Ostrava (Czech Republic) (AFP)
The Serbian volleyball players, reigning European champions (2019) but deprived of an Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, qualified for the semi-finals of Euro-2021 by dominating the Netherlands 3 sets to 0 (25- 23, 25-20, 27-25), Tuesday early evening in Gdansk (Poland).
For a place in the final, the team-mates of Uros Kovacevic will face the winner of the match between Italy and Germany on Saturday in Katowice (Poland), whose quarter-final is scheduled for Wednesday (4 p.m.) in Ostrava (Czech Republic).
The second quarter-final on the program in the Ergo Arena in Gdansk on Tuesday evening (8:30 p.m.) will pit Poland, home favorites for the continental title, against Russia, vice-Olympic champion with a reshaped team compared to Tokyo, with in particular the two sharp of the Olympics, Maksim Mikhailov and Viktor Poletaev, absent.
The French, Olympic champions in Tokyo a month ago, were eliminated to everyone's surprise by the Czech Republic on Monday night in Ostrava.
Jiri Novak's players will face Slovenia on Wednesday evening (7:00 p.m.), European vice-champion in 2019 and also deprived of the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
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