2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship was held from September 3 to September 13, 2009 in İzmir and Istanbul, Turkey.

2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	September 3–13
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Piotr Gruszka
Official website
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Poland claimed their first Men's European Volleyball Championship title with an undefeated run. The final was concluded with a 3-1 victory against France. Bulgaria captured the bronze medal after defeating Russia 3-0. Poland's Piotr Gruszka was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Venues

 

 

Istanbul

 

İzmir

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Venues Map

The İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall in İzmir hosted Pools A, C, and E. Istanbul's Abdi İpekçi Arena hosted Pools B, D, and F. İzmir also hosted the Semifinals & Final.

Qualification

Further information: 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship Qualification

• Host
  •   Turkey
• Directly qualified after 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship
  •   Spain
  •   Russia
  •   Serbia
  •   Finland
  •   Germany
  •   Italy
• Qualified through qualification tournament
  •   Slovakia
  •   Netherlands
  •   France
  •   Greece
  •   Bulgaria
  •   Estonia
• Qualified through additional qualification tournament
  •   Czech Republic
  •   Slovenia
  •   Poland

Squads

Further information: 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Turkey (Hosts)	Russia	Spain	Serbia
Germany	Finland	Slovakia	Italy
France	Netherlands	Greece	Bulgaria
Poland	Estonia	Slovenia	Czech Republic

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	270	223	1.211
2	France	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	253	235	1.077
3	Germany	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	284	314	0.904
4	Turkey	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	234	269	0.870

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Poland	3–1	France	18–25	25–17	25–22	25–18		93–82
03 Sep	Germany	3–2	Turkey	26–24	23–25	25–22	30–32	15–13	119–116
04 Sep	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–17	25–23	27–29	25–14		102–83
05 Sep	France	3–1	Germany	21–25	25–14	25–20	25–23		96–82
05 Sep	Turkey	0–3	Poland	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75
06 Sep	Turkey	0–3	France	16–25	21–25	23–25			60–75

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	279	223	1.251
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	330	310	1.065
3	Finland	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	225	254	0.886
4	Estonia	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	230	277	0.830

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Estonia	1–3	Russia	25–20	17–25	18–25	15–25		75–95
03 Sep	Netherlands	3–2	Finland	25–21	22–25	28–30	25–15	18–16	118–107
04 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	Estonia	27–29	25–19	25–18	30–28		107–94
05 Sep	Russia	3–2	Netherlands	25–23	25–22	21–25	23–25	15–10	109–105
05 Sep	Finland	3–0	Estonia	25–18	25–22	25–21			75–61
06 Sep	Russia	3–0	Finland	25–12	25–14	25–17			75–43

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Greece	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	293	279	1.050
2	Spain	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	244	231	1.056
3	Slovakia	4	1	2	7	6	1.167	290	284	1.021
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	230	263	0.875

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Spain	3–0	Slovenia	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59
04 Sep	Greece	3–0	Spain	25–23	25–20	25–21			75–64
04 Sep	Slovenia	0–3	Slovakia	20–25	21–25	28–30			69–80
05 Sep	Slovakia	2–3	Greece	25–19	28–30	23–25	25–21	12–15	113–110
06 Sep	Slovenia	1–3	Greece	32–34	24–26	25–23	21–25		102–108
06 Sep	Slovakia	2–3	Spain	18–25	25–21	18–25	25–19	11–15	97–106

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	279	249	1.120
2	Serbia	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	270	246	1.098
3	Italy	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	227	228	0.996
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	199	252	0.790

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Serbia	21–25	25–17	19–25	25–22	15–11	105–100
04 Sep	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	24–26	22–25	22–25			68–76
04 Sep	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	26–24	25–14			76–60
05 Sep	Czech Republic	0–3	Italy	12–25	26–28	20–25			58–78
06 Sep	Serbia	3–1	Italy	25–23	19–25	25–12	25–21		94–81
06 Sep	Czech Republic	1–3	Bulgaria	19–25	25–23	20–25	17–25		81–98

