2016 Men's European Volleyball League

2016 Men's European League
Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	3–20 June (qualification); 1–2 July (final round)
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Estonia (1st title)
Runners-up	Macedonia
Third place	Austria
Fourth place	Bulgaria
Tournament awards
MVP	Robert Täht
Best Setter	Kert Toobal
Best OH	Robert Täht; Alexander Berger
Best MB	Svetoslav Gotsev; Peter Wohlfahrtstätter
Best OPP	Nikola Gjorgiev
Best Libero	Rait Rikberg
Official website
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Host nation

Bulgaria^[1]

Dates3–20 June (qualification)
1–2 July (final round)

Teams8

Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The 2016 Men's European Volleyball League was the 13th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which features men's national volleyball teams from eight European countries.

A preliminary league round was played from 3 to 20 June 2016, and the final four tournament, which was held at Varna, Bulgaria.^[1]

Estonia defeated Macedonia 3–0 in the final.^[2]

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[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Macedonia	6	6	0	16	18	6	3.000	562	525	1.070	Final Four
2	Bulgaria^[a] (H)	6	4	2	11	14	9	1.556	552	489	1.129	Final Four
3	Denmark	6	2	4	8	11	12	0.917	518	513	1.010
4	Albania	6	0	6	1	2	18	0.111	378	483	0.783

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	15:00	Albania	0–3	Macedonia	17–25	23–25	18–25			58–75	Report
10 Jun	18:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Denmark	24–26	22–25	25–21	27–25	16–14	114–111	Report
11 Jun	15:00	Macedonia	3–2	Denmark	25–27	25–21	18–25	25–20	20–18	113–111	Report
11 Jun	18:00	Albania	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	17–25	15–25			49–75	Report
12 Jun	15:00	Denmark	3–0	Albania	25–18	25–22	25–19			75–59	Report
12 Jun	18:00	Macedonia	3–1	Bulgaria	31–29	15–25	25–21	25–21		96–96	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jun	17:00	Denmark	1–3	Bulgaria	25–22	17–25	24–26	15–25		81–98	Report
16 Jun	19:30	Macedonia	3–2	Albania	23–25	25–23	20–25	25–18	15–10	108–101	Report
17 Jun	17:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Albania	25–19	25–19	25–19			75–57	Report
17 Jun	19:30	Denmark	0–3	Macedonia	19–25	23–25	23–25			65–75	Report
18 Jun	17:00	Albania	0–3	Denmark	17–25	19–25	18–25			54–75	Report
18 Jun	19:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Macedonia	25–18	21–25	23–25	25–27		94–95	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Estonia	6	6	0	17	18	5	3.600	571	474	1.205	Final Four
2	Austria	6	4	2	12	14	8	1.750	533	515	1.035	Final Four
3	Belarus	6	2	4	7	10	12	0.833	491	503	0.976
4	Luxembourg	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	372	475	0.783

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 Jun	17:45	Austria	3–1	Luxembourg	18–25	25–19	25–22	25–15	93–81	Report
3 Jun	20:15	Belarus	1–3	Estonia	21–25	25–22	20–25	22–25	88–97	Report
4 Jun	17:45	Luxembourg	0–3	Estonia	16–25	14–25	21–25		51–75	Report
4 Jun	20:25	Austria	3–1	Belarus	25–23	25–17	22–25	25–23	97–88	Report
5 Jun	15:30	Luxembourg	0–3	Belarus	19–25	18–25	20–25		57–75	Report
5 Jun	18:00	Estonia	3–1	Austria	25–14	25–27	25–22	27–25	102–88	Report

2016 Men's European Volleyball League

League round

Pool A

Week 1

Week 2

Pool B

Week 1

Week 2

Final four

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Awards

References

External links

See also

Related Articles

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	16:00	Austria	3–0	Belarus	34–32	25–21	25–19			84–72	Report
18 Jun	19:00	Estonia	3–0	Luxembourg	25–20	29–27	25–14			79–61	Report
19 Jun	16:00	Belarus	3–0	Luxembourg	25–17	25–19	25–21			75–57	Report
19 Jun	19:00	Austria	1–3	Estonia	14–25	22–25	25–23	32–34		93–107	Report
20 Jun	16:00	Luxembourg	0–3	Austria	21–25	26–28	18–25			65–78	Report
20 Jun	19:00	Belarus	2–3	Estonia	21–25	15–25	25–23	25–23	7–15	93–111	Report

Semi-finals		Final

1 July – 15:00

Macedonia	3
		2 July – 18:00
Austria	2
		Macedonia	0
1 July – 18:00
		Estonia	3
Estonia	3

Bulgaria	2
		Third place

		2 July – 15:00

		Austria	3

		Bulgaria	0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	15:00	Macedonia	3–2	Austria	25–23	23–25	17–25	25–18	15–13	105–104	Report
1 Jul	18:00	Estonia	3–2	Bulgaria	25–18	15–25	25–19	14–25	17–15	96–102	Report