Bulgaria booked ticket for U17 CEV European Championship 2023 Final Round after they reached place in final of 1st Round of Zonal Qualifiers, where they will play against Finland, who earlier won against Serbia in semifinal.

Serbia was defeated by Finland in first semifinal game after five sets 3:2 (25:21, 15:25, 19:25, 25:18, 15:11). In Serbian team Vuk Kulpinac was the best with 14 points, while 25 points won Viktor Viljamaa for Finland.

Bulgaria beat Greece 3:0 (25:15, 25:22, 25:18) in second semifinal. Petyo Ivanov was the best in Bulgarian team with 16 points. Georgios Kouvaras won 19 points in Greek team.

Romania defeated England 3:0 (25:16, 25:13, 25:14) and will play for 5th place. George Patric Verdes won 12 points in the winning team, in England team Nathan Hampshire won 7 points.

Link for photos: https://www-old.cev.eu/

MATCH SCHEDULE:

Sunday, 22nd January

5th place match: Turkiye – Romania (15:00h)

3rd place match: Serbia – Greece (17:30h)

Final: Bulgaria – England (20:00h)

Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Finland (NEWZA) will play in the semifinals of 1st round of BVA Zonal Qualifications for the U17 Volleyball European Championship 2023.

For the semifinals, in pool B celebrated Greece and Serbia and in pool A Bulgaria.

Last day of the pool phase, Greece beat Turkiye 3:1 (30:32, 25:22, 25:18, 25:23). Konstantinos Stavros Mouchlias was the best player with 35 points in celebratory team. İsmail Ayranci was the best in the Turkish team with 16 points.

Serbia was better than England 3:0 (25:23, 25:13, 25:12). Aleksa Skoric won 13 points for Serbia, while Cayde Keates won 6 points for England.

In the last match of Friday, Bulgaria defeated Romania 3:0 (25:15, 25:18, 25:17). Zhasmin Velichkov won 12 points for Bulgarian team. Ioan Verciuc, George Patrick Erdes and Stefan Liviu Catalin for Romania were the best with 8 points.

Romania and England will play tomorrow as 3rd from pool A and 4th placed from pool B and winner will play match for 5th place against Turkiye on Sunday.

Link for photos: https://www-old.cev.eu/

MATCH SCHEDULE:

Saturday, 21st January

Classification 5-7: Romania – England (15:00h)

Semi-final (1): Serbia – Finland (17:30h)

Semi-final (2): Bulgaria – Greece (20:00h)