It's revealed how much money Serbia's gold-wining women's volleyball team will receive from the state

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At today's session, the Government of Serbia made a decision on awarding of cash prizes in the Serbian dinar amount equivalent to 30,000 euros each to the head coach and all members of the Serbian women's volleyball team.

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The squad has just won the gold medal at the World Championship.

On Saturday in the Netherlands, the Serbian volleyball team defended their world championship title won four years ago in Japan. Serbia beat Brazil 3-0 in this final.

"The monetary prizes are awarded with the aim of affirming sports and preparing athletes to achieve even better results that will contribute to the affirmation of Serbia," said the Government of Serbia.

The Serbian national team won the title by achieving 12 victories in 12 games. One after the other, Canada (3-0), Bulgaria (3-2), Germany (3-0), Kazakhstan (3-0), US (3-0), Poland (3-0), Dominican Republic (3-0), Thailand (3-0) and Turkey (3-0), then Poland (3-2), US (3-1) again in the knockout phase, and finally Brazil (3-0) all "fell" in front of the squad selected by head coach Daniele Santarelli.

During the entire tournament, the Serbian women won 36, and lost only five sets. Team captain Tijana Boskovic was named the most valuable player of the World Championship.

Since 2015, Serbian women's volleyball team has been returning home with honors from all major competitions - that year they won bronze at the European Championship, to then win two golds and a silver in a row.

In than time, they also won silver and bronze medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, and two World Championship titles.

(Telegraf.rs)