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    Mirko JANKOVIC

    Overview

    Italy, the bronze medalists of the previous edition of the EuroVolley starts their 21st consecutive appearence at the European Championships as a main favourites in Pool C, hoping to gain the third European crown after 12-year-break being led by their charismatic leader Paola Egonu (previously they won the event in 2007 and 2009). On the other side, the EuroVolley 2021 is 10th performance at the event for Belarus, the team finished 22nd in the last edition, but in 2017 they claimed 7th place. The both teams lock horns twice at EuroVolley and in both cases Italy emerged victorious.

    Belarus staying fully focused before their match against Italy
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    • Officials
      First Referee
      Mirko JANKOVIC
      SRB
      Second Referee
      Ari JOKELAINEN
      FIN
    • Venue Information
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      Many basketball and volleyball competitions, many martial arts competitions, and even some tennis competitions were played in the Krešimir Ćosić Hall. The Croatian Volleyball Federation in the Krešimir Ćosić Hall organized the finals of the Croatian Cup and the Snježana Ušić Cup in the 2019/2020 season, MEVZA tournaments for younger age categories and all finals of domestic championships for younger age categories. Capacity: 8000
    • How To Attend
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      Splitska 3, Zadar, 23000 Capacity: 8000

      AIRPORT ZADAR – public transportation secured by bus to the main bus station. Distance from airport Zadar to main bus station is 12 km cca. 25 min MAIN BUS STATION in Zadar to Krešimir Ćosić hall Distance from main bus station in Zadar to hall is 7 km cca. 10 min Get directions

    Featured Players

    ITALY BELARUS

    Paola Ogechi EGONU

    18
    ITALY Opposite

    Bio

    Born in Cittadella, December 18, 1998. In the national team: Bronze European Championships 2019, Silver World Championship 2018, Silver W. Grand Prix 2017. I enrolled in psychoeconomics. It is a new university faculty, started two years ago. I chose this faculty because I really like psychology.

    ITALY BELARUS

    Team

    Team Profile
    Logo for ITALY

    ITALY

    Address

    Viale Tiziano, 70 (Mailing) ROMA

    Social

    Contacts

    Team Leaders
    Paola Ogechi EGONU
    Opposite
    Miriam Fatime SYLLA
    Outside spiker
    Cristina CHIRICHELLA
    Middle blocker
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    04/09/2021 vs. 3 - 1 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    03/09/2021 vs. 3 - 1 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    01/09/2021 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 26
      Competitions Played
    • 6
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 9
      Matches Played
    • 9
      Matches Won
    • 100%
      Win %
    • 27
      Sets Won
    • 765
      Points Won
    • 48%
      Attack %
    • 46%
      Reception %

    Team

    C
    17
    SYLLA Miriam Fatime
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Height: 184 cm
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    3
    GENNARI Alessia
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1991
    • Height: 185 cm
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    4
    BONIFACIO Sara
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Height: 184 cm
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    5
    MALINOV Ofelia
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Height: 184 cm
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    6
    DE GENNARO Monica
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1987
    • Birth Place: ITALY
    • Height: 172 cm
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    8
    ORRO Alessia
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1998
    • Height: 180 cm
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    10
    CHIRICHELLA Cristina
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Height: 195 cm
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    11
    DANESI Anna
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Height: 196 cm
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    14
    PIETRINI Elena
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Height: 190 cm
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    15
    NWAKALOR Sylvia Chinelo
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1999
    • Height: 177 cm
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    18
    EGONU Paola Ogechi
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1998
    • Height: 190 cm
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    20
    PARROCCHIALE Beatrice
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Height: 167 cm
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    24
    MAZZARO Alessia
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1998
    • Height: 184 cm
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    29
    D'ODORICO Sofia
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Height: 186 cm
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    Staff

    MAZZANTI Davide
    Head Coach
    BERTINI Matteo
    Assistant Coach
    BENDANDI Simone
    Assistant Coach 2

    Recent Results

    Team Statistics

    ITALY

    Overview

    BELARUS

    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Match

    Player Statistics

    Highlights

    Captain Miriam Sylla

    Highlights

    High five with Ace!

    Highlights

    Belarus trying to stop Egonu's attack

    Highlights

    High five! Paola Egonu & Cristina Chirichella

    Highlights

    Elena Pietrini serving ace!

    Highlights

    Triumphing captain Miriam Sylla

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    Match Report

    Routine win for Italy

    Article 20 August 2021

    The favourites in Pool C and bronze medal winners two years ago, Italy recorded their first win (3-0; 25-20, 25-18, 25-16) against the team of Belarus. Unfortunately, all the matches played in Zadar, Croatia are without spectators, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The Italian team, having beaten Belarus in their last four matches, started today’s clash without too much motivation, while Belarus had a lot of respect for their opponents. The first two sets, as a result, were very similar, with the first section of each set pretty uneventful before Italy ended up some 3, 4 points ahead and forced Belarus to take more risks.

    The best Italian player of the first set was Elena Pietrini, outside spiker, who scored 9 points (90% efficiency), with 80% of positive service reception. In the end, she ended up scoring 19 points, while their captain Miriam Sylla scored 11 times and their most effective player - Italian star Paola Egonu – registered 20. That was enough to finish the match without too much stress for their team.

    However, it is important to mention a very large number of unintentional mistakes of the Italian team; 8 in the first set, 7 in the second, while Belarus scored 9 points in the third. The third set was a one way street for the Italian team - which they closed with a comfortable 25-16 score.

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    The match in numbers

    96
    Points

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

    75
    Duration

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

    350
    Spectators

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

    155
    Match Spikes

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

    34%
    Reception Level

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

    5-7
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of ITALY compared to BELARUS.

    11-2
    Ace Count

    ITALY number of service aces compared to BELARUS

    32-31
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of ITALY, next to those from BELARUS

    “Of course, it was not easy to re-focus and to return to play after the Tokyo Olympics – where we messed things up, as everyone would agree. However, we do not want one tournament to define the level and quality of this team. Carrying the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony was the sort of experience you get to live once in a lifetime and I still feel very humbled and honoured that the IOC chose me for that occasion.”

    Paola Egonu
    Opposite hitter of Italy

    "Today we had an interesting game, because Italy is so strong and high-level team. We tried to play normal, make a good fight, but we lost, it happens. Tomorrow we will try to play better and we hope to win, because entire country supports me and my team. It gives me a lot of emotions, so hopefully tomorrow or in the next days we will win."

    Hanna Klimets
    opposite of Belarus