Overview
The quarterfinal's encounter between Serbia and Bulgaria is a re-match of their Pool Phase meeting. Then, Serbia won in four sets, however from that time, Bulgaria managed to visible improve their game. The EuroVolley reigning champions are still undefeated in this year's edition, dropping only three sets along the way. However, during the 8th final Bulgaria led by Gergana and Nasya Dimitrova (no relation) showed their teeth and they will definitely try to make a surprise in game against Serbia.
Head-to-Head
· Serbia (incl. predecessors) and Bulgaria met six times in European championships, including in this year's group stage.
· Bulgaria won four of their previous six European championship meetings, in 1958 (3-2), 1963 (3-1), 1989 (3-0) and 2013 (3-2).
· Serbia's wins over Bulgaria came in the 2007 (3-1) and 2019 (3-1) editions.
· In their group stage match on 25 August, Brankica Mihajlovic (24) and Tijana Boškovic (15) scored the most points for Serbia, while Nasya Dimitrova (18) and Elitsa Vasileva (16) led Bulgaria in points.
· These nations also recently met in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League, where Bulgaria won 3-1 in the preliminary round. Nasya Dimitrova and Miroslava Paskova (both 16) were Bulgaria's top scorers, while Milica Kubura (17) won the most points for Serbia.
Serbia
· Defending champions Serbia are on a winning streak of 13 European championship matches since a 3-1 loss against Russia in the 2015 semi-finals.
· The last team to win at least 14 successive European championship matches was Italy - 18 successive victories from 2007 to 2011.
· Serbia reached the semi-finals in each of the least four European championships, from 2011 to 2017.
· Brankica Mihajlovic and Mina Popovic (both 11) won the most points in their round of last 16 win against Romania (3-0).
· Mihajlovic's 24 points against Bulgaria in the group stage are the most for a Serbian player in a match in this year's tournament.
Bulgaria
· Bulgaria won their last three European championship matches, their longest winning run in the competition since five successive wins from 1999 to 2001.
· Bulgaria did not lose a set in their last three matches. The last time they did not drop a set in four consecutive European championship matches was in 1987.
· Bulgaria could reach the last four teams in the European championships for the first time since 1997.
· In their round of last 16 win against Azerbaijan (3-0), Bulgaria were led by Nasya (14 points) and Gergana Dimitrova (12). Nasya won three points from serves and three from stuff blocks.
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Previous Games
| 08/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 04/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
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Team
- Birth Date: 1999
- Birth Place: Belgrade
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Brcko
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Jagodina
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Beograd
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Uzice
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Olovo
- Height: 181 cm