GERMANY
Play By Play
BULGARIA
Top Scorer
- 19 - Moritz KARLITZEK (GER)
- 17 - György GROZER (GER)
- 12 - Anton BREHME (GER)
Officials
Fabrice COLLADOS
László ADLER
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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Match Polls
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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
Christian FROMM
Bio
31-years outside spiker Fromm is the German captain. He started to compete in Berlin followed by stops in Friedrichshafen, where he won two German Championships, and Düren. He travelled far abroad playing for different clubs in Italy, Turkey, Poland, Greece and France. Fromm already played 184-times for Germany and is the most experienced German player at the European Championship.
Todor SKRIMOV
Bio
Todor Skrimov was born in Pernik on 9th January 1990. As a junior he was never really considered to become an important player for the national team. At the age of 17 he moved to France and started playing in 3rd division but was noticed by the coach of Paris Volley who invited him to join. He has played 4 seasons in Italy, before moving to Russia and since 2011 was already in the national team.
Team
- FROMM Christian1 Outside spiker
- TILLE Johannes2 Setter
- SCHOTT Ruben3 Outside spiker
- REICHERT Moritz5 Outside spiker
- KRAGE Florian18 Middle blocker
- WEBER Linus20 Opposite
GERMANY 
Address
Otto-Fleck-Schneise 8 FRANKFURT AM MAINContacts
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
Team
- CHERNOKOZHEV Velizar1 Opposite
- KOLEV Nikolay3 Middle blocker
- GOTSEV Svetoslav5 Middle blocker
- SKRIMOV Todor8 Outside spiker
- SEGANOV Georgi9 Setter
- LYUTSKANOV Gordan15 Outside spiker
BULGARIA 
Address
25 Nezabravka Str. SofiaContacts
Previous Games
| 12/09/2021 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 09/09/2021 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/09/2021 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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32Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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10Matches Played
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7Matches Won
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70%Win %
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23Sets Won
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817Points Won
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50%Attack %
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46%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Dupnitsa
- Height: 206 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Tryavna
- Height: 215 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 196 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Pernik
- Height: 206 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Pernik
- Height: 191 cm
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 206 cm
Recent Results
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA
(25 - 20, 25 - 17, 25 - 27, 25 - 27, 15 - 9)
LATVIA
GERMANY
(22 - 25, 19 - 25, 27 - 25, 17 - 25)
GERMANY
FRANCE
(29 - 31, 25 - 15, 22 - 25, 22 - 25)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Christian FROMM
Outside spiker
GERMANY
Stefan CHAVDAROV
Middle blocker
BULGARIA
Gallery
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GERMANY v BULGARIA
In the second of Ostrava’s round of sixteen matches Germany defeated Bulgaria 3:1 (25:14, 18:25, 25:19, 25:22). Bulgarians made the game interesting by winning in the second set, however in total they made more mistakes and their performance in the tournament is over.
Bulgaria won the first four points after their opponent’s mistakes. Germany played as risky as possible and this gradually brought them success. Not only they were better on reception but their attack was astonishing as they took an early lead (9:6). Opposite György Grozer finished the rallies with confidence, Moritz Karlitzek scored many points from serve. Their lead grew up and finished on an eleven points difference (25:14).
In the beginning of the second set, Bulgaria improved their defending around the net and were 5:3 up. They hardened on the serve and forced the Germans to make mistakes. Outside spiker Todor Skrimov and opposite Tsvetan Sokolov bolstered their team with crucial points and later in this set middle blocker Aleks Grozdanov joined them. Bulgaria deservedly won 25:18 and equalized the match.
German players avoided mistakes in the third set and went into the lead. The difference between both sides was insignificant until György Grozer scored two aces and a super spike (15:10). Bulgaria’s serve wasn’t accurate again and they weren’t able to catch Germany’s lead (25:19).
This match wasn’t definitively over. Bulgarians created a four point lead with a good serve in the fourth set (7:3). Even though they fought for every ball, they couldn’t avoid mistakes and after Moritz Karlitzek’s two aces it was equal (13:13). When Germans added points on the blocks, they had a great position in the ending (21:17). They deservedly promoted into the quarterfinals (25:22).
György Grozer, Germany opposite: “It was a hard game today especially when we made so many mistakes. Like always we were little nervous. In the second set, Bulgaria served stronger and we lost our concentration. To sum up it was a strange game today. I am very happy for Jan Zimmermann, he showed great performance, led the team and was amazing today. In the end we worked as a team and that is fantastic. I am glad that we make the next step.”
Tsvetan Sokolov, Bulgaria opposite: “We had many chances but we took only one of them an won just one set. We spoiled easy balls and gave the opportunity to Germany players. We lost the game by ourselves, it wasn’t a good match from our side and we have to learn from it.”
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
Top Scorer
- 19 - Moritz KARLITZEK (GER)
- 17 - György GROZER (GER)
- 12 - Anton BREHME (GER)
Top Attacker
- 12 - György GROZER (GER)
- 11 - Moritz KARLITZEK (GER)
- 10 - Anton BREHME (GER)
Top Blocker
- 2 - Moritz KARLITZEK (GER)
- 2 - Anton BREHME (GER)
- 2 - György GROZER (GER)
Top Server
- 6 - Moritz KARLITZEK (GER)
- 3 - György GROZER (GER)
- 1 - Stefan CHAVDAROV (BUL)
Top Receiver
- 11 - Martin ATANASOV (BUL)
- 10 - Todor SKRIMOV (BUL)
- 9 - Moritz KARLITZEK (GER)