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Ukrainian volleyball players have qualified for the European championship

Украинские волейболистки пробились на чемпионат ЕвропыUkrainian women’s team in volleyball has qualified to the final of the European championship.

In the group stage Ukrainka took second place and went for a trip to Euro 2017 qualifying matches with Spain.

Home the meeting was held in South Ukrainian national team under the leadership of Gary Egiazarov was lost 0:2, but managed to turn the game into a tiebreak and the third set, the Ukrainian women played a couple of match balls. A full-fledged comeback, the owners of the Spanish issue was not allowed from Ukraine took victory with a score of 3:2 (25:22, 25:23, 27:29, 23:25, 15:12).

In the second match of the Ukraine needed a victory with any score – Ukrainian confidently coped with a daunting task, having given to competitors only one party (25:21, 22:25, 25:22, 25:14).

Women’s team of Ukraine for the seventh time qualified to the final stage of the European championship. The main achievement of the team remains in third place, obtained in 1993.

The national team of Ukraine on volleyball:

Binding: Elena Novgorodchina (Wisla, Poland), Marina Degtyareva (without a club).
Doigralsya: Tatiana Kozlova (Bursaspor, Turkey), Hope Kodola (Cannes, France), Anna Stepanyuk (Iserial, Azerbaijan), Anna Kirichenko (Severodonecke).
Central locking: Iryna Trushkina (Bursaspor, Turkey), Svetlana Dorsman (without a club).
Diagonal: Inna Molodtsova, Anastasiya Chernukha (both from the Chemist), Alena Yurchenko (Severodonecke).
Libero:Victoria Delires (Le Cannet, France).

The final stage of the Euro 2017 will be held in Azerbaijan and Georgia from the first of September-15th of October.

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