2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Russia
Dates	September 6–16
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Semyon Poltavskiy
Official website
tournament website
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The 25th Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first continental volleyball competition hosted by Russia. Championship took place from September 6 to September 16, 2007, and was won by Spain.

Qualification[]

• Further information:

Teams[]

Squads[]

Further information: 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship Squads

First round[]

Pool A[]

• Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Serbia	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	257	253	1.016
2	Germany	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	230	210	1.095
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	240	239	1.004
4	Greece	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	251	276	0.909

September 6, 2007
17:30	Netherlands	Serbia	0–3 (23–25, 21–25, 18–25)
September 7, 2007
15:00	Greece	Netherlands	3–2 (25–20, 22–25, 19–25, 25–19, 15–13)
20:00	Serbia	Germany	1–3 (25–22, 21–25, 20–25, 17–25)
September 8, 2007
17:30	Germany	Greece	3–0 (25–17, 25–19, 25–15)
September 9, 2007
15:00	Germany	Netherlands	0–3 (15–25, 24–26, 19–25)
20:00	Serbia	Greece	3–1 (25–23, 25–23, 24–26, 25–22)

Pool B[]

• Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Russia	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	173	1.301
2	Belgium	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	275	274	1.004
3	Poland	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	239	248	0.964
4	Turkey	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	243	287	0.847

September 6, 2007
17:30	Belgium	Russia	0–3 (17–25, 20–25, 22–25)
September 7, 2007
15:00	Poland	Belgium	1–3 (22–25, 25–23, 14–25, 24–26)
20:00	Russia	Turkey	3–0 (25–20, 25–17, 25–18)
September 8, 2007
17:30	Turkey	Poland	1–3 (25–20, 18–25, 20–25, 11–25)
September 9, 2007
15:00	Turkey	Belgium	2–3 (27–25, 25–21, 29–31, 23–25, 10–15)
20:00	Russia	Poland	3–0 (25–22, 25–23, 25–14)

Pool C[]

• Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Spain	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	241	202	1.193
2	France	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	241	210	1.148
3	Slovakia	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	245	277	0.884
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	235	273	0.861

September 6, 2007
15:00	Slovenia	Spain	1–3 (25–16, 20–25, 21–25, 18–25)
20:00	Slovakia	France	1–3 (23–25, 23–25, 26–24, 15–25)
September 7, 2007
17:30	Slovakia	Slovenia	3–1 (21–25, 25–21, 34–32, 27–25)
September 8, 2007
15:00	Spain	Slovakia	3–0 (25–15, 25–16, 25–20)
20:00	France	Slovenia	3–0 (25–17, 25–18, 25–13)
September 9, 2007
17:30	Spain	France	3–0 (25–22, 25–23, 25–22)

Pool D[]

• Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Finland	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	284	269	1.056
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	258	230	1.122
3	Italy	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	266	267	0.996
4	Croatia	3	0	3	4	9	0.444	273	315	0.867

September 6, 2007
15:00	Croatia	Bulgaria	2–3 (26–24, 25–23, 12–25, 20–25, 10–15)
20:00	Finland	Italy	2–3 (21–25 18–25, 25–21, 25–22, 13–15)
September 7, 2007
17:30	Croatia	Finland	1–3 (22–25, 26–28, 28–26, 14–25)
September 8, 2007
15:00	Bulgaria	Finland	0–3 (22–25, 26–28, 23–25)
20:00	Italy	Croatia	3–1 (26–24, 23–25, 25–23, 25–18)
September 9, 2007
17:30	Italy	Bulgaria	0–3 (20–25, 18–25, 21–25)

Second round[]

Pool E[]

• Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Spain	10	5	0	15	4	3.750	449	406	1.106
2	Serbia	8	3	2	12	8	1.500	457	453	1.009
3	Germany	8	3	2	10	7	1.429	397	362	1.097
4	Netherlands	8	3	2	10	9	1.111	438	412	1.063
5	France	6	1	4	7	13	0.538	437	463	0.944
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	344	426	0.808

September 11, 2007
15:00	Netherlands	Spain	1–3 (23–25, 25–20, 22–25, 22–25)
17:30	Serbia	France	3–2 (25–23, 22–25, 25–23, 33–35, 15–12)
20:00	Germany	Slovakia	3–0 (25–23, 25–15, 25–16)
September 12, 2007
15:00	Netherlands	France	3–2 (25–11, 25–23, 21–25, 20–25, 15–12)
17:30	Germany	Spain	1–3 (19–25, 25–15, 24–26, 24–26)
20:00	Serbia	Slovakia	3–0 (25–18, 25–23, 25–23)
September 13, 2007
15:00	Germany	France	3–0 (25–14, 25–22, 25–21)
17:30	Serbia	Spain	2–3 (24–26, 19–25, 26–24, 25–22, 10–15)
20:00	Netherlands	Slovakia	3–1 (30–28, 22–25, 25–18, 25–17)

Pool F[]

• Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Russia	10	5	0	15	4	3.750	441	375	1.176
2	Finland	8	3	2	13	7	1.857	455	445	1.022
3	Italy	8	3	2	11	10	1.100	449	455	0.987
4	Bulgaria	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	407	407	1.000
5	Belgium	6	1	4	5	13	0.385	398	428	0.930
6	Poland	5	0	5	5	15	0.333	427	467	0.914

September 11, 2007
15:00	Poland	Finland	0–3 (20–25, 27–29, 21–25)
17:30	Belgium	Italy	0–3 (22–25, 21–25, 23–25)
20:00	Russia	Bulgaria	3–0 (25–22, 25–18, 25–21)
September 12, 2007
15:00	Belgium	Finland	1–3 (25–21, 17–25, 23–25, 21–25)
17:30	Poland	Bulgaria	2–3 (20–25, 25–16, 24–26, 25–21, 13–15)
20:00	Russia	Italy	3–2 (25–21, 25–15, 20–25, 19–25, 15–10)
September 13, 2007
15:00	Belgium	Bulgaria	1–3 (25–22, 23–25, 23–25, 17–25)
17:30	Poland	Italy	2–3 (23–25, 23–25, 28–26, 25–20, 9–15)
20:00	Russia	Finland	3–2 (22–25, 28–26, 22–25, 25–16, 15–8)

Semifinals and finals[]

	Semifinals				Final
	2007-09-15 - Moscow
	Spain	3
					2007-09-16 - Moscow
	Finland	2
					Spain	3
	2007-09-15 - Moscow
					Russia	2
	Russia	3
	Serbia	0
					3rd place
					2007-09-16 - Moscow
					Finland	1
					Serbia	3

Semifinals[]

September 15, 2007 Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow
17:30	Spain	Finland	3–2 (25���23, 19–25, 22–25, 26–24, 15–10)
20:00	Russia	Serbia	3–0 (27–25, 25–22, 25–15)

Finals[]

September 16, 2007 Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow
15:30	Finland	Serbia	1–3 (18–25, 25–23, 21–25, 16–25)
18:00	Spain	Russia	3–2 (25–18, 20–25, 24–26, 30–28, 16–14)

Ranking and statistics[]

Individual awards[]

• MVP:  Semen Poltavskiy (RUS)
• Best Scorer:  Ivan Miljković (SRB)
• Best Spiker:  Yury Berezhko (RUS)
• Best Blocker:  José Luis Moltó (ESP)
• Best Server:  Semen Poltavskiy (RUS)
• Best Libero:  Alexey Verbov (RUS)
• Best Setter:  Vadim Khamuttskikh (RUS)

References[]

• European Volleyball Championship 2007 Official website