Dodgeball is not just a school-yard game – csupasport.hu

Dodgeball has always been a staple of PE classes, a joyful game for children. But the now widely known sport known as Dodgeball played by adults is much more than spontaneously throwing balls around.

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We gave a world-class team a good run for their money – 24.hu

The Central European Championships were held in Lausanne last weekend, where, for the first time in the sport’s history, the Hungarian team has taken part as well, advancing with a remarkable 2nd place from their qualifiers.

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An amazing match in the quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals we played against the World and European Champion Austria, and, against the odds, we played a very close match with the team.

The first two sets went according to expectations (0-4), but then something happened and the real battle started. The Hungarian National team did not only broke even, but seven and a half minutes before the end took the lead for 12-10.

The world’s best team, for the first time during the tournament, had to request a timeout to get their ducks in a row and they succeeded. There was no big sensation at the end, Austria turned over the match with 16-12 and they kept up their momentum for the rest of the games too. They beat the Italians in the semi-finals (18-14) and the Czech team in the finals (18-12).

The Hungarian Dodgeball team finished at 6th place in the end.

The Hungarian Dodgeball Team advances

We did everything we could to prepare with two trainings a week and a visit to Zagreb, but the whims of Fate have overturned the scrips. We are here, albeit with diminished numbers, and will fight for our teammates stuck at home.
After the opening, in order to get familiar with the courts, we played a scrimmage against The Netherlands, which we won 16-12.

In our first match, we tied 13-13 against Switzerland. We had a rough start, but managed to catch up to our hosts.

In our second qualifier match we faced Italy, who placed 5th during the latest European Championships.

Nagyon szoros szettekel végül 10-18-as vereséget szenvedtünk. A meglepetés ugyan elmaradt, de csak néhány labdán múlt. 
A nap utolsó találkozóján Ausztria 3. csapata ellen, már a továbbjutásért léptünk pályára. Nem volt szép meccs, de fáradtan is hoztuk a kötelezőt. 16-10.  

Ezzel hatodikként jutottunk a CEC 2020 legjobb nyolc csapata közé. Vasárnap 9.50-kor a negyeddöntőben az osztrákok második csapatával játszunk. 
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