Overview
The 2019 EuroVolley Women will be one more time history-making. Serbia have a chance to defend the European champion title for the first time ever, once hosting team Turkey stand on the very precipice of winning their maiden European gold. These teams met already at this edition of EuroVolley in pool stage, then Serbia won 3-1. With the trophy at stake and with full house of passionate 12,000 fans we can expect a nail-biting grande finale.
Pre-match
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeAgnieszka MICHLICPOLSecond RefereeIlaria VAGNIITA
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Venue Information
The Ankara Spor Salonu is an indoor sporting hall that is located in Ankara, Turkey that opened in April 2010. The seating capacity of the hall is 10,400 spectators. Built for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the new venue replaced the nearby Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall as the home of Turkish Basketball League clubs, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Türk Telekom Basketbol, and Optimum TED Ankara Kolejliler. In 2015, the hall hosted the FIVB U23 Girls Youth World Championship, along with the Baskent Voll Capacity: 10400
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Head-to-Head
· Serbia (incl. predecessors) and Turkey will meet for the ninth time at the European championships. Turkey won twice, Serbia won six times.
· Serbia and Turkey played semi-final matches in 2011 (3-2 Serbia win) and 2017 (3-0 Serbia win) and a bronze medal match in 2015 (3-0 Serbia win).
· Turkey and Serbia also met in the group stages in this tournament, with Serbia winning 3-1.
· Five of the eight matches between Serbia and Turkey at European championships have ended in straight sets (Serbia W4-L1).
· Turkey beat Serbia 3-0 in the Nations League this summer.
Serbia
· Reigning champions Serbia won their semifinal 3-1 against Italy. They are the only unbeaten side in the tournament.
· Serbia have now won 15 European championship matches since a semifinal defeat against Russia in 2015.
· Serbia have lost only six sets in their last 15 European championship matches, and never more than one in a single match in that span.
· Tijana Boškovic was Serbia's top scorer in the semifinal against Italy, scoring 22 points.
· Teodora Pusic (53%) and Silvija Popovic (50%) are the only receivers in the 2019 European championship on an efficiency percentage of 50 or higher.
Turkey
· Turkey won their semi-final match 3-1 at Poland. They have won seven of their eight matches in this tournament, with the 3-1 against Serbia in the pool phase being the only exception.
· Since 2013, Turkey have ever improved in European championships: quarterfinal in 2013, lost bronze medal match in 2015, bronze medal in 2017 and now the final in 2019.
· Turkey have lost two of their last 13 European championship matches, both against Serbia (2017 semi-finals, 2019 pool phase).
· Eda Erdem Dündar (19), Hande Baladin (16) and Kübra Akman (12) reached double figures for Turkey in the semifinal against Poland.
· Eda Erdem Dündar had five stuff blocks against Poland, as many as the whole Polish team combined.
Semi-Final Highlights
Team
SERBIA 
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Terazije 35/II BEOGRADContacts
Previous Games
| 08/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 04/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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8Competitions Played
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8Titles
- Competition
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9Matches Played
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9Matches Won
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100%Win %
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27Sets Won
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788Points Won
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45%Attack %
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52%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1984
- Birth Place: Zrenjanin
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1999
- Birth Place: Belgrade
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Kraljevo
- Height: 187 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Brcko
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Jagodina
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Beograd
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Uzice
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Trebinje
- Height: 194 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Beograd
- Height: 185 cm
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Olovo
- Height: 181 cm
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Serbia silence record-breaking crowd to retain EuroVolley crown
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of SERBIA compared to TURKEY.
SERBIA number of service aces compared to TURKEY
Errors leading to points of SERBIA, next to those from TURKEY
Maja Ognjenovic, captain and setter of Serbia: “It is a great feeling but I have to say it was not easy to play in such an atmosphere. Turkey is a very good team. I think our coach did a great job today. He made some changes in the right moments. I am so happy and proud because as I said before the tournament, it is more difficult to defend a championship title than to win one. All eyes were on us because we were the defending champions. There was a lot of pressure. In the pool phase, we did not play our best game but we got better with each match.
We played great in the tiebreak. It was magical. We managed to come back from a 3-point deficit. It is not easy to do so in a tiebreak. We had more experienced players and this helped a lot. We had a big wish, I know Turkey also wanted to win but maybe we were more motivated to win.”
Naz Aydemir Akyol“It is very sad to lose a European Championship final like that, in front of our fans, after coming so close. We lost our lead in the tiebreak due to simple mistakes. It makes our hearts even more sink. If we had lost 3-0, maybe it would not have been that painful. I cannot say that we performed really well in the pool phase but we improved with each match. In the last week, I think we were better as a team. We wished to finish the tournament with the gold medal but it was not meant to be.”
Setter of Turkey
