Austria's volleyball teams celebrate victories in the Silver League!

Austria's volleyball teams celebrate victories in the Silver League!

Austria's national volleyball teams showed outstanding performances on Saturday in the Silver League. While the men's team in Bertrange, Luxembourg, won 3-0 against Iceland (13, 15, 13), and the women's team triumphed in Torshavn, Faröer, also 3-0 against North Macedonia (12, 12, 20). This represents the third victory of women in four games, which indicates their constant form. On Sunday, both teams face the hosts in their next games.

The Silver League is an important test series for both men and women, with the aim of qualifying for the CEV Eurovolley 2026. The best two teams of each category that are at the top after six games fight for promotion to the Golden League.

progress of the women's national team

On June 1, 2025, the women's volleyball team was able to triumph against Iceland in the CEV European Silver League, winning 3-0 (25:16, 25:15, 25:17). The game took place in Kópavogur, Iceland and lasted 72 minutes. The team's best scorers were Kora Schaber with 19 points, followed by Carmen Raab (12 points), Marie Bruckner (10 points) and Lejla Sara Hadziredzepovic (7 points). In the opening game against Georgia, on May 31, the Austrians had to accept a narrow defeat (2: 3).

For the upcoming games, the women have already set their next challenges. On June 13, they will compete against Latvia in the Johann Pölz-Halle in Amstetten, followed by another duel against Switzerland on June 15. The squad, which consists of 16 players, includes talented athletes such as Nicole Holzinger, Victoria Deisl and Daniela Katz.

men's national team on the search for meaning

The men's team also has great ambitions and will compete against the Faroe Islands on Sunday before performing the home tournament in Amstetten against Sweden and Hungary in two weeks. The team in pool B is currently the men's silver League, in which Georgia and Hungary are also represented. The men's squad includes players like Samuel Müller and Michael Czerwinski.

The CEV Volleyball Calendar 2023 again shows the importance of the European Leagues, which are held in the first and second leg in a double-round-real format. The Silver League, which takes place from May 27 to June 25, is a decisive qualification tournament that enables the teams to prepare for greater challenges and to assess their own performance.