Serbia won the bronze medal match to place on their first-ever VNL podium. The defending world champions battled valiantly to win 3-0 (27-25, 25-17, 26-24) after falling to Brazil in the semifinals on Saturday.
As Serbia shut out Türkiye in the bronze medal game, their outside hitter Sara Lozo was on fire with a 62% success rate in attack and a kill block towards a 19-point match high, followed by cross-court teammate Bianka Busa with 14 points and opposite Ana Bjelica with 12.
Turkish opposite Ebrar Karakurt was her team’s most prolific player with 14 points, while middle blocker Zehra Gunes added another 13, including five blocks.
