12-APRIL-2013
WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PREPARES FOR
THE 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
 

The Women's Senior National Head Coach, Fernando announced the 24 pre-selected players list, which will, until the day May 2, be downsized to 16 athletes who will integrate the preparation for the 2014 World Championship - European Qualification Pool C.

Pool C is to take place at the Belgium city of Kortrijk from May 23-26, where Portugal will face Switzerland, Belgium and Northern Ireland. [View Calendar]
The National Team training camp will be held at Carvalhos from May 10-22 2013.

Players

Name

Club

Date of Birth

Fabiola Gomes

CD Ribeirense

14-10-1989

Ana Couto

CD Ribeirense

30-07-1990

Dulce Machado

CD Ribeirense

16-10-1981

Joana Silva

Leixões SC

07-03-1993

Ana Helena Ribeiro

Leixões SC

28-05-1993

Juliana Antunes

Leixões SC

07-01-1985

Marina Costa

SC Braga

08-06-1993

Joana Polido

CF Belenenses/Blue

02-08-1992

Aline Timm

CF Belenenses/Blue

05-09-1988

Daniela Loureiro

CF Belenenses/Blue

17-08-1987

Núria Silva

UCAM Vóley Murcia

26-12-1991

Bonémia Gomes

UCAM Vóley Murcia

08-02-1992

Beatriz Santos

Colégio do Rosário

10-08-1995

Maria João Tavares

Colégio do Rosário

20-10-1994

Júlia Kavalenka

Colégio do Rosário

02-03-1999

Mariana Maia

Colégio do Rosário

13-05-1996

Maria Miguel Baptista

Colégio do Rosário

25-02-1995

Marta Hurst

GDC Gueifães

07-07-1992

Eduarda Duarte

GDC Gueifães

28-07-1993

Tânia Oliveira

GDC Gueifães

06-04-1989

Mariana Meireles

GDC Gueifães

29-02-1992

Joana Resende

GDC Gueifães

23-02-1991

Joana Neto

GDC Gueifães

04-01-1993

Joana Ferreira

GDC Gueifães

23-08-1977

The National Team will play Switzerland National Team in the 2014 WC European Qualifying Pool C opening day, followed by the duels against Belgium (24) and Northern Ireland (26). [Schedule]

The Pool C, organised by Belgium will be supervised by Pierre Mulheims (Luxemburg), CEV Technical Delegate, while Marc Bloemhard (The Netherlands), Ute Fisher (Germany), Marcos Folgar Fraga (Spain), Nick Heckford (Engalnd) and Lars Rydland (Norway) will be the appointed referees.
Vitor Gonçalves (Portugal) will also be at Kortrijk as referee for the men’s event – Pool D (Belgium, Austria, Romania and Northern Ireland), which will take place simultaneous at this city.

The European Qualification 1st Round Pools are organised as follows:
Pool A (Herceg Novi, MON) – Croatia, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia
Pool B (Mogilev, BLR) – Israel, Belarus, Finland and Denmark
Pool C (Kortrijk, BEL) – Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland and Northern Ireland
Pool D (Lutsk, UKR)– Ukraine, Hungary, Albania and Moldova
Pool E (Poprad, SVK) – Slovakia, Greece, Austria and Liechtenstein
Pool F (Daugavpils, LAT) – Estonia, Iceland, Latvia and Lithuania
Pool G (Cospicua, MLT) – Luxemburg, Cyprus, S. Marino, Malta and Scotland

The pool winners qualify for the 3rd Round, to be played in January 2014, while the 2nd ranked
teams will play the 2nd Round, scheduled for October 2-6, 2013.

More info: www.cev.lu  / www.fivb.org