2007 European men's volleyball championship

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The 2007 European Men's Volleyball Championship took place in Russia from September 6 to 16, 2007 . The German team , which missed the finals two years ago, ended up in fifth place. Spain became the new European champion . For the first time, 16 teams took part. The games were played in Moscow and Saint Petersburg .

mode

The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups (A – D) with four teams each. The winner of a group game received two points, the loser one point. The top three teams in each group reached the second round. There two groups of six (E and F) were formed, whereby the results from the direct duels of the first round were adopted. The two best teams of the two groups reached the semi-finals, in which the pairings were drawn. The semi-final winners determined the new European champion in the final. The other placement games did not take place.

game schedule

First round

In the opening game of Group A, Serbia managed a clear victory against the Netherlands, who one day later with a 2: 3 against Greece further reduced their chances of reaching the next round. The German team continued their positive tendency of the last months and started the tournament with a 3-1 against Serbia. The first win was followed by a 3-0 win over Greece. On the last match day of the preliminary round, however, Stelian Moculescu's team lost 3-0 in the neighboring duel. As the Greeks then missed the intermediate round against Serbia, Germany took the defeat with them into the second tournament phase.

In Group B, Russia prevailed without losing a set. The Belgians had two wins after beating the Eastern Europeans 3-0, while the Poles won against the winless Turks to qualify for the second round.

Group A in Saint Petersburg
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. SerbiaSerbia Serbia 7: 4 5 1.016
2. GermanyGermany Germany 6: 4 5 1.095
3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5: 6 4th 1.004
4th GreeceGreece Greece 4: 8 4th 0.909
September 6th Netherlands Serbia 0: 3
7th of September Greece Netherlands 3: 2
Germany Serbia 3: 1
September 8th Germany Greece 3-0
the 9th of September Germany Netherlands 0: 3
Serbia Greece 3: 1
Group B in Moscow
space team sentences Points
1. RussiaRussia Russia 9-0 6th 1.301
2. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 6: 6 5 1.004
3. PolandPoland Poland 4: 7 4th 0.964
4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey 3: 9 3 0.847
September 6th Belgium Russia 0: 3
7th of September Poland Belgium 1: 3
Russia Turkey 3-0
September 8th Turkey Poland 1: 3
the 9th of September Turkey Belgium 2: 3
Russia Poland 3-0

In Group C, Spain and France reached the next round in lockstep. The neighbors won their first two games 3-1 and 3-0 before Spain prevailed 3-0 in a direct duel. Slovenia lost 3-1 to Slovakia.

In Group D, three teams were tied at the end. Finland showed their qualities in the first game against Italy, which was only lost in the tie-break. With two wins, the outsider managed to win the group ahead of Bulgaria. The Eastern Europeans defeated the Italians, who were spoiled for success at club level, 3-0 in the last preliminary round match. Croatia had to return home after three defeats.

Group C in Saint Petersburg
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. SpainSpain Spain 9: 1 6th 1.193
2. FranceFrance France 6: 4 5 1.148
3. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 4: 7 4th 0.884
4th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2: 9 3 0.861
September 6th Slovenia Spain 1: 3
Slovakia France 1: 3
7th of September Slovakia Slovenia 3: 1
September 8th Spain Slovakia 3-0
France Slovenia 3-0
the 9th of September France Spain 0: 3
Group D in Moscow
space team sentences Points
1. FinlandFinland Finland 8: 4 5 1.056
2. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 6: 5 5 1.122
3. ItalyItaly Italy 6: 6 5 0.996
4th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 4: 9 3 0.867
September 6th Croatia Bulgaria 2: 3
Finland Italy 2: 3
7th of September Croatia Finland 1: 3
September 8th Bulgaria Finland 0: 3
Italy Croatia 3: 1
the 9th of September Italy Bulgaria 0: 3

Second round

On the first matchday of group E, which was formed from the best teams from preliminary round groups A and C, the German team was successful again and prevailed against Slovakia in three sets. Spain remained undefeated and the decision between Serbia and France was only made in the tiebreak. A day later Serbia won again and France suffered their second 3-2 defeat. The DVV selection, however, missed a great opportunity. Against Spain, the German team could not use the set balls in the third and fourth set. The final success against France did not help the German men make it to the semi-finals, because Spain gave two sets against Serbia and thus helped the Eastern Europeans to a place in the top four.

Germany played with Christian Pampel , Markus Steuerwald , Max Günthör , Jochen Schöps , Marcus Popp , Frank Dehne , Björn Andrae , Robert Kromm , Stefan Hübner , Georg Grozer , Ralph Bergmann and Simon Tischer .

In group F (with the best teams in preliminary round groups B and D) Russia had to go the full distance twice after beating Bulgaria 3-0, but remained without defeat. Finland continued its successful appearance at this European Championship and finally reached the semi-finals, while the tournament ended prematurely for some well-known teams. Italy remained only third in the group of six. Poland lost all games in the intermediate round and were eliminated from the bottom of the group.

