Overview
Head-to-Head
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France and Germany will meet for the first time in a European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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France and Germany met each other nine times in world level major tournaments (Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World League, Volleyball Nations League and Grand Champions Cup). France have won six and lost three.
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At the 1966 World Championship, France faced both West Germany and East Germany. They won 3-0 against West Germany after having lost 0-3 to East Germany.
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The last meeting between France and Germany in a world level major tournament took place on 14 June 2019, when France won 3-1 in the 2019 Volleyball Nations League. Germany's Anton Brehme and France's Kévin Tillie were top scorers on 14 points each.
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Germany's last world level win against France came in the bronze medal match of the 2014 World Championship. The Germans won in straight sets.
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The most recent encounter between France and Germany at the European Championship was in 2009, when France won 3-1.
France
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France fought back from a 2-0 set deficit to win their semi-final against Slovenia: 15-9 in the fifth set.
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It was France's first win in a five-set match at a world level major tournament since their semi-final victory against United States (3-2) in the 2018 Volleyball Nations League. France had lost the next four five-set matches at major world level.
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France can qualify for back-to-back Olympic Games. They also achieved this in 1988 and 1992.
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Jean Patry (22) was France's top scorer against Slovenia. He is the team's most prolific scorer in CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020, on 71 total points.
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Earvin Ngapeth has scored 55 points for France in this tournament, including eight points from blocks. Barthélémy Chinenyeze also scored eight points from blocks.
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Yacine Louati leads his team on eight aces.
Germany
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Germany saw off Bulgaria in their semi-final on Thursday. They won 3-1 in front of a home crowd.
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Germany (NOC) are hoping to qualify for their third Olympic Games, after 2008 and 2012. East Germany (GDR) appeared in 1968 and 1972, while West Germany (FRG) participated in 1972.
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György Grozer was Germany's top scorer in the group phase (43 total points) and also claimed top scoring honours for Germany against Bulgaria – 17 points.
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Grozer has scored six points per set on average in CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020, the highest average of all players with at least three matches played.
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Grozer has the highest ace-per-set average of all players with more than one ace – 1.00 (10 aces in 10 sets played). He leads CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020 with 10 total aces, alongside Bulgaria's Viktor Yosifov.
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Denys Kaliberda produced five of Germany's 13 stuff blocks against Bulgaria. His teammates Marcus Böhme (7) and Tobias Krick (7) have scored most points from blocks for Germany in this tournament. Kaliberda has six points from blocks in total.
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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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