{"id":216836,"date":"2026-08-22T19:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=216836"},"modified":"2026-08-22T19:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:12:44","slug":"serbian-women-set-out-for-another-medal-our-volleyball-players-crushed-austria-at-the-start-of-the-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbian-women-set-out-for-another-medal-our-volleyball-players-crushed-austria-at-the-start-of-the-european-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"SERBIAN WOMEN SET OUT FOR ANOTHER MEDAL: Our volleyball players crushed Austria at the start of the European Championship!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serbia’s women’s volleyball team opened the European Championship with a convincing victory! Zoran Terzi\u0107’s team defeated Austria 3:0 (25:17, 25:9, 25:21) in the first round of Group B.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was not a real challenge for the \u201cBlues\u201d \u2013 more of a warm-up for what awaits them later in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 and Maja Ognjenovi\u0107 played as much as necessary, spending a set and a half on the court. Anja Zubi\u0107, Vanja Ivanovi\u0107, Branka Tica, Nina \u010caji\u0107, Minja Osmaji\u0107 and Bojana Go\u010danin made their debuts at European Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 was the most efficient player with 11 points, Aleksandra Uzelac and Hena Kurtagi\u0107 scored nine each, Branka Tica had eight, while Mina Popovi\u0107 and Anja Zubi\u0107 scored five apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbia established its dominance right from the start. A varied attack and solid blocking gave our team a big lead. The Austrians were impressed by the players they saw on the other side \u2013 and had no answer to the \u201cBlues’\u201d game. They had problems with reception, which also affected their attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head coach Zoran Terzi\u0107 was angry about two aces that landed on our side of the court, but he had no other reasons for concern. Led by Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107, Serbia comfortably took the first set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reigning European runners-up were even more convincing in the second set, now with Branka Tica in the lineup. Their serve worked well, the middle blockers got into their rhythm \u2013 Hena Kurtagi\u0107 was particularly impressive \u2013 and the difference quickly reached double digits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our coaching staff decided to take Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 out of the game midway through the set, followed by Maja Ognjenovi\u0107, so Anja Zubi\u0107 and Sla\u0111a Mirkovi\u0107 were on the court. Nothing changed on the court, and Austria could not even reach ten points during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbia then entered the third set with a completely different lineup \u2013 Vanja Ivanovi\u0107 and Minja Osmaji\u0107 were also on the court. Kurtagi\u0107 was the only player from the starting six who remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a much bigger battle, as the Austrians found their rhythm, raised their block and managed on several occasions to come within one point. However, the Serbian women did not allow any drama and routinely finished the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their second match in Brno, the \u201cBlues\u201d will face hosts Czech Republic on Sunday at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serbia’s women’s volleyball team opened the European Championship with a convincing victory! Zoran Terzi\u0107’s team defeated Austria 3:0 (25:17, 25:9, 25:21) in the first round of Group B. This was not a real challenge for the \u201cBlues\u201d \u2013 more of a warm-up for what awaits them later in the competition. Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 and Maja Ognjenovi\u0107 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":216837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1334,2391,3943,91,113,8377],"class_list":["post-216836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-austrija","tag-evropsko-prvenstvo","tag-odbojka","tag-sport","tag-srbija","tag-srpske-odbojkasice","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t