Author name: Mevza

Croatian Federation ends cooperation with Santarelli and Zanini

The Croatian Volleyball Federation has decided not to extend the contracts with Daniele Santarelli (40) and Emanuele Zanini (56), who have been at the helm of their women’s and men’s national teams for the last couple of years. Their contracts had expired with the end of the last national team season, but the parties took […]

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Marco Bonitta at the helm of Slovenian women’s national team

Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Volleyball Federation of Slovenia announced new head coach of their women’s national team. The renowned Italian volleyball expert Marco Bonitta will be leading the Slovenian girls at the 2022 Silver European League and 2023 EuroVolley qualifiers. Bonitta, who signed a two-year contract, is already looking forward to a new challenge, leading the

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Great first half for the men teams in the CEV European Cups

The best men Middle European teams had a great first week in the CEV European Cups. Beside the Slovenian national champion Maribor, who did not travel to Novosibirsk, the other four representatives put themselves in great positions before the return matches to be played next week. Karlovarsko needed only 73 minutes on their home floor

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Middle European Teams best 5th and 6th place at the first ever King of the Court Final

Doha, Qatar hosted the first ever King of the Court Finals and it could not have ended better for the local crowd, as their local heroes Cherif/Ahmed Tijan were crowned the Kings and the Germans Ittlinger/Schneider Queens. The best Middle European team ended being the newly formed Czech duo Barbora Hermannova and Marie-Sara Stochlova with

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Roland Schwab new head coach of Austrian women’s national team

Roland Schwab, who has helped LINZ-STEG Steelvolleys claim national league and national cup honours as many as three times since 2016, will be leading the Austrian women’s national team at the EuroVolley 2023 qualifiers scheduled for the late summer of this year. The 38-year-old replaces Jan De Brandt at the helm of the team –

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Slovenia claims the Women’s U17 title and qualifies for the European Championships in a dramatic final with Croatia

Zadar, Croatia. Parallel to the Men’s U18 Middle European Championships in Slovenia, the Kresimir Cosic hall in Zadar, Croatia hosted the U17 Women’s Championships. Both championships also served as the 1st round of Qualification for the European Championships, meaning that the winner gets a spot at the same age group European Championships later on this year

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Slovenia book ticket to #EuroVolleyU18M Final Round

Slovenia, the reigning U17 European champions, have secured their participation in this year’s #EuroVolleyU18M after emerging victorious from the MEVZA qualifier held in Maribor, where they beat Austria 3-1 in the final match. Earlier in the competition, Slovenia had lost to Austria but beaten their opponents from Hungary and Croatia in the previous stage of

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Men’s U18 and Women’s U17 Middle European Championship set to begin in Maribor, Slovenia and Zadar, Croatia

  Following the success of past week U19 Women’s and U20 Men’s Middle European Championships, starting tomorrow the U18 Men’s will begin at the Draš Center in Maribor, Slovenia. The tournament will also count as the 1st round qualifier for the same age group European Championships later on this year. Only a day later the

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