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    Paul Catalin SZABO-ALEXI

    Host team Bulgaria are currently second placed in Pool B, but have one less match than Poland. Team captain and outside hitter Elitsa Vasileva has been Bulgaria’s top scorer so far in the EuroVolley with 25 points scored across both matches.

    It won't be an easy encounter for the Bulgarian Lionesses, as Germany are showing good level game at the tournament taking place in Plovdiv. 

    Germany have one victory and one loss (against the Czech Republic and Poland, respectively). In both their fixtures, they showed mental toughness and a will to fight. Despite Germany’s up and downs to start the tournament, opposite Louisa Lippmann and outside hitter Lina Alsmeier have both been in top form.

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    • Officials
      First Referee
      Paul Catalin SZABO-ALEXI
      ROU
      Second Referee
      Siarhei VAITSIAKHOVICH
      BLR
    • Venue Information
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      Kolodruma is the biggest multifunctional complex in Plovdiv, famous with modern architecture and impressive atmosphere. The hall is unique not only being the only covered Olympic-sized cycling track in the Balkans, but also for being able to host 22 sports at the highest level. Kolodruma has also a hall for warm up trainings, press center, locker rooms, coach rooms, LED screens, underground and grand parking for 438 cars. The Arena is connected to four boulevards so getting there is easy. Capacity: 6100
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      Naycho Tsanov Blvd., PLOVDIV, 4000 Capacity: 6100

      City bus lines that have stops near the arena: 4, 10, 17, 99 PLOVDIV AIRPORT – distance to the hall is 12.2 km, cca. 15 min by car. There’s no public transportation from the airport. SOFIA AIRPORT – distance to the hall by car using highway A1 is 151 km and takes around 1 hour 40 minutes. Get directions

    Featured Players

    GERMANY BULGARIA

    Louisa Lippmann

    11
    GERMANY Opposite

    Bio

    She was born on 23rd September 1994 in Herford and is the top star of Germany. She is a 4-time German Champion, 1-time Russian Champion and has won the election of the best German female player 4 times. In 2017 and 2018 she was also awarded as the MVP of the German League. She plays her 3rd European Championship in 2021 and has made 157 appearances for the German national team so far.

    GERMANY BULGARIA

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    GERMANY

    Address

    Otto-Fleck-Schneise 8 FRANKFURT AM MAIN

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    Team Leaders
    Jennifer JANISKA
    Outside spiker
    Louisa Lippmann
    Opposite
    Anna POGANY
    Libero
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    28/08/2021 vs. 1 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    25/08/2021 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    24/08/2021 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 16
      Competitions Played
    • 1
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 6
      Matches Played
    • 4
      Matches Won
    • 67%
      Win %
    • 14
      Sets Won
    • 523
      Points Won
    • 43%
      Attack %
    • 53%
      Reception %

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    JANISKA Jennifer
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Nordhorn
    • Height: 186 cm
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    1
    BOCK Linda
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Height: 182 cm
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    2
    KÄSTNER Pia
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1998
    • Height: 182 cm
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    4
    IMOUDU Denise
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Height: 180 cm
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    8
    DREWNIOK Kimberly
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Birth Place: Menden
    • Height: 188 cm
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    9
    ALSMEIER Lina
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Height: 189 cm
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    10
    STIGROT Lena
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Bad Tölz
    • Height: 184 cm
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    11
    Lippmann Louisa
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Herford
    • Height: 190 cm
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    12
    ORTHMANN Hanna
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1998
    • Birth Place: Lüdinghausen
    • Height: 188 cm
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    14
    SCHOELZEL Marie
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Height: 190 cm
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    16
    AMBROSIUS Lea
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Height: 191 cm
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    17
    POGANY Anna
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Berlin
    • Height: 168 cm
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    21
    WEITZEL Camilla
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Height: 195 cm
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    22
    STRUBBE Monique
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 2001
    • Height: 188 cm
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    Staff

    KOSLOWSKI Felix
    Head Coach
    NEUBAUER Nick
    Assistant Coach
    WOLF Christian
    Assistant Coach 2

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    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Match

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    Match Report

    Germany shocks hosts Bulgaria in a five-set thriller in Plovdiv

    22 August 2021

    Bulgaria suffered its first EuroVolley 2021 Women defeat and missed a chance to secure a Round of 16 berth with two rounds to play. The hosts lost a five-set thriller to Germany who also is on a brink of qualifying to the knock-out stages of the tournament.

     

    ● Neither team led by more than three points in the tense opening set. Bad reception by Elitsa Vasileva put Germany ahead by two at 21-19. A successful video challenge gave the visitors two set points.

     

    ● The response was quick and emphatic. Bulgarians built a five-point margin early in the second set they never relinquished. Germany’s reception fell significantly with just 45% positive ones while the team committed 9 errors in total. Trailing 14-21 German coach Felix Koslowski wrote off the set opting to give some rest to setter Denise Imoudu and middle blocker Camilla Weitzel.

     

    ● The gamble paid off as Weitzel was the second top scorer in set 3. Germany won the opening three points and never trailed. Bulgaria managed to level the score on a couple of occasions but untimely mistakes in attack doomed the home team. The Lionesses had just a 41% kill rate while also committing three serve errors.

     

    ● Aces by Lora Kitipova and Gergana Dimitrova, sandwiched by a monstrous spike by Elitsa Vasileva gave Bulgaria a four-point lead in the fourth set. A 5-0 run propelled the hosts to a convincing victory.

     

    ● In the second decider of the day in Plovdiv Germany left no doubts who is the better team on the court. The Mannschaft was ahead from start to finish led by middle blockers Marie Schoelzel and Camilla Weitzel with four points each.

     

    ● Louisa Lippmann was the top scorer for Germany with 18 points. Lina Alsmeier added 14.

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    The match in numbers

    156
    Points

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

    131
    Duration

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

    2650
    Spectators

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

    282
    Match Spikes

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

    48%
    Reception Level

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

    12-8
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of GERMANY compared to BULGARIA.

    4-5
    Ace Count

    GERMANY number of service aces compared to BULGARIA

    50-33
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of GERMANY, next to those from BULGARIA

    "We are very happy that we managed to play that way in front of Bulgarian crowd. No matter who they root for, the atmosphere was really nice. Bulgaria has very tall attackers and blockers due to which sometimes it was hard for us to score. However, we are a very good team, we stick together, fight for each other which we again proved today. We didn't give up and stayed confident even when we lost those two sets. That was the key to the win!"

    Louisa Lippmann
    Opposite, Germany

    "It was a tough match. We could have acted differently in some key moments in the first set. Germany put us in trouble mostly with their strong serve. Respectively, ours was not good enough and they were scoring easily. We learned our lessons from this match. We still have our chances to top Pool B which is our main goal."

    Emiliya Nikolova
    Opposite, Bulgaria