Playoff round

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	10	5	0	15	6	2.500	482	425	1.134
2	France	9	4	1	13	7	1.857	482	438	1.100
3	Germany	8	3	2	11	9	1.222	461	466	0.989
4	Greece	7	2	3	8	11	0.727	435	464	0.938
5	Spain	6	1	4	7	14	0.500	445	476	0.935
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	8	15	0.533	475	511	0.930

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Germany	3–1	Greece	25–14	33–31	21–25	25–21		104–91
08 Sep	Poland	3–2	Spain	18–25	25–20	25–18	23–25	17–15	108–103
08 Sep	France	3–1	Slovakia	25–23	24–26	25–22	25–21		99–92
09 Sep	Spain	1–3	Germany	25–19	25–27	23–25	20–25		93–96
09 Sep	Slovakia	2–3	Poland	25–21	15–25	10–25	25–14	14–16	89–101
09 Sep	Greece	1–3	France	18–25	32–30	18–25	23–25		91–105
10 Sep	Germany	3–1	Slovakia	25–22	21–25	25–16	25–21		96–84
10 Sep	France	3–1	Spain	25–21	25–15	25–27	25–17		100–80
10 Sep	Poland	3–0	Greece	25–22	28–26	25–20			78–68

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	426	359	1.187
2	Bulgaria	9	4	1	12	6	2.000	422	390	1.082
3	Serbia	8	3	2	12	8	1.500	445	425	1.047
4	Netherlands	7	2	3	10	12	0.833	504	505	0.998
5	Italy	6	1	4	5	12	0.417	386	414	0.932
6	Finland	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	332	422	0.787

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Russia	3–1	Serbia	25–15	17–25	25–21	25–19		92–80
08 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	25–22	23–25	25–21	27–25		100–93
08 Sep	Finland	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	15–25	20–25			57–75
09 Sep	Italy	0–3	Russia	23–25	21–25	21–25			65–75
09 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Netherlands	25–15	26–24	21–25	28–26		100–90
09 Sep	Serbia	3–0	Finland	25–20	25–14	25–22			75–56
10 Sep	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–23	25–22			75–66
10 Sep	Finland	0–3	Italy	25–27	19–25	25–27			69–79
10 Sep	Netherlands	1–3	Serbia	20–25	23–25	25–21	23–25		91–96

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 12 – İzmir
	Poland	3
					September 13 – İzmir
	Bulgaria	0
					Poland	3
	September 12 – İzmir
					France	1
	Russia	2
	France	3
					3rd place
					September 13 – İzmir
					Bulgaria	3
					Russia	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	30–28	25–20			80–67
12 Sep	Russia	2–3	France	18–25	22–25	27–25	25–15	15–17	107–107

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Russia	25–18	26–24	25–21			76–63

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Poland	3–1	France	29–27	25–21	16–25	26–24		96–97

Final standing

Rank Team     Poland     France     Bulgaria 4   Russia 5   Serbia 6   Germany 7   Netherlands 8   Greece 9   Spain 10   Italy 11   Slovakia 12   Finland 13   Turkey 14   Estonia 15   Slovenia 16   Czech Republic

2009 Men's European Champions    Poland 1st title 14–man Roster Piotr Nowakowski, Piotr Gruszka, Daniel Pliński, Paweł Zagumny, Bartosz Kurek, Jakub Jarosz, Zbigniew Bartman, Marcel Gromadowski, Paweł Woicki, Michał Ruciak, Piotr Gacek, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Michał Bąkiewicz, Marcin Możdżonek Head Coach Daniel Castellani

Awards

Most Valuable Player   Piotr Gruszka Best Scorer   Antonin Rouzier Best Spiker   Aleksandr Volkov Best Blocker   Viktor Yosifov

Best Server   Yury Berezhko Best Setter   Paweł Zagumny Best Receiver   Stéphane Antiga Best Libero   Hubert Henno

External links

• Official Website