2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship was held from September 3 to September 13, 2009, in İzmir and Istanbul, Turkey.

Host country

DatesSeptember 3–13

Teams16

Venues2 (in 2 host cities)

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Poland claimed their first Men's European Volleyball Championship title with an undefeated run. The final was concluded with a 3–1 victory against France. Bulgaria captured the bronze medal after defeating Russia 3–0. Poland's Piotr Gruszka was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Turkey (Hosts)	Russia	Spain	Serbia
Germany	Finland	Slovakia	Italy
France	Netherlands	Greece	Bulgaria
Poland	Estonia	Slovenia	Czech Republic

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	270	223	1.211	Playoff round
2	France	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	253	235	1.077
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	284	314	0.904
4	Turkey	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	234	269	0.870

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Poland	3–1	France	18–25	25–17	25–22	25–18		93–82
03 Sep	Germany	3–2	Turkey	26–24	23–25	25–22	30–32	15–13	119–116
04 Sep	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–17	25–23	27–29	25–14		102–83
05 Sep	France	3–1	Germany	21–25	25–14	25–20	25–23		96–82
05 Sep	Turkey	0–3	Poland	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75
06 Sep	Turkey	0–3	France	16–25	21–25	23–25			60–75

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	279	223	1.251	Playoff round
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	8	6	1.333	330	310	1.065
3	Finland	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	225	254	0.886
4	Estonia	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	230	277	0.830

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Estonia	1–3	Russia	25–20	17–25	18–25	15–25		75–95
03 Sep	Netherlands	3–2	Finland	25–21	22–25	28–30	25–15	18–16	118–107
04 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	Estonia	27–29	25–19	25–18	30–28		107–94
05 Sep	Russia	3–2	Netherlands	25–23	25–22	21–25	23–25	15–10	109–105
05 Sep	Finland	3–0	Estonia	25–18	25–22	25–21			75–61
06 Sep	Russia	3–0	Finland	25–12	25–14	25–17			75–43

Venues

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	293	279	1.050	Playoff round
2	Spain	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	244	231	1.056
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	4	7	6	1.167	290	284	1.021
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	230	263	0.875

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Spain	3–0	Slovenia	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59
04 Sep	Greece	3–0	Spain	25–23	25–20	25–21			75–64
04 Sep	Slovenia	0–3	Slovakia	20–25	21–25	28–30			69–80
05 Sep	Slovakia	2–3	Greece	25–19	28–30	23–25	25–21	12–15	113–110
06 Sep	Slovenia	1–3	Greece	32–34	24–26	25–23	21–25		102–108
06 Sep	Slovakia	2–3	Spain	18–25	25–21	18–25	25–19	11–15	97–106

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	279	249	1.120	Playoff round
2	Serbia	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	270	246	1.098
3	Italy	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	227	228	0.996
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	199	252	0.790

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Serbia	21–25	25–17	19–25	25–22	15–11	105–100
04 Sep	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	24–26	22–25	22–25			68–76
04 Sep	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	26–24	25–14			76–60
05 Sep	Czech Republic	0–3	Italy	12–25	26–28	20–25			58–78
06 Sep	Serbia	3–1	Italy	25–23	19–25	25–12	25–21		94–81
06 Sep	Czech Republic	1–3	Bulgaria	19–25	25–23	20–25	17–25		81–98

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	10	15	6	2.500	482	425	1.134	Semifinals
2	France	5	4	1	9	13	7	1.857	482	438	1.100	Semifinals
3	Germany	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	461	466	0.989
4	Greece	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	435	464	0.938
5	Spain	5	1	4	6	7	14	0.500	445	476	0.935
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	5	8	15	0.533	475	511	0.930

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Germany	3–1	Greece	25–14	33–31	21–25	25–21		104–91
08 Sep	Poland	3–2	Spain	18–25	25–20	25–18	23–25	17–15	108–103
08 Sep	France	3–1	Slovakia	25–23	24–26	25–22	25–21		99–92
09 Sep	Spain	1–3	Germany	25–19	25–27	23–25	20–25		93–96
09 Sep	Slovakia	2–3	Poland	25–21	15–25	10–25	25–14	14–16	89–101
09 Sep	Greece	1–3	France	18–25	32–30	18–25	23–25		91–105
10 Sep	Germany	3–1	Slovakia	25–22	21–25	25–16	25–21		96–84
10 Sep	France	3–1	Spain	25–21	25–15	25–27	25–17		100–80
10 Sep	Poland	3–0	Greece	25–22	28–26	25–20			78–68

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	426	359	1.187	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	422	390	1.082	Semifinals
3	Serbia	5	3	2	8	12	8	1.500	445	425	1.047
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	10	12	0.833	504	505	0.998
5	Italy	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	386	414	0.932
6	Finland	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	332	422	0.787

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	30–28	25–20			80–67
12 Sep	Russia	2–3	France	18–25	22–25	27–25	25–15	15–17	107–107