The German volleyball players suffered their first defeat at the World Championships in the Netherlands and Poland. The DVV selection lost against the defending champions from Serbia on Thursday (09/29/22) in Lodz, Poland, in 0:3 sets (23:25, 22:25, 23:25).
The team of national coach Vital Heynen presented themselves in the Atlas Arena as a strong fight and offered the favored Serbian team a standoff throughout the season.
Now the Olympic champions of the USA are waiting
The top scorer of the German team was Hanna Orthmann with 14 points. The DVV selection won the first two games against Bulgaria (3:1) and Kazakhstan (3:0).
In Group C of six, the DVV team meets Olympic champions USA (Friday) and Canada (Saturday). The first four teams make it into the second group phase. The German women have never won a World Championship medal before.