Volleyball players born in 2009 and younger will again participate in the traditional "Winter Cup of Nations" in Pordenone, Italy.
The tournament, organized by the Pordenone Committee and under the auspices of the Italian Volleyball Federation, will be held from February 19 to 22 in Pordenone and the surrounding municipalities in the northeast of the country in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.
Our youth national teams will travel to the tournament on February 18th and participate in a competition that will be the perfect preparation for the second round of qualifications for the U18 European Championship, which will be held at the end of March.
The national team selectors, men's Miljan Bošković and women's Milan Milošević, have announced the rosters for the tournaments.
Among the 14 volleyball players were:
Technicians: Luka Milošević and Aleksa Kovačević (Future);
service recipients: Filip Milosavljević (Budva), Aleksa Radić (Budućnost), Vasilije Božović and Mihajlo Grupković (Mornar);
correctors: Filip Radić (Future) and Pavle Knežević (Union);
middle blockers: Vukota Čelebić (Budva), Vuk Ojdanić (Mornar), Vasilije Obradović (Ulcinj) and Aleksa Jovanović (Sutjeska);
free: Mirza Mujović (Unity) and Ognjen Marstijepović (Mornar).
Nikola Mijušković will be part of coach Bošković's coaching staff, and the director of the men's national team, Ivan Ječmenica, will also travel with the team.
The following volleyball players will travel to the tournament:
Technicians: Nađa Peković (Budućnost) and Staša Jovović (Luka Bar);
service recipients: Elena Jovanović (Budućnost), Elena Čolaković (Budva), Jelena Ćorović (Gimnazijalac) and Mia Podjanin (Net);
correctors: Anastasija Koprivica (Budućnost) and Đina Lekić (Budva);
middle blockers: Andrea Glavanović (Galeb), Sofija Duletić (Budućnost), Minja Mišević (Morača) and Bojana Krasnići (Budva);
free: Lara Tošić (Budućnost) and Sara Striković (Galeb).
Andrea Laković will be part of coach Milošević's coaching staff.
Both teams will face Croatia, Germany and Egypt in the group, and the Czech Republic, England and Japan will also participate in the tournament, as well as Italy in the men's competition and Slovenia in the women's competition.
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