Overview
Head-to-Head
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Serbia beat France in five sets in the semi-finals of their 2019 European Championship winning campaign. Aleksandar Atanasijevic (27 points) was Serbia's leading scorer. Earvin Ngapeth scored a team-high 29 points for France.
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In world level major tournaments (World Championship, World League, Olympic Games, Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and Volleyball Nations League), France won eight of their last nine matches against Serbia, with the only exception in that run a five-set defeat in the 2018 World Championship second round.
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This match will be a repeat of the 2015 World League final. On 19 July 2015, France beat Serbia in straight sets in Rio de Janeiro to claim their first major title. Ngapeth (16) and Antonin Rouzier (17) were France's leading scorers.
France
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France are hoping to qualify for their fifth Olympic Games, after 1988, 1992, 2004 and 2016. Their best result was an eighth-place finish in 1988.
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France failed to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in last year's Intercontinental Olympic Qualification tournament. They finished second in their group behind Poland.
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France lost 3-1 against Russia in the final of the 2016 European Olympic Qualification tournament. They then sealed their ticket to the Rio Olympics in the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification tournament in Japan.
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Coach Laurent Tillie appeared for France in both the 1988 and the 1992 Olympic Games.
Serbia
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Serbia (NOC) appeared in the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012. They also participated four times as Yugoslavia (1980, 1996, 2000) or Serbia and Montenegro (2004).
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Serbia finished joint-fifth at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and joint-ninth at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Yugoslavia won Olympic gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and collected a bronze medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
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Serbia appeared in each of the last three European Olympic Qualification tournaments. They won the tournament in 2008, finished joint-third in 2012 and took fifth place in 2016.
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Coach Slobodan Kovac played for Yugoslavia in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. He was an unused sub in the gold medal match against Russia (3-0 win) in 2000.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeAndrei ZENOVICHRUSSecond RefereeStefano CESAREITA
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Venue Information
Volleyball fans have ‘nicknamed’ the iconic Max-Schmeling-Halle ‘Germany’s Volleyball temple’. Actually, it is much more than just that – since this venue has played host to an impressive number of major international competitions as well, such as the 2002 FIVB Women’s World Championship, 2003 EuroVolley Men, 2013 EuroVolley Women, as well as the historic CEV Champions League Volley 2019 Super Finals back in May – to name only a few highlights. The Hall also plays as hosts to the Berlin Recycling Volleys, Germany's most decorated volleyball club with 10 Bundesliga titles and a CEV cup title in 2015/2016. The arena is located at Am Falkpl. 1, 10437 Berlin, Germany and holds up to 12,000 spectators. Capacity: 8533
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- Who Qualifies?
After completion of a single round robin in each of the two pools, the top two teams will play crossed semi-finals. This is followed by a winner-takes-it-all final, where a much-coveted ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be at stake.
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France shut out European champs for starters
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
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Errors leading to points of FRANCE, next to those from SERBIA
Jean PATRY (France): "We started this competition with an important victory, and this is very important for us. We had some difficulties with the preparation, but we are very happy with such a start. We need to continue, we have nothing to lose on this competition and I think we'll show on the court our value".
Nemanja PETRIC (Serbia): “For sure that was not the result what we wanted, what we expected. But France today was better, we can’t say anything different. I don’t think that the pressure of a European Champion was the problem. The problem was how we played on the court. We are experienced players and we know it’s a lot of pressure in the game. We must play better.”
He also added: “For sure. Now we need to win all the games if we don’t want to go out. We will think about what we did wrong today and change these things. We need to put a little bit more energy in and that’s it.”