While the Bulgarian national team prepares for their first test in Poland before the long volleyball summer,Italy, Turkey and the Netherlands โ three of our most serious opponents in VNL 2025 and the World Championship โ are already warming up for the prestigious tournamentAIA AeQuilibrium Cup Women Elite, which starts today in Modena ๐ฎ๐น.
๐ The tournament, which will be played from May 23 to 25 in thePalaPaniniarena, features Italy, Turkey, Germany, and the Netherlands โ teams with medal ambitions this summer.
๐When we face them:
๐Netherlands fourth match of the first VNL tournament in Ottawa, Canada
๐Italy June 18 in Hong Kong, during the second VNL tournament
๐Turkey August 25 at World Championship in Thailand
Significant absences:
For Italy, Paola Egonu and setter Ofelia Malinov are not playing.
Turkey is without its star Melissa Vargas and middle blocker Zehra Gunes but with Karakurt in the squad, and Ilkin Aydinwill not be able to play due to injury.
๐ฅ All Italy matches will be broadcast live onRai SportandDiscovery+, as well as through the RaiPlay digital platform.
๐Program:
May 23
16:30: Germany ๐ Turkey
20:00: Italy ๐ Netherlands ๐ฎ๐น๐บMay 24
16:30: Germany ๐ Netherlands
20:00: Italy ๐ Turkey ๐ฎ๐น๐บMay 25
14:00: Turkey ๐ Netherlands
17:00: Italy ๐ Germany ๐ฎ๐น๐บFor us, this tournament is valuable not only because of the class of the teams, but also because it gives us the opportunity toanalyze Bulgaria's opponents in a real game environmentbefore the clashes this summer! ๐ง๐ฌ๐ช
