Junior European volleyball championship of the small states 2008

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The 2008 European Junior Volleyball Championship of the Small States took place from March 25 to 29, 2008 in Schaan , Liechtenstein . Host Liechtenstein as well as the national teams from Northern Ireland , Luxembourg , Ireland , Cyprus and Malta took part. Luxembourg was able to defend its title from 2006 in the hard-fought final group match against Cyprus. The young Cypriot international players had to settle for second place again. Malta gambled away their chances of a medal in their last game in the fifth set against Liechtenstein. The hosts came third overall and secured bronze.

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A final round was played. Each team played against each other once. The winner of a game received 2 points, the loser one. Whoever won the most points after 5 games was chosen as the European champion.

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The teams from Cyprus and Luxembourg were favorites for the European title from the first day of the tournament. Both won their first 4 games with ease. The game between the two teams that was scheduled for the last day became the unofficial final. The Luxembourg women won the hard-fought match 3-1. During the course of the week it became clear that Liechtenstein and Malta would rank third among themselves and Ireland and Northern Ireland fifth. The respective direct encounters also took place on the last day, so it was only in the very last group game that it became clear who would occupy which place. After match point in the third set of the very tense game, Liechtenstein finally prevailed with 3: 2 sets. Northern Ireland surprisingly won the Irish duel against Ireland also 3-2.

25th March IrelandIreland Ireland MaltaMalta Malta 0: 3 15:25, 13:25, 20:25 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 3-0 25:12, 25: 6, 25: 9
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 0: 3 14:25, 5:25, 12:25
26th of March IrelandIreland Ireland Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 0: 3 14:25, 4:25, 10:25 MaltaMalta Malta LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 0: 3 8:25, 17:25, 19:25
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 0: 3 7:25, 9:25, 9:25
27th of March Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus MaltaMalta Malta 3-0 25:20, 25:23, 25:14 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 3-0 25: 3, 25: 9, 25:12
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein IrelandIreland Ireland 3: 1 25:14, 25:14, 22:25, 25:16
28th March MaltaMalta Malta Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 3-0 25: 7, 25:17, 25:23 IrelandIreland Ireland LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 0: 3 9:25, 15:25, 9:25
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 3-0 25:10, 25:18, 25:18
March 29 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland IrelandIreland Ireland 3: 2 24:26, 18:25, 25:20, 25:16, 15: 9
LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 3: 1 19:25, 25:15, 25:22, 25:18
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein MaltaMalta Malta 3: 2 28:26, 25:17, 24:26, 20:25, 16:14

Final score

rank team Points sentences BPQ
1 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 10 15: 1 1,858
2 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 9 13: 3 1,590
3 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 8th 9: 9 0.991
4th MaltaMalta Malta 7th 8: 9 1.003
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 6th 3:14 0.581
6th IrelandIreland Ireland 5 3:15 0.639

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