5.
15:36
Laura Emonts then optimally hits an attack shot down the line and scores, but the German game remains flawed and the deficit stable.
3.
15:34
It’s not really going well in the German game yet. Despite good passes, Drewniok and Emonts failed to smash the ball into the field twice in a row and Kazakhstan went 4-2 away.
1.
15:32
Here we go! The first German assumption fits, but the attack doesn’t get through yet. A little later there is the next chance and Kimberly Drewniok pushes the ball into the field to make it 1-0.
15:30
National coach Vital Heynen sends the formation onto the field that turned the fourth set against Bulgaria and bagged the win. Pia Kästner, Jennifer Janiska, Kimberly Drewniok, Marie Schölzel, Laura Emonts, Camilla Weitzel and Libera Anna Pogany begin.
15:24
In contrast to yesterday, when the DVV selection was loudly supported by some fans in Arnhem, 20 kilometers from the German border, the hall is almost empty this afternoon when the national anthems are played.
15:15
The German team is favored against Kazakhstan. In three duels with the East Europeans, Germany has only lost one set and won three times comfortably. However, the last two successes were already five years ago. The Kazakhs had to play against the USA at the start and were only able to keep up to some extent in the third set (22:25) in the clear 0:3 defeat. A win would be something very special for the selection coached by Darko Dobreskov. At the last World Cup in 2018, the Kazakhs didn’t win a single set and ended up finishing 24th and last.
15:06
In the opening win against Bulgaria, the German women still had a hard time. All four sets were hard fought, especially in the third (25:23) the pendulum could have swung the other way when the score was 1:1. “You could see that we still falter a bit from time to time,” admitted captain Jennifer Janiska afterwards, adding: “The three points are very important.” Now the DVV team wants to step up their game against Kazakhstan and create a cushion before the games against defending champion Serbia, Olympic champions USA and Canada later. The top four teams in the group advance.
15:02
Hello and welcome to the second group game of the German volleyball players at the 2022 World Cup! After the opening win against Bulgaria, Vital Heynen’s side continue their game against Kazakhstan in Arnhem at 15:30 today.