Coti is just PHENOMENAL!
The 20 year old left handed opposite hitter led Serbia yesterday to win the European Championship. Tijana Boskovic was also named as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after scoring 29 points in the final match against The Netherlands.
“We are European champions, this feeling is incredible! We played really well, like one, as a team from the beginning. We lost only two sets from the start of the European Championship. We worked five months for this and you can see the result.” -Boskovic
The 2016 Olympic silver medalist was joined by some of Europe’s best player in The Dream Team of the biennial tournament.
Outside Spikers: Brankica Mihajlovic (SRB), Anne Buijs (NED)
Middle Blockers: Eda Erdem Dündar (TUR), Stefana Veljkovic (SRB)
Opposite Spiker: Lonneke Slöetjes (NED)
Setter: Laura Dijkema (NED)
Libero: Valeriya Mammadova (AZE)
MVP: Tijana Bošković (SRB)
In case you didn’t know, this is Serbia’s second gold medal in the history of the tournament. The last time they won it was in 2011 with Jovana Brakocevic named as the tourney MVP.
Congrats to all the teams and players for another successful tournament!
Thank you Azerbaijan and Georgia for hosting!
Final Standings:
1. Serbia *
2. The Netherlands *
3. Turkey **
4. Azerbaijan *
5. Italy *
6. Russia *
7. Belarus *
8. Germany *
9. Bulgaria *
10. Poland **
11. Croatia
12. Czech Republic **
13. Ukraine
14. Belgium
15. Hungary **
16. Georgia
*Qualified to Final Round of 2019 edition
**2019 #EuroVolleyW hosts, Czech Republic TBC