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European Volleyball Championship. Latvia – Germany (1-2) / Article

The Latvian men’s volleyball team will play the fourth final tournament of the European Championship in Tallinn and meet with the German national team. Live broadcast on LTV7 and LSM.lv.

Before the game, the head coach of the Estonian national team, Avo Kēl expressed the hope that the previous losses will not break the team. He stressed that there are no players and masters in the team so bright to blame any player for the mistakes he made before. Kegel pointed out that the national team will play very risky because there is a desire to understand what it is like to play at the highest level.

Interview with coach Avo Kēl

At the beginning of the game, the Germans took the initiative and the Latvian national team made mistakes in hosting the service. But at 6: 6 managed to restore balance.

The Latvian national team manages to equalize the result in the 1st set

The game continued evenly, not allowing the strong opponent to “get away” more than two points. However, at the end of the set, the Germans were able to take the lead, and it ended with 22:25.

In the second set, the Germans took the initiative again, “escaping” by three points in the introduction itself. The Germans continued convincingly, not allowing the Latvian national team to get closer than two points. Consequently, a logical loss of 19:25.

In the third set, the result was revealed by the German team, but immediately Latvia evened the result with 1: 1.

The 3rd set starts equally

However, the leadership failed to advance, although the struggle continued point by point. But at 12:11 the Latvian national team took the lead for the first time, and Toms Švāns soon achieved a two-point advantage. The mistake of the Germans, and the result already became 14:11. And immediately even Edward Buivid achieved a four-point lead. The Latvian national team had run in and prevented the Germans from getting closer.

The Latvian national team continued to increase the result difference, upsetting the opponents. At the top of the set, however, the Germans managed to close the difference until 23:23. At the very end of a very intense set, he finally won the set with 27:25.

Latvia scored the first point in the fourth set. At 4: 2, Latvia already had a two-point advantage, but Germany quickly played back and took the lead. But at 7: 6 again the reins of the Latvian national team are in control. But not for a short time, because the Germans no longer allowed him to take the lead.

According to what indicators in the European Championship is the distribution of places in the group determined?

The distribution of seats is determined by the following factors in order of priority:

  1. Number of games won in the group
  2. The number of points scored in the tournament, summing up the points earned in won and lost games
  3. Percentage of won and lost sets in the sum of all games
  4. Percentage of points scored and lost in the sum of all games
  5. Results of team matches


The Latvian national team returned to the final of the European Championship after a break of 26 years. In the first game it won 3-1 (25:23, 25:22, 16:25, 25:21) with the host Estonia, then with 2-3 (30:28, 20:25, 25:23, 29:31) , 11:15) lost to Croatia, but gave way to Slovakia on Monday with 2-3 (18:25, 25:23, 25:13, 19:25, 7:15).

Meanwhile, Germany started the tournament 3-0 (25:20, 25:13, 25:19) over Croatia, followed by 3-0 (25:19, 25:16, 25:21) over Estonia, but on Monday there was a 1-3 (29:31, 25:15, 22:25, 22:25) loss to France.

The final of the European Championship takes place in Estonia, Finland, Poland and the Czech Republic, with the participation of 24 national teams. The top four teams in the four groups will advance to the first round or round of 16. The playoffs will take place in Poland and the Czech Republic until the final of the champions on September 19 in Katowice.

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