In the final of U17M Balkan Championship will play Bulgaria and Türkiye! For the 3rd place, Serbia will play against Romania.

North Macedonia defeated Montenegro after five sets 3:2 (23:25, 25:23, 25:14, 26:28, 15:3) and will play against Albania in the match for 5th place. Toshe Efemov was the best in the Macedonian team with 18 points, while the excellent game was Luka Lojic with 28 points and Vuk Stanojevic with 17 points for Montenegro

In the first semifinals, Bulgaria was better than Serbia 3:0 (25:14, 25:16: 25:22) and will play in the final against Türkiye who was celebrated against Romania 3:1 (25:16, 24:26, 26:24, 25:15) in the second semifinals.

In Bulgarian team, Petyo Ivanom was the best with 12 points, while for Serbian team 10 won Vuk Kulpinac. To the final Turkish team led Ata Unver with 20 points, on the other side Patrick Verdes won 12 points.

MATCH SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, 9TH JULY:

Match for 5th place: Albania – North Macedonia (15.30h)

Bronze medal match: Serbia – Romania (18.00h)

Final: Bulgaria – Turkiye (20.30h)

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)