08-MAY-2013
POLAND TO PLAY PORTUGAL

The Junior National Team – Men, coached by António Guerra and Ricardo Rocha will face Poland tomorrow, in the 3rd day of the European Qualification Tournament for the 2013 World Championship.

The U-21 lost today to the home team, France, by 0-3 (17-25, 17-25, 19-25), which had already beaten Poland also in three sets the day before (3-0: 25-22, 25-20 e 25-23).
Faipule Kolokilagi with 11 points was the match top scorer, while Hugo Oliveira with 9 points top scored for Portugal.

Contact (Saint-Jean D'Illac)
Park & Suites Village Bordeaux: Phone – +33 5 56 68 86 00

Pool A (Anapa) – Russia (host country), Greece, Denmark, Montenegro and Austria
Pool B (St. Jean D'Illac) – Belgium, Poland, France (host), Portugal and Latvia
Pool C (Sofia) – Bulgaria (host), Germany, Estonia, Romania and Israel
Pool D (Ivanjica) – Serbia (host), Spain, Slovakia, Finland, Czech Republic and Croatia

The first ranked teams of each pool will join the 2013 U-21 WC Final Round hosting country (Turkey) and the defending European Champion (Italy), to dispute the title from August 22 to September 1 at Ancara and Izmir.

More info: www.cev.lu