18
21:18
You can see Grozer’s experience there. This time he climbs up to the left wing and puts the ball past the block of two on the right just behind the net to make it 16:17.
16
21:16
Annoying. Serbia now take their third straight point through Milorad Kapur, who this time shoots down Tobias Krick. 17:15 for the world number ninth. Germany then takes the time-out.
14
21:15
Another strong diagonal ball from Grozer. Three Serbs block against him, but he sees the gap and throws the ball long to the sideline to make it 15:14. It remains contested.
13.
21:13
Beautifully done by Moritz Karlitzek! After a Steller from the middle of Kampa, the number 14 player hits the ball in the block and from there the game device jumps out and Germany leads 13:12.
11.
21:11
Karlitzek tips the ball on the left side only slightly over the block and Germany stays tuned and equalizes to 11:11. A long diagonal ball from Grozer makes it 12:11.
9.
21:09
Ruben Schott now serves too long and Serbia can shorten to 8:9, then Schott has problems accepting and Servien equalizes to 9:9.
8th.
21:08
Now the Serbs imitate the Germans and Miran Kujundžić hits the diagonal ball against the German block and equalizes to 6:6. Then Kampa touches the net and Serbia gets the break to 7:6. The DVV men stay tuned and Grozer equalizes and Karlitzek gets the 8:7 with a short diagonal ball.
5.
21:05
Kampa places the ball in the middle and Karlitzek smashes the ball longline into the opposing field to make it 5:4.
4.
21:04
And the next point also goes to Germany. Karlitzek taps the ball only slightly on the left side and hits the opposing block. 3:2 for the DVV men.
3.
21:03
Germany opens the game with their serve. Ruben Schott serves and Moritz Karlitzek makes the first point to 1:0. When the score was 1:1, Anton Brehme then put a ball on the market square and made it 2:1.
20:59
The Hungarian referee Zsolt Mezöffy (1st referee) and the Spanish referee Carlos Alberto Robles Garcia (2nd referee) officiate the game.
20:57
Head coach Igor Kolaković starts with the following starting six: Pavle Perić, Dražen Luburić, Petar Krsmanović, Marko Podraščanin, Vuk Todorović and Miran Kujundžić.
20:56
The teams are there and the national anthems are playing.
20:54
Moritz Karlitzek, Georg Grozer, Anton Brehme, Tobias Krick, Lukas Kampa and Ruben Schott start for Germany. Moritz Reichert is injured as a libero.
20:49
The European Championship is also about important world ranking points that can be decisive on the way to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Germany is currently in 15th place there. In addition to an Olympic qualification tournament in which the DVV men will take part in Brazil, the top five teams in the world rankings who do not yet have a starting place for the games in Paris also qualify for the 2024 Olympics.
20:39
Before the European Championship, things were rather disappointing for the German team in the Nations League. From twelve games, the team of national coach Michael Winiarski won only three games and they finished the Nations League in eleventh place. However, the DVV men won the two preparatory games in August 3-1 and 3-0 against Finland.
20:32
Serbia already have one more game under their belt and are one place ahead of the German team with nine points. Head coach Igor Kolakovic’s team is ranked ninth in the world and won three out of four games. After the 3-0 win against Switzerland, followed by a 3-1 win against Belgium, then there was a clear 0-3 defeat against Italy, third in the world rankings. Most recently, Serbia won 3-0 against Estonia and also booked the round of 16 ticket early.
20:21
Germany last with a narrow victory. After already being 2-0 down in sets, Germany managed to turn things around on Sunday and won the third group game against Belgium 3-2. Mainly thanks to a strong performance by Georg Grozer, the team of national coach Michael Winiarski reached the round of 16 early. Thus, the DVV men remained undefeated in the third European Championship game. Before that there had already been two clear 3-0 victories against Estonia and Switzerland. Germany are now third in Group A with eight points and will face Serbia in the penultimate group game.
20:08
Welcome to the fourth group game of the German volleyball players at the European Championship 2023 in Italy, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Israel. At 9 p.m. the DVV men meet Serbia in Ancona.