EuroVolleyW 2023: The dominance of Italy in Pool B

It was a dominant Italy in first three rounds of Pool B, three undisputed wins without losing a set for the defending champs. Behind Italian national team, Bulgaria and Bosnia &Herzegovina are in second and third place with two wins and one loss

Tomorrow Pool B will move to Torino for the remaining two games for each team. Italy is dominating the Pool with three wins in first three games, while Croatia will need to win both next games to stay on track for fourth place.

The exciting challenge for at least second place sees Bulgaria, Romania, Switzerland and Bosnia & Herzegovina fighting for best placing possible.

Italy seems to be unstoppable at the moment, three undisputed wins for Davide Mazzanti’s team, who’s still saving minutes on court for superstar Paola Egonu.

In anticipation of the Elimination games at next stage, the coach used her sparingly, keeping her allocation of minutes to a minimum.

Three victories over Romania, Switzerland and Bulgaria always in front of a great and enthusiastic crowd in Verona and Monza, with a good volleyball on court and a big show on the stands, in an amazing happening for the Azzurre on the home turf.

Italy seems to be right now the real owner of Pool B.

Behind Italian national team, the battle for second, third and fourth place will be tough and wild.

Despite yesterday’s loss, Bulgaria played a good game versus Italy, facing the reigning champs without fear, but suffering the first loss in the Pool after the wins over Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

With two wins and one loss Bulgaria will face in last two games Romania and Switzerland.

Also Bosnia & Herzegovina is playing a good EuroVolley, two wins and one loss for Stevan Ljubicic’s team, two tie break wins with heart, authority and personality for the Balkans, who are on track to grab an Eight-Finals’ spot, playing such good volleyball.

One win and two losses for Romania, who lost the opening game versus Italy at Arena di Verona, won second game over Croatia and lost versus Switzerland at tie break. Now Naranjo Hernandez’s team will face Bosnia & Herzegovina and Bulgaria in last two games of the Pool, key games for Romanian team looking out for an Eight-Finals spot.

After two losses in a row, Switzerland won last night the first game of the tournament over Romania, keeping alive the hopes for fourth place, approaching last two games versus Croatia and Bulgaria.

Croatia is in last place of the standings, still winless in the Pool, absolutely needing to win the two remaining games to continue the journey at EuroVolley 2023.

Pool B next games:

Palazzetto dello Sport Gianni Asti – Torino

21/08/2023 – 18 Local Time

Bosnia & Herzegovina – Romania

21/08/2023 – 21 Local Time

Croatia – Switzerland

Pool B Standings

ITALY 3-0

BULGARIA 2-1

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 2-1

ROMANIA 1-2

SWITZERLAND 1-2

CROATIA 0-3