After 16 years in world level matches, Germany FINALLY won against Brazil yesterday in the opening match of the Volleyball Nations League. Tandara and team could not pull through against Maren Brinker Fromm, Louisa Lippman and her squad in front of their home fans.
Brazil 1-3 Germany (25-15 / 22-25 / 18-25 / 20-25)
In case you didn’t know, Germany last won against Brazil at the bronze medal match of the 2002 FIVB Grand Prix.
In yesterday’s match, Brazilians seemed flat and could not find their momentum in sets 2, 3 and 4. On the other hand, the Germans led by veteran Brinker-Fromm displayed amazing defense and crushed the Brazilians with tough serves after losing set 1.
Tandara was Brazil’s best scorer with 16 points while Brinker-Fromm scored 20 points for the winning team.
Click here for the full match report and enjoy the video highlights below.
HEAD TO HEAD BRAZIL VS GERMANY PER FIVB:
• Brazil have won their last 15 major world level encounters with Germany, since a 3-1 defeat in the final for third place at the 2002 World Grand Prix.
• World level major competitions are: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, World Grand Prix and Grand Champions Cup.
• At the 2002 World Grand Prix, Germany won four successive matches against Brazil. These are Germany’s only victories over Brazil at world level major competitions since the reunification of Germany.
• Brazil are unbeaten in all six major world level matches against (East/West) Germany played on home soil.
• Their last major world level meeting came at the 2015 World Grand Prix where Brazil beat Germany in straight sets in the preliminary round.
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