Turkey
On the final day of Qualifiers, three second legs were held of which two were utterly dramatic.
In Matosinhos, Portugal, home team needed 3-0 or 3-1 win to reach golden set and a chance to grab a ticket to 2017 Men’s Volleyball European Championship in Poland. But, Turkey survived a scare and despite losing 2-1 in sets, won the fourth set and qualified to the tournament 3-2 (25-21, 18-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-12). Burutay Subaşı scored 16 for Turkey, while Marco Ferreira had 21 in Portugal.
In a festive atmosphere in Tallinn, Estonian Men’s NT materialized a job that they done in the first leg and smashed Baltic neighbors Latvia 3-0 in the second leg, partially 25-20, 25-19, 25-16. Robert Täht led the winners with 18 points. Hermans Egleskalns collected 10 in Latvia.
In Women’s competition, Hungary had arose like a Phoenix from the ashes and annulled 3-0 loss from first leg (and also losing first set in second leg) in Eastern European derby versus Romania 3-1 (14-25, 25-22, 27-25, 25-19). And then, they finished off rivals in the golden set 15-13 to grab a ticket to 2017 Women’s Volleyball European Championship in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Dóra Horváth was unstoppable in Hungary with 26 points. Ana Cristina Cazacu scored 22 on the other side.
MEN’S QUALIFICATION 3RD ROUND
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| Home Matches | 01. 10. 2016 17:00 | Latvia | vs | Estonia | 2:3 | 17:25; 25:16; 19:25; 25:22; 12:15 | STAT | |
| Home Matches | 01. 10. 2016 19:00 | Spain | vs | Greece | 3:0 | 25:16; 25:21; 25:17 | STAT | |
| Home Matches | 02. 10. 2016 16:00 | Turkey | vs | Portugal | 3:0 | 28:26; 25:14; 25:22 | STAT | VIDEO |
| Away Matches | 08. 10. 2016 19:00 | Greece | vs | Spain | 3:2 | 20:25; 25:22; 25:14; 26:28; 17:15 | STAT | |
| Away Matches | 09. 10. 2016 17:00 | Estonia | vs | Latvia | 3:0 | 25:20; 25:19; 25:16 | STAT | |
| Away Matches | 09. 10. 2016 18:00 | Portugal | vs | Turkey | 2:3 | 21:25; 25:18; 25:19; 20:25; 12:15 | STAT | |
WOMEN’S QUALIFICATION 3RD ROUND
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| Home Matches | 01. 10. 2016 15:45 | Ukraine ( W ) | vs | Spain ( W ) | 2:3 | 22:25; 23:25; 29:27; 25:23; 12:15 | STAT | VIDEO |
| Home Matches | 01. 10. 2016 17:00 | Romania ( W ) | vs | Hungary ( W ) | 3:0 | 25:17; 25:18; 25:15 | STAT | VIDEO |
| Home Matches | 01. 10. 2016 18:00 | Czech ( W ) | vs | Slovakia ( W ) | 3:0 | 25:14; 25:20; 25:15 | STAT | VIDEO |
| Away Matches | 05. 10. 2016 17:00 | Slovakia ( W ) | vs | Czech ( W ) | 3:2 | 26:28; 25:19; 23:25; 25:22; 15:10 | STAT | VIDEO |
| Away Matches | 07. 10. 2016 20:00 | Spain ( W ) | vs | Ukraine ( W ) | 1:3 | 21:25; 25:22; 22:25; 14:25 | STAT | |
| Away Matches | 09. 10. 2016 18:00 | Hungary ( W ) | vs | Romania ( W ) | 3:1 | 14:25; 25:22; 27:25; 25:19 | STAT | |
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