European cup draw

In the early morning of May 2 1 Beijing time, the lottery results of the 202 1 European Women's Volleyball Championship were released. Remarkably, Serbia and Italy are expected to meet in the semi-final.

Euro 202 1 will be jointly hosted by four countries, and the competition will be held in Belgrade, plovdiv, Croatia, zadar and Cluj from August 19 to September 5, with 24 teams participating. Eight teams from four host countries with good results in the last European Championship automatically won the places, and the rest 12 places were produced by the qualifiers. After several rounds of fierce fighting, on May 16, 12 team won the qualifying tournament and successfully entered the final of the European Championship.

In the group stage of the European Championship, 24 teams were divided into 4 groups, and the top four in each group qualified to form the top 16. Finally, the grouping results are as follows:

Group A: Serbia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Belgium, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Group B: Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and Greece.

Group C: Croatia, Italy, Belarus, Slovakia, Hungary and Switzerland.

Group D: Romania, Turkey, Netherlands, Ukraine, Finland and Sweden.

It is worth mentioning that Group A, Serbia and neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina are in the same group. Dayana Boskovich, the sister of Serbian top star Tijana Boskovich, has been naturalized in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and led the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's volleyball team to reach the European Championship final for the first time through qualifying. Not long ago, my sister came to Bosnia and Herzegovina to cheer for her. In the European Championship group stage, the two sisters will face each other across the net and compete in the same field.

According to the rules of the game, after the group match, the 8-line teams of Group A and Group C form the upper half, and the 8-line teams of Group B and Group D form the lower half. Serbia and Italy, the two strongest teams in Europe, are also the champions and runners-up in the 20 18 World Championships. They are both in the upper half. If they eliminate their opponents smoothly all the way, they will meet in the semi-finals. Russia and Turkey also have good strength, and one of them is likely to enter the finals.

Serbian women's volleyball team is not only the champion of the 20 18 World Championships, but also the champion of the 20 17 and 20 19 European Championships. They are one of the hosts of this competition, hoping to take advantage of their home advantage to win three consecutive championships. Only the Russian team (including its predecessor, the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States) has won three consecutive championships before.

This year's European Championship will be held from August 18 to September 4, only 10 days before the end of the Olympic Games. For Serbia, Italy, Turkey, Russia and other teams that have participated in the Olympic Games, the adjustment of players' physical fitness and state is also the key to achieving good results in the European Championship.