2009 Men's European Volleyball League

2009 Men's European Volleyball League
Tournament details
Host nation	Portugal
Dates	June 5 – July 12 (qualification); July 18/19 (final four)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jochen Schöps
Official website
	2009 European League
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Host nation

Portugal

DatesJune 5 – July 12 (qualification)
July 18/19 (final four)

Teams12

Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The 2009 Men's European Volleyball League was the sixth edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by twelve European countries from June 5 to July 12, 2009. The final Four was held in Portimão, Portugal from July 18 to July 19.

The tournament was won by Germany, defeating the Spain by 3–2 in the finals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	12	12	0	24	36	9	4.000	1079	891	1.211	Final Four
2	Turkey	12	8	4	20	30	16	1.875	1076	983	1.095
3	Great Britain	12	4	8	16	15	27	0.556	905	985	0.919
4	Croatia	12	0	12	12	7	36	0.194	848	1049	0.808

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
5 Jun	19:30	Spain	3–0	Great Britain	25–23	25–23	25–16		75–62	Report
6 Jun	16:30	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–12	25–19	25–17		75–48	Report
6 Jun	19:30	Spain	3–1	Great Britain	25–12	25–21	23–25	25–20	98–78	Report
7 Jun	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Croatia	25–18	21–25	25–14	25–22	96–79	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
12 Jun	20:30	Spain	3–1	Turkey	25–20	23–25	25–17	25–18	98–80	Report
13 Jun	17:30	Spain	3–1	Turkey	25–15	22–25	25–20	25–19	97–79	Report
13 Jun	18:00	Great Britain	3–0	Croatia	25–16	25–22	25–23		75–61	Report
13 Jun	17:00	Great Britain	3–1	Croatia	24–26	25–18	25–16	25–18	99–78	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
20 Jun	16:30	Turkey	3–0	Great Britain	25–14	25–16	25–20		75–50	Report
20 Jun	17:30	Croatia	0–3	Spain	22–25	24–26	14–25		60–76	Report
21 Jun	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Great Britain	31–29	25–27	25–22	25–19	106–97	Report
21 Jun	19:00	Croatia	0–3	Spain	18–25	13–25	22–25		53–75	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
26 Jun	20:30	Spain	3–1	Croatia	21–25	25–17	25–14	25–17	96–73	Report
27 Jun	16:00	Spain	3–1	Croatia	24–26	25–19	25–16	25–22	99–83	Report
27 Jun	18:00	Great Britain	1–3	Turkey	25–21	18–25	21–25	17–25	81–96	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Great Britain	0–3	Turkey	28–30	23–25	20–25		71–80	Report

2009 Men's European Volleyball League

League round

Pool A

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Leg 6

Pool B

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Leg 6

Pool C

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Leg 6

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

References

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	18:00	Croatia	0–3	Great Britain	23–25	18–25	23–25			64–75	Report
4 Jul	18:00	Turkey	2–3	Spain	25–22	20–25	25–20	25–27	11–15	106–109	Report
5 Jul	17:00	Turkey	2–3	Spain	25–23	20–25	23–25	25–18	13–15	106–106	Report
5 Jul	19:00	Croatia	2–3	Great Britain	21–25	25–22	22–25	25–19	9–15	102–106	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
11 Jul	12:00	Croatia	1–3	Turkey	26–24	22–25	20–25	26–28	94–102	Report
11 Jul	15:00	Great Britain	0–3	Spain	20–25	20–25	22–25		62–75	Report
12 Jul	15:00	Great Britain	0–3	Spain	18–25	16–25	15–25		49–75	Report
12 Jul	18:00	Croatia	0–3	Turkey	18–25	17–25	18–25		53–75	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	12	8	4	20	31	17	1.824	1091	1009	1.081	Final Four
2	Belgium	12	8	4	20	30	20	1.500	1117	1075	1.039
3	Greece	12	4	8	16	20	29	0.690	1067	1113	0.959
4	Romania	12	4	8	16	17	32	0.531	1057	1133	0.933

