Spain outlasts Slovakia to finish as top team in Pool A – Volleyball News

Spain defeated hosts Slovakia in the last match of 2012 CEV Men’s European League Preliminaries on Sunday, in front of a crowd of 1500 people at the Steel Arena in KOSICE, Slovakia.

In the four-set affair, Spaniards captured three frames and settled for the triumph. The final set scores were 3:1 (25-19, 25-23, 21-25, 28-26). Spain finished as the top team in Pool A and successfully booked a slot in the final round of the European League, which will take place in Turkey on the weekend.

Spain’s Iban PEREZ exhibited spectacular show of volleyball and added match-high 25 points, which included 22 winning spikes. For hosts, Milan BENCZ put up valiant effort and notched up team-high 23 points.

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Denmark improves to 2-1 by edging out Greece in the third match – Volleyball news

Men’s national volleyball squad of Denmark provided a hard-knock to Greek counterparts in the third match of the 2012 CEV Men’s European League on Sunday.

The Spanish city Teruel set up the field of play for the thrilling match, which ended in only three sets. Denmark posted 3-0 (25-21, 28-26, 25-23) win over Greece and improved to 2-1 in the tournament.

Greece’s No. 4 player Georgios PETREAS staged an eye-catching action on the net and charted match-high 20 points but it proved to be a failing effort for him. On the other hand, Mads Hartmann DITLEVSEN of Denmark registered team-high 18 points and led his team to splendid straight-set victory.

Set-to-set analysis available here: http://blogs.bettor.com/Denmark-improves-to-2-1-by-edging-out-Greece-in-the-third-match-Volleyball-news-a159586