Russia claim first ticket to #EuroVolleyU17W
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On Sunday, Russia secured their participation in next year’s #EuroVolleyU17W in the Czech Republic after claiming top honours from the EEVZA U17 Women’s Championship held in Daugavpils, where the home team representing Latvia finished in sixth place.
Ieva Neciporuka“On Saturday against Lithuania, we played with our heart and delivered a very good performance. Today, my girls had the same task – to win, but I think they were emotionally empty. We lost, but overall, I am very pleased and thankful we got a chance to play, taking into consideration that we did not have much time for our preparation."
Head coach of Team Latvia
Latvia lost to their neighbours from Estonia 0-3 (19-25, 19-25, 18-25), but their sixth place is good enough to make sure they will be able to contest the second round of qualifiers scheduled for the spring of 2022.
“We will be working together a lot more, the girls will contest the Latvian youth championship with their own teams and therefore will get a lot more game experience that we really lack of right now,” added assistant coach Janis Jerumanis. “The most important thing is for the girls to gain game experience and then we will be ready for the second round of European qualifiers.”
Russia punched the sole direct ticket to #EuroVolleyU17W after defeating Poland 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 15-25, 25-21) in the final match. Ukraine finished the competition in third place after defeating Belarus 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-15, 25-19). All teams ranked second to sixth will contest the second round of qualifiers in the spring of 2022.
The organisers awarded the best player of each participating team as follows:
Russia: Elizaveta Nesterova
Poland: Amelia Dombrowska
Ukraine: Bohdana Hrytsyk
Belarus: Kseniya Hlinskaya
Estonia: Merili Kõrvel
Latvia: Liva Ebere
Lithuania: Arina Petuchova
Georgia: Magda Kobaidze
The EEVZA event held in Daugavpils featured eight teams contesting 16 matches over a period of four days. As many as 29 volunteers helped with the delivery of a tournament involving 161 players and officials.
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