Final Four played at Izmir Game date time team 1 score team 2 pts g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 Final 13.09 20:30 Poland 3-1 France 96-97 29-27 25-21 16-25 26-24 Stats 3-4 13.09 17:30 Bulgaria 3-0 Russia 76-63 25-18 26-24 25-21 Stats 1/2 12.09 17:30 Poland 3-0 Bulgaria 80-67 25-19 30-28 25-20 1/2 12.09 20:30 France 3-2 Russia 107-107 25-18 25-22 25-27 15-25 17-15
Bulgaria could not rise a performance against Poland. France upset Russia with a strong defence.
In Bronze Medal Match Russia had no arguments against Bulgaria. Altough France fought hard in the Final Poland was a Just Winner.
Individual Awards MVP Piotr Gruszka POL Scorer Antonin Rouzier FRA Setter Pawel Zagumny POL Spiker Alexander Volkov RUS Server Yury Berezhko RUS Blocker Viktor Yosifov BUL Receiver Stéphane Antiga FRA Libero Hubert Henno FRA
New teams Czechia and Estonia instead of Belgium and Croatia
Group E w l gf ga ratio 1. Poland 5 0 15: 6 1.134 2. France 4 1 13: 7 1.100 3. Germany 3 2 11: 9 0.989 4. Greece 2 3 8: 11 0.938 5. Spain 1 4 7: 14 0.935 6. Slovakia 0 5 8: 15 0.930
Team Po Fr Ge Gr Sp Sl Poland --- 3:1 3:1 3:0 3:2 3:2 France --- 3:1 3:1 3:1 3:1 Germany --- 3:1 3:1 3:1 Greece --- 3:0 3:2 Spain --- 3:2 Slovakia ---
date time team 1 score team 2 pts g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 08.09 15:00 Germany 3-1 Greece 104-91 25-13 33-31 21-25 25-21 08.09 17:30 Poland 3-2 Spain 108-103 18-25 25-20 25-18 23-25 17-15 08.09 20:00 France 3-1 Slovakia 99-92 25-23 24-26 25-22 25-21 09.09 15:00 Germany 3-1 Spain 96-93 19-25 27-25 25-23 25-20 09.09 17:30 Poland 3-2 Slovakia 101-89 21-25 25-15 25-10 14-25 16-14 09.09 20:00 France 3-1 Greece 105-91 25-18 30-32 25-18 25-23 10.09 15:00 Germany 3-1 Slovakia 96-84 25-22 21-25 25-16 25-21 10.09 17:30 France 3-1 Spain 100-80 25-21 25-15 25-27 25-17 10.09 20:00 Poland 3-0 Greece 78-68 25-22 28-26 25-20
All the teams from Group A were better than those from Group C.
Group F w l gf ga ratio 1. Russia 5 0 15: 3 1.187 2. Bulgaria 4 0 12: 6 1.082 3. Serbia 3 2 12: 8 1.047 4. Netherlands 2 3 10: 12 0.998 5. Italy 1 4 5: 12 0.932 6. Finland 0 5 2: 15 0.787
Team Ru Bu Se Ne It Fi Russia --- 3:0 3:1 3:2 3:0 3:0 Bulgaria --- 3:2 3:1 3:0 3:0 Serbia --- 3:1 3:1 3:0 Netherlands --- 3:1 3:2 Italy --- 3:0 Finland ---
date time team 1 score team 2 pts g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 08.09 15:00 Russia 3-1 Serbia 92-80 25-15 17-25 25-21 25-19 08.09 17:30 Netherlands 3-1 Italy 100-93 25-22 23-25 25-21 27-25 08.09 20:00 Bulgaria 3-0 Finland 75-57 25-22 25-15 25-20 09.09 15:00 Russia 3-0 Italy 75-65 25-23 25-21 25-21 09.09 17:30 Bulgaria 3-1 Netherlands 100-90 25-15 26-24 21-25 28-26 09.09 20:00 Serbia 3-0 Finland 75-56 25-20 25-14 25-22 10.09 15:00 Russia 3-0 Bulgaria 75-66 25-21 25-23 25-22 10.09 17:30 Italy 3-0 Finland 79-69 27-25 25-19 27-25 10.09 20:00 Serbia 3-1 Netherlands 96-91 25-20 25-23 21-25 25-23
The decisive game was Bulgria - Netherlands. Serbia paid the price loosing to Bulgaria in First Round.
