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    Benedikt GEUKES

    North Macedonia is challenging Spain in the first match of day 6 in Pool C

    Winning one set against Finland is not enough for North Macedonia in this campaign, since they achieved two wins in Ljubljana at the 2019 Final edition.
    This season's silver league finalist will now meet the golden league 7th Spain, so this match is like a test of level between these two series.
    Spain – like North Macedonia – are still without a win in Tampere. They managed to win a set against Turkey in a very close game.
    This is why Spain and North Macedonia now share an equal result in the table in Pool C. Before this match they also have equally met three countries: Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands.

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    • Officials
      First Referee
      Benedikt GEUKES
      GER
      Second Referee
      Wojciech MAROSZEK
      POL
    • Venue Information
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      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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      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

    NORTH MACEDONIA SPAIN

    Nikola GJORGIEV

    4
    NORTH MACEDONIA Opposite

    Bio

    Nikola Gjorgiev was born on July 23, 1988 in Strumica. His father was the president of the women's senior team VC Macedonia, so his beginnings in volleyball are at early age and for him volleyball was love at first sight. He has had many successes, including 3 times-MVP player in three different countries and 3 times-best spiker in the Euroleague. The family are his biggest support.

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    NORTH MACEDONIA SPAIN

    Team

    Team Profile
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    NORTH MACEDONIA

    Address

    K.K. "Rabotnicki" BB. - P.O. Box 118 SKOPJE

    Social

    Contacts

    phone +389 2 316 16 05 email vfmkd@vfmkd.mk
    Team Leaders
    Nikola GJORGIEV
    Opposite
    Darko ANGELOVSKI
    Libero
    Filip DESPOTOVSKI
    Setter
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    08/09/2021 vs. 0 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    06/09/2021 vs. 1 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    05/09/2021 vs. 0 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 14
      Competitions Played
    • 0
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 11
      Matches Played
    • 5
      Matches Won
    • 45%
      Win %
    • 18
      Sets Won
    • 822
      Points Won
    • 40%
      Attack %
    • 43%
      Reception %

    Team

    C
    4
    GJORGIEV Nikola
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1988
    • Birth Place: Strumica
    • Height: 195 cm
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    1
    ANGELOVSKI Darko
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Height: 180 cm
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    2
    GJORGIEV Gjorgi Jr
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Birth Place: Strumica
    • Height: 197 cm
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    5
    MILEV Vlado
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1987
    • Birth Place: Strumica
    • Height: 195 cm
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    7
    NAKOV Slave
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Height: 194 cm
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    8
    LJAFTOV Aleksandar
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Birth Place: Strumica
    • Height: 198 cm
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    11
    DESPOTOVSKI Filip
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1986
    • Birth Place: Skopje
    • Height: 194 cm
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    12
    NIKOLOVSKI Filip
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Height: 189 cm
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    15
    MADJUNKOV Filip
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Height: 199 cm
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    16
    ILIEV Stojan
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1999
    • Birth Place: Novo Selo
    • Height: 190 cm
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    17
    KOSTIKJ Luka
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2001
    • Height: 198 cm
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    18
    MIHAILOV Vase
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1986
    • Height: 198 cm
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    19
    NIKOLOV Risto
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Birth Place: Strumica
    • Height: 202 cm
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    20
    SAVOVSKI Filip
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 2002
    • Height: 206 cm
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    Staff

    NIKOLIC Dusko
    Head Coach
    PROTIC Arsenije
    Assistant Coach

    Recent Results

    Team Statistics

    NORTH MACEDONIA

    Overview

    SPAIN

    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Match

    Player Statistics

    Highlights

    Team North Macedonia - bus arrival

    Highlights

    Coin toss

    Highlights

    Andrés Villena

    Highlights

    North Macedonia national anthem

    Highlights

    Spain national anthem

    Highlights

    Team North Macedonia

    Highlights

    Filip Madjunkov (L) cheering with Nikola Giorgiev.

    Highlights

    Andrés Villena and team Spain

    Highlights

    Andrès Villena spike hard.

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    Nikola Gjorgiev exulting.

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    Match Report

    Spain team found its rhythm and defeated North Macedonia

    Article 6 September 2021

    Team Spain improved their team attacking skills and blocking power in a decisive moment to secure a 3-1 victory over North Macedonia.

     


    They needed some fresh power from the bench as Ramon Ferragut came in in the 3rd set. Andrés Villena found his rhythm to score totally 26 points. Setter Angel Trinidad de Haro had a joyful match to find best positions to his attackers.
    Especially the setter backcourt rotations were positive for Spain. Also, they could afford even some mistakes in attacking and still find their motions in play.
    Some blocking action by Spain was required as North Macedonia improved during the second and third set. Middle blocker Borja Ruiz scored a fair amount of 17 points in the match.

     


    North Macedonia moved twice ahead already in the first set but they could not keep their momentum.  Nikola Georgiev (26 points in the match) and Aleksandar Ljaftov (13 points) after another setter Flip Despotovski came in early in the match.

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    The match in numbers

    138
    Points

    The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

    118
    Duration

    The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

    323
    Spectators

    Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

    244
    Match Spikes

    The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

    52%
    Reception Level

    An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

    4-13
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of NORTH MACEDONIA compared to SPAIN.

    4-4
    Ace Count

    NORTH MACEDONIA number of service aces compared to SPAIN

    50-52
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of NORTH MACEDONIA, next to those from SPAIN

    “We are very happy with the performance as well as with the result, even though this victory does not change much when it comes to our chances to progress to the next round of the competition. Still, this victory is important for our morale. We were a bit more stable and made fewer mistakes than we made in the previous matches, especially towards the end of the sets – and this is what made the difference, combined with more quality in our service and block.”

    Andrés Jesus Villena
    Opposite hitter of Spain

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