Men’s national volleyball team: key game against Croatia for European qualification

The men’s national team is playing its first home game for Euro 2023 qualifiers as they meet “Makis Liugas” at the closed Glyfada Stadium on Sunday 7 August for the 2/8, 20:30 ERT-3).

The Blue and Whites, who toppled Norway’s home game 2-0 to 2-3 in the tournament’s premiere, aim to double their group wins and take another step towards qualifying for the Eurovolley 2023 finals. Croatia come to Greece for their first away game, where they made an ideal debut by beating Cyprus 3-0 in a set.

Croatia will travel with the same squad as their national team coach Cedric Enard at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, where it was the last meeting between us as our national team lost 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the competition.

“Tomorrow’s game is the most important until the next one. “Croatia won first place in the European Silver League, gold in the Mediterranean and are theoretically the strongest team in the group that has the same goal as us, which is to qualify for the European Championship qualify,” he said Thanasis Protopsaltis The international winger adds: “For our part, we want the people who come to the stadium to be by our side and each of us individually gives as much as possible for the team so that in the end we can get the qualification”.

In total, Greece have played against Croatia 15 times in official matches or friendlies, but we only met once in a European qualifier and that was in 2000.

1. 20.4.1993 Spring Cup 2nd round (Bulgaria): Greece – Croatia 3:2 (11:15, 10:15, 15:07, 15:08, 16:14)
2. 19.6.1997 Mediterranean Games 2nd round (Italy): Croatia – Greece 3: 1 (15:11, 15:07, 15:12, 15:05)
3. 6.11.2000 Qualification Eurovolley 2001 3rd round (Croatia): Croatia – Greece 3:1 (18:25, 32:30, 26:24, 25:21)
4. 18.6.2000 Qualification Eurovolley 2001 4th round (Piraeus): Greece – Croatia 3:2 (25:21, 25:17, 27:29, 23:25, 15:08)
5. 18.5.2001 Spring Cup 5th round (Slovenia): Greece – Croatia 0:3 (20:25, 19:25, 18:25)
6. 24.9.2002 Argentina pre-World Cup friendly: Greece – Croatia 3:1 (25:21, 25:21, 21:25, 25:21)
7. 21.8.2005: friendly in Keratsini: Greece – Croatia 3:1 (25:23, 26:24, 18:25, 25:23)
8. 22.8.2005: friendly match in Keratsini: Greece – Croatia 3:0 (25:22, 25:21, 25:17)
9. 23.8.2005: friendly match in Keratsini: Greece – Croatia 3: 2 (18:25, 22:25, 33:31, 25:23, 15:11)
10. 23.7.2006: Europa League 3rd round (Lamia): Greece – Croatia 2: 3 (26:24, 22:25, 25:22, 22:25, 11:15)
11. 05/08/2006: Europa League 8th round (Croatia): Croatia – Greece 0: 3 (19:25, 22:25, 23:25)
12. 19.8.2006: Europa League semifinals (Turkey): Greece – Croatia 1: 3 (25:22, 21:25, 16:25, 26:28)
13. 25.7.2015: Europa League 5th matchday (Croatia): Croatia – Greece 2: 3 (25:21, 22:25, 25:23, 15:25, 12:15)
14. 26.7.2015: Europa League 6th matchday (Croatia): Croatia – Greece 1: 3 (25:23, 17:25, 18:25, 17:25)
15. 30.6.2022: Mediterranean Games Quarterfinals: Greece – Croatia 0: 3 (19:25, 19:25, 22:25)

The complete program of the 5th qualifying group (Greek time)

Wednesday, 08/03/2022

• Norway 2-3 Greece (25:19, 27:25, 23:25, 21:25, 09:15)
• Croatia 3-0 Cyprus (25:20, 25:16, 25:13)

Saturday, 08/06/2022

• Cyprus 3-0 Norway (25:19, 27:25, 25:21)

Sunday, August 7th, 2022

• DAK Glyfada, 8:30 p.m.: Greece – Croatia

Wednesday, 08.10.2022

• Osijek, 8 p.m.: Croatia – Norway
• DAK Glyfada, 20:30: Greece – Cyprus

Saturday, 08/13/2022

• Nicosia, 20:00: Cyprus v Greece

Sunday, 08/14/2022

• Volda, 5 p.m.: Norway – Croatia

Wednesday, 08/17/2022

• Volda, 7 p.m.: Norway – Cyprus
• Osijek, 8:00 p.m.: Croatia – Greece

Saturday, 08/20/2022

• Nicosia, 8 p.m.: Cyprus – Croatia

Sunday, August 21, 2022

• DAK Glyfada, 20:30: Greece – Norway

grading

1. Croatia 1 win – 0 loss, 3 points, 3:0 sets, 75:49 points
2. Cyprus 1 win-1 loss, 3 points, 3-3 sets, 126-140 points
3. Greece 1 win-0 losses, 2 points, 3-2 sets, 109-105 points
4. Norway 0 win-1 loss, 1 point, 2-3 sets, 170-186 points

*From the 7 qualification groups of the European Championship 2023, the first 7 and the best 5 runners-up qualify.

The data to the same extent

In the event of a tie between the teams, the criteria for scoring are in the following order:

1. victories
2. Degree
3. set factor
4. point coefficient
5. Results in the games between them