2011 European men's volleyball championship

The 2011 European Men's Volleyball Championship took place from September 10th to 18th, 2011 in Austria and the Czech Republic . The German team managed to qualify as group winners in the second round, but failed in the tournament in the preliminary round. Serbia won the title by beating Italy 3-1 in the final . Defending champion Poland finished third this time.

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The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups (A – D) with four teams each. There were three points for a 3-0 or 3-1 win, two points for a 3-2 win, one point for a 3-2 defeat and one for a 1-3 or 0 : 3 defeat there was no point. In the event of a tie, the rate quotient first decided. The top three teams in each group reached the second round. There, third in the group met runners-up before the respective winners met a group first. The four successful teams in the second round reached the semi-finals. 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 group draw took place on October 21, 2010 in Prague.

In Group A, Serbia prevailed with three wins. Only the Slovenes, who secured second place with a tie-break success against Turkey, were able to win a set against Serbia. Host Austria remained unsuccessful in all three preliminary round games.

The Russians won Group B and suffered their only loss of a set against the winless Portuguese. The Czech Republic achieved a 3-0 win against Estonia in their second game to finish second ahead of the Balts.

In the last game of Group C, the previously undefeated Italians lost after a 2-0 lead against France. They still took first place because the French were previously defeated against Belgium. Belgium's victory was not enough to advance because the Finns tied for points dropped one set.

In Group D, the German team, which had set out for the first European Championship medal with ambition, had to say goodbye early after three 1: 3 defeats. After the worst EM result of the DVV since 1971, there was clear criticism of national coach Raúl Lozano . The Slovak team, which competed as the winner of the Europa League , won their opening game against Bulgaria with 17:15 in the tie-break and after their success against Germany also prevailed against defending champions Poland. The Poles therefore only made it to the next round as third in the group.

Germany played with Patrick Steuerwald , Lukas Kampa , Jochen Schöps , Georg Grozer , Marcus Böhme , Max Günthör , Stefan Hübner , Björn Andrae , Robert Kromm , Marcus Popp , Sebastian Schwarz , Denis Kaliberda , Markus Steuerwald and Ferdinand Tille .

Group A in Vienna ( Austria )
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Serbia	9: 1	9	1.341
2.	Slovenia	7: 5	5	0.973
3.	Turkey	5: 6	4th	0.974
4th	Austria	0: 9	0	0.778

September 10	Slovenia	Austria	3-0
	Serbia	Turkey	3-0
September 11	Slovenia	Serbia	1: 3
	Austria	Turkey	0: 3
12th September	Turkey	Slovenia	2: 3
	Austria	Serbia	0: 3

Group B in Karlsbad ( Czech Republic )
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Russia	9: 1	9	1.385
2.	Czech Republic	6: 5	5	1.018
3.	Estonia	3: 6	3	0.858
4th	Portugal	3: 9	1	0.846

September 10	Russia	Estonia	3-0
	Portugal	Czech Republic	2: 3
September 11	Portugal	Russia	1: 3
	Czech Republic	Estonia	3-0
12th September	Estonia	Portugal	3-0
	Czech Republic	Russia	0: 3

Group C in Innsbruck ( Austria )
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Italy	8: 4	7th	1.049
2.	France	7: 6	5	1.035
3.	Finland	4: 6	3	0.979
4th	Belgium	4: 7	3	0.933

September 10	France	Finland	3: 1
	Belgium	Italy	1: 3
September 11	Belgium	France	3: 1
	Italy	Finland	3-0
12th September	Finland	Belgium	3-0
	Italy	France	2: 3

Group D in Prague ( Czech Republic )
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Slovakia	9: 4	8th	1.043
2.	Bulgaria	8: 5	7th	1.051
3.	Poland	5: 7	3	0.993
4th	Germany	3: 9	0	0.913

September 10	Slovakia	Bulgaria	3: 2
	Germany	Poland	1: 3
September 11	Germany	Slovakia	1: 3
	Poland	Bulgaria	1: 3
12th September	Bulgaria	Germany	3: 1
	Poland	Slovakia	1: 3

Final round

In the playoff games, two group runner-ups and two thirds of the preliminary round prevailed. But then three of the four winners failed in the quarter-finals. Only Poland progressed after a successful revenge against Slovakia. However, the defending champion had to admit defeat to the Italians with a clear 3-0 in the semi-finals. The decision in the second semifinals was much tighter. After 1: 2 deficit, Serbia won the fourth set against Russia 33:31 and reached the final in the tie-break. Poland secured the bronze medal in the game for third place. Subsequently, the Serbia became European champions for the first time with a 3-1 win against Italy.