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	20:00	Belgium	2–3	Germany	25–22	18–25	23–25	25–22	12–15	103–109	Report
13 Jun	17:00	Greece	3–0	Romania	25–15	25–23	28–26			78–64	Report
14 Jun	15:00	Belgium	3–2	Germany	22–25	25–19	18–25	25–20	15–13	105–102	Report
14 Jun	19:00	Greece	3–2	Romania	23–25	25–19	25–22	22–25	15–11	110–102	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	17:30	Romania	3–2	Greece	29–27	20–25	18–25	25–21	15–9	107–107	Report
4 Jul	19:30	Germany	3–0	Belgium	25–23	25–19	25–18			75–60	Report
5 Jul	17:30	Romania	3–2	Greece	18–25	25–21	24–26	26–24	19–17	112–113	Report
5 Jul	18:00	Germany	2–3	Belgium	21–25	25–19	25–19	15–25	10–15	96–103	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Belgium	3–2	Greece	23–25	25–13	25–20	21–25	15–11	109–94	Report
11 Jul	19:30	Germany	3–1	Romania	25–18	25–19	23–25	25–18		98–80	Report
12 Jul	15:00	Belgium	3–0	Greece	25–21	27–25	25–13			77–59	Report
12 Jul	17:00	Germany	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–20	25–16			75–55	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovakia	12	9	3	21	29	11	2.636	934	812	1.150	Final Four
2	Portugal^[a] (H)	12	6	6	18	19	21	0.905	896	910	0.985	Final Four
3	Belarus	12	6	6	18	21	24	0.875	988	997	0.991
4	Austria	12	3	9	15	15	28	0.536	914	1013	0.902

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Portugal	25–16	25–20	25–23			75–59	Report
5 Jun	20:25	Austria	3–1	Belarus	22–25	25–18	25–20	25–21		97–84	Report
6 Jun	17:00	Austria	2–3	Belarus	25–23	16–25	28–26	22–25	13–15	104–114	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–20	25–20			75–61	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
13 Jun	17:00	Portugal	3–0	Slovakia	25–19	25–20	25–20		75–59	Report
13 Jun	18:00	Belarus	3–1	Austria	25–18	24–26	25–17	25–21	99–82	Report
14 Jun	16:00	Portugal	1–3	Slovakia	24–26	12–25	25–18	22–25	83–94	Report
14 Jun	18:00	Belarus	3–1	Austria	25–22	25–18	20–25	25–20	95–85	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	20:25	Austria	3–0	Portugal	26–24	25–21	25–16			76–61	Report
20 Jun	18:00	Belarus	3–2	Slovakia	25–17	20–25	19–25	25–23	15–10	104–100	Report
20 Jun	19:00	Austria	1–3	Portugal	26–24	24–26	19–25	18–25		87–100	Report
21 Jun	18:00	Belarus	0–3	Slovakia	18–25	18–25	18–25			54–75	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Austria	25–16	25–15	25–15			75–46	Report
4 Jul	17:00	Portugal	3–2	Belarus	26–24	22–25	19–25	26–24	21–19	114–117	Report
4 Jul	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Austria	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	Report
5 Jul	16:00	Portugal	3–0	Belarus	25–20	25–20	25–16			75–56	Report

Semi-finals		Final

2009-07-18 – Portimão

Spain	3
		2009-07-19 – Portimão
Slovakia	1
		Spain	2
2009-07-18 – Portimão
		Germany	3
Portugal	0

Germany	3
		3rd place

		2009-07-19 – Portimão

		Slovakia	0

		Portugal	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	14:30	Spain	3–1	Slovakia	12–25	27–25	30–28	25–19		94–97	Report
18 Jul	17:00	Portugal	0–3	Germany	24–26	20–25	23–25			67–76	Report