Dimitris Djuric returned to the National Team, three years after the last time! The 34-year-old had retired from the National Team three years ago, affected by a serious injury, however he returned to the calls of Dante Bonifande, for the preparation ahead of the European Championship (28/8-16/9).
The first stage of the preparation (28/6-16/7) will take place in Kalamata, where our representative group will face the Algerian team in friendly matches between 13-16/7.
for the first stage of preparation the Federal technician Dante Bonifande has invited the following athletes: Giorgos Petraeas, Dimitris Tzourits, Theodoros Voulkidis, Demosthenes Linardos, Markos Galiotos, Apostolos Petsias, Matteo Hasballa, Thanasis Protopsaltis, Raphael Koumendakis, Alexandros Raptis, Spyros Chandrinos, Spyros Hakas, Giorgos Tzioumakas, Dimitris Mouchlias, Angelos Man teller , Aristides Chandrinos and Dimitris Tziavras.
The second stage of preparation (from July 20 until the departure for Eurovolley) will take place in Athens and there will be added other athletes who will be invited by Mr. Bonifande, while the schedule of the friendly matches will be announced in the following days which will be given by the national team.
We remind you that the European Championship will be held in Italy (Group A), Bulgaria (Group B), North Macedonia (Group C), Israel (Group D) with the Greek team in Group D where, apart from Israel will also face France, Turkey, Portugal, Romania.
The four groups of the final phase in detail:
1st group (Italy, Rome, Perugia, Ancona): Italy, Switzerland, Serbia, Germany, Belgium, Estonia
2nd group (Bulgaria, Varna): Bulgaria, Finland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Croatia, Spain
3rd group (North Macedonia, Skopje): North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Denmark
4th group (Israel, Tel Aviv): Israel, Romania, France, Turkey, Portugal, Greece
In detail, the program of the 4th group is as follows:
Tuesday, August 29
20:00, Israel-Greece
Wednesday, August 30
17:00, Turkey-France
20:00, Romania-Portugal
Thursday, August 31
17:00, France-Portugal
20:00, Romania-Israel
Friday September 1st
16:00, Romania-Turkey
19:00, Portugal-Greece
Saturday, September 2
17:30, Turkey-Greece
20:30, Israel-France
Sunday, September 3
17:00, Greece-Romania
20:00, Israel-Portugal
Monday, September 4
17:00, France-Romania
20:00, Portugal-Turkey
Tuesday, September 5
17:00, Greece-France
20:00, Turkey-Israel
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