Poland emerged successfully at the top of their group

At the end of the opening day of the play at the Under 19 Girl’s event at the the GAZPROM 2021 European Youth Championship Poland emerged successfully at the top of their Group. Seeded only at the position no. 4 in Group D they prevailed against top seeds Germany and beat Hungary to reach the top.

Poland lost only the opening match against Italy but then Ilona SZTWIERTNIA Zuzanna WIELGOS and Anna BRZYSKA beat Hungary and Poland.

“We had a very difficult matches in which we won and I think it is well deserved win. As a team we all made a great contribution and that is most important ” said Ilona SZTWIERTNIA.

In Group A Russia showed no mercy. Top favorites overcame all their adversaries. After Sweden both Czech Republic and Netherlands suffered by the hands of Natalia MALININA Elizabet ABRAAMIAN and Liubov TENTSER. In the same group Sweden’s Matilda HANSSON Hannah HOLGERSSON and Rebecca MUSKANTOR lost only to Czech Republic but it was insufficient for their adversaries to reach the second position. Czech Republic finished third and Sweden clinched second position.

“We had a very difficult match against Sweden and we are very happy that we won because we lost the previous match in the group against Russia. I must say that we were more lucky than before and we are very happy for this victory ” explained Linda ZADERIOVA.

Romania’s Elena ZAHARIA Ioana SINGEORZAN Luciana MITROFAN and Oana STRUNA concluded the day with all three wins and 9:1 ratio which put them at the top of Group B. Ukraine beat Belarus in the direct clash for the second position.

“It was very hard but we were prepared for that. The match was also psychologically difficult for me because I requested a medical time out during the match. We are very happy to have won ” said Ukraine’s Alina VYDRUCHENKO.

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