2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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.

2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Russia
DatesSeptember 6–16
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Spain (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPRussia Semyon Poltavskiy
Official website
tournament website

Qualification edit

Teams edit

Pool A – Saint Petersburg
Pool B – Moscow
Pool C – Saint Petersburg
Pool D – Moscow

Squads edit

First round edit

Pool A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Pool E edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2007-09-15 - Moscow
 
 
  Spain3
 
2007-09-16 - Moscow
 
  Finland2
 
  Spain3
 
2007-09-15 - Moscow
 
  Russia2
 
  Russia3
 
 
  Serbia0
 
3rd place
 
 
2007-09-16 - Moscow
 
 
  Finland1
 
 
  Serbia3

Semifinals edit

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 edit

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 edit

Individual awards edit

References edit