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    Overview

    Head-to-Head

    • These teams will meet for the first time in an Olympic qualifier since 10 June 2012, when Germany beat Czech Republic 3-1 in an Intercontinental Olympic Qualification tournament in Berlin. Germany's György Grozer scored 28 points, at least nine more than any other player on the court.

    • These nations last met in a world level major tournament (World Championship, World League, Olympic Games, Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and Volleyball Nations League) on 5 October 2010, when Germany won 3-0 in the 2010 World Championship third round.

    • Czech Republic's last win over Germany in a world level major tournament was a 3-1 victory in the 2006 World Championship second group stage.

    • Germany beat Czech Republic twice in the 2017 European Championship, 3-0 in the group stage and 3-1 in the quarter-finals.

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    Czech Republic

    • Czech Republic (NOC) could qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time. Czechoslovakia participated in the Olympic Games from 1964 to 1980 (5 times).

    • The last time Czech Republic participated in a European Olympic Qualification tournament was in 2000. They finished in fifth place, after winning only one of their five matches (3-2 win against Latvia).

    • Czech Republic lost two of their three matches in the 2012 Intercontinental Olympic Qualification tournament in Berlin, including a 3-1 defeat against Germany.


    Germany

    • Germany (NOC) are hoping to qualify for their third Olympic Games, after 2008 and 2012. East Germany appeared in 1968 and 1972, while West Germany participated in 1972.

    • Germany competed in each of the last four European Olympic Qualification tournaments (2004-2016), but failed to secure an Olympic ticket on all four occasions. In 2012, they lost the final 3-2 to Italy, while they were eliminated in the semi-finals in both 2004 (versus Netherlands) and 2016 (versus Russia).

    • In 2008 and 2012, Germany qualified for the Olympic Games in an Intercontinental Olympic Qualification tournament.

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    • Officials
      First Referee
      László ADLER
      HUN
      Second Referee
      Kenneth ARO
      FIN
    • Venue Information
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      Volleyball fans have ‘nicknamed’ the iconic Max-Schmeling-Halle ‘Germany’s Volleyball temple’. Actually, it is much more than just that – since this venue has played host to an impressive number of major international competitions as well, such as the 2002 FIVB Women’s World Championship, 2003 EuroVolley Men, 2013 EuroVolley Women, as well as the historic CEV Champions League Volley 2019 Super Finals back in May – to name only a few highlights. The Hall also plays as hosts to the Berlin Recycling Volleys, Germany's most decorated volleyball club with 10 Bundesliga titles and a CEV cup title in 2015/2016. The arena is located at Am Falkpl. 1, 10437 Berlin, Germany and holds up to 12,000 spectators. Capacity: 8533
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    • Who Qualifies?

      After completion of a single round robin in each of the two pools, the top two teams will play crossed semi-finals.  This is followed by a winner-takes-it-all final, where a much-coveted ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be at stake.

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    CZECH REPUBLIC GERMANY

    Team

    Team Profile
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    CZECH REPUBLIC

    Address

    Zatopkova, 100/2 - PS 40 (Mailing) PRAHA 6 - STRAHOV

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    Contacts

    phone +420 245 006 210 email czech.volleyball@cvf.cz
    Team Leaders
    Radek MACH
    Middle blocker
    Jakub JANOUCH
    Setter
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    08/01/2020 vs. 1 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    07/01/2020 vs. 2 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    05/01/2020 vs. 0 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 4
      Competitions Played
    • 2
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 3
      Matches Played
    • 0
      Matches Won
    • 0%
      Win %
    • 3
      Sets Won
    • 263
      Points Won
    • 45%
      Attack %
    • 36%
      Reception %

    Team

    C
    18
    JANOUCH Jakub
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Birth Place: Ostrava
    • Height: 194 cm
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    1
    MONIK Milan
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1988
    • Birth Place: Isti
    • Height: 190 cm
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    3
    MACH Radek
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1984
    • Birth Place: CZECH REPUBLIC
    • Height: 206 cm
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    5
    ZAJICEK Adam
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1993
    • Birth Place: Prague
    • Height: 201 cm
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    7
    MICHALEK Petr
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1989
    • Height: 190 cm
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    9
    PATOCKA Vojtech
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1993
    • Height: 197 cm
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    11
    SULISTA Petr
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1993
    • Birth Place: Ceske Budejovice
    • Height: 199 cm
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    12
    PFEFFER Daniel
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Birth Place: Prague
    • Height: 184 cm
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    13
    GALABOV Jan
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Birth Place: Ceska Lipa
    • Height: 191 cm
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    15
    VASINA Lukas
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1999
    • Height: 196 cm
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    17
    JANKU David
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Height: 193 cm
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    20
    BARTUNEK Lubos
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Height: 190 cm
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    23
    INDRA Patrik
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Height: 200 cm
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    25
    POLAK Josef
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1999
    • Height: 202 cm
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    Staff

    NEKOLA Michal
    Head Coach
    SKLENAR Zdenek
    Assistant Coach 2
    SALON Jakub
    Assistant Coach

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    CZECH REPUBLIC

    Overview

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    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Match

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    Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin

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    Celebrations of Czech Republic

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    Gyorgy GROZER celebrates

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    Match Report

    Eight aces to Grozer’s name in German shutout of Czechia

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    German opposite György Grozer led the home team to a 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-20) shutout of Czech Republic on the first competition day of the Olympic qualification tournament in Berlin. A six-point run on the serving of captain Jakub Janouch gave Czech Republic a 10-8 lead and some hopes for success in the first set, but they were soon wiped out by the Germans, who dominated in both serving and spiking on the way to an emphatic 25-19 win. At 22-17 in the second set, the Czechs seemed well on their way to leveling the match, when a phenomenal serving spree by György Grozer was crowned by two consecutive aces (towards an individual set total of five) for the last two points of an incredible turnaround - 25-22 Germany’s way! The German opposite was the man of the third set as well. Further stepping up his spiking efforts and adding another two aces towards his match total of eight, Grozer led his team’s domination in the third set towards a 25-20 close and a clean slate for the home side. On a total of 21 points, Grozer topped the scorers’ chart of the match.

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    111
    Points

    The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

    83
    Duration

    The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

    4129
    Spectators

    Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

    173
    Match Spikes

    The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

    37%
    Reception Level

    An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

    6-3
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of CZECH REPUBLIC compared to GERMANY.

    2-9
    Ace Count

    CZECH REPUBLIC number of service aces compared to GERMANY

    21-17
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of CZECH REPUBLIC, next to those from GERMANY

    Andrea Giani, head coach of Germany: "The first two sets haven’t been easy for us. Especially in the second set we had a lot of difficulties to play our game. Fortunately we had an outstanding service performance by Georg Grozer at the end. It was a typical first game at such a tournament. For me and my team it is a pleasure to play at home and the home crowd advantage helped today and will help us during this Olympic qualifiers"

    Jakub Janouch, Captain of Czech Republic: "We are sad because we lost 3:0. In some moments I am proud of the guys my teammates but I am angry because of the second set cause we were leading the most of the set and at the end we couldn´t manage it to win. Grozer probably is the best server on this tournament but still we had the chance and we didn´t take it. So this is the one thing what makes me feel angry. But on the other side I am proud of the guys because some of them played their first match in men´s team today. So we just need to work on to keep the level and to solve some situations better in the next match.”