Head-to-Head
· Since Germany's reunification, these teams have met five times at the European Championships. Bulgaria won four of these encounters, most recently in 2015 (3-0 in group stage, 3-0 in quarter-finals).
· Germany's only victory over Bulgaria at EuroVolley since reunification was a five-set win in the 2013 group stage.
· Bulgaria won all three European Championships matches versus West Germany in straight sets, in 1963, 1967 and 1989 (all group stage).
· Bulgaria won six of their seven matches against East Germany at EuroVolley, with the only exception a 3-2 defeat in the 1971 group stage.
· Germany won three of their last four meetings with Bulgaria at major world level tournaments (Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, Grand Champions Cup, World League, Nations League): 3-1 at the 2014 World Championship, 3-2 in the 2018 Nations League and 3-2 in the 2021 Nations League. Bulgaria won 3-2 in the 2019 Nations League.
· In January 2020, Germany defeated Bulgaria 3-1 in the semi-finals of the European qualification tournament for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Germans lost the final to France and failed to qualify for Tokyo.
Germany
· Germany qualified for the knockout stage by finishing second in Pool D. Their only defeat came against group winners France (3-1).
· Since reunification, Germany finished in the top-eight in 10 of their 13 participations at EuroVolley, including in each of the last four editions since a 15th-place finish in 2011.
· At the 2019 European Championships, Germany defeated neighbours the Netherlands 3-1 in the Eighth Finals.
· Germany have won each of their last 13 matches at EuroVolley in which they won the opening set, since a 3-2 defeat to the Netherlands in the 2015 group stage.
· György Grozer (57) is Germany's leading point scorer at this tournament, despite appearing in only three matches.
· Linus Weber has delivered nine aces in three matches in the final round, posting the highest set average (0.9) of all players in the group stage.
Bulgaria
· Bulgaria qualified for the Eighth Finals by finishing third in Pool B. They lost 3-1 to group winners Italy and 3-0 versus second-placed Slovenia.
· Bulgaria finished in the top-eight in six of the last seven editions of EuroVolley, with the only exception an 11th place in 2019 when they lost 3-1 to Slovenia in the Eighth Finals.
· Bulgaria could record more than three victories at a European Championships for the second time in the last six editions (2011-2021), after four wins in 2015.
· Bulgaria's top-three scorers in this year's tournament are within six points from each other: Tsvetan Sokolov (74), Todor Skrimov (70) and Martin Atanasov (68).
· Skrimov was the best server in the group stage on 17 aces and an efficiency of 9.72%. In 2019, only Nimir Abdel-Aziz (27 for the Netherlands) and Jan Hadrava (25 for Czech Republic) collected more than 17 points from serve in the final round.
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Officials
First RefereeFabrice COLLADOSFRASecond RefereeLászló ADLERHUN
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Venue Information
Ostravar Arena is a multifunctional hall in Ostrava, located in the Ostrava-South district. It was completed in 1986 and at the time, it was the largest and most modern hall in Europe. First reconstruction took place between 2003 and 2004, the other in the year 2012. The capacity of this Aren is 10 157 seats. Ostravar Arena is the home stadium of the extra-league hockey club Vítkovice. Various sports and cultural events, European Championships and World Championships are held here: - Ice Hockey World Championship (2004, 2015) - Women's Floorball World Championship (2013) - European Figure Skating Championships (2017) - Tennis tournament J&T Banka Ostrava Open – part of the WTA Tour (2020) Capacity: 9631
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How To Attend
Ruská 3077/135, OSTRAVA, 700 30 Capacity: 9631
TRAVELLING BY CAR In the direction from the D1 motorway it is exit 354. It is best to drive along Rudná Street, then along Závodní Street. SPORT ARENA signs guide visitors to the arena from all directions. The car parks by the OSTRAVAR ARENA are accessible from Závodní Street. GPS coordinates: 49.8044550N, 18.2512036E TRAVELLING BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT From Ostrava main train station by tram number 2 to the Sport aréna stop. From Ostrava bus station walk to the Náměstí republiky (or Dr. Malý) stop and then take tram number 2 to the Sport aréna stop. Get directions
Featured Players
György GROZER
Bio
Opposite Grozer is the most famous German player. This summer he came back from his national team retirement and is going to play his eight European campaign. Born in 1984 he is 36 years old but still world class. Grozer has won at least one national championship in Germany, Poland, Russia and China, silver at the European- and bronze at the World-Championship and is a CEV Champions League winner.
Team
GERMANY
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Previous Games
15/09/2021 | vs. | 0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
12/09/2021 | vs. | 3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
09/09/2021 | vs. | 3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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17Competitions Played
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2Titles
- Competition
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7Matches Played
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5Matches Won
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71%Win %
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16Sets Won
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606Points Won
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50%Attack %
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43%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Berlin
- Height: 204 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Berlin
- Height: 192 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Dudweiler / Saarbrücken
- Height: 195 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Poltava
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Hammelburg
- Height: 191 cm
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Bingen am Rhein
- Height: 213 cm
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GERMANY v BULGARIA
The match in numbers
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 GERMANY compared to BULGARIA.
GERMANY number of service aces compared to BULGARIA
Errors leading to points of GERMANY, next to those from BULGARIA