France celebrate a victory over Romania, following their previous meeting when Romanians succeeded in five sets. This time France wrapped up the match in three sets, jumping to the second position in Pool A. Both teams have the same number of wins so far, but France lead with 7 points, while Romania fall into third position with 6 points. The Tournament is held in Harnes in France, where the French team played the European Golden League back in 2018. Lucille Gicquel was back in the squad, following a minor injury that kept her off the court in the first tournament.

• France jump to second position in Pool A, with 2 victories and 7 points

• Lucille Gicquel emerged as the leading scorer with 17 points for France

• Alexia Ioana Carutasu was the top scorer for Romania with 11 points

• France led in block and serve, scoring 8 and 5 points respectively

• Romania gained 5 blocks and 3 aces collectively

Nina STOJILJKOVIC, setter of France: “It’s a greta victory for us. I’m happy and proud that we won tonight, because in our first match against Romania we lost 3-2. Today it was a nice win, I’m happy about it and can’t wait for the next matches. I think we served quite well, we used aggressive and sometimes tactical serves. We were able to manage their game and their strengths, so that’s how we won in straight sets today”.

Lucille Gicquel, opposite of France: "We started the match very well by doing series of serve points. We were very positive, even when we took series of points. It paid off and tipped the match in our favour. Personally, it felt complicated before the event, I joined the team only 2 days before, I had only 2 training sessions. I expected it to be a little complicated, but it worked pretty well. We can still reach Final Four, we know we have to at least win all our games. We started very well today, we will try to confirm it this weekend."