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Jelena Mladenovic from Bosnia third-best scorer in the Korean League

by Press 28/12/2022

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Balkan volleyball players are spread all over the world during the 2022-2023 club season, playing big roles in their teams. Many of them are currently away from the continent, competing in some of the top leagues on the planet.

Bosnian opposite Jelena Mladenovic had a big week in the Korean V-League as the 25-year-old player scored impressive 54 points in the two matches her team Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders Korea played over the last few days.

Mladenovic, who has Korean superstar Kim Yeon-Koung as a teammate in her team and is in her second season in Korea, fired 30 points in a five-set loss to GS Caltex Seoul KIXX on Tuesday and followed it up with another 24 in a sweep of Hwaseong IBK Altos two days later.

The Pink Spiders are currently in second place in the Korean League with 39 points (13 wins), trailing leaders Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate, who have 42 points (15 wins).

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Success of Turkish clubs on FIVB Women’s Club World Championship

by Press 20/12/2022

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Turkish VakifBank Spor Kulubu and Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul won medals of the FIVB Women’s Club World Championship 2022, which was held in Antalya, Turkiye.

VakifBank Spor Kulubu was defeated by Imoco Volley Conegliano in the final match 3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21) and won a silver medal.

Despite the defeat in the gold medal match, VakifBank were able to keep their tradition of stepping on the podium every time they appear in the event – their medal count is now up to eight, with four gold, two silver and two bronze.

In the bronze medal match, Eczacibasi topped Brazil’s Gerdau Minas 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-10, 25-21) to take bronze – they now have five medals, with two gold, one silver and two bronze. Serbian opposite and team captain Tijana Boskovic was instrumental in the team’s victory with a match-high 32 points (27 kills, two blocks, three aces).

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Romania to host CEV EuroVolley 2025 Men pool phase!

by Press 06/12/2022

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After a truly successful experience last year with the women’s competition, CEV EuroVolley will return to Romania in 2025 when the Balkan country plays host to one of the four pools that will get the men’s premier competition for national teams underway! This is excellent news for European Volleyball and especially for the Romanian Volleyball family – with their men’s national team due to compete in the 2023 edition of CEV EuroVolley, namely in the pool due to be contested in Tel Aviv, Israel.

In 2025, Romania will welcome CEV EuroVolley Men matches for the first time since 1963. That year, Romania hosted both the men’s and women’s competitions – eventually seizing gold in the men’s tournament, which remains the best result achieved by this country on the international stage to this day – together with a bronze medal won by the men’s national team at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

Most recently, Romania qualified for EuroVolley in 2019 – doing so for the first time since 1995 – and achieved the same feat earlier this summer in the qualifiers for the 2023 edition, finishing first in Pool G on a record of five wins and one loss only. Moreover, Romania won the European Silver League title in 2022, which is further testament to the continuous growth of their men’s national team over the past few years.

“It is truly very exciting and rewarding for us to see Romania joining the CEV EuroVolley fever once again. This provides a clear proof that being bold and taking the initiative to host such competitions undoubtedly benefits the growth of a National Federation, as well as the growth of Volleyball in their respective home country. It is a source of inspiration for all of us. With this said, we can be sure that our institution’s flagship competition is in very good hands” – Aleksandar Boričić, CEV President.

The news that CEV EuroVolley 2025 will be taking place in Romania will certainly galvanise the local Volleyball community and capitalise on the success of last year’s EuroVolley Women matches held in Cluj-Napoca. Moreover, only a few days ago, the CEV confirmed that Romania’s third-largest city, Timisoara, would be hosting the 2023 edition of #EuroBeachVolleyU22. All of this speaks for the increasingly relevant role that Romanian Volleyball is playing on the European stage – thus living up to the legacy from the ‘golden era’ that the country experienced in the 50s and 60s when Romania was a real Volleyball powerhouse.

“For Romania and for Romanian Volleyball, it is a great honour to host one of the four pools of CEV EuroVolley 2025 Men. It is a real arch over time, considering that our country hosted another Men’s EuroVolley in 1963. We gained experience with CEV EuroVolley Women in 2021 when we hosted a pool in Cluj and we are certain that all our guests will feel at home, this time also. I hope this competition will inspire the Romanian Volleyball team and all our young players who will meet their idols” – Adin Marian Cojocaru, President of the Romanian Volleyball Federation.

The CEV will announce the remaining CEV EuroVolley 2025 Men host countries in due course following the ongoing negotiation process with interested National Federations.

Source: CEV

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Obituary – Dragan ‘Čeda’ Cvetković

by Press 28/11/2022

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Dragan Cvetković, aka Čeda, a former Volleyball player, statistician, analyst, and electrical engineer, has died after a long illness at the age of 69 in Belgrade.

During his competitive years, Cvetković played for Belgrade’s Volleyball clubs Železničar and Trudbenik. The popular Čeda was the forerunner of today’s scouts, since he was the first to process statistical data from Volleyball matches at a time when computers were rare and when statisticians mostly used paper and pencil. With much dedication and hard work, he reached global heights with the national team and worked with the best players and coaches from the former Yugoslavia.

Cvetković worked for Partizan from 1994 to 1998, before sticking with Crvena Zvezda with occasional breaks until 2017. In his international career, he collaborated with famous coaches in the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and North Macedonia.

Dragan Cvetković was a member of the professional staff of the men’s senior national team of Yugoslavia, then Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia from 1995 to 2011 and had an immeasurable contribution to winning the most important medals in the country’s history, namely gold at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000, silver at the World championship in Japan in 1998, as well as gold medals at the European Championships in 2001 and 2011 in the Czech Republic and Austria, respectively.

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