Highlights
Overview
Hosts Belgium finished second in Pool B on a record of four victories and one defeat. As a team, they have scored the most blocking points of the pool stage, together with Russia, 51 each. Individually, their captain Sam Deroo has not only been a great leader for his teammates and an inspiration to the home crowd on the stands, but also a consistent performer and the team’s best point-maker himself. Ukraine come into this match as the third-placed team in Pool D, where they claimed three wins and conceited two losses. Among the players to watch are Oleh Plotnytskyi, the tournament’s fourth best server with 12 aces to his name, Yurii Semeniuk, EuroVolley’s third best blocker and seventh most efficient spiker so far, and Dmytro Viietskyi, the team’s best scorer. The winner of this match will meet the winner of the match between Serbia and Czech Republic in a quarterfinal clash on September 24, again in Antwerp.
Head-to-Head
• Belgium and Ukraine will meet each other for the first time in the European Championship.
• These nations also have yet to meet in a world level major competition.
• World level major competitions are: FIVB Volleyball Nations League, Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World League and Grand Champions Cup.
Belgium
• Belgium are hoping to claim their first ever European Championship podium spot. In 2017, they missed out on a medal as Serbia proved too strong in the third-place decider (3-2 loss).
• Co-hosts Belgium won four of their five group stage matches in this year's competition, with the only exception a straight-set defeat in their final fixture against Serbia.
• Belgium (W4-L1) can claim more than four wins in a single edition of the European Championship for the second time after 1967 (W6-L4).
• Sam Deroo (76) is Belgium's leading scorer in this year's European Championship. In the 2017 edition, only Deroo himself finished on more points for Belgium (87).
• Stijn D'Hulst was in the top-5 of best setters at this year's group stage on an setter efficiency of 55%.
Ukraine
• Ukraine's best result in the European Championship is a sixth place in 1993.
• Ukraine have won three of their five group stage matches, losing in straight sets against the Netherlands and Poland.
• Ukraine can win more than three matches in a single European Championship for the third time, after 1993 (4) and 1997 (4).
• Ukraine could suffer back-to-back straight set European Championship defeats for the first time since 2005, when they lost against Russia and Italy in the group stage.
• Only Nimir Abel-Aziz (24) from the Netherlands and Czech Republic's Jan Hadrava (21) scored more aces in this year's group stage than Oleh Plotnytskyi (12). Russia's Dmitrii Volkov also scored 12 aces.
• Dmytro Viietskyi was Ukraine's top scorer in the group stage on 64 points, three more than Plotnytskyi (61).
Lowie Stuer“Ukraine are a very powerful team, so we need to control the reception and the passing. After that we will see how they react.”
Libero of Belgium
Timofii Poluian“Belgium are a really great team and they play at home, so I expect a large crowd to support them. Our biggest weapons will be our character and our fighting spirit.”
Outside spiker of Belgium
The coin toss 45 minutes before the game
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeDobromir DOBREVBULSecond RefereeZsolt MEZÖFFYHUN
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Venue Information
The Sportpaleis is a multifunctional event hall in Antwerp. It’s mostly famous for its big performances of national and international artists such as AC/DC, Adele, Britney Spears, U2 and Prince. This year the Sportpaleis already hosted the Belgian Volleyball Cup Final and the 2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four. Capacity: 15000
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How To Attend
Schijnpoortweg 119, ANTWERP, 2170 Capacity: 15000
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Team
Team Profile
BELGIUM
Address
p.a. HIVE5 Cours St Michel 30 A, 2° étage EtterbeekContacts
+32 470 451 316
secretariat@volleybelgium.be
Team Schedule
Previous Games
21/09/2019 | vs. | 2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
18/09/2019 | vs. | 0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
17/09/2019 | vs. | 3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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29Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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6Matches Played
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4Matches Won
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67%Win %
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14Sets Won
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486Points Won
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48%Attack %
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58%Reception %
Team
3
DEROO Sam
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Beveren-Waas
- Height: 203 cm
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VAN DEN DRIES Bram
Opposite
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Leuven
- Height: 208 cm
2
TUERLINCKX Hendrik
Opposite
- Birth Date: 1987
- Birth Place: BELGIUM
- Height: 195 cm
5
GROBELNY Igor Oskar
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Radom
- Height: 194 cm
8
VAN DE VELDE Arno
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Aalst
- Height: 204 cm
10
VAN DE VOORDE Simon
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: BELGIUM
- Height: 208 cm
14
RIBBENS Jelle
Libero
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: BELGIUM (Brasschaat)
- Height: 185 cm
17
ROUSSEAUX Tomas
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Jette
- Height: 199 cm
Staff
Head Coach
Assistant Coach 2
Assistant Coach
Recent Results
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Ukraine rejoice with the victory
Match Report
Ukraine stun Belgium in five-set thriller
Article
135
Points
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
118
Duration
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
6600
Spectators
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
249
Match Spikes
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
59%
Reception Level
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
7-17
Net Domination
The number of successful point winning blocks of BELGIUM compared to UKRAINE.
6-4
Ace Count
BELGIUM number of service aces compared to UKRAINE
53-59
Error Difference
Errors leading to points of BELGIUM, next to those from UKRAINE
Brecht Van Kerckhove“I don’t know what happened to my team. According to the rankings, we were the favourites. And after our miraculous comeback in set two and a very strong third set, we had everything under control. And we had the crowd behind us. Yet, my team started doubting and I don’t know why. This loss is a big disappointment of course.”
Coach of Belgium
Oleh Plotnytskyi“We did not play our level in serving and attack, but our fighting spirit came to the rescue. That’s the main reason for our victory.”
Outside spiker and captain of Ukraine