The Women's European Volleyball Championship is underway.

Offsideplus.az reports that Azerbaijan, having won its first two matches, faced Romania today.

Faiq Garayev's side managed to secure a hard-fought victory.

Although the national team took a 2:0 lead in sets, the opponent managed to make a comeback.

Being more precise in the tie-break, our national team celebrated the ultimate win – 3:2 (25:21, 25:23, 15:25, 22:25, 15:8).

In today's other match in our group, the Netherlands defeated Portugal without dropping a set – 3:0 (25:21, 25:18, 25:23).

The standings in Group C are as follows:

  1. Azerbaijan – 8 points, 9-3 (3 matches)

  2. Netherlands – 5 points, 6-2 (2 matches)

  3. Belgium – 5 points, 5-2 (2 matches)

  4. Romania – 2 points, 4-6 (2 matches)

  5. Spain – 1 point, 2-6 (2 matches)

  6. Portugal – 0 points, 1-9 (3 matches)

It should be noted that Group C matches are being held in Baku, at the National Gymnastics Arena, sponsored by "rendyol.