The Hague, Netherlands, June 17, 2017 - Netherlands registered a comfortable victory over Slovakia 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-15) and secored the spot in the Final Four.
Netherlands captain Jasper Diefenbach: Again we played steady. We showed how strong we are physically. Slovakia had some injuries, we didn't. We have a strong, fit team and we are all realy competetive. We worked extremely hard to reache this goal. It will be our third final four in three years. This time we want to reach the final and earn a spot in group 1 of the World Leauge. We are hungry for more.
Netherlands coach Gido Vermeulen: That was great, we wanted to get the crowd involved and that worked out perfectly. Tomorrow we want to win again to become first in the pool. Monday we will fly to Autralia and there the first goal will be to reach te final.