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First two Semifinal spot selected, Netherland and Turkey in Semis.

John Suen
2 years ago

[1 Sept]

Netherlands and Turkey beat their rivals in 3 sets to nil to qualify into the semi finals. This will be Netherland's 7th time entering the semifinal round, with 5 of the last 6 semifinals Netherlands had earned a medal, except for losing in 5 against Germany in 2003. This will also be Turkey's 6th time enering the semifinal round, Turkey has never won the competition despite winning 4 medals out of the 5 semifinals participation in European championship. 

Netherland took the first set against Sweden after a shaking start, but the Netherlands are able turn on service pressure and improved on hitting efficiency and they are able to comfortably taking set 2 and 3. Isabelle is the best scorer, she score 18 points with 17 attack at 12.2 efficiency and 1 block.

Turkey took Poland in 3. Because of the service pressure that Turkey puts on Poland, Poland is unable to be as efficiency as Turkey's attack. Stysiak scored 14 points with 14 attacks at 34.4 percent effiency.

Later on September 1st, France will take on the reigning European champions Serbia on a rematch in the pool phase and Russia will take on Italy.

#EuropeanChampionships2021 #Russia #Italy #France #Serbia #Poland #Turkey #Sweden #Netherlands 

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