Golden European League: Ukraine destroys Slovakia in POOL B
2 min readOn Thursday in POOL B, the hosts Ukraine didn’t leave any chances to their opponents from Slovakia and showing better skills in all the components, claimed a 3-0 victory. The winners outperformed Slovakia in all the elements of the game: 31 winning spikes (compared to 15 by the Slovak players), 16 kill blocks (6 for Slovakia) and 10 aces (compared to 2 recorded by the rivals).
The team led by head coach Marek Kardos struggled to find their rhythm and let too many errors.
Thanks to this victory, Ukraine have already 6 points, while Slovakia follow them with 2 that have one after a tie-break vs. Romania on Wednesday.
Plotnytskyi and Drozd were the top scorers of the match with 19 and 12 points respectively.
| POOL STANDINGS (complete program below)
ā¢ Pool A: Estonia 8, Belgium 7, Spain 3, Latvia 0.
ā¢ Pool B: Ukraine 6, Slovakia 2, Romania 1, The Netherlands 0 (forfeit)
ā¢ Pool C: Turkey 9, Belarus 5, Portugal 3, Czech Republic 1.
| CEV Golden European League 2021′ – Results & Program
MAY 28, 2021 –
— POOL A – Tartu (EST)
ā¢ Estonia – Spain 3-0 (25:23, 25:16, 25:18)
ā¢ Latvia – Belgium 1-3 (25:19, 16:25, 14:25, 21:25)
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— POOL C – Minsk (BLR)
ā¢ Czech Republic – Turkey 1-3 (19:25, 25:22, 21:25, 21:25)
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MAY 29, 2021 –
— POOL A – Tartu (EST)
ā¢ Spain – Belgium 1-3 (23:25, 25:21, 22:25, 33:35)
ā¢ Estonia – Latvia 3-0 (25:23, 25:13, 25:11)
— POOL C – Minsk (BLR)
ā¢ Portugal – Turkey 0-3 (19:25, 24:26, 17:25)
ā¢ Belarus – Czech Republic 3-1 (25:21, 18:25, 25:17, 25:23)
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MAY 30, 2021 –
— POOL A – Tartu (EST)
ā¢ Spain – Latvia 3-1 (26:24, 25:23, 19:25, 26:25)
ā¢ Belgium – Estonia 2-3 (25:20, 25:20, 19:25, 21:25, 16:18)
— POOL C – Minsk (BLR)
ā¢ Czech Republic – Portugal 2-3 (25:20, 25:27, 37:39, 25:22, 12:15)
ā¢ Turkey – Belarus 3-0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:16)
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MAY 31, 2021 –
— POOL C – Minsk (BLR)
ā¢ Belarus – Portugal 3-2 (25:22, 25:20, 23:25, 16:25, 15:10)
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JUNE 1, 2021 –
— POOL B – Zaporizhzhia (UKR)
ā¢ Ukraine – Romania 3-1 (22:25, 34:32, 25:23, 25:19)
ā¢ Slovakia – The Netherlands 3-0 (FORFEIT FOR VNL)
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JUNE 2, 2021 –
— POOL B – Zaporizhzhia (UKR)
ā¢ Romania – Slovakia 2-3 (29:27, 21:25, 25:22, 24:26, 12:15)
ā¢ The Netherlands – Ukraine 0-3 (FORFEIT FOR VNL)
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JUNE 3, 2021 –
— POOL B – Zaporizhzhia (UKR)
ā¢ Slovakia – Ukraine 0-3 (21:25, 8:25, 21:25)
ā¢ The Netherlands – Romania 0-3 (FORFEIT FOR VNL)
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JUNE 4, 2021 –
— POOL A – Liepaja (LAT)
ā¢ Estonia – Spain 3-1 (22:25, 25:13, 25:18, 25:16)
ā¢ Latvia – Belgium 1-3 (28:30, 23:25, 25:19, 16:25)
— POOL B – Zaporizhzhia (UKR)
ā¢ Romania – Ukraine 1-3 (25:15, 20:25, 18:25, 27:29)
ā¢ Slovakia – The Netherlands 3-0 (FORFEIT FOR VNL)
— POOL C – Santo Tirso (POR)
ā¢ Turkey – Belarus 3-0 (25:20, 25:23, 25:19)
ā¢ Czech Republic – Portugal 3-0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:18)
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JUNE 5, 2021 –
— POOL A – Liepaja (LAT)
ā¢ Spain – Latvia 3-0 (25:21, 25:23, 25:19)
ā¢ Belgium – Estonia 1-3 (25:20, 26:28, 30:32, 26:28)
— POOL B – Zaporizhzhia (UKR)
ā¢ Slovakia – Romania 1-3 (25:21, 20:25, 22:25, 19:25)
ā¢ The Netherlands – Ukraine 0-3 (FORFEIT FOR VNL)
— POOL C – Santo Tirso (POR)
ā¢ Belarus – Czech Republic 1-3 (20:25, 22:25, 25:23, 17:25)
ā¢ Portugal – Turkey 0-3 (28:30, 16:25, 16:25)
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JUNE 6, 2021 –
— POOL A – Liepaja (LAT)
ā¢ Spain – Belgium 0-3 (23:25, 17:25, 29:31)
ā¢ Estonia – Latvia 3-0 (25:20, 25:17, 25:16)
— POOL B – Zaporizhzhia (UKR)
ā¢ Ukraine – Slovakia 3-1 (23:25, 25:23, 25:21, 26:24)
ā¢ The Netherlands – Romania 0-3 (FORFEIT FOR VNL)
— POOL C – Santo Tirso (POR)
ā¢ Czech Republic – Turkey 1-3 (18:25, 14:25, 25:19, 20:25)
ā¢ Belarus – Portugal 3-2 (17:25, 22:25, 25:20, 25:20, 20:18)
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Source and Photos: CEV
