ZENICA Turkish Volleyball Players are European Junior Champions

(Patria) - The Turkish junior volleyball team is the champion of Europe. Tonight, in the final played in the City Arena “Husejin Smajlović” in Zenica, after a great fight, in a match full of turnarounds, they defeated the Serbian team with a score of 3-2 in sets (25-17, 16-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-8).

These two national teams, as the top two from the competition of the best U-19 selections of the Old Continent, have secured their place at the U-20 World Championship to be held next year.

The volleyball players of Belarus won third place and the bronze medal at EuroVolleyU19W. In an interesting match for third place, they defeated France 3-1 (25-18, 25-21, 23-25, 27-25).

On Saturday, the Turkish team defeated the Belarusian team 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-22, 26-24) in the first semi-final match, and the Serbian team defeated the French team 3-1 (23-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-14) in the second semi-final match.

In the matches for places five to eight, in Osijek today, Poland defeated Bulgaria 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-17) in the match for fifth place, while Croatia defeated Slovakia 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-10, 25-20).

On Saturday, Poland defeated Croatia 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-8), and Bulgaria defeated Slovakia 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-17).

We remind you that the ninth-placed team at the championship was Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ipar Kurt from the Turkish national team was declared the MVP of the championship.