Play-offs

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

September 15 - Vienna

September 14 - Vienna

Serbia

3

France

3

September 17th - Vienna

France

1

Turkey

1

Serbia

3

September 15 - Karlovy Vary

September 14 - Karlovy Vary

Russia

2

Russia

3

Bulgaria

3

September 18 - Vienna

Bulgaria

1

Estonia

0

Serbia

3

September 15 - Vienna

September 14 - Vienna

Italy

1

Italy

3

Slovenia

2

September 17th - Vienna

Finland

1

Finland

3

Italy

3

3rd place match

September 15 - Karlovy Vary

September 14 - Karlovy Vary

Poland

0

September 18 - Vienna

Slovakia

0

Czech Republic

1

Russia

1

Poland

3

Poland

3

Poland

3

Final score

rank	team	Points	sentences
Final rounds
1	Serbia
2	Italy
3	Poland
4th	Russia
Out in the quarterfinals
5	Slovakia	8th	9: 4
6th	Bulgaria	7th	8: 5
7th	France	5	8: 9
8th	Finland	3	5: 9
Out in the playoffs
9	Slovenia	6th	9: 8
10	Czech Republic	5	7: 8
11	Turkey	4th	6: 9
12	Estonia	3	3: 9
Out in the group stage
13	Belgium	3	4: 7
14th	Portugal	1	3: 9
15th	Germany	0	3: 9
16	Austria	0	0: 9

Awards

Ivan Miljković

All of the winning players and their teams reached the semi-finals. The new European champions Serbia had the most valuable player in their ranks and were able to score especially in the block and in acceptance. Russia missed a medal despite having the most successful offensive player.

Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Ivan Miljković	Serbia
Best scorer	Maxim Mikhailov	Russia
Best attacker	Maxim Mikhailov	Russia
Best blocker	Marko Podraščanin	Serbia
Best server	Bartosz Kurek	Poland
Best Libero	Andrea Bari	Italy
Best player	Dragan Travica	Italy
Best adoption player	Nikola Kovačević	Serbia

Venues

The games were played in Vienna , Innsbruck , Prague and Karlsbad . The Wiener Stadthalle is a multifunctional arena from the 1950s and can hold up to 16,000 spectators. The Olympiaworld in Innsbruck is a sports complex with several halls and outdoor facilities. The O₂ Arena in Prague was built for the ice hockey world championship in 2004 and has space for 17,000 spectators. The KV Arena in Karlovy Vary can hold up to 6,000 spectators and was only completed as a multifunctional complex in 2009.

qualification

In addition to the hosts Austria and the Czech Republic , the teams that finished first to fifth at the 2009 European Championships were automatically qualified. They were defending champion Poland , runner-up France , third Bulgaria , fourth Russia and fifth Serbia .

The other teams had to contest a qualification that comprised a total of three rounds.

In the first round on 8./9. and 15./16. May 2010 there were five duels with back and forth legs. Bosnia prevailed against Georgia without losing a set, as did Croatia against Denmark and Hungary against Luxembourg . Romania moved on to a 3-0 win against Moldova after a 3-2 draw in the first leg . Azerbaijan and Great Britain each won their home games in three sets, so ball points were the decisive factors for the British.

The second qualifying round consisted of six groups of four teams each, who met for two tournaments on May 21-23 and May 28-30. The group winners qualified directly for the European Championship, while the group runners-up played further playoff games in the third round in September.

Slovenia remained unbeaten in Group A (tournaments in Maribor and Tel Aviv-Jaffa ) . Spain came in second ahead of Hungary and Israel .

In group B (tournaments in Riga and Heraklion ) Finland lost only in the last game against the second-placed Greeks . Latvia was eliminated, as were the winless British.

In group C (tournaments in Poprad and Merksem ) Belgium won against Slovakia at the beginning , but in the end only finished second behind the Eastern Europeans. The Ukraine and Bosnia-Herzegovina dropped out.

In Group D , the German team won the first tournament in cash without losing a set and only had to give up one set in the last game against the second-placed Estonians at the home tournament in Tübingen . Montenegro and Croatia only managed one victory each.

In Group E (tournaments in Ankara and Gioia del Colle ), Italy managed to win the group ahead of the Turks, who left Belarus and Romania behind, despite a 3-0 win against Turkey .

In Group F (tournaments in Skopje and Rotterdam ) the Dutch could not prevent the Portuguese from winning the group with a 3-0 win on the last day of the match . Macedonia and Sweden were eliminated.

In the third round games on 4th / 5th and 11./12. September brought Belgium with two wins (3: 1 and 3: 2) for the out of the Spaniards, who had won the 2007 tournament . With the same results, Turkey prevailed against Greece. Estonia defeated the Netherlands 3-1 and 3-0.

Web links

• Official website of the tournament (English)
• Information of the CEV (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Men's EM: Crossing your fingers for the national team at the EM 2011. (No longer available online.) German Volleyball Association, September 9, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved September 19, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ DVL: Critical tones after the EM disaster of the men's national team. (No longer available online.) German Volleyball Association, September 14, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved September 19, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.