Overview
The 2018 world champion and runners-up will lock horns again after meeting in the WCH gold medal match in Yokohama, a match won by Serbia after a fierce five-setter. The reigning European and World Champions have reached the EuroVolley semi-finals for the fifth time in a row and are the only unbeaten team in the competition, winning their last 14. On the other side of the net are Italy, who have reached the EuroVolley top four for a first time since 2011 (where they finished 4th). Both teams have a strong and powerful leaders, so we should be prepared for a shootout between Tijana Bošković and Paola Egonu!
Pre-match
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeIvaylo IVANOVBULSecond RefereeAgnieszka MICHLICPOL
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Venue Information
The Ankara Spor Salonu is an indoor sporting hall that is located in Ankara, Turkey that opened in April 2010. The seating capacity of the hall is 10,400 spectators. Built for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the new venue replaced the nearby Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall as the home of Turkish Basketball League clubs, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Türk Telekom Basketbol, and Optimum TED Ankara Kolejliler. In 2015, the hall hosted the FIVB U23 Girls Youth World Championship, along with the Baskent Voll Capacity: 10400
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- Tickets
Due to popular demand, unfortunately all 40,600 tickets for the finals weekend have been sold!
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Head-to-Head
· Serbia (incl. predecessors) and Italy met six times in European championships and both teams won three encounters.
· The most recent clash at the European championships was in the quarter-finals in 2013, when Serbia won 3-0.
· In 2007, Italy beat Serbia 3-0 in the final of the European championship.
· Serbia won the world title in 2018, after a 3-2 win in the final against Italy. Tijana Boškovic (26) and Paola Ogechi Egonu (33) were their team's top scorers in that final.
· Italy beat Serbia 3-1 in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League. Italy scored 13 points from blocks in this match and had Egonu scoring 32 points, 20 more than Italy's next highest scorer (Cristina Chirichella, 12). Katarina Lazovic scored the most points for Serbia, 16.
Serbia
· Defending champions Serbia are on a winning streak of 14 European championship matches, since a 3-1 loss against Russia in the 2015 semi-finals.
· The last team to win at least 15 successive European championship matches was Italy - 18 successive victories from 2007 to 2011.
· Serbia won three of their five semi-final matches at European championships, in 2007, 2011 and 2017. They lost the semi-final in 2013 and 2015.
· After losing the semi-final at the European championship in 2015, Serbia won three of their four semi-final matches in major competitions - they reached the final at the 2016 Olympic Games, 2017 European championship and 2018 World Championship, and lost the semi-final in the 2017 World Grand Prix.
· Tijana Boškovic scored 22 points in Serbia's 3-0 quarter-final win versus Bulgaria, at least 11 more than any of her teammates.
Italy
· Italy can reach the final of the European championship for the fifth time. They played the final in 2001 (lost), 2005 (lost), 2007 (won) and 2009 (won).
· Italy have won their semi-final matches in the last two major competitions in which they reached this phase - the 2017 World Grand Prix and the 2018 World Championship.
· This is the 10th time Italy make a semi-final appearance at the European championship. They lost their first four semi-finals, then won four times in a row, before losing their most recent semi-final match, against Germany in 2001.
· Italy (99) will celebrate their 100th win at the European championships if they beat Serbia. They would become the fourth team to reach 100 wins in the competition after Russia (184, incl. Soviet Union), Germany (145, incl. West/East Germany) and Poland (119).
· Italy scored 18 points from blocks in their quarter-final win against Russia.
· Paola Ogechi Egonu (28 points) was Italy's top scorer in their 3-0 quarter-final win over Russia. Egonu was Italy's top scorer in all seven of their matches in this year's competition.
Quarter-Final Highlights
Team
Previous Games
| 08/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 04/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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9Competitions Played
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8Titles
- Competition
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9Matches Played
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9Matches Won
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100%Win %
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27Sets Won
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788Points Won
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45%Attack %
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52%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1984
- Birth Place: Zrenjanin
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1999
- Birth Place: Belgrade
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Kraljevo
- Height: 187 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Brcko
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Jagodina
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Beograd
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Uzice
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Trebinje
- Height: 194 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Beograd
- Height: 187 cm
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Olovo
- Height: 181 cm
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Serbia beat Italy to vie for back-to-back EuroVolley titles
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.
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The number of successful point winning blocks of ITALY compared to SERBIA.
ITALY number of service aces compared to SERBIA
Errors leading to points of ITALY, next to those from SERBIA.
Tijana Boskovic, player of Serbia: “Frankly speaking, I think this game was a final before the final for us because we played against Italy last year in the final of the World Championship. It was a tough game but we really enjoyed it. I am so proud of my team and about how we played today. We do not know our opponent yet for tomorrow. It does not really matter, since it is a EuroVolley final. I hope tomorrow we can play better than we did today.”
Davide Mazzanti“We did not show our best Volleyball today. We had problems in attack. Today we made many mistakes, especially with our side-out game. I feel disappointed with our performance. Serbia is a great team but we can be better. I am happy with our journey at this EuroVolley but it is difficult to say much after losing a semi-final.”
Coach - Italy