Italy and Finland could not make any challenge.
Group A w l gf ga ratio 1. Poland 3 0 9: 2 1.211 2. France 2 1 7: 4 1.077 3. Germany 1 2 5: 8 0.904 4. Turkey 0 3 2: 9 0.870
Team Po Fr Ge Tu Poland --- 3:1 3:1 3:0 France --- 3:1 3:0 Germany --- 3:2 Turkey ---
date time team 1 score team 2 pts g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 played at Izmir 03.09 17:30 Poland 3-1 France 93-82 18-25 25-17 25-22 25-18 transferred to Group E 03.09 20:00 Germany 3-2 Turkey 119-116 26-24 23-25 25-22 30-32 15-13 04.09 17:30 Poland 3-1 Germany 102-83 25-17 25-23 27-29 25-14 transferred to Group E 05.09 15:00 France 3-1 Germany 96-82 21-25 25-14 25-20 25-23 transferred to Group E 05.09 20:00 Poland 3-0 Turkey 75-58 25-23 25-18 25-17 06.09 17:30 France 3-0 Turkey 75-60 25-16 25-21 25-23
Poland won the Group with a relative easy. France did the same to finish Second. The host Turkey ended last with only a chance to win against Germany. Germany could not match the big expectation.
Group B w l gf ga ratio 1. Russia 3 0 9: 3 1.251 2. Netherlands 2 1 8: 6 1.065 3. Finland 1 2 5: 6 0.886 4. Estonia 0 3 2: 9 0.830
Team Ru Ne Fi Es Russia --- 3:2 3:0 3:1 Netherlands --- 3:2 3:1 Finland --- 3:0 Estonia ---
date time team 1 score team 2 pts g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 played at Istanbul 03.09 15:00 Russia 3-1 Estonia 95-75 20-25 25-17 25-18 25-15 03.09 20:00 Netherlands 3-2 Finland 118-107 25-21 22-25 28-30 25-15 18-16 transferred to Group F 04.09 17:30 Netherlands 3-1 Estonia 107-94 27-29 25-19 25-18 30-28 05.09 15:00 Russia 3-2 Netherlands 109-105 25-23 25-22 21-25 23-25 15-10 transferred to Group F 05.09 20:00 Finland 3-0 Estonia 75-61 25-18 25-22 25-21 06.09 17:30 Russia 3-0 Finland 75-43 25-12 25-14 25-17 transferred to Group F
Russia won with dificulty against Netherlands, but demolished Finland. Netherlands was in 2 five setters, a win and a defeat. The best supprted team Finland progreessed with a only win.
Group C w l gf ga ratio 1. Greece 3 0 9: 3 1.050 2. Spain 2 1 6: 5 1.056 3. Slovakia 1 2 7: 6 1.021 4. Slovenia 0 3 1: 9 0.875
Team Gr Sp Sl Sl Greece --- 3:0 3:2 3:1 Spain --- 3:2 3:0 Slovakia --- 3:0 Slovenia ---
date time team 1 score team 2 pts g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 played at Izmir 03.09 15:00 Spain 3-0 Slovenia 75-59 25-20 25-19 25-20 04.09 15:00 Greece 3-0 Spain 75-64 25-23 25-20 25-21 transferred to Group E 04.09 20:00 Slovakia 3-0 Slovenia 80-69 25-20 25-21 30-28 05.09 17:30 Greece 3-2 Slovakia 110-113 19-25 30-28 25-23 21-25 15-12 transferred to Group E 06.09 15:00 Greece 3-1 Slovenia 108-102 34-32 26-24 23-25 25-21 06.09 20:00 Spain 3-2 Slovakia 105-97 25-18 21-25 25-18 19-25 15-11 transferred to Group E
Greece surprised the European champion Spain. Slovakia battled for to 5 set defeats. Slovenia had no chance to win a game.