Group E in Saint Petersburg
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. SpainSpain Spain 15: 4 10 1.116
2. SerbiaSerbia Serbia 12: 8 8th 1.035
3. GermanyGermany Germany 10: 7 8th 1.056
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 7: 8 6th 1.037
5. FranceFrance France 7:13 6th 0.979
6th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 1:12 4th 0.790
September 11 Netherlands Spain 1: 3
Serbia France 3: 2
Germany Slovakia 3-0
12th September Netherlands France 3: 2
Germany Spain 1: 3
Serbia Slovakia 3-0
13.september Germany France 3-0
Serbia Spain 2: 3
Netherlands Slovakia 1: 3
Group F in Moscow
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. RussiaRussia Russia 15: 4 10 1,196
2. FinlandFinland Finland 11: 4 7th 1.066
3. ItalyItaly Italy 8: 8 6th 0.974
4th BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 6: 8 6th 0.972
5. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 4:10 5 0.937
6th PolandPoland Poland 3:12 4th 0.896
September 11 Poland Finland 0: 3
Belgium Italy 0: 3
Russia Bulgaria 3-0
12th September Belgium Finland 1: 3
Poland Bulgaria 2: 3
Russia Italy 3: 2
13.september Belgium Bulgaria 1: 3
Poland Italy 2: 3
Russia Finland 3: 2

Placement games

In the semi-finals, Russia beat Serbia in three sets. Spain had significantly more problems with the released Finns and needed the tiebreak to advance to the final. Serbia won the game for third place. The final went the full distance. Spain were able to make up a 1: 2 deficit with a 30:28 in the fourth set and won the tiebreak with 16:14. With the 3-2 victory Spain became European champions for the first time.

  Semifinals final
September 15th      
 SpainSpain Spain 3
 FinlandFinland Finland 2  
   
16th September
 SpainSpain Spain 3
   RussiaRussia Russia 2
 
3rd place match
September 15th 16th September
 RussiaRussia Russia 3  FinlandFinland Finland 1
 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 0    SerbiaSerbia Serbia 3

Final score

rank team sentences BPQ
Final rounds
1 SpainSpain Spain 21: 8 1.075
2 RussiaRussia Russia 17: 5 1.139
3 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 15:12 1.011
4th FinlandFinland Finland 14:10 0.987
Not in the semifinals
5 GermanyGermany Germany 10: 7 1.056
6th ItalyItaly Italy 8: 8 0.974
7th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 7: 8 1.037
8th FranceFrance France 7:13 0.979
9 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 6: 8 0.972
10 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 4:10 0.937
11 PolandPoland Poland 3:12 0.896
12 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 1:12 0.790
Not in the second round
13 GreeceGreece Greece 4: 8 0.909
14th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 4: 9 0.867
15th TurkeyTurkey Turkey 3: 9 0.847
16 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2: 9 0.861

Individual awards

Russia lost the final but had the most valuable player of the tournament on their team. Semjon Poltawski was also the best server. Most of the other individual awards went to players in the two finalists. Only in the scorer rating was an actor from Third Serbia ahead.

Most Valuable Player (MVP) Semyon Vladimirovich Poltavsky RussiaRussia Russia
Best scorer Ivan Miljković SerbiaSerbia Serbia
Best attacker Yuri Viktorovich Bereschko RussiaRussia Russia
Best blocker Luis José Molto SpainSpain Spain
Best server Semyon Poltawski RussiaRussia Russia
Best Libero Alexei Igorevich Verbov RussiaRussia Russia
Best player Wadim Chamutzkich RussiaRussia Russia

qualification

In addition to host Russia , who was also the reigning European runner-up, the teams that finished one to seven at the EM 2005 were automatically qualified. They were defending champions Italy , third Serbia (then still called Serbia and Montenegro ), fourth Spain , fifth Poland , sixth Greece and seventh France .

In six groups of four teams each, 24 teams played for the remaining nine places in the summer of 2006. The group winners qualified directly, the runners-up had to contest an additional playoff round with a return leg.

Group A with Azerbaijan , Belgium , Portugal and Belarus played two tournaments (June 2-4 in Portugal and June 16-18 in Belarus). The Belgians won the group ahead of the Belarusians.

In Group B with Denmark , Slovakia , the Czech Republic and Hungary , the winner was determined by individual games that were played from May 27th to July 2nd. Slovakia managed the direct route to the European Championship, the Czechs had to go to the playoffs.

In Group C, the German team met Bulgaria , Latvia and Romania . After a home defeat against the Bulgarians (2-3) and a 3-2 win against Latvia, Stelian Moculescu's team lost 3-1 in Romania, before winning the home game 3-0 six days later against the same opponent. In Latvia they also scored 3-0, but in the last game the Germans were again beaten 3-2 by the Bulgarians, who thus took first place, while the DVV selection had to use the second chance.

In group D with Finland , Norway , Turkey and Ukraine , two tournaments took place from May 26th to 28th in Ukraine and from June 2nd to 4th in Finland. Turkey took first place ahead of Finland.

Group E tournaments with Bosnia and Herzegovina , Estonia , Israel and Croatia took place from June 2-4 in Croatia and from June 16-18 in Estonia. The Croatians and Estonians also took the first two places in this group.

In Group F, Macedonia , the Netherlands , Sweden and Slovenia played in tournaments from June 1st to 3rd in the Netherlands and June 9th to 11th in Macedonia. The Netherlands prevailed over Slovenia.

The playoff games of the runners-up took place on 2/3. and September 9th. In Leipzig , the German team made the preliminary decision with a 3-0 win against the Czech Republic. At the second leg in Svitavy , she managed another win in the tie- break and qualified for the finals. Finland also beat Estonia with two wins (3-1 away and 3-0 at home). In the third duel, Slovenia won 3-0 in Belarus and managed to qualify despite the following 3-1 home defeat.

media

Originally had pay TV transmitter Arena secured the rights to the live broadcast in Germany. However, after the rights to the Bundesliga were sold to Premiere , the station was dissolved. Neither Premiere nor Eurosport wanted to take over the rights to the European Volleyball Championship . Therefore, the reporting on German television was limited to short articles in the magazines and news programs of ARD and ZDF . At short notice, the Austrian Internet broadcaster laola1.tv announced that it would broadcast all games of the German team and other interesting encounters in a free live stream.

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