Officials
Nurper OZBAR
Alexey PASHKEVICH
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeNurper OZBARTURSecond RefereeAlexey PASHKEVICHRUS
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Venue Information
Štark Arena is the largest sports hall in Belgrade with a universal hall for all sports events: basketball, handball, volleyball, tennis and athletics. When needed, it can be turned into an ice hall, hall for cultural events, as well as for concerts. Total surface area of the hall is 48,000 m2 and it has between 20,000 and 25,000 seats for visitors and the state-of-the-art equipment for all scheduled events. Capacity: 19394
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How To Attend
Bulevar Arsenija Čarnojevica 58, BELGRADE, 11070 Capacity: 19394
City bus lines that have stops near the Arena are: 17, 18, 67, 68, 74, 88 и 601. Bus lines which are within the walking distance of Arena: 16, 65, 68, 71, 75, 94 и 95. Tram lines which have stops relatively close to the Arena: 7, 9 and 11. Get directions
Featured Players
Paola Ogechi EGONU
Bio
Born in Cittadella, December 18, 1998. In the national team: Bronze European Championships 2019, Silver World Championship 2018, Silver W. Grand Prix 2017. I enrolled in psychoeconomics. It is a new university faculty, started two years ago. I chose this faculty because I really like psychology.
The round of 16 between the national teams of Italy and Belgium will be played in Belgrade's "Stark Arena". Italy comes from Pool C, where it finished in first place, while the selection of Belgium in Pool A finished in fourth place. The winner of this duel in the quarterfinals will wait for the winner of the match between Russia and Belarus.
Team
ITALY 
Address
Viale Tiziano, 70 (Mailing) ROMAContacts
Previous Games
| 04/09/2021 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 03/09/2021 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 01/09/2021 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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27Competitions Played
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6Titles
- 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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765Points Won
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48%Attack %
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46%Reception %
Team
Recent Results
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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 ITALY compared to BELGIUM.
ITALY number of service aces compared to BELGIUM
Errors leading to points of ITALY, next to those from BELGIUM
Italy entered this match very motivated after the maximum performance in the group stage. Belgium was weakened from the start by not playing one of the best players Brit Herbots. After an introductory showdown, Italy took the initiative and took the lead with 8: 4. Gert van de Broek's team tried to return to the game on several occasions, but the Italians always had the answer, they maintained the acquired advantage and convincingly won this set - 25:14. Chirichela Cristia and Paola Egonu were very happy with 5 and 7 points, respectively.
The Belgians didn’t want to give up, although they convincingly lost the first set. In the second half of the second period, they had the initiative and it seemed a huge 17:13. However, the current vice-champions of the world managed to cancel the gap, primarily through the inspired Egonu - 23:23. In the meantime, drama followed, and Van de Vyver Ilka and her teammates had stronger nerves - 25:23.
The third set was almost the same as the first. Although Italy finished this set with seven service errors, that didn’t affect the result much. She took the lead with 6: 2 and 14: 7, then with 19:13, to solve the set in their favor with 25:17.
The fourth set was a confirmation of Italy's excellent game in the course of the tournament so far. They took control from the first point, made a result difference and very convincingly brought the match to an end. The set ended with 25:12 for Italy, which will play in the quarterfinals against the better team from the duel between Russia and Belarus.