MEVZA Senior Championship Opens with First Matches in Maribor and Fonyód

The very first edition of the MEVZA Senior Championship started on Tuesday, with the women’s tournament taking place in Maribor, Slovenia, and the men’s competition hosted in Fonyód, Hungary.

The new national team competition brings together teams from across the MEVZA region in a round-robin format, with all teams playing each other until Sunday.

In the women’s tournament, Hungary opened the competition with a solid 3-0 win over Cyprus (25-16, 25-16, 25-14). Croatia also started successfully later in the day, beating Austria in straight sets (25-19, 25-23, 25-18).

The men’s matches brought plenty of drama on day one. Austria came back to defeat Hungary in five sets (20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 13-25, 15-7), while Cyprus edged Croatia after a tense battle that ended in a tie-break (20-25, 25-22, 17-25, 28-26, 15-11).

The tournament continues on Wednesday with another full schedule in both competitions.

Women’s schedule:
21 May
16:00 – Luxembourg vs Austria
19:00 – Croatia vs Cyprus

22 May
16:00 – Austria vs Cyprus
19:00 – Hungary vs Luxembourg

23 May
16:00 – Hungary vs Austria
19:00 – Croatia vs Luxembourg

24 May
16:00 – Luxembourg vs Cyprus
19:00 – Croatia vs Hungary

Men’s schedule:
21 May
16:30 – Luxembourg vs Austria
19:00 – Hungary vs Cyprus

22 May
16:30 – Austria vs Cyprus
19:00 – Croatia vs Luxembourg

23 May
16:30 – Hungary vs Luxembourg
19:00 – Croatia vs Austria

24 May
16:30 – Luxembourg vs Cyprus
19:00 – Croatia vs Hungary

All women’s matches are available on the YouTube channel of the Croatian Volleyball Federation, while men’s matches are available on Hunvolley.TV.