News Volleyball 02/05/2014 Germany: Guidetti invites 26 players Lausanne, Switzerland, May5, 2014 - The national teamcoach of Germany, Giovanni Guidetti, announced the 26 players who are expectedto join the team the 20th of May for a first meeting in Heidelberg: 13 viceEuropean Champions build the heart of the team, on the other hand there arenine players without any experience at international matches. Already on 25th of May, thenational team will travel to Montreux for their first international tournament.In the preliminary round,Germany will face USA, the Dominican Republic and Japan. For this event,Guidetti will have to designate 12 players.Except of the long terminjured Saskia Hippe (Scheriner SC), all the players from last year’s silvermedal team will join the team. Most of them are planned for playing thetournament in Montreux as well as the European League (7th and 8th of Juneagainst Spain). In addition, there will be returnees like Mareen Apitz orStephanie Karg (Dresdner SC), but mainly „fresh blood“ in form of young talentswho have not played for the national team yet. Lena Stigrot, Anna Pogany (RoteRaben Vilsbiburg), Laura Weihenmaier (Ladies in Black Aachen), Julia Schäfer,Louisa Lippmann, Leonie Schwertmann, Wiebke Silge (USC Münster), CarinaAulenbrock (Schweriner SC) and Jennifer Pettke (VT Aurubis Hamburg) allconvinced the national coach with their performances in the Bundesliga and aregetting now the chance to present themselves in the national team.Giovanni Guidetti says: „Likealways at the beginning of the season, I’d like to see the best players ofGermany. My special attention goes to the players who performed really well inthe Bundesliga. I’m going to play with the best possible team at the tournamentin Montreux and the European League in Stuttgart. Afterwards, I want to give achance to the players that haven’t played that much in the past and the newplayers to perform on the court.“Team roster:Denise Hanke (EczacibasiIstanbul/TUR), Christiane Fürst (Vakifbank Istanbul/TUR), Lena Möllers(Novara/ITA), Kathleen Weiß (Bergamo/ITA), Berit Kauffeldt (Conegliano/ITA),Maren Brinker (Wroclaw/POL), Heike Beier (Bielsko-Biala/POL), Margareta Kozuch,Lisa Thomsen (Azeryol Baku/AZE), Lenka Dürr (Igtisadchi Baku/AZE), JenniferGeerties, Lena Stigrot, Anna Pogany (Rote Raben Vilsbiburg), CorinaSsuschke-Voigt, Lisa Izquierdo, Stephanie Karg, Mareen Apitz (Dresdner SC),Jana-Franziska Poll, Anja Brandt, Carina Aulenbrock (Schweriner SC), LauraWeihenmaier (Ladies in Black Aachen), Julia Schäfer, Louisa Lippmann, LeonieSchwertmann, Wiebke Silge (USC Münster), Jennifer Pettke (VT Aurubis Hamburg).(Source: volleyball-verband.de) Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News