Slovenian women's volleyball team achieves another confident victory

The Slovenian women's volleyball team achieved another confident victory, defeating Georgia 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 29-27) in their second match of the European League tournament held in Bar, Montenegro. This win follows their opening 3-0 triumph over Montenegro on Friday.

Slovenia, considered the third seed in the league, is aiming for promotion to the elite Nations League next year. Their current global ranking is 19th, and they stand at 13th in Europe. Georgia, in contrast, is ranked 87th globally and 36th in Europe. The two teams had previously met twice in 2022 during European Championship qualifiers, with Slovenia winning both matches 3-0.

The quality difference was evident in the first two sets. However, in the third set, the team coached by Alessandro Orefice made too many errors, though they managed to pull through for the win. Slovenia concludes the first of three tournament weekends with a perfect record.

Mija Šiftar was the top scorer for Slovenia with 13 points, closely followed by Fatoumatta Sillah with 12 points. For Georgia, Ana Tevdoradze scored 13 points. The Slovenian team will compete in the second of three European League tournaments next weekend, playing against Iceland and Latvia in Ljubljana.