Overview
Head-to-Head
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These nations will meet for the first time in a European Olympic Qualification tournament since 2000, when the Netherlands recorded a 3-1 win over Bulgaria in Katowice.
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Bulgaria have won seven of their last eight matches against the Netherlands in world level major tournaments (World Championship, World League, Olympic Games, Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and Volleyball Nations League), with the only exception in that run a five-set defeat in the 2003 World League.
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Bulgaria have won their last four matches against the Netherlands in the European Championship, since a straight-set defeat in 1999 in the classification matches 5-8.
Bulgaria
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Bulgaria beat France in their CEV Tokyo Volleyball Olympic Qualification 2020 opener: 3-2.
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Bulgaria beat France in five sets despite being outscored by 103 points to 101.
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Bulgaria have appeared at eight Olympic Games, most recently in 2012 (4th). Their best result at Olympic level was a silver medal at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games.
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Tsvetan Sokolov was the top scorer in the match between France and Bulgaria on 23 points. Martin Atanasov (15) and Viktor Yosifov (12) also reached double figures.
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Yosifov topped his team in stuff blocks (5) and aces (4) on Monday.
The Netherlands
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The Netherlands lost their CEV Tokyo Volleyball Olympic Qualification 2020 opener 3-0 against Serbia on Monday.
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The Netherlands could still qualify for their seventh Olympic Games, and in their first since 2004. The Netherlands won Olympic gold in 1996 and silver in 1992.
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Thijs ter Horst scored 12 of the Netherlands's 35 points (excl. opponent errors). He was the only Dutch player in double figures.
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Ter Horst and Fabian Plak shared all of the Netherlands's aces and stuff blocks between them – two aces and one block for Ter Horst and one ace and one block for Plak.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeAndrei ZENOVICHRUSSecond RefereeBogdan Laurentiu STOICAROU
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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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Previous Games
| 09/01/2020 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 08/01/2020 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/01/2020 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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5Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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4Matches Played
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3Matches Won
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75%Win %
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10Sets Won
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376Points Won
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48%Attack %
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40%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1985
- Birth Place: Omurtag
- Height: 205 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Pazardżik
- Height: 197 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 196 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Pernik
- Height: 206 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Plovdiv
- Height: 197 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Tryavna
- Height: 215 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Pernik
- Height: 191 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Montana
- Height: 208 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Plovdiv
- Height: 197 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Dupnitsa
- Height: 206 cm
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 206 cm
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Bulgaria stays on track with 3-0 over Netherlands
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.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of BULGARIA compared to THE NETHERLANDS.
BULGARIA number of service aces compared to THE NETHERLANDS
Errors leading to points of BULGARIA, next to those from THE NETHERLANDS
Nimir Abdel-Aziz, Captain of The Netherlands: “Bad. We played bad. Yesterday we played bad. Today we played bad. We are not good enough right now and we don’t go to the Olympics, that’s it. Right now I don’t even want to think about the match of tomorrow. First we will think a little bit about this match like the next hour then we set our mind for tomorrow. But to be honest, our tournament is finished, but of course we want to show a normal level tomorrow because now in two matches we didn’t show our game.”