Sitting Volleyball Team Aims for 10th European Championship Title

The Bosnia and Herzegovina sitting volleyball team departed this morning for Poreč, where the European Sitting Volleyball Championship will be held from November 4th to 12th. The team led by Mirza Hrustemović will attempt to win their 10th jubilee title. They have previously succeeded in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, reports Patria News Agency.

Before heading to the European Championship, our national team members completed two training cycles, and according to information, there are no injured players. They unanimously state that anything less than gold would be a failure. 

The BiH national team will play in Group B with the teams of Georgia, Hungary, and Serbia. Group A includes Croatia, Italy, and Poland, Group C has Latvia, the Netherlands, and Russia, and Group D consists of Germany, Turkey, and Ukraine.

Our first match is on November 6th against Georgia, on the 7th against Hungary, and on the 8th against Serbia. The semi-final matches will be played on November 10th, while the final is on November 11th.

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

The following traveled to Poreč:

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.