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EG M: Germany blocks Serbia, Russia enters semis over France

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source: cev.lu; Photo: cev.lu

Germany ended Serbian dream of a spot in the semi-final of the European Games in Baku by winning 3-0 (26-24, 26-24, 25-17).

Germany

Germany

In the next stage of the tournament, the German team will do a remake of its pool clash with Russia.

On a paper, Germany was a clear favourite to win the third quarter-final of the day as it has won Pool B, while Serbia finished fourth in Pool A.  

Germany secured its ticket to the semis in a display of a rock solid blocking – 15 vs. 4 from Serbia!

Christian Fromm had 19 points in the winning team. Konstantin Čupković scored 12 in Serbia.


Russia recorded a 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22) victory over France to complete the today’s quarter-final programme.

French squad played with a lot of courage and it made it fairly difficult for their opponents in each one of the three sets, but in the end had to accept a 0-3 loss thereby, finishing the tournament in fifth place.

Viktor Poletaev was unstoppable in Russia with 16 while Trévor Clévenot collected two points less in the „Les Bleus“.

Previously, Poland and Bulgaria won their quarter-final matches and scheduled mutual clash in semi-final.

Semi-final pairs (June 26):

Poland Bulgaria

Russia Germany

Final Round / Quarterfinals /

Game Date/Time Teams Set Result per set Stats Videos
Quarterfinal 1 24. 06. 2015 13:00 Poland VS Slovakia 3:0 25:16; 25:23; 25:19    
Quarterfinal 2 24. 06. 2015 15:00 Turkey VS Bulgaria 1:3 26:24; 19:25; 17:25; 20:25    
Quarterfinal 3 24. 06. 2015 19:00 Serbia VS Germany 0:3 24:26, 24:26, 17:25    
Quarterfinal 4 24. 06. 2015 21:00 France VS Russia 0:3 23:25; 23:25; 23:25    


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