Overview
- Germany suffered 0-3 defeats to the Netherlands and then to Serbia in Belgrade, a sequence that made qualification for the Volleyball Nations League Final Eight impossible.
- The team closed the VNL group stage with a 3-0 win over Bulgaria to finish with five wins and seven losses, well short of the top-seven threshold needed to reach Macau.
- Coach Giulio Bregoli used the remaining opportunities in Belgrade to give younger players match time as the competitive pressure eased.
- Individual standouts in the Belgrade phase included Leana Grozer (16 points against the Netherlands), Maria Tabacuks (10 against Serbia) and Lena Kindermann (18 in the win over Bulgaria).
- With the VNL exit confirmed, the German squad and the DVV shift focus to the European Championship running from 21 August to 6 September across Turkey, the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan and Sweden.