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    Overview

    Head-to-Head

    • Slovenia and Czech Republic will meet for the first time in a European Olympic Qualification tournament.

    • These nations' only meeting in a world level major competition (World Championship, World League, Olympic Games, Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and Volleyball Nations League) came in the 2017 World League, where Slovenia beat Czech Republic 3-1 in the preliminary round. Alen Šket scored 21 points, at least six more than any other player on the court.

    • Czech Republic beat Slovenia 3-1 in the 2001 European Championship group phase, these teams’ only meeting in the history of the competition.

    Facts & Figures

    Slovenia

    • Slovenia followed up a straight-set win against Belgium in their opener on Sunday with a five-set victory over Germany in their second CEV Tokyo Volleyball Olympic Qualification 2020 match on Tuesday.

    • Slovenia are hoping to qualify for their first ever Olympic Games.

    • Toncek Stern scored a total of 40 points in Slovenia's opening two matches in Berlin, more than any of his teammates.

    • Only Klemen Cebulj (25) scored more points in Slovenia's 3-2 win over Germany than Toncek Stern (20).

    • Klemen Cebulj (4) and Tine Urnaut (4) combined for eight of Slovenia's 10 aces against Germany.

    Czech Republic

    • Czech Republic lost 3-2 against Belgium on Tuesday, after losing 3-0 against hosts Germany in their opener.

    • Czech Republic's only victory in a European Olympic Qualification match came in 2000 against Latvia (3-2).

    • Patrik Indra was Czech Republic's top scorer in both their opening two CEV Tokyo Volleyball Olympic Qualification 2020 matches - 13 points against Germany and 28 points against Belgium.

    • Lukas Vasina (13 & 16) and Jan Galabov (12 & 23) also reached double figures for Czech Republic in both matches in Berlin.

    • Jakub Janouch (3) and Galabov (3) combined for six of Czech Republic's eight aces against Belgium.

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    • Officials
      First Referee
      Kenneth ARO
      FIN
      Second Referee
      Erdal AKINCI
      TUR
    • Venue Information
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      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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    SLOVENIA CZECH REPUBLIC

    Team

    Team Profile
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    SLOVENIA

    Address

    Črnuška cesta 9 Ljubljana - Črnuče

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    Contacts

    phone +386 14 38 53 70 email ozs@odbojka.si
    Team Leaders
    Dejan VINCIC
    Setter
    Mitja GASPARINI
    Opposite
    Tine URNAUT
    Outside spiker
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    09/01/2020 vs. 2 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    08/01/2020 vs. 3 - 1 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    07/01/2020 vs. 3 - 2 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 3
      Competitions Played
    • 1
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 4
      Matches Played
    • 3
      Matches Won
    • 75%
      Win %
    • 11
      Sets Won
    • 388
      Points Won
    • 50%
      Attack %
    • 47%
      Reception %

    Team

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    17
    URNAUT Tine
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1988
    • Birth Place: Slovenj Gradec
    • Height: 200 cm
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    1
    STERN Tonček
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Birth Place: Maribor
    • Height: 200 cm
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    2
    PAJENK Alen
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1986
    • Birth Place: Ptuj
    • Height: 203 cm
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    4
    KOZAMERNIK Jan
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Birth Place: Ljubljana
    • Height: 205 cm
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    6
    GASPARINI Mitja
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1984
    • Birth Place: Koper
    • Height: 202 cm
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    9
    VINCIC Dejan
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1986
    • Birth Place: Slovenj Gradec
    • Height: 200 cm
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    10
    ŠTALEKAR Sašo
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Birth Place: Slovenj Gradec
    • Height: 214 cm
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    12
    KLOBUCAR Jan
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Height: 196 cm
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    13
    KOVAČIČ Jani
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Height: 186 cm
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    14
    STERN Ziga
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Maribor
    • Height: 193 cm
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    15
    VIDEČNIK Matic
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1993
    • Height: 204 cm
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    16
    ROPRET Gregor
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1989
    • Birth Place: SLOVENIA
    • Height: 192 cm
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    18
    CEBULJ Klemen
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Birth Place: Slovenj Gradec
    • Height: 202 cm
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    19
    Možič Rok
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2002
    • Birth Place: Maribor
    • Height: 200 cm
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    Staff

