2008 Men's European Volleyball League

none Men's European Volleyball League 2008 June 13 – July 13 (qualification)July 19/20 (final four) 9 1 1 SVK 1 SVK Martin Sopko 2007 2009 The 2008 Men's European Volleyball League was the fifth edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The final Four was held in Bursa, Turkey from 19 to 20 July 2008. For the first time Great Britain joined the competition and it will also enter it as a unified team as a result of a FIVB decision which allows the United Kingdom to play as a unified team in order to prepare for the next 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Austria and Belarus also joined the European League for the first time. The tournament was won by Slovakia, defeating the Netherlands by 3–1 in the finals. Competing nations AUT BLR GER GBR GRE NED POR SVK TUR Squads 2008 Men's European Volleyball League Squads League round Pool A main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete NED NED SVK SVK GRE GRE POR POR GBR GBR 12 0 36 11 1096 951 8 4 29 16 1025 936 4 8 21 25 1019 1029 4 8 18 26 954 1003 2 10 7 33 796 971 #ccffcc Final Four A A Pool B main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete GER GER TUR TUR H BLR BLR AUT AUT 8 4 27 18 1059 970 6 6 24 24 1055 1070 6 6 22 25 1059 1093 4 8 19 25 993 1033 #ccffcc Final Four A #87ceeb Final Four H Qualified as hosts Final four Semi-finals Final 3rd place 2008-07-19 – Bursa SVK 3 GER 2 2008-07-19 – Bursa NED 3 TUR 1 2008-07-20 – Bursa SVK 3 NED 1 2008-07-20 – Bursa GER 2 TUR 3 Semi-finals 19 Jul 17:00 SVK 3–2 GER 27–25 25–21 13–25 17–25 19–17 Report 19 Jul 19:30 NED 3–1 TUR 25–21 25–19 31–33 25–16 Report 3rd place match 20 Jul 17:00 GER 2–3 TUR 25–23 25–23 16–25 22–25 13–15 Report Final 20 Jul 19:30 SVK 3–1 NED 25–21 25–18 20–25 25–23 Report Final standing RankTeamSVKNEDTUR4GER5BLR6GRE7AUT8POR9GBR vb 2008 European League champions SVK 1st 12-man Roster for Final Round Milan Bencz, Miroslav Jakubov, Peter Janusek, Jakub Joscak, Tomas Kmet, Emanuel Kohut, Michal Masny, Martin Nemec, Lubos Ochodnicky, Roman Ondrusek, Martin Sopko, Juraj ZatkoHead coach Awards 18em Most valuable player SVK Martin Sopko Best scorer GER György Grozer Best spiker TUR Volkan Güç Best blocker SVK Tomas Kmet Best server SVK Martin Sopko Best setter NED Yannick van Harskamp Best receiver GER Ferdinand Tille Best libero NED Jelte Maan References Official website Category:European Volleyball League E Men's European Volleyball League League Category:Sport in Bursa