Against Portugal for the first European victory for the national team

Her Portugal is facing today Men’s national volleyball team for the 3rd matchday of the European Championship groups (Friday 1/9, 19.00 ERT-3)

The ‘blue and white’ come off the back of their opening defeat to Israel and aim to right their wrongs against the Portuguese, for

to celebrate their first victory.

In fact, there is a mini-marathon coming up. After two days of rest, our internationals will face Portugal (Friday 1/9), Turkey (Saturday 2/9) and Romania (Sunday 3/9), while after one day of rest they will face France (Tuesday 5/ 9).

Portugal have one win and one loss in the two games they have played so far in the competition, as they won 3-0 sets against Romania in the opening game, while in the second match they were defeated 3-1 by France.

In detail, the program:

Tuesday, August 29

Israel-Greece 3-2 (25-17, 27-29, 21-25, 25-21, 15-13)

Wednesday, August 30

Turkey-France 0-3 (20-25, 28-30, 25-27)

Romania-Portugal 0-3 (19-25, 18-25, 23-25)

Thursday, August 31

17:00, France-Portugal 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-19, 25-15)

20:00, Romania-Israel 2-3 (25-27, 25-12, 25-21, 22-25, 8-15)

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

Grading

1.France 2 wins-0 losses, 6 points, 6-1 sets, 182-155 points

2.Portugal 1 win-1 loss, 3 points, 4-3 sets, 157-160 points

3. Israel 2 wins-0 losses, 4 points, 6-4 sets, 213-210 points

4.Greece 0 wins-1 loss, 1 point, 2-3 sets, 105-113 points

5.Romania 0 wins-2 losses, 1 point, 2-6 sets, 165-175 points

6.Turkey 0 wins-1 losses, 0 points, 0-3 sets, 73-82 points

*The first 4 teams in the standings get the qualification to the next phase