Turkey
In the last day of the single round robin tournament in Serbia, Turkey defeated Bulgaria in straight sets (26:24, 25:20, 25:21) and secured their qualification to next year’s FIVB Women’s U23 World Championship. The Turks finished the tournament held in Vrnjačka Banja on a 4-1 win-loss record to claim first place in the final standing.
Later in the afternoon Italy recorded a 3-1 (25:22, 25:15, 18:25, 26:24) victory in their match with hosts Serbia and shatter Bulgaria’s dreams of achieving this feat. Italy join Turkey and hosts Slovenia to compose the European contingent for the tournament that in 2017 will crown the new U23 world champions.
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