Boskovic leads 2018 World Champs Dream Team as MVP

Yokohama, Japan, October 20, 2018 – Serbia opposite Tijana Boskovic was named Most Valuable Player of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in front of an 11’500-strong crowd on Saturday evening in Yokohama Arena.

"I am happy and honoured to be the MVP of this championship, but without the girls, the coaches, the staff, I really would not be able to make it. This will motivate me more in the future," said Boskovic.

Boskovic scored a total of 26 points in Serbia’s thrilling tie-break win 3-2 (21-25, 25-14, 23-25, 25-19, 15-12), to close off the tournament with a total of 193 points (176 attacks, 11 stuff blocks, eight service winners). The 21-year old posted an efficiency of 53.66 % to help boost Serbia’s campaign for their first-ever World Championship title.

Dream Team 2018: **• **Outside hitters: Miryam Sylla (Italy), Zhu Ting (China) • Middle blockers: Yan Ni (China), Milena Rasic (Serbia) • Opposite: Paola Egonu (Italy) • Setter: Ofelia Malinov (Italy) • Libero: Monica De Gennaro (Italy) • MVP: Tijana Boskovic (Serbia)

List of World Championsip MVPs since the introduction of the award in 1982: 1982, Peru: Lang Ping (China) 1986, Czechoslovakia: Yang Xilan (China) 1990, China: Irina Kirilova (Soviet Union) 1994, Brazil: Regla Torres (Cuba) 1998, Japan: Regla Torres (Cuba) 2002, Germany: Elisa Togut (Italy) 2006, Japan: Yoshie Takeshita (Japan) 2010, Japan: Ekaterina Gamova (Russia) 2014, Italy: Kim Hill (USA)

Source: http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=79810&Language=en#.W8uK0hMzbOQ