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ALleen Brugts is missing at the start of the European Championship preparation Oranjevrouwen
11.32 am: Only Esmee Brugts is missing next week when the football players of Orange start their preparation for the European Championship in Switzerland. The wing player of FC Barcelona will be released a few more days because she played the Spanish cup final on Saturday. Furthermore, national coach Andries Jonker has selected the same 26 players as during the last international match.
Attackers Vivianne Miedema and Lineth Beerensteyn are also on the list. They missed the disappointing Nations League duels with Germany (4-0 loss) and Scotland (1-1) because they were not fit enough. Jonker already expected them to be able to join for the three -day training internship, from 19 to 21 June.
After the training internship, Jonker announces his final selection. With that he trains for the first time on June 23, three days later followed by the goodbye match against Finland in Leeuwarden. The first European Championship match against Wales is on July 5.
Volleyball players start Nations League with defeat against Poland
11.32 am: The Dutch volleyball men started the Nations League with a 3-1 defeat against Topland Poland. In the Chinese Xi’an, Orange only won the second set: 25-22 22-25 25-22 25-22.
The Nations League is the first real job for the Brit Joel Banks appointed in February. Later this week, the Orange in Xi’an also plays against Turkey, host country China and Japan. Institute is a place in the first eight, in order to penetrate the knockout phase. Banks cannot rely on Nimir Abdel-Aziz, Gijs Jorna and Thijs ter Horst. They reported.
Poland won the Nations League in 2023 and finished third in the most recent edition. Oranje only succeeded in 2022 to qualify for the knockout phase. Last season, the Netherlands finished in thirteenth place.