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Finland and Kosovo faced each other on the last day of Qualifier Tournament in Montenegro, with the Finnish side winning the encounter in three sets. Coach Tapio KANGASNIEMI allowed Rosa BJÄRREGÅRD-MADSEN to take on the leading role in place of Piia KORHONEN, who was Finland’s leading scorer in the past two games.

• Rosa BJÄRREGÅRD-MADSEN, who replaced Piia KORHONEN as the starting opposite for Finland, became the top scorer of the match with 17 points

• Anna CZAKAN (FIN) continues her great blocking form adding another 5 points in that element 

• Kosovo’s Venera KADRIU was the leading scorer of her team with 5 points

• Finland performed well at the service line, serving 7 aces collectively

• The victory gives Finland a second position in Pool D for now, but the table composition might change after the last match of this tournament, which will be played between Slovakia and Montenegro

• Kosovo are yet to claim a victory in the #EuroVolleyW Qualifier

Tapio KANGASNIEMI, coach of Finland: “I think we were controlling the game quite well. We used some different players, so others can rest a bit for the next round.”

Venera KADRIU, outside spiker of Kosovo: “Today’s game was pretty tough. It wasn’t in our best advantage, we didn’t show up well prepared mentally. Physically we were, but I think the tactical part was missing a lot and we had misconnection with each other. As for the opponent, we congratulate them. They’ve shown how great they are, even though they played with their second team. This is a lesson that we have to learn, we are a young, growing team. This will definitely help us to see some stuff that we’re missing and for the future games to prepare and come up stronger.”

Lorik Ilazi, coach of Kosovo: “This is our third game against good opponents. Finland are currently second in the pool and we normally we play good. For us it’s important to raise our level and I am happy that we constantly grow every day, this is very important for us.”