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On Sunday afternoon, Croatia claimed their third victory in a row, with this securing their spot in the 8^th Finals of the tournament. After they previously beat Switzerland and Belarus, Croatia swept aside Slovakia in three sets as well (25-21, 25-14, 25-13).

However, the hosts seemed to have started the first set either not warmed up properly or not motivated enough. The initiative was definitely on the Slovakian side in those first minutes. When we actually thought the set might go to Slovakia, Croatian coach Daniele Santarelli called their first time-out, at 16-12 followed by another one at 18-12 for Slovakia. After that second break, instead of outside spiker Matea Ikic, Lucija Mlinar joined the game and the Croatian girls finally started to play properly. They put together a few blocks in a row (eventually recording five in the first set), as captain Samanta Fabris was great in her attacks. Instead of Bozana Butigan, at 21-21, Santarelli sent in Karla Klaric and the set went to the Croats.

After losing the first set, Slovakia basically fell apart and the Croats scored one point after the other and had no problems taking the second set as well with 25-14. The third one was a copy of the second one and ended with a landslide 25-13 to seal the third straight 3-0 victory for the home side in Zadar with four players – Fabris, Butigan, Mlinar and Laura Milos – all top scoring with 11 points apiece.