GREECE
Play By Play
FINLAND
Overview
Greece and Finland will face each other for the first time in EuroVolley history. The match will likely be very important for the pool standings for both sides.
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Starting Team
- OIKONOMIDOU Maria5 Opposite
- DIOTI Panagiota6 Outside spiker
- MERTEKI Evangelia10 Outside spiker
- TOTSIDOU Athanasia13 Outside spiker
- CHRISTODOULOU Styliani14 Setter
- EMMANOUILIDOU Angeliki-Melina18 Middle blocker
GREECE 
Address
OAKA, Athens Olympic Aquatics Center - Spyros Louis Avenue MAROUSSIContacts
Previous Games
| 01/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 28/08/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 27/08/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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20Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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12Matches Played
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8Matches Won
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67%Win %
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24Sets Won
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836Points Won
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38%Attack %
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51%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: MAROUSI
- Height: 186 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Athens
- Height: 184 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Edessa
- Height: 185 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: GREECE
- Height: 189 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Amarousio
- Height: 181 cm
Staff
Starting Team
- ESKO Saara Hannele3 Outside spiker
- KOSONEN Noora4 Outside spiker
- RIIKILÄ Emmi7 Outside spiker
- KYLMÄAHO Katja Alina9 Setter
- PIHLAJAMÄKI Laura10 Middle blocker
- CZAKAN Anna13 Middle blocker
FINLAND 
Address
Valimotie 10 HelsinkiContacts
Previous Games
| 29/08/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 27/08/2019 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 25/08/2019 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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20Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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11Matches Played
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5Matches Won
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45%Win %
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21Sets Won
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943Points Won
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36%Attack %
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57%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Alahärmä
- Height: 194 cm
- Birth Date: 1980
- Birth Place: FINLAND
- Height: 179 cm
- Birth Date: 2000
- Birth Place: Uusikaupunki
- Height: 182 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Kuusankoski
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Oulunsalo
- Height: 171 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Espoo
- Height: 193 cm
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Maria-Eleni ARTAKIANOU
Libero
GREECE
Saara Hannele ESKO
Outside spiker
FINLAND
Greek star Anthi Vasilantonaki attacks from the back row
Krista Michaela Madsen of Finland celebrates a point
Anthi Vasilantonaki and Olga Strantzali celebrate their victory
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Greece ride the wave of success to claim second victory in a row
After waiting for 27 years to celebrate their first EuroVolley triumph since the 1991 edition held in Italy, Greece made it back-to-back wins as they edged Finland to follow up on Saturday’s success against France. Anthi Vasilantonaki and Olga Strantzali scored 27 and 22 times, respectively, to contribute to this victory, which opens the door to the elimination round for the Hellenic team.
After losing 16 straight matches at EuroVolley, Greece have now won two in a row – just as they did in 1991 when they beat France and Albania in Ravenna.
As with Saturday’s matchup with Turkey, Finland showed a very good blocking game, registering 13 stuffs, but none in the fourth and final set of this fixture. Finland failed to cash two set points in the fourth set, which would have taken the match to a tiebreaker. Despite their loss, Finland scored more points than Greece in the match – 95 vs. 93.
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 FINLAND.
GREECE number of service aces compared to FINLAND
Errors leading to points of GREECE, next to those from FINLAND
Day 3 Recap
PlayStyliani Christodoulou“We are very excited because this game was like a final in our quest to reach the next round. We deserved this victory and I am very happy with it. Tomorrow we will have time to rest a little bit. Our next game against Bulgaria will be difficult because they are a strong team but I hope we will perform just as we did today, as we never lost focus. We want to do our best.”
Captain and setter of Greece
Krista Michaela Bjerregård Madsen, player of Finland: “Greece got better after the second set. Their reception got better, they showed more tricks and they served harder. We had some troubles but I think overall, we played quite well as a team. I am extremely proud of my girls. Maybe we lost a little bit of focus or maybe the other side just had a little bit more. That is how we lost a couple of balls in a row. We were not able to get back fast enough. The ends of the sets were close.
We have one day to prepare for the France match. It is an extremely important one for us. We will rest and prepare. We are going to give everything as we do with every game.”