GERMANY
Play By Play
GREECE
Top Scorer
- 12 - Martha Evdokia ANTHOULI (GRE)
- 11 - Marie SCHOELZEL (GER)
- 10 - Louisa Lippmann (GER)
Officials
Aleksander SIKANJIC
Siarhei VAITSIAKHOVICH
A triumph on Tuesday, would guarantee the Germans with a spot at the eightfinals. The players of Felix Koslowski have two victories in three matches, and are currently placed fourth in Pool B. Star opposite Louisa Lippman and outside hitter Lina Alsmeier have been sharing the German offensive load in the tournament, having registered 53 and 49 points in their first three matches, respectively.
Greece, on the other hand, have no chances of proceeding ahead, and are yet to record their first victory. On an individual level, outside hitter Anthi Vasilantonaki has stood out during the tournament as she currently ranks seventh in scoring among all players, with 61 points.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeAleksander SIKANJICLIESecond RefereeSiarhei VAITSIAKHOVICHBLR
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Venue Information
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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How To Attend
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
Featured Players
Louisa Lippmann
Bio
She was born on 23rd September 1994 in Herford and is the top star of Germany. She is a 4-time German Champion, 1-time Russian Champion and has won the election of the best German female player 4 times. In 2017 and 2018 she was also awarded as the MVP of the German League. She plays her 3rd European Championship in 2021 and has made 157 appearances for the German national team so far.
Olga STRANTZALI
Bio
Olga started volleyball at the age of 7 and in 2014 she went to the USA combining studies and volleyball (UCLA Bruins and Miami Hurricanes). After finishing college she moved back to Europe, initially in France (she won the League with Beziers) and then in Poland (Enea PTPS Pila, Legionovia Legionowo and last season she celebrated the title as a player of Chemik Police).
Team
- BOCK Linda1 Libero
- IMOUDU Denise4 Setter
- Lippmann Louisa11 Opposite
- ORTHMANN Hanna12 Outside spiker
- AMBROSIUS Lea16 Middle blocker
- STRUBBE Monique22 Middle blocker
GERMANY 
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Otto-Fleck-Schneise 8 FRANKFURT AM MAINContacts
Previous Games
| 28/08/2021 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 25/08/2021 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 24/08/2021 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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18Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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6Matches Played
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4Matches Won
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67%Win %
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14Sets Won
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523Points Won
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43%Attack %
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53%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Nordhorn
- Height: 186 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Menden
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Bad Tölz
- Height: 184 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Herford
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Lüdinghausen
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 2000
- Birth Place: Hamburg
- Height: 195 cm
Team
- GIOTA Aikaterina1 Middle blocker
- KOSMA Sofia3 Outside spiker
- STRANTZALI Olga9 Outside spiker
- POLYNOPOULOU Ioanna-Lamprini10 Middle blocker
- VASILANTONAKI Anthi11 Opposite
- CHRISTODOULOU Styliani14 Setter
GREECE 
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OAKA, Athens Olympic Aquatics Center - Spyros Louis Avenue MAROUSSIContacts
Previous Games
| 24/08/2021 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 23/08/2021 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 22/08/2021 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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20Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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11Matches Played
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6Matches Won
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55%Win %
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20Sets Won
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785Points Won
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32%Attack %
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37%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: MAROUSI
- Height: 186 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: GREECE
- Height: 184 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Athens
- Height: 182 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Thessaloniki
- Height: 177 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Athens
- Height: 184 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Edessa
- Height: 185 cm
Staff
Recent Results
GERMANY
BULGARIA
(25 - 23, 16 - 25, 25 - 21, 18 - 25, 15 - 10)
CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY
(23 - 25, 25 - 20, 23 - 25, 21 - 25)
GERMANY
POLAND
(22 - 25, 25 - 23, 21 - 25, 22 - 25)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Linda BOCK
Libero
GERMANY
Maria-Eleni ARTAKIANOU
Libero
GREECE
Greece warming up
The German staff showing some soccer skills
Germany
Germany celebrating the matchpoint
The happy winners
Lina Alsmeier and Denise Imoudu of Germany
Gallery
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Germany secure their Round of 16 spot
Germany beat Greece 3-0 to join Poland, Bulgaria, and Czech Republic as the Pool B eight finalists. The team coached by Felix Koslowski is currently the second-ranked team in the group behind Poland. On the other side, Greece finished the tournament with 5 losses out of 5 matches.
● Needing one set only to qualify for the elimination round, Germany got in the match extremely motivated and didn't lose the lead at any moment in the opener. Although Greece were slightly dominating on block and reception, the team coached by Felix Koslowski pushed hard in attack, and with 7 winning spikes by Louisa Lippman opened in their favor clinching the last eight final spot in Pool B.
● Jennifer Janiska and Camilla Weitzel shared the leadership in the second scoring 4 points each to help Germany get closer to the win.
● Germans needed a bit more effort to close the third set after coach Koslowski substituting 3 of the main players. Greece took the chance and didn't let the opponent expand the lead with more than 3 points. Still, with only 26% of positive reception, they could not use their full attacking potential and remained winless at the end.
● Martha Evdokia Anthouli was the only player of Greece with double-digit points - 12 which made her the top scorer of the match. Marie Schoelzel recorded 11 for Germany.
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 GREECE.
GERMANY number of service aces compared to GREECE
Errors leading to points of GERMANY, next to those from GREECE
Louise Schoelzel“It wasn’t easy to keep the high level all of the time but it was a fun match and I’m happy we won it in three sets. We missed a few points in the third set, some stupid things happened but we overcame them. Our hope is to progress at least to the quarterfinals and from there why not go even further?”
Middle blocker, Germany
Guillermo Naranjo Hernandez“We didn`t start with our usual line-up, but I think the girls did a good job. Germany is playing very well, they beat Bulgaria 3:2. In the end what happened in the third set pretty much summarizes all of our tournament – at 22-22 we made a serve mistake and we lost 22-25. Basically – we made a lot of mistakes in the most important moments. We are leaving but the organization of the tournament is very good. Plovdiv did a great job.”
Head coach, Greece
Top Scorer
- 12 - Martha Evdokia ANTHOULI (GRE)
- 11 - Marie SCHOELZEL (GER)
- 10 - Louisa Lippmann (GER)
Top Attacker
- 12 - Martha Evdokia ANTHOULI (GRE)
- 10 - Louisa Lippmann (GER)
- 8 - Konstantina VLACHAKI (GRE)
Top Blocker
- 3 - Marie SCHOELZEL (GER)
- 2 - Camilla WEITZEL (GER)
- 2 - Kimberly DREWNIOK (GER)
Top Server
- 2 - Jennifer JANISKA (GER)
- 1 - Marie SCHOELZEL (GER)
- 1 - Lena STIGROT (GER)
Top Receiver
- 4 - Anna POGANY (GER)
- 3 - Olga STRANTZALI (GRE)
- 3 - Maria-Eleni ARTAKIANOU (GRE)