    GIULIANI Alberto
    Head Coach
    SKORC Sebastijan
    Assistant Coach 2
    MARTILOTTI Alfredo Walter
    Assistant Coach

    Recent Results

    Team Statistics

    SLOVENIA

    Overview

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Match

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    Tournament Leaders
    Highlights

    National anthem of Czech Republic

    Highlights

    National anthem of Slovenia

    Highlights

    Defence of Jani KOVACIC

    Highlights

    Lubos BARTUNEK attempt to save a ball

    Highlights

    Tine URNAUT serving

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    Powerful spike of Mitja GASPARINI

    Highlights

    Ziga STERN monster block

    Highlights

    Rok MOZIC (17 y.o.) at his first appearance with the Senior team of Slovenia

    Highlights

    The "traditional" selfie of Slovenia at the end of the match

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    Match Report

    Slovenia snatch third win to top Pool A

    Article

    Slovenia finished their Pool A campaign undefeated, topping the final standings after a 3-1 (25-12, 28-26, 19-25, 28-26) win over Czech Republic on the way to the semifinals of the continental Olympic qualifier in Berlin.

    The EuroVolley runners-up entered the match in full force and completely dominated the first set on the way to a 25-12 landslide. Coach Alberto Giuliani made several changes to his squad for the start of the second set.

    Slovenia quickly recovered from an early four-point deficit and soon themselves gained a four-point lead. It was Czech Republic’s turn to catch up, which they did at 20-20 to prompt an interesting ending. The set went into overtime, the Slovenes denied three Czech set points before Mitja Gasparini aced for a set point of their own and Ziga Stern converted it to a 28-26 win with a powerful spike.

    With Petr Michalek spearheading the offence, the Czechs were well in control of the third set. Greatly reducing the number of unforced errors, they made their way to a 25-19 win.

    Coming in as a sub, Toncek Stern took charge of the Slovenian offence in the fourth set, nicely assisted by 17-year-old newcomer, outside spiker Rok Mozic, enough to make up for the improved blocking effort of the Czechs. Similar to the second set, Slovenia denied three set points for the Czechs before Toncek Stern finally closed the match at 28-26 with a successful attack. Czech Republic’s Patrik Indra was the best scorer of the game with 19 points to his name. Jan Kozamernik scored 15 times for the winners.

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    140
    Points

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

    109
    Duration

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

    891
    Spectators

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

    223
    Match Spikes

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

    37%
    Reception Level

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

    8-12
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of SLOVENIA compared to CZECH REPUBLIC.

    8-7
    Ace Count

    SLOVENIA number of service aces compared to CZECH REPUBLIC

    32-30
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of SLOVENIA, next to those from CZECH REPUBLIC

    The "traditional" selfie of Slovenia at the end of the match

    Tine Urnaut, captain of Slovenia: “Today we went to win the match and that’s the most important thing. We changed a little bit the start-up, we changed during the match. But the most important thing was to win. Tomorrow will be a very tough match against France. They are the favourites of the semi-final, maybe also the whole tournament. And we know that we need to play quality Volleyball if we want to win.”

    Michal Nekola, Head Coach of Czech Republic: “The start was horrible; it was one word: catastrophe. But during the time we changed the rotation with the guy. We found six players. They played very, very well. It’s a pity that we lost to end of the set, two and four. It was in too easy mistakes we lost this game. But Slovenia is a stronger opponent so we focus for the next, for the future of these guys because they are very young and we will see. For me it was a good tournament because we presented a very young team. I hope that we have a lot of experience from this tournament.”