Volleyball
National women’s volleyball: continues its preparation in Thessaloniki
The women’s national volleyball team will continue their preparation for the European qualifiers in Thessaloniki.
With 19 athletes, the preparation of the women’s national team continues with a view to participating in the qualifying group of the European Championships.
The national delegation left for Thessaloniki on Thursday morning (21/7), where they will start training from Friday (22/7) at the Mikras Hall, which will also be their headquarters for the home games of the 6th qualifying group (Bosnia), Norway and Switzerland our opponents).
Marcelo Abondanza and his colleagues have selected the following athletes for the second phase of the preparation:
- passers-by: Lamprini Konstantinidou, Elisavet Iliopoulou, Panagiota Xanthopoulou, Evangelia Tanis
- extremes: Olga Strandzali, Asimina Nikologianni, Stamatia Kyparissi, Maria Klepkou, Eva Handava, and Konstantina Vlahaki
- Central: Kyriaki Terzoglou, Andromachi Tsioga, Ioanna Polinopoulou, Ilioni Kelesidis, Aristea Totai
- Aslant: Martha Anthoulis
- Libero: Martina Xanthopoulou, Evita Xintara, Sofia Kosmas
The national team’s coaching staff consists of
- Coach: Marcelo Abbondanza
- Coach: Nikos Boutsouris
- Trainer: Yunus Öcal
- Trainer: Dimitris Markakis
- Trainer: Argyris Antifacos
- Trainer: Daniele Alpi
- Statistician: Vicky Nedtis
- Team manager: Vangelis Peropoulos
- Physiotherapist: Alexis Nakaktsis, Xenophon Vlassopoulos
The program of the national team qualifying group
1st match day (20.-21.8.2022)
- Greece-Switzerland
- Norway-Bosnia
2nd match day (24.8.2022)
- Bosnia Greece
- Switzerland-Norway
Matchday 3 (27.-28.8.2022)
- Greece Norway
- Bosnia-Switzerland
4th matchday (03.-04.09.2022)
- Switzerland-Bosnia
- Norway Greece
5th matchday (09.07.2022)
- Greece-Bosnia
- Norway-Switzerland
6th match day (10.-11.09.2022)
- Switzerland-Greece
- Bosnia Norway
All qualification groups in detail
- Group: Croatia, Israel, Romania, Faroe Islands
- Group: Czech Republic, Finland, Montenegro, Iceland
- Group: Ukraine, Hungary, Portugal, Cyprus
- Group: Slovakia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Georgia
- Group: Slovakia, Spain, Denmark, Latvia
- Group: HellasBosnia, Norway, Switzerland
Source: sport 24
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