European men's volleyball championship 2009
The 2009 European men's volleyball championship took place in Turkey from September 3 to 13, 2009 . The German team was automatically qualified because of the good placement at the previous tournament and ended up in sixth place. Poland won the title for the first time in the final against France. The games were played in Istanbul and İzmir .
mode
The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups (A – D) with four teams each. 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 are taken over. The two best teams of the two groups reached the semifinals. The losers in the semi-finals played for third place, the winners determined the new European champion in the final.
game schedule
First round
The German team started in Group A with a narrow win against the hosts. In the second game, the Europa League winners lost to the Poles, who qualified early for the second round. After another defeat against France, the DVV selection threatened to end after the preliminary round. However, since the Turks lost their remaining games, the Germans moved into the second round as third party behind Poland and France.
In Group B, the Netherlands reached the next round with two wins against Finland and Estonia, but had to let the Russians win the group after a tie-break defeat in a direct duel. Finland secured third place with a win against Estonia. After their opening win in Group C, Spain lost their second game against Greece, which secured first place undefeated. In the final duel against the Slovaks, who also qualified for the second round, Spain prevailed in five sets. In Group D, Bulgaria dominated with three wins. Serbia finished second after losing in the first game, while the Italians only managed one win against the eliminated Czechs.
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Second round
Germany entered Group E with two defeats in the first round, but won their first game against the previously undefeated Greeks. The next day, the DVV team dethroned defending champion Spain. Since the Poles and French won their first two games in the second round, Germany still had a chance to make it into the semi-finals on the last day of the game. However, Raul Lozano's team missed second place in the group despite beating Slovakia 3-1 because the French subsequently defeated the Spaniards.
Germany played with Patrick Steuerwald , Ferdinand Tille , Eugen Bakumovski , Max Günthör , Sebastian Schwarz , Georg Grozer , Marcus Böhme , Markus Steuerwald , Robert Kromm , Georg Wiebel , Jochen Schöps , Simon Tischer , Björn Andrae and Dirk Westphal .
In Group F, Russia and Bulgaria secured a place among the top four teams in the tournament after the second match day. The Russians won the direct duel in three sets. With the win against the Netherlands, Serbia finished fifth in the overall standings because of the better set ratio compared to Germany and qualified directly for the 2011 European Championship.
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Final round
In the semifinals, the two representatives from group A prevailed against the opponents from group D. For Poland three sentences against Bulgaria were enough. Russia was able to make up a 2-0 set deficit against France, but then lost in the tie-break with 15:17. In the game for third place, the Bulgarians won the bronze medal with a 3-0 victory against record European champions Russia, to whom they were clearly inferior in the second round. The final was played by two teams that had never won the title. The success was achieved by the Poles, who defeated France 3-1, as in the preliminary round.
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Final September 13th |
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Final results
| rank | team | sentences | BPQ |
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| 1 |
Poland
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| 2 |
France
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| 3 |
Bulgaria
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| 4th |
Russia
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| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} Serbia
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12: 8 | 1.047 |
| 6th |
 Germany
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11: 9 | 0.989 |
| 7th |
 Netherlands
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10:12 | 0.998 |
| 8th |
 Greece
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8:11 | 0.938 |
| 9 |
 Spain
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7:14 | 0.935 |
| 10 |
 Italy
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5:12 | 0.932 |
| 11 |
 Slovakia
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8:15 | 0.896 |
| 12 |
 Finland
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2:15 | 0.930 |
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| 13 |
 Turkey
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2: 9 | 0.870 |
| 14th |
 Estonia
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2: 9 | 0.830 |
| 15th |
 Slovenia
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1: 9 | 0.875 |
| 16 |
 Czech Republic
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1: 9 | 0.790 |
Awards
The Polish outside attacker Piotr Gruszka led his team to their first title at a European championship and was recognized as the most valuable player. His teammate Paweł Zagumny received the award in the player category. Three players from the squad of the defeated finalist France were also honored. The remaining top players were the other semi-finalists Bulgaria and Russia.
| Most Valuable Player (MVP) | Piotr Gruszka |
Poland
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| Best scorer | Antonin Rouzier |
France
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| Best attacker | Alexander Volkov |
Russia
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| Best blocker | Viktor Josifov |
Bulgaria
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| Best server | Yuri Berezhko |
Russia
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| Best Libero | Hubert Henno |
France
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| Best player | Paweł Zagumny |
Poland
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| Best adoption player | Stéphane Antiga |
France
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Venues
The games were played in Istanbul and İzmir . The Abdi İpekçi Arena is located near the Theodosian Land Wall in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul and holds 10,500 spectators at the European Championship games. The multifunctional arena was, among other things, the venue for the 2001 European Basketball Championship and the venue for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest . The Halkapınar sports hall in İzmir has a capacity of 9,000 spectators and was the venue for the 2006 European Fencing Championships .
media
All matches involving the German and some other games were in free live stream with the Internet channel laola1.tv transmitted.
qualification
In addition to host Turkey , the teams that finished one to six at the 2007 European Championship were automatically qualified. They are defending champion Spain , the runner-up Russia , the third Serbia , the fourth Finland , the fifth Germany and the sixth Italy .
In six groups of four teams each, 24 teams played in May and June 2006 for the remaining nine places. The group winners qualified directly, the runners-up had to contest an additional playoff round with a return leg.
In Group A , the Slovaks in Poprad and the Czechs in Plzeň could each use their home advantage and break away from the Ukraine and Romania . In the end, the Slovaks managed to win the group ahead of the tied Czechs.
In Group B , the Netherlands won the tournaments in Rotterdam and Maribor unbeaten against Slovenia , Latvia and Azerbaijan .
The Group C , whose games in Dunkerque and Skopje took place, won France with only one lost set against Macedonia , Belarus and Bosnia .
In Group D , the Greeks and Belgians with the same points benefit from the home advantage in Glyfada and Antwerp , leaving Sweden and Great Britain behind. The first place went to the Greeks.
At the Group E tournaments in Varna and Póvoa de Varzim , the Bulgarians didn't lose a set and qualified with wins against Portugal , Israel and Croatia .
In Group F , which played in Olsztyn and Tallinn , Estonia won the group with a total of five wins against Poland , Montenegro and Hungary .
In the playoff games in September 2008 Slovenia prevailed with two 3-0 wins against Portugal. The Czech Republic defeated Macedonia 3-0 and 3-2. The closest decision was made between Belgium and Poland. The Eastern Europeans qualified after two games with five sets each.
Web links
- Information of the CEV (English)
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