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      First Referee
      Aleksander SIKANJIC
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      Second Referee
      Daniël JETTKANDT
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      Kolodruma is the biggest multifunctional complex in Plovdiv, famous with modern architecture and impressive atmosphere. The hall is unique not only being the only covered Olympic-sized cycling track in the Balkans, but also for being able to host 22 sports at the highest level. Kolodruma has also a hall for warm up trainings, press center, locker rooms, coach rooms, LED screens, underground and grand parking for 438 cars. The Arena is connected to four boulevards so getting there is easy. Capacity: 6100
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      Naycho Tsanov Blvd., PLOVDIV, 4000 Capacity: 6100

      City bus lines that have stops near the arena: 4, 10, 17, 99 PLOVDIV AIRPORT – distance to the hall is 12.2 km, cca. 15 min by car. There’s no public transportation from the airport. SOFIA AIRPORT – distance to the hall by car using highway A1 is 151 km and takes around 1 hour 40 minutes. Get directions

    European Golden League winners Bulgaria will have the benefit of playing at their home court in Plovdiv and will be looking for a third medal as hosts, repeating what they did in 1981 (gold) and 2001 (bronze). With a full line-up that features players like team captain Elitsa Vasileva, star libero and Golden League’s Most Valuable Player Zhana Todorova and setter Petya Barakova, it might be hard to bet against the Bulgarians.

    Greece is the team with the fewest amount of experience and success in the EuroVolley. Set to make just their sixth appearance among the top teams of the continent, the Greek are still in the early stages of a process that will hopefully take them to the elite of international volleyball.

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    BULGARIA GREECE

    Gergana DIMITROVA

    1
    BULGARIA Outside spiker

    Bio

    Gergana Dimitrova was born on 28th February 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She started to practice tennis, but decided that individual sports are not for her, and she chose volleyball. She has won the championships in Romania, Bulgaria and Switzerland. She is part of the national team more than 10 years and in her free time likes to relax on the beach.

    BULGARIA GREECE

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    BULGARIA

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    25 Nezabravka Str. Sofia

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    phone +359 2 902 64 40 email international@bvf.bg
    Team Leaders
    Emiliya DIMITROVA
    Opposite
    Zhana TODOROVA
    Libero
    Gergana DIMITROVA
    Outside spiker
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    28/08/2021 vs. 2 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    25/08/2021 vs. 3 - 1 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    24/08/2021 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 31
      Competitions Played
    • 2
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 6
      Matches Played
    • 4
      Matches Won
    • 67%
      Win %
    • 16
      Sets Won
    • 533
      Points Won
    • 45%
      Attack %
    • 36%
      Reception %

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    ATANASIJEVIC Elitsa
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Birth Place: Dupnitsa
    • Height: 193 cm
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    1
    DIMITROVA Gergana
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Birth Place: Sofia
    • Height: 183 cm
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    2
    DIMITROVA Nasya
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Birth Place: Yambol
    • Height: 189 cm
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    4
    YANEVA Eva
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1985
    • Birth Place: Sofia
    • Height: 186 cm
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    5
    YORDANOVA Maria
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2002
    • Birth Place: Sofia
    • Height: 185 cm
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    7
    KITIPOVA Lora
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1991
    • Birth Place: Stara Zagora
    • Height: 182 cm
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    8
    BARAKOVA Petya
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Sofia
    • Height: 178 cm
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    9
    SAYKOVA Borislava
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Height: 187 cm
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    10
    TODOROVA Mira
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Chirpan
    • Height: 188 cm
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    VUCHKOVA Hristina
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1991
    • Height: 190 cm
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    DIMITROVA Emiliya
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1991
    • Birth Place: Shumen
    • Height: 185 cm
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    15
    TODOROVA Zhana
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Birth Place: Plovdiv
    • Height: 170 cm
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    KARABASHEVA Galina
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 2002
    • Height: 170 cm
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    MILANOVA Aleksandra
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2001
    • Height: 180 cm
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    Staff

    PETKOV Ivan
    Head Coach
    DIMITROV Denislav Mitkov
    Assistant Coach 2
    LAZAROV Lazar
    Assistant Coach

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    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Match

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    Highlights

    Hristina Vuchkova and Nasya Dimitrova of Bulgaria getting ready

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    Bulgaria team spirit

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    Team Greece

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    Team Bulgaria

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    Greece team huddle

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    Mr. Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria attending the match

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    #EuroVolleyW light show

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    Sportshall Kolodruma on the opening day of EuroVolleyW

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    The Bulgarians ready to block

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    Emiliya Dimitrova of Bulgaria during the match

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    Match Report

    Bulgaria leave no doubts in their first match

    Article 18 August 2021

    Supported by thousands of fans in Plovdiv Bulgaria defeated Greece in the opening match in Kolodruma Sport Hall.


    The game started in a competitive way with the team of Greece slightly being the leading one on the court. Bulgaria managed to overcome the though situation showing significant dominance after 12-12  and soon jumped to 17-12. Led by their captain Elitsa Vasileva who scored 8 points in the opening set , the co-host finished it in their favour - 25-20.

     

    Vasileva and her teammates kept with the steady performance pushing hard on the attack in the second set achieving 44% efficiency on the winning spikes. It was again the Bulgarian captain who took the responsibility and put the end of the set with a great spike for 25-15.

     

    The third set started in a head to head way but again the lionesses were the ones who took control in the deciding moments and congratulated themselves with the first Euro Volley 2021 win after 25-19.

     

    Bulgarian Elitsa Vasileva was the top scorer of the match with 19 points while Anthi Vasilantonaki achieved 14 for Greece.

    Elitsa Vasileva, Bulgaria Outside Spiker: “Before the match, we spoke about the importance of remaining concentrated, and I am happy that we could show our game. We are very much thankful to all the fans that come here to support us. Now, we have two days before the next game against Spain. We will try to rest and prepare well.”

     

    Ivan Petkov, Bulgaria Coach: "We are satisfied with the win. The most important thing in such tournaments is to win against every team. I can not say that we did not expect the victory. We were extremely well prepared for the match."

     

    Aikaterina Giota, Greece Middle Blocker: "It is always stressful to play in the opener. I think we didn't play our best. We started the match  well but we lost our confidence. Hopefully, we will show much more of our game in the upcoming games. The atmosphere was great,  the court was really beautiful. It is nice to perform in front of the fans again.  

     

    Hernandez G Naranjo, Greece Coach: "We made a lot of mistakes. Bulgaria is a really good team and when you make a mistake you need to quickly get back in the game because their lead increases significantly.  The team of Bulgaria is very well-prepared and it was really hard for us to fight their playing system."

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    The match in numbers

    102
    Points

    The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

    76
    Duration

    The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

    2400
    Spectators

    Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

    194
    Match Spikes

    The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

    36%
    Reception Level

    An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

    7-6
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of BULGARIA compared to GREECE.

    9-2
    Ace Count

    BULGARIA number of service aces compared to GREECE

    26-35
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of BULGARIA, next to those from GREECE