GREECE
Play By Play
PORTUGAL
Top Scorer
- 22 - Athanasios PROTOPSALTIS (GRE)
- 19 - Marco Evan FERREIRA (POR)
- 17 - Nikos ZOUPANI (GRE)
Overview
Both Greece and Portugal have qualified for EuroVolley the first time since their last appearance in 2009 and 2011, respectively. They can both still make it the knockout phase before this game, but only Greece can directly qualify if they win that match today.
Georgios PETREAS"When playing for the Greece National Team we always feel pressure. Of course this is like a final for us - if we win we move to the Eighth Finals but if we lose it could be our last match."
Captain of Greece
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeNikolai KNIZHNIKOVRUSSecond RefereeWim CAMBRÉBEL
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Venue Information
L'Arena is the first new-generation multi‐purpose hall in France. This venue can host concerts, sports events, congresses, and exhibitions. L'Arena offers an ideal location, just a few hundred meters from the airport and with tram connection to the city center. The Arena has been designed with visitor comfort in mind: bars, luggage rooms, air conditioning, information screens, and entertainment...: unrivaled conditions of comfort ensuring that you make the most of its exceptional events program Capacity: 10700
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Team
- PAPADOPOULOS Iraklis4 Opposite
- STIVACHTIS Konstantinos6 Setter
- KOUMENTAKIS Rafail10 Outside spiker
- RAPTIS Alexandros11 Outside spiker
- PELEKOUDAS Panagiotis14 Middle blocker
- PAPALEXIOU Georgios19 Middle blocker
GREECE 
Address
OAKA, Athens Olympic Aquatics Center - Spyros Louis Avenue MAROUSSIContacts
Previous Games
| 21/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 17/09/2019 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 16/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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25Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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12Matches Played
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7Matches Won
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58%Win %
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23Sets Won
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915Points Won
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46%Attack %
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62%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1986
- Birth Place: Kalamata
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: SHUKUMI
- Height: 202 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: GREECE (Athens)
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: GREECE
- Height: 203 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Patra
- Height: 202 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Athens
- Height: 200 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Lemessos
- Height: 185 cm
Staff
Team
- TEIXEIRA Nuno3 Middle blocker
- MARTINS Phelipe10 Middle blocker
- CUNHA Bruno11 Opposite
- MARTINS Lourenco12 Outside spiker
- TAVARES RODRIGUES Miguel15 Setter
- CUNHA Miguel19 Outside spiker
PORTUGAL 
Address
Avenida de França, 549 PORTOContacts
Previous Games
| 18/09/2019 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 17/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 15/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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19Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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11Matches Played
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6Matches Won
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55%Win %
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21Sets Won
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901Points Won
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47%Attack %
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50%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Funchal
- Height: 200 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Maceda - Ovar
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1986
- Birth Place: PORTUGAL
- Height: 194 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: PORTUGAL
- Height: 202 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Venteira - Amadora
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1984
- Birth Place: PORTUGAL (Espinho)
- Height: 196 cm
Recent Results
ROMANIA
GREECE
(25 - 23, 24 - 26, 25 - 27, 21 - 25)
GREECE
FRANCE
(14 - 25, 18 - 25, 24 - 26)
ITALY
GREECE
(17 - 25, 25 - 23, 25 - 19, 25 - 18)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Dimitrios ZISIS
Libero
GREECE
Filip CVETICANIN
Middle blocker
PORTUGAL
Panagiotis PELEKOUDAS (GRE) warming up
Team Greece during National anthem
Team Portugal during National anthem
Team Greece celebrates
Alexandre FERREIRA (POR) spikes on Greek block
Menelaos KOKKINAKIS (GRE) receives the ball
Team Portugal celebrates
Alexandre FERREIRA (POR) spikes on Greek block
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Portugal defeat Greece in four sets
Despite a great display of energy, team Greece lost to Portugal and is almost eliminated from EuroVolley 2019. Coach Silva opted for lining up setter Violas in the third set, which proved to be a decisive move. The Ferreira brothers, Alex and Marco, scored 30 points altogether, leading the Portuguese squad.
The fourth spot in Pool A is still up for grabs, but calculators may need to be drawn out. At the end of today’s matches, Portugal has a set ratio of .4 (4-10), Greece’s is .38 (5-13), and Romania’s is .17 (2-12). Which means that anything but a 3-0 or 3-1 win for Romania in the last match will qualify Portugal. However, if Romania win 3-0 they will finish 4th based on having a better sets ratio than Portugal and Greece, but if Romania were to win 3-1 then all three teams would have the same set ratio (.38) and would need to be ordered based on point ratio.
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of GREECE compared to PORTUGAL.
GREECE number of service aces compared to PORTUGAL
Errors leading to points of GREECE, next to those from PORTUGAL
Alexandre Ferreira"The first set was tough for us. We felt a lot of pressure because we wanted to win this game. And now I'm happy for the team, we still have one more step to go to the next round. Let's rest, study, and see what happens."
Portugal's captain
Georgios Petreas"We played differently from yesterday. We gave 100% but Portugal are also very strong, they played at the VNL, with some top-level players. That is sport. We're waiting for tomorrow's match in order to know whether we qualify or not."
Greece's captain
Daily Recap
PlayTop Scorer
- 22 - Athanasios PROTOPSALTIS (GRE)
- 19 - Marco Evan FERREIRA (POR)
- 17 - Nikos ZOUPANI (GRE)
Top Attacker
- 18 - Athanasios PROTOPSALTIS (GRE)
- 16 - Marco Evan FERREIRA (POR)
- 15 - Nikos ZOUPANI (GRE)
Top Blocker
- 3 - Filip CVETICANIN (POR)
- 2 - Athanasios PROTOPSALTIS (GRE)
- 2 - Nikos ZOUPANI (GRE)
Top Server
- 2 - Athanasios PROTOPSALTIS (GRE)
- 2 - Andreas-Dimitrios FRAGKOS (GRE)
- 1 - Theodoros VOULKIDIS (GRE)
Top Receiver
- 19 - Athanasios PROTOPSALTIS (GRE)
- 12 - Andreas-Dimitrios FRAGKOS (GRE)
- 10 - Joao FIDALGO (POR)