The winter break is also time for the national teams to get on stage. From January 5, Verona’s Serbian spiker, Uros Kovacevic, will take part in a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games to take place in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Serbia has been drawn with Germany, Belgium and Poland, while the other group is composed of Bulgaria, Finland, Russia and France. On Tuesday, Serbia’s first opponent will be against the hosts of Germany in Berlin. The top two teams of each group go through to the semi-finals. The winner of the tournament will get its pass for Rio 2016.

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