncharova notched 22 for Russia and was named MVP. Germany finished second.
Slovenia Men stunned Italy at rival’s court in the city of Chieti by a 3-1 (25-16, 25-18, 17-25, 27-25) with Tonček Štern and Tine Urnaut scoring 15 points apiece.
International friendlies – Women:
Serbia – South Korea 2-1 (25-18, 25-22, 20-25, interrupted); Bošković 16 – Kim 18
Belgium – Germany 1-3 (19-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-27)
Italy – Turkey 3-2 (25-21, 25-19, 23-25, 22-25, 15-12); Sorokaite 20 – Hande 20
Netherlands – Japan 3-2 (25-17, 25-17, 25-27, 23-25, 15-11)
Russia – Poland 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-20)
International friendlies – Men:
Italy – Slovenia 1-3 (16-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-27); Antonov 15 – T. Štern and Urnaut 15
Serbia – Bulgaria 3-1 (26-28, 25-22, 25-19, 25-19); Atanasijević 23 – Skrimov 20
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