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Bulgaria defeated Italy in a friendly before the start of the European U18 Championship
Our national U18 men's team defeated Italy in the first friendly match before the start of the European Championship, which opens on July 10 in Sofia and Plovdiv. Desislava Velichkova's boys were better and closed the match with a 3:0 victory. Among Italy's ranks were the names of Dimitar Zlatanov's grandson-Manuel, as well as the youngest of the Porro brothers-Simone. Dimitar Zlatanov was also here, along with his wife Maria. Manuel's father - Hristo Zlatanov is in Italy due to commitments with his club Piacenza, where he is the sporting director.
11 clubs were admitted to participate in the new season in Efbet Super Volley, Dobrudzha 07 under question
11 clubs eligible to participate in Efbet Super Volley were admitted to participate in the new season. A commission from the NVL reviewed the documents of all who submitted documents for licensing, including the new elite member - "Dunav" (Ruse). "In the process of review, there were clubs from which we requested additional documents. Only one club was not admitted to participate - VC "Dobrudzha 07", due to non-fulfillment of financial obligations. We gave them an additional period according to the NVL Regulations and licensing conditions.
Bulgaria defeated Lithuania cleanly, recording their fourth win
Bulgaria recorded a fourth success at the European Championship for girls under 18, which is held in Greece and Romania. Toni Zetova's girls outplayed the team of Lithuania with 3:0 (25:15, 25:21, 25:17). Our staff also gave playing time to girls who have been less involved so far. In the first set, our national team led by 5:0, which forced the opponent to call a timeout. Nevertheless, our team built a comfortable lead, with a slight relaxation allowing Lithuania to close some of the gap in the middle of the set.
Retrospection: the Brazilian wizards who wore the Trento jersey: From Heller to Flavio
The new European club champion recalled the hot Brazilian note in its history Six years after the last time, the center of the "Trentino Volley" net will once again be colored in green and gold, as has often happened in the past (both near and far). The transfer of Flavio Gualberto, officially announced today, connects the threads of a very solid and important link between the club in Via Brennero and Brazil, not only considering the position of the middle blockers on the court. In the first twenty-four years of the club's men's division history, seven players from the largest country in South America have worn the magnetic "yellow-blue" jersey.Below is their profile in chronological order, with information from Trento's official websitetrentinovolley.it.:
Petition against the participation in the Olympics of a beach volleyball player convicted of rape
The petition to remove volleyball player Van de Velde from the Olympic Games reached 20,000 signatures. Dutch volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who raped a 12-year-old girl, has been called for expulsion from the Olympic Games, according to Russian electronic media, which refer to the portalChange.org, where a petition appeared calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to remove Steven van de Velde from participating in Paris. There he intends to take part in the beach volleyball tournament. As of July 4, the petition has been signed more than 20,000 times. "I call on the International Olympic Committee to remove Steven van de Velde from the upcoming Olympic Games because he is a convicted child abuser.
Ukraine qualified for the semi-final against Belgium in the Challenger Cup
Ukraine defeated Chile 3:1(20-25 25-23 25-19 25-19) and qualified for the semi-final against Belgium in the Challenger Cup tournament, which provides one spot for the 2025 Volleyball Nations League. The top scorer for the winners was Viktor Sapoval with 14 points (1 ace), while captain Yevhenii Kisiliuk added 12 (2 aces). For the Chileans, who are participating in this tournament for the first time, Vicente Parraguirre scored the most points with 15 (including 2 blocks and 1 ace). In the other quarter-final, the teams of Egypt and Qatar will face each other. The winner will meet the host team from China.PHOTO:volleyballworld.com
Official: Trento completed its roster with Flavio Gualberto
The "Seleção" national player moved from "Perugia" to "Trentino Volley" Brazilian middle blocker Flavio Resende Gualberto will join the starting six of the new European club champion Trento – the news comes from the official website of Trentinotrentinovolley.it.The Brazilian national, known throughout the volleyball world simply as Flavio, possesses all the qualities of a top-class middle blocker. The upcoming season will be his fourth in the SuperLega Credem Banca, in which he debuted in 2021 with "Vibo Valentia" before moving a year later to Perugia, with whom he won a quadruple in the last ten months – the Club World Championship, the Scudetto, the Italian Cup, and the Super Cup of the country. "Flavio Gualberto is one of the strongest players in his position in the world" – emphasized the new coachFabio Soli. "Certainly, I am not discovering this today, the facts confirm it.
Belgium and China became the first semi-finalists of the Challenger Cup, which gives a quota for the Volleyball Nations League
The Challenger Cup, which will determine the sole ticket for the 2025 Nations League, has begun in the Chinese city of Linyi. Hosts China decisively defeated Mexico in the quarterfinals - 3:0. The top scorer in the match was the player from Russia's Belogorye, Jinyin Zhang, who scored 19 points. He converted 17 out of 29 attacks (59%), made one ace and one block. The Belgians took a 2:0 lead in the match against Croatia but brought the encounter to a tie-break.
"Azzurri" with an eye on Paris: 15 Italians at a training camp in Cavalese
After the VNL concludes, the march to Paris 2024 for De Giorgi's volleyball players begins tomorrow. The Azzurri are in a training camp until July 12 After the end of the Volleyball Nations League, the men's national team, led by Ferdinando De Giorgi, will resume training today in Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, according to the website of the authoritativecorrieredellosport. For the start of the camp, which will conclude on July 12 after the morning training, the coach has called up fifteen players, from whom two will be eliminated. Here are their names, before the final selection:
The U18 national team will play three friendly matches with Italy before the start of the European Championship.
Our Men's U18 national team will play three friendly matches against Italy. This is the final test before the start of the European Championship, which will kick off on July 10th in Sofia and Plovdiv. Less than a month ago, Desislava Velichkova's boys already played three control matches in two days against the strong Brazilian team. This happened at a joint mini-camp in Metz, France, where Bulgaria recorded one victory with a score of 3:2. Here's when our boys will play in the "Levski Sofia" hall in the capital:Bulgaria's program at EuroVolley 2024: