CROATIA
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Top Scorer
- 19 - Emiliya DIMITROVA (BUL)
- 18 - Samanta FABRIS (CRO)
- 15 - Elitsa ATANASIJEVIC (BUL)
Officials
Vladimir OLEYNIK
Bogdan Laurentiu STOICA
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeVladimir OLEYNIKRUSSecond RefereeBogdan Laurentiu STOICAROU
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How To Attend
1, Lipnik Blvd., RUSE, 7000 Capacity: 5100
Team








- PAVIČIĆ Katarina2 Outside spiker
- STRUNJAK Ema3 Middle blocker
- LUKETIC Katarina7 Opposite
- IKIC Matea10 Outside spiker
- GAMMA Sanja11 Opposite
- DUMANCIC Beta12 Middle blocker
- PERIĆ Klara15 Setter
- CVETNIĆ Lea16 Outside spiker
CROATIA
Address
Trg Dražena Petrovića 1 ZAGREBContacts
Previous Games
20/06/2021 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
19/06/2021 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
04/06/2021 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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8Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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8Matches Played
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5Matches Won
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62%Win %
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19Sets Won
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730Points Won
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35%Attack %
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46%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1999
- Birth Place: Zagreb
- Height: 187 cm
- Birth Date: 2000
- Birth Place: Mostar
- Height: 192 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Zagreb
- Height: 180 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Osijek
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Split
- Height: 193 cm
Team








- NEYKOVA Polina3 Setter
- YANEVA Eva4 Outside spiker
- YORDANOVA Maria5 Outside spiker
- PASKOVA Miroslava6 Outside spiker
- KITIPOVA Lora7 Setter
- SAYKOVA Borislava9 Middle blocker
- TODOROVA Mira10 Middle blocker
- USHEVA Dima12 Middle blocker
BULGARIA
Address
25 Nezabravka Str. SofiaContacts
Previous Games
20/06/2021 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
19/06/2021 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
05/06/2021 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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9Competitions Played
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2Titles
- Competition
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6Matches Played
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6Matches Won
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100%Win %
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18Sets Won
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476Points Won
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39%Attack %
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31%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Dupnitsa
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Yambol
- Height: 189 cm
- Birth Date: 2002
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 185 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Chirpan
- Height: 182 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Stara Zagora
- Height: 182 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Chirpan
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Shumen
- Height: 185 cm
Staff
Recent Results
SPAIN
CROATIA
(12 - 25, 25 - 10, 18 - 25, 23 - 25)
CROATIA
HUNGARY
(25 - 21, 25 - 16, 25 - 23)
CZECH REPUBLIC
CROATIA
(25 - 20, 25 - 27, 21 - 25, 26 - 24, 12 - 15)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Rene SAIN
Libero
CROATIA
Nasya DIMITROVA
Middle blocker
BULGARIA
Bulgaria crowned the new #EuroLeagueW champions
Bulgaria win the European Golden League in front of their home fans. The team needed four sets to claim victory over Croatia. Bulgarians led throughout majority of the game, but Croatians persisted, challenging the hosts by tying the score in every set.
Supported by a large group of local fans, the Final Four hosts started the match with power, taking a six-point lead at 13-19. Croatia patiently decreased the gap to just 19-21, putting more pressure in the Bulgarians. Their effort paid off as the team reached the set-point at 24-22 and used their first opportunity to win the set with a spike from Matea Ikic.
A setback in the opening part of the match didn’t put Bulgarians down as they started second set with another lead at 4-8. The advantage soon grew to 5-12, but Croatia hit back scoring three points in a row, forcing Bulgaria to call a time out. Croatia yet again worked their way back from 10-14 to not only level the score at 14-14, but go 17-14 ahead. Bulgarians responded with series of good rallies to jump to 18-20, but Croatia managed to tie the score once more. A single block of Nasya Dimitrova on Klara Perić - who attempted to tip the ball - and an error on Croatian side put Bulgaria at 20-23. The Final Four hosts claimed the set at 22-25.
Both teams played head to head in the third set, but Bulgaria soon established another significant lead at 5-8 further extended to 9-14. Just like before, Croatia slowly decreased it to 13-16, but this time Bulgaria did not let them even the score. The hosts scored five points in a row, keeping a confident lead over Croatia at 13-21. Bulgaria kept the control until the end of third set, won at 17-25.
It took a while for Bulgaria to gain a point advantage in the fourth set, as both teams went head to head until 9-9. But a three-point run from the hosts forced Croatia to call a time out at 9-12. The trouble on Croatian side continued when Bulgaria increased their lead to 10-16. Croatia managed to score three points in a row, knowing that their time to strike back in this game is slowly running out. The three-point difference between the teams carried on until 20-23, when Emiliya Dimitrova’s attack have Bulgaria their first match point. Bulgarians used their first opportunity as Dimitrova finished the match with another powerful hit.
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Emiliya Dimitrova became the top scorer of the match with 19 points for Bulgaria. She also delivered two final points of the match, giving her team #EuroLeagueW crown.
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Samanta Fabris trails behind with 18 points for Croatia.
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Croatia performed slightly better in block, scoring 15 points to 13 blocks of Bulgaria.
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Individually Nasya Dimitrova led in blocking with 7 points in this element.
Daniele Santarelli, coach of Croatia: “I am very proud with my team. We began our journey almost a month ago. There are new players in the team. At this point we are not ready to challenge Bulgaria. Now the most important is to grow and to be ready for the EuroVolley 2021. It is very important tournament for us.”
Ivan Petkov, coach of Bulgaria: “The emotions are incredible! I can’t find the right words to describe it! We are proud and happy to be the European Golden League winners. I want to admire my team and the incredible fans. Now we begin to prepare for the EuroVolley. Of course, I know that we made mistakes, but the time for analysis will be after the celebrations.”
The match in numbers
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of CROATIA compared to BULGARIA.
CROATIA number of service aces compared to BULGARIA
Errors leading to points of CROATIA, next to those from BULGARIA
Top Scorer
- 19 - Emiliya DIMITROVA (BUL)
- 18 - Samanta FABRIS (CRO)
- 15 - Elitsa ATANASIJEVIC (BUL)
Top Attacker
- 18 - Emiliya DIMITROVA (BUL)
- 13 - Samanta FABRIS (CRO)
- 12 - Elitsa ATANASIJEVIC (BUL)
Top Blocker
- 7 - Nasya DIMITROVA (BUL)
- 5 - Samanta FABRIS (CRO)
- 5 - Bozana BUTIGAN (CRO)
Top Server
- 2 - Petya BARAKOVA (BUL)
- 2 - Bozana BUTIGAN (CRO)
- 1 - Klara PERIĆ (CRO)
Top Receiver
- 10 - Elitsa ATANASIJEVIC (BUL)
- 9 - Laura MILOS (CRO)
- 5 - Nikolina BOZICEVIC (CRO)
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