Group D w l gf ga ratio 1. Bulgaria 3 0 9: 3 1.120 2. Serbia 2 1 8: 4 1.098 3. Italy 1 2 4: 6 0.996 4. Czechia 0 3 1: 9 0.790
Team Bu Se It Cz Bulgaria --- 3:2 3:0 3:1 Serbia --- 3:1 3:0 Italy --- 3:0 Czechia ---
date time team 1 score team 2 pts g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 played at Istanbul 03.09 17:30 Bulgaria 3-2 Serbia 105-100 21-25 25-17 19-25 25-22 15-11 transferred to Group F 04.09 15:00 Bulgaria 3-0 Italy 76-68 26-24 25-22 25-22 transferred to Group F 04.09 20:00 Serbia 3-0 Czechia 76-60 25-22 26-24 25-14 05.09 17:30 Italy 3-0 Czechia 78-58 25-12 28-26 25-20 06.09 15:00 Serbia 3-1 Italy 94-81 25-23 19-25 25-12 25-21 transferred to Group F 06.09 20:00 Bulgaria 3-1 Czechia 98-81 25-19 23-25 25-20 25-17
Bulgaria won the Balkan derby. Italy could not match the best 2. The strong Czech atack was able to take only one set.
1. Poland BUL FRA 3-0 3-1 1. Piotr Nowakowski 3. Piotr Gruszka 18 23 4. Daniel Plinski 6 8 5. Pawel Zagumny 3 1 6. Bartosz Kurek 17 11 7. Jakub Jarosz 9. Zbigniew Bartman 12.Pawel Woicki 14.Michal Ruciak 5 15.Piotr Gacek 17.Michal Bakiewicz 4 10 18.Marcin Mozdzonek 10 7 Oponent Errors 22 31 Total 80 96
1. France RUS POL 3-2 1-3 1. Yannick Bazin 5 1 2. Hubert Henno L L 4. Antonin Rouzier 24 25 5. Romain Vadeleux 10 13 6. Jean-Philippe Sol 7. St�phane Antiga 14 14 9. Guillaume Samica 22 19 10.Jean St�phane Tolar 11.Edouard Rowlandson 1 13.Toafa Takaniko 14.Samuele Tuia 1 17.Oliver Kieffer 4 6 Oponent Errors 26 19 Total 107 97
3. Bulgaria SRB ITA CZE FIN NED RUS POL RUS 3-2 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 0-3 0-3 3-0 1. Georgi Bratoev 1 2. Hristo Tsvetanov 9 10 10 10 9 2 5 2 3. Andrey Zhekov 3 2 6 3 3 1 4 3 5. Krasimir Gaydarski 6. Matey Kaziyski 4 14 3 12 22 7 11 14 7. Tsvetan Sokolov 16 1 5 9. Metodi Ananiev 2 4 10.Valentin Bratoev 3 4 4 15 2 6 11.Vladimir Nikolov 23 10 10 17 11 5 14 11 12.Viktor Yosifov 5 10 9 2 11 4 9 10 13.Teodor Salparov L L L L L L L 15.Todor Aleksiev 16 4 15 4 2 1 14 Oponent Errors 28 23 23 19 23 12 17 Total 105 76 98 75 100 66 67 76
4. Russia EST BUL FRA BUL 3-1 3-0 2-3 0-3 1. Denis Biryukov 13 6 3 2. Semen Poltavskiy 16 9 8 1 3. Alexandr Kosarev 13 2 10 4. Alexey Cheremisin 5 - - 5. Sergey Grankin 1 3 3 2 7. Alexey Kazakov - 4 13 7 8. Sergey Tetyukhin 6 2 3 9. Vadim Khamuttskikh 1 10.Yury Berezhko 2 10 17 15 15.Alexander Volkov 13 10 9 8 16.Alexey Verbov L L L L 17.Maxim Mikhaylov 6 18 11 18.Alexey Kuleshov 10 - Oponent Errors 21 19 27 13 Total 95 75 107 63
