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Luxembourg wins small nations Volleyball Junior Championships
By MM Sports
Mar 25, 2008 - 6:44:49 PM

The Volleyball 2008 Men Junior European Championships for Small Countries came to an end last Sunday with Luxembourg emerging as winners of this competition. Cyprus and San Marino finished in second and third place respectively. The event was organised by the Malta Volleyball Association with the CEV monitoring the whole event.

On Friday, Mr. Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco, president of the Malta Olympic Committee gave a short speech to mark the opening of the games. Malta lost the four matches but showed promising qualities especially when playing against Northern Ireland. This was the first international commitment the national under 20 squad had and it will surely help in experience in future commitments.

The three day tournament came to an end with Luxembourg captain being presented the winners cup by the Hon. Clyde Puli, Parliamentary Secretary for Youths and Sport. In a short speech, MVA president Mr. Branko Vlahovic thanked the parliamentary secretary for attending the event whilst the head of the Luxembourg delegation praised the excellent tournament organisation and spoke positively about their stay in Malta.

The Malta Volleyball Association will be organising a further two tournaments. In May, the senior ladies will meet the national teams of Cyprus, San Marino and Iceland and in June, the men’s senior team will face Cyprus, Iceland and Scotland.