Volleyball competition held in Slovakia
The 2011 Men's European Volleyball League was the eighth edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League , which featured men's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries: Austria , Belgium , Belarus , Croatia , Great Britain , Greece , Netherlands , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , and Turkey . A preliminary league round was played from May 25 to July 10, and the final four tournament, which was held at Košice , Slovakia , on July 16.
During the league round, competing nations were drawn into three pools of four teams, and played each other in a double round-robin system , with two matches per leg in a total of six legs. Pool winners qualified for the final four round, joining the host team. If the final four host team finished first in its league round pool, the best pool runners-up qualified for the final four.
12 teams participated in this year's edition, which was a record field.[ 1]
Competing nations
Squads
League round
Pool A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Slovenia
12
9
3
26
28
16
1.750
1025
955
1.073
Final Four
2
Belgium
12
7
5
18
26
24
1.083
1106
1076
1.028
3
Croatia
12
4
8
16
22
27
0.815
1036
1065
0.973
4
Great Britain
12
4
8
12
19
28
0.679
995
1066
0.933
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4
Leg 5
Leg 6
Pool B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Spain
12
10
2
30
32
12
2.667
1054
951
1.108
Final Four
2
Netherlands
12
9
3
24
28
16
1.750
1025
956
1.072
3
Greece
12
3
9
11
14
29
0.483
905
994
0.910
4
Austria
12
2
10
7
14
31
0.452
980
1063
0.922
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4
Leg 5
Leg 6
Pool C
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Romania
12
8
4
24
27
16
1.688
1009
964
1.047
Final Four
2
Slovakia [ a] (H)
12
8
4
23
28
19
1.474
1060
1009
1.051
Final Four
3
Belarus
12
5
7
17
22
24
0.917
1061
1049
1.011
4
Turkey
12
3
9
8
13
31
0.419
919
1027
0.895
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4
Leg 5
Leg 6
Final four
The final four was held at Košice , Slovakia on July 16/17, 2011.
Semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
16 Jul
16:00
Slovenia
2–3
Spain
24–26
25–23
25–19
17–25
12–15
103–108
Report
16 Jul
19:00
Slovakia
3–0
Romania
25–14
28–26
25–19
78–59
Report
Bronze medal match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
17 Jul
16:00
Slovenia
3–0
Romania
25–20
25–18
25–22
75–60
Report
Final
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
17 Jul
19:00
Spain
2–3
Slovakia
22–25
25–22
26–24
22–25
12–15
107–111
Report
Final standing
2011 European League champions
Slovakia 2nd title
15-man Roster for Final Round
Milan Bencz , Michal Masný , Emanuel Kohút , Marek Mikula , Matej Kubš , Róbert Hupka , Martin Sopko , Roman Ondrušek , Tibor Filo , Štefan Chrtiansky , Tomáš Kmeť , Juraj Zaťko , Tomáš Hollý , Lukáš Diviš , Peter Michalovič
Head coach
Emanuele Zanini
Awards
References
External links