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2008 Men's European Volleyball League

Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	June 13 – July 13 (qualification) July 19/20 (final four)
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Slovakia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Martin Sopko
Official website
2008 European League
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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

•  Austria
•  Belarus
•  Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Greece
•  Netherlands
•  Portugal
•  Slovakia
•  Turkey

Squads

League round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	12	12	0	24	36	11	3.273	1096	951	1.152	Final Four
2	Slovakia	12	8	4	20	29	16	1.813	1025	936	1.095
3	Greece	12	4	8	16	21	25	0.840	1019	1029	0.990
4	Portugal	12	4	8	16	18	26	0.692	954	1003	0.951
5	Great Britain	12	2	10	14	7	33	0.212	796	971	0.820

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	12	8	4	20	27	18	1.500	1059	970	1.092	Final Four
2	Turkey (H)	12	6	6	18	24	24	1.000	1055	1070	0.986	Final Four
3	Belarus	12	6	6	18	22	25	0.880	1059	1093	0.969
4	Austria	12	4	8	16	19	25	0.760	993	1033	0.961

1. Qualified as hosts

Final four

	Semi-finals				Final
	2008-07-19 – Bursa
	Slovakia	3
					2008-07-20 – Bursa
	Germany	2
					Slovakia	3
	2008-07-19 – Bursa
					Netherlands	1
	Netherlands	3
	Turkey	1
					3rd place
					2008-07-20 – Bursa
					Germany	2
					Turkey	3

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	17:00	Slovakia	3–2	Germany	27–25	25–21	13–25	17–25	19–17	101–113	Report
19 Jul	19:30	Netherlands	3–1	Turkey	25–21	25–19	31–33	25–16		106–89	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	17:00	Germany	2–3	Turkey	25–23	25–23	16–25	22–25	13–15	101–111	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	19:30	Slovakia	3–1	Netherlands	25–21	25–18	20–25	25–23		95–87	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Slovakia  Netherlands  Turkey 4  Germany 5  Belarus 6  Greece 7  Austria 8  Portugal 9  Great Britain

2008 European League champions  Slovakia 1st title 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 Zatko Head coach

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Martin Sopko

• Best scorer

  György Grozer

• Best spiker

  Volkan Güç

• Best blocker

  Tomas Kmet

• Best server

  Martin Sopko

• Best setter

  Yannick van Harskamp

• Best receiver

  Ferdinand Tille

• Best libero

  Jelte Maan

References

• Official website

• European Volleyball League
• 2008 in volleyball
• 2008 in Turkish sport
• International volleyball competitions hosted by Turkey
• Sport in Bursa