Bosnia and Herzegovina's sitting volleyball team takes on Georgia

POREČ (Patria) - The Bosnia and Herzegovina sitting volleyball team plays its first match at the European Sitting Volleyball Championship today. They will take on Georgia. Mirza Hrustemović's selected players will try to win their 10th jubilee title. So far, they have succeeded in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015.

The BiH team plays in Group B with teams from Georgia, Hungary, and Serbia; Group A includes Croatia, Italy, and Poland; Group C includes Latvia, the Netherlands, and Russia; and Group D includes Germany, Turkey, and Ukraine.

On Tuesday, November 7, we play against Hungary, and on the 8th against Serbia. The semi-final matches will be played on November 10, while the final is on November 11.

The national team won its first European title in 1999 in Sarajevo, and they have again submitted a bid for this competition to be held in Sarajevo in 2019. The decision will be made during their stay in Poreč. Besides BiH, Hungary and Poland are also candidates. 

At the European Championship, the colors of BiH are defended by: Ismet Godinjak, Adnan Manko, Sabahudin Delalić (captain), Armin Šehić, Dževad Hamzić, Asim Medić, Mirzet Duran, Nizam Čančar, Beniz Kadrić, Safet Alibašić, Ermin Jusufović, and Adnan Kešmer, with coaches Ejub Mehmedović and Zikret Mahmutović.