EuroVolley 2021 to start Wednesday

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

ANKARA (AA) - 2021 CEV Women's European Volleyball Championship will start on August 18.

Serbia, Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria will jointly host the 32nd edition of the organization by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV).

24 teams will compete in 4 groups in the tournament.

At the end of the group stage, top four teams in each group will advance.

The Round of 16 and quarterfinals will be played in Bulgaria and Serbia, while semifinals and final will be host by Serbia.

The group stages of the championship will be played on August 18-26 and the Round of 16 will be held on August 28-30.

Quarterfinals and semifinals will be played between August 31 and September 3, while the final and the 3rd place match will be held on September 4.

Turkish National Women's Volleyball Team will compete in Group D, which will be hosted by Romania in the championship.

European runners-up, "Sultans of the Net", will face Sweden, Finland, Ukraine and the Netherlands in Group D as well as host Romania.

Turkey will face Romania on August 18 at 20:30 local time.

- Turkey's Group D Schedule:

August 18: Romania-Turkey

August 20: Turkey-Ukraine

August 22: Turkey-Sweden

August 23: Turkey-Finland

August 24: Netherlands-Turkey