The 3rd day of U17M Balkan Championship in Albania is ended. Türkiye will play in semifinal against Romania, while Bulgaria will play against Serbia in the second semifinals.

In classification from 5th place to 7th place will play  Montenegro against North Macedonia, and better in this match will play for 5th place with Albania.

Bulgaria in pool B defeated Montenegro 3:0 (25:12, 25:5, 25:20) and take first place in the pool. In Bulgarian team, the best was, Nicola Konstatinov, while for Montenegro 7 points won Luka Lojic.

Türkiye achieved all victories in pool A, taking first place. In the last game of pool phase, the Turkish team defeated North Macedonia 3:0. In the winning team Cata Unver won 12 points, on the other side, 10 won Toshe Efremov.

Serbia defeated Albania 3:0 (25:12, 25:13, 25:22), take second place in pool A and placed in the semifinal.

MATCH SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, 8TH JULY:

Classification: North Macedonia – Montenegro (15.30h)

Semifinal (1): Bulgaria – Serbia (18.00h)

Semifinal (2): Türkiye- Romania (20.30h)

On the second day of the pool phase of the U17M Balkan competition, Bulgaria and Serbia achieved the first victory, while Türkiye celebrated 2nd time.

Bulgaria overcome Romania after two hours of the game, 3:2 (21:25, 31:33, 25:19, 25:15, 16:14).  In the Bulgarian team, stood out Zhasmin Velichkov with 26 points and Petyo Ivanom with 22 points, while in Romanian team they were Stefan Catalin with 24 and Ioan Verciuc with 18 points.

Serbia celebrated for the first time after they defeated North Macedonia 3:0 (25:16, 25:13, 25:14) in pool A. Andrej Aleksic was the best in the winning team with 13 points, while Vuk Kulpinac and Aleksa Bogosavljevic scored 11 points each. For the Macedonian team, Damjan Minevski won 7 points.

In the same pool, Türkiye beat Albania 3:0 (25:14, 25:9, 25:16). With 14 points Demir Uzunca led the Turkish team to victory. Mateo Begotaraj, BJorni Sejdini and Marsel Hoxha won 4 points each.

The Montenegro team had a rest day in pool B.

Match schedule for Friday, 7th July:

Montenegro – Bulgaria (15.30h)

Turkiye – North Macedonia (18.00h)

Serbia – Albania (20.30h)