2011 Women's European Volleyball League

2011 Women's European Volleyball League
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	May 27 – July 10 (qualification); July 15/16 (final four)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Serbia (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
Official website
	2011 CEV European League
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The 2011 Women's European Volleyball League was the third edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured Women's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Turkey. A preliminary league round was played from May 25 to July 10, and the final four tournament, which was held at Istanbul, Turkey, on 15/16 July.

During the league round, competing nations were drawn into two 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	Serbia	12	12	0	35	36	4	9.000	976	724	1.348	Semi-finals
2	France	12	7	5	21	25	19	1.316	976	939	1.039
3	Spain	12	4	8	14	17	26	0.654	884	959	0.922
4	Greece	12	1	11	2	6	35	0.171	766	980	0.782

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 May	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Greece	25–11	25–14	25–15		75–40	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
27 May	19:30	Spain	3–1	France	17–25	25–20	25–23	25–18	92–86	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
28 May	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Greece	25–14	25–21	25–22		75–57	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
28 May	18:00	Spain	0–3	France	23–25	19–25	18–25		60–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
3 June	19:30	Spain	0–3	Serbia	22–25	18–25	24–26	64–76	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3 June	20:00	France	3–0	Greece	25–15	25–10	25–22	75–47	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4 June	18:00	Spain	0–3	Serbia	17–25	20–25	17–25	54–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4 June	20:00	France	3–0	Greece	28–26	25–21	25–15	78–62	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 June	16:30	Greece	3–2	Spain	25–20	20–25	25–7	22–25	15–12	107–89	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
11 June	17:00	Serbia	3–2	France	25–13	19–25	19–25	25–22	17–15	105–100	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12 June	16:30	Greece	1–3	Spain	21–25	21–25	25–22	18–25		85–97	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12 June	18:00	Serbia	3–0	France	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
17 June	18:00	Spain	3–0	Greece	26–24	25–18	25–11		76–53	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
17 June	20:30	France	0–3	Serbia	21–25	21–25	18–25		60–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18 June	18:00	Spain	3–0	Greece	25–21	26–24	25–10		76–55	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18 June	20:30	France	1–3	Serbia	18–25	25–23	21–25	24–26	88–99	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 June	16:30	Greece	1–3	France	18–25	25–22	21–25	17–25	81–97	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
25 June	20:00	Serbia	3–1	Spain	25–14	21–25	25–9	25–10	96–58	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
26 June	16:30	Greece	1–3	France	20–25	25–17	17–25	23–25	85–92	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
26 June	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Spain	25–17	25–21	25–22		75–60	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	20:30	France	3–2	Spain	25–17	13–25	23–25	25–22	15–7	101–96	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9 July	16:30	Greece	0–3	Serbia	11–25	16–25	22–25			49–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9 July	18:00	France	3–0	Spain	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
10 July	16:30	Greece	0–3	Serbia	10–25	23–25	12–25			45–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	12	10	2	29	32	13	2.462	1066	934	1.141	Semi-finals
2	Czech Republic	12	9	3	27	31	14	2.214	1063	930	1.143	Semi-finals
3	Hungary	12	4	8	10	17	31	0.548	972	1110	0.876
4	Israel	12	1	11	6	10	31	0.323	937	1064	0.881

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 May	16:00	Israel	3–1	Hungary	25–18	25–15	18–25	25–21	93–79	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
27 May	18:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Bulgaria	16–25	25–21	25–21	25–21	91–88	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
28 May	18:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Bulgaria	25–18	20–25	26–28	26–28	97–99	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
28 May	19:00	Israel	1–3	Hungary	22–25	25–27	25–19	22–25	94–96	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 June	16:00	Israel	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	13–25	24–26		56–76	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3 June	19:00	Hungary	1–3	Bulgaria	21–25	19–25	25–22	23–25	88–97	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4 June	19:00	Hungary	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	16–25	23–25		58–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4 June	19:00	Israel	0–3	Czech Republic	16–25	21–25	16–25		52–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 June	15:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Hungary	25–11	25–14	27–25			77–50	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
10 June	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Israel	20–25	22–25	25–23	25–23	15–11	107–107	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
11 June	14:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Hungary	19–25	25–18	24–26	28–26	16–18	112–113	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
11 June	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Israel	25–22	25–19	25–16			75–57	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 June	16:00	Israel	1–3	Bulgaria	13–25	25–22	21–25	24–26		83–98	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
17 June	19:00	Hungary	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	15–25	27–29			61–79	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18 June	15:00	Hungary	2–3	Czech Republic	15–25	25–20	25–13	17–25	14–16	96–99	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18 June	19:00	Israel	0–3	Bulgaria	20–25	21–25	7–25			48–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 June	17:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Hungary	25–17	23–25	25–18	25–18	98–78	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
24 June	20:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Israel	17–25	25–15	25–20	25–20	92–80	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
25 June	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Hungary	25–15	25–11	25–16		75–42	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
25 June	18:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Israel	30–28	25–11	25–16		80–55	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	17:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Czech Republic	26–28	12–25	25–18	20–25		83–96	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
8 July	19:00	Hungary	3–2	Israel	14–25	25–27	25–19	25–22	15–8	104–101	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9 July	17:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Czech Republic	19–25	27–25	25–20	25–19		96–89	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9 July	19:00	Hungary	3–2	Israel	23–25	17–25	25–22	25–23	17–15	107–110	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	12	10	2	30	32	8	4.000	983	831	1.183	Semi-finals
2	Romania	12	8	4	22	24	19	1.263	974	927	1.051
3	Belarus	12	5	7	16	22	25	0.880	1032	1056	0.977
4	Croatia	12	1	11	4	7	33	0.212	791	866	0.913

