2006 Men’s World Championship – Finland
Germany beat Czech Republic in World Championship warm up (FIVB)
05/23/2005
Germany,
May 23, 2005. World number 24 Germany will enter the
2006 Men's World Championships second round tournament -
Europe Pool H in Tampere, Finland starting on Friday
with their confidence sky high after collecting two
tiebreak victories over world number 25 and fellow
second round competitors the Czech Republic.
Winning the first match in the East German city of
Zwickau 15-8 in the tiebreak set, the Germans showed
incredible tenacity in the second match in Dessau,
Germany to fight back from 0-2 down. Although the Czech
Republic, who will host the Ukraine, Denmark and first
round winner's England in Opava in a second round
tournament - Europe Pool F also starting on Friday, took
an early lead in the tiebreak set (1-5), the Germans
stayed close (9-9), turning the tables to advance 12-11.
The first matchpoint, however, was for the Czechs
(13-14). Another two matchpoints followed for Germany
(14-15, 15-16) who finally managed to close the match
with a block by Siebeck/Hübner (18-16). Pic: Germany will start favourites in Finland against
the hosts, Croatia and Slovenia
"It was good to have played five sets in each match
because that gave our coach the possibility to try out
many variations", explained German team player Stefan
Hübner, "Our team has become much more stable overall
thanks to the players' experiences in international
leagues as well as in the Indesit European Champions'
League. We're going to Finland in order to win all three
matches."
Result in Zwickau (GER): GER-CZE 3:2 (25-18, 24-26,
25-21, 23-25, 15-8)
Result in Dessau (GER):GER-CZE 3:2 (16-25, 23-25, 27-25,
25-18, 18-16)
