Officials
Fabrice COLLADOS
Bernard VALENTAR
Overview
The CEV #EuroVolleyM 2021 starts today: Finland and North Macedonia meet in the Pool C first match.
It is the third time in history that Finland plays host to EuroVolley and the first time together with other countries.
Finland and North Macedonia are part of Pool C alongside Russia, Turkey, the Netherlands, and Spain. They met just once before, in their opening match in the 2019 edition of the EuroVolley, in Ljubljana, where the Finnish won 3-1.
Both are determined to win since host Finland is driven by its fans, while North Macedonia can rely on its fighting spirit.
Both teams are going to fight until the end, and the match is going to be spectacular!
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeFabrice COLLADOSFRASecond RefereeBernard VALENTARSLO
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Venue Information
Tampere Ice Stadium, also known as Hakametsä Stadium, was Finland’s first ice stadium originally built for the 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships. The legendary stadium is well suited for various competitions, trade fairs, concerts and other large-scale events. Hakametsä is located ca. 3 km from Tampere city centre and it is easy to reach by public transportation. Capacity: 8000
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How To Attend
Keltinkatu 2 , TAMPERE, 33530 Capacity: 8000
Hakametsä Icehall is just less than 4 km from the city centre and it is easily achievable walking or with you own car, taxi or bus. You can walk from city centre to venue in 45 minutes and see beautiful sites of Tampere at the same time. By bus you can found Hakametsä with many diffrent buslines: 3A, 3B, 6, 9A, 17, 25, 29A, 29B, 40A, 80. All these bring you to less than half kilometer from the venue. By car you can found venue (address Keltinkatu 2) next to Hervannan valtaväylä on eastside of the citycentre. Parking places next to the venue are limited during EuroVolley. Get directions
Featured Players
Lauri KERMINEN
Bio
Lauri grew up in Suonenjoki and he got into volleyball as both his parents played. His major individual achievements are being the best libero in Russian league and chosen 3 x the player of the year in Finland and for team achievemtns being two times Russian champion, Russian cup winner, CEV cup winner and Finnish champion and cup winner. He spends his spare time with his family and friends.
#EuroVolleyM
Team
FINLAND 
Address
Valimotie 10 HelsinkiContacts
Previous Games
| 11/09/2021 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 08/09/2021 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/09/2021 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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26Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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6Matches Played
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3Matches Won
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50%Win %
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11Sets Won
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501Points Won
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49%Attack %
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49%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: FINLAND
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Alajärvi
- Height: 203 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Äetsä
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Äetsä (Sastamala)
- Height: 190 cm
Recent Results
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Finland start EuroVolley home campaign in emphatic style
The match in numbers
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 FINLAND compared to NORTH MACEDONIA.
FINLAND number of service aces compared to NORTH MACEDONIA
Errors leading to points of FINLAND, next to those from NORTH MACEDONIA
Urpo Sivula“We did not play such a match for a long time, since the pandemic resulted in the cancellation of all competitions and earlier this summer we only had 3 friendly matches. This is obviously a good start to a competition on home soil. We feel the energy of this crowd and have very good memories from this arena – where we played many matches and achieved much success in the World League a few years ago. We want to win as many matches as possible but enjoy the experience – just one game at a time.”
Opposite hitter of Finland