Greece out to seal birth in #EurovolleyW finals
Facts about the players, teams, venue in relation to the match:
1. Greece return to Volos where they opened the #EuroVolleyW qualifiers last week with a 3-0 sweep of Ukraine, after scoring two victories on the road over Norway 3-0 and Ukraine 3-0.
2. Greece are one of only three teams, alongside Belgium and France, to retain an absolutely perfect record after three matchdays, without having dropped a single set.
3. Greece’s Anthi Vassilantonaki leads the overall scorers table on average points per set across the whole competition with 6.78. She is second in absolute numbers with 61 points in three matches (nine sets).
4. Nadia Kodola is Ukraine’s best scorer thus far in the competition with 30 points (or 3.33 per set) after three matches (nine sets).
Quote 1 from Team A, Greece:
Guillermo Naranjo, Coach of GRE: “It will be a totally different game. Ukraine have a strong team with great experience. In our away game our plan worked and things developed exactly as we wanted. But now Ukraine have had a few days to adapt to our style of play –as we had to theirs. I believe it will be a long game.”
Quote 2 from Team B, Ukraine:
Coach of UKR: “We played very badly in Ukraine against Greece. We have watched a lot of videos with our errors and will try to correct them. All our players now have great resolve and seek revenge.”