5. Serbia BUL 2-3 1. Nikola Kovacevic 9 4. Bojan Janic 2 5. Vlado Petkovic 6. Milos Terzic 7. Dragan Stankovic 10 8. Marko Samardzic L 9. Nikola Grbic 6 10.Milos Nikic 4 14.Ivan Miljkovic 35 15.Sasa Starovic 12.Andrija Geric 18.Marko Podrascanin 7 Oponent Errors 27 Total 100
6. Germany TUR 3-2 6. Germany Bj�rn Andrae Eugen Bakumovski Marcus B�hme Gy�rgy Grozer Max G�nth�r Robert Kromm Jochen Sch�ps Sebastian Schwarz Patrick Steuerwald Ferdinand Tille Simon Tischer Georg Wiebel Oponent Errors Total
7. |2Netherlands BUL 1-3 Rob Johannes Bontje 11 Robert Horstink 20 Neals Klapwijk 5 Wytze Kooistra 3 Lars Lorsheijd 6 Jelte Maan L Jeroen Rauwerdink 12 Jan-Willem Snippe Jeroen Trommel Kay Van Dijk 8 Dirk-Jan Van Gendt Yannick Van Harskamp 1
8. Greece Andreas Andreadis Apostolos Armenakis Tontor-Zlatkov Baev Konstantinos Christofidelis Vasileios Kournetas Ilias Lappas Sotirios Pantaleon Achilleas Papadimitriou Konstantinos Prousalis Nikolaos Roumeliotis Nikolaos Smaragdis Mitar Tzourits
9. Spain Juan Carlos Barcala Guillermo Falasca Miguel Angel Falasca Julian Garcia-Torres Guillermo Hernan Francesc Llenas Jose Luis Lobato Jose Luis Molto Sergio Noda Marlon Rafael Palharini Israel Rodriguez Alberto Salas
10.Italy Emanuele Birarelli Matej Cernic Alberto Cisolla Francesco Fortunato Mauro Gavotto Michal Lasko Loris Mania Matteo Martino Simone Parodi Cristian Savani Dragan Travica Valerio Vermiglio
11.Slovakia Milan Bencz Lukas Divis Tomas Kmet Emanuel Kohut Matej Kubs Michal Masny Martin Nemec Frantisek Ogurcak Jozef Piovarci Martin Pipa Martin Sopko Juraj Zatko
12.Finland Mikko Esko Matti Hietanen Pasi Hyv�rinen Olli Kunnari Jukka Lehtonen Matti Oivanen Mikko Oivanen Olli-Pekka Ojansivu Simo-Pekka Olli Tuomas Sammelvuo Konstantin Shumov Antti Siltala
13.Turkey Can Ayvazoglu Emre Batur Ali Alp Cayir Erhan D�nge Arslan Eksi Volkan G�c Sel�uk Keskin Akif G�khan �ner Ahmet Pezuk Sinan Cem Tanik Ahmet Tocoglu Hasan Yesilbudak
14.Estonia RUS 1. Raimo Pajusalu 2. Keith Pupart 9 4. Ardo Kreek 8 5. Kert Toobal 5 6. Sten Esna L 7. Argo Meresaar 10 10.Asko Esna & 12.Janis Sirelpuu 1 13.Veiko Lember & 16.Eerik Jago 1 17.Martti Rosenblatt 1 18.Jaanus Nommsalu 10 Opponent Errors 30
15.Slovenia Davor Cebron Jasmin Cuturic Andrej Flajs Mitja Gasparini Alen Pajenk Matija Plesko Alen Sket Sebastijan Skorc Tomislav Smuc Tine Urnaut Matej Vidic Dejan Vincic
16.Czechia Ales Holubec Ondrej Hudecek David Konecny Martin Krystof Martin Lebl Marek Novotny Peter Platenik Jiri Popelka Jaroslav Skach Jan Stokr Lukas Tichacek Jakub Vesely
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