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 May	20:30	Romania	3–0	Croatia	25–12	25–22	25–14		75–48	Report
28 May	18:00	Romania	3–1	Croatia	25–11	20–25	25–19	25–15	95–70	Report
28 May	19:30	Turkey	3–1	Belarus	25–15	23–25	25–19	25–21	98–80	Report
29 May	19:30	Turkey	3–0	Belarus	26–24	26–24	29–27		81–75	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
4 June	17:00	Belarus	3–0	Croatia	25–19	29–27	25–18	79–64	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4 June	18:30	Turkey	3–0	Romania	25–13	25–20	25–19	75–52	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5 June	17:00	Belarus	3–0	Croatia	25–12	25–23	25–23	75–58	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5 June	18:30	Turkey	3–0	Romania	25–20	28–26	25–22	78–68	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 June	19:30	Croatia	0–3	Turkey	16–25	22–25	23–25			61–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
11 June	17:00	Belarus	2–3	Romania	25–20	19–25	25–22	16–25	13–15	98–107	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
11 June	20:15	Croatia	0–3	Turkey	15–25	23–25	14–25			52–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12 June	17:00	Belarus	0–3	Romania	21–25	17–25	26–28			64–78	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 June	20:30	Romania	3–1	Turkey	23–25	25–21	25–22	25–22		98–90	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18 June	20:15	Croatia	2–3	Belarus	20–25	20–25	25–22	25–23	11–15	101–110	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18 June	20:30	Romania	0–3	Turkey	17–25	23–25	16–25			56–75	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
19 June	19:30	Croatia	1–3	Belarus	17–25	25–17	19–25	17–25		78–92	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 June	17:00	Belarus	1–3	Turkey	25–20	15–25	21–25	19–25	80–95	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
25 June	17:30	Croatia	0–3	Romania	25–27	21–25	24–26		70–78	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
26 June	17:00	Belarus	3–1	Turkey	25–23	27–25	20–25	25–18	97–91	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
26 June	19:00	Croatia	3–0	Romania	27–25	25–23	25–14		77–62	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Leg 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–18	25–20			75–60	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
8 July	20:30	Romania	3–2	Belarus	25–27	25–14	20–25	26–24	15–7	111–97	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9 July	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–19	25–17	25–16			75–52	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9 July	20:30	Romania	3–1	Belarus	17–25	25–17	25–18	27–25		94–85	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Final four

The final four will be held at Istanbul, Turkey on July 15/16, 2011.

Qualified teams

Semi-finals		Final

July 15 – Istanbul

Serbia	3
		July 16 – Istanbul
Czech Republic	0
		Serbia	3
July 15 – Istanbul
		Turkey	0
Turkey	3

Bulgaria	0
		3rd place

		July 16 – Istanbul

		Czech Republic	0

		Bulgaria	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–17	25–22			75–57	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}
15 July	19:30	Turkey	3–0	Bulgaria	25–18	25–21	25–18			75–57	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 July	16:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Bulgaria	21–25	26–28	23–25			70–78	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 July	19:00	Serbia	3–0	Turkey	25–17	25–21	25–23			75–61	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Turkey
	Bulgaria
4	Czech Republic
5	Romania
6	France
7	Belarus
8	Spain
9	Hungary
10	Israel
11	Croatia
12	Greece

2011 Women's European League winners
Serbia Third title

Awards

MVP:^[2] Jovana Brakočević
Best scorer: Helena Havelková
Best spiker: Jovana Brakočević
Best server: Eda Erdem
Best setter: Maja Ognjenović
Best libero: Gizem Güreşen
Best receiver: Šárka Barborková

References

^ "Record-breaking starting field for 2011 CEV European League". cev.lu. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
^ CEV (2011-07-15). "Serbia claims third consecutive crown". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-16.

External links

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) – official website

[1] "Record-breaking starting field for 2011 CEV European League". cev.lu. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

[2] CEV (2011-07-15). "Serbia claims third consecutive crown". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-16.

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