2007 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2007 Men's European Volleyball League was the 4th edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The Final Four was held in Portimão, Portugal from 7 to 8 July 2005.

2007 Men's European Volleyball League

Tournament details
Host nation	Portugal
Dates	May 25 – July 1 (qualification) July 7/8 (final four)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Guillermo Falasca
Official website
2007 European League

Competing nations

•  Belgium
•  Czech Republic
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Latvia
•  Netherlands
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey

Squads

League round

	Qualified for the Final Four
	Qualified as hosts for the Final Four

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Spain	20	8	4	30	18	1.667	1088	998	1.090
2	Germany	20	8	4	28	21	1.333	1091	1048	1.041
3	Netherlands	18	6	6	23	22	1.045	988	1008	0.980
4	Belgium	14	2	10	13	33	0.394	941	1054	0.893

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovenia	21	9	3	32	19	1.684	1146	1078	1.063
2	Portugal	19	7	5	26	21	1.238	1074	1055	1.018
3	Greece	17	5	7	19	25	0.760	972	1003	0.969
4	Czech Republic	15	3	9	17	29	0.586	995	1051	0.947

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovakia	22	10	2	32	17	1.882	1173	1082	1.084
2	Turkey	21	9	3	31	18	1.722	1137	1054	1.079
3	Romania	15	3	9	18	33	0.545	1104	1205	0.916
4	Latvia	14	2	10	19	32	0.594	1111	1184	0.938

Semi finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	16:00	Slovenia	1–3	Spain	25–23	22–25	18–25	23–25		88–98	Report
7 Jul	18:30	Portugal	3–1	Slovakia	25–21	20–25	25–21	25–23		95–90	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	16:00	Slovenia	1–3	Slovakia	18–25	25–20	19–25	18–25		80–95	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	18:30	Spain	3–2	Portugal	21–25	25–18	25–22	19–25	20–18	110–108	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Spain  Portugal  Slovakia 4  Slovenia 5  Turkey 6  Germany 7  Netherlands 8  Greece 9  Romania 10  Czechoslovakia 11  Latvia 12  Belgium

2007 European League Champions  Spain 1st title 12-man Roster for Final Round Enrique de la Fuente, Guillermo Falasca, Miguel Angel Falasca, Alfonso Flores, Julian Garcia-Torres, José Luis Lobato, José Luis Molto, Ibán Pérez, Francisco José Rodríguez, Israel Rodríguez, Manuel Sevillano, José Javier Subiela Head Coach Andrea Anastasi

Awards

Most Valuable Player Guillermo Falasca Best Scorer Guillermo Falasca Best Spiker Hugo Gaspar Best Blocker Emanuel Kohút

Best Server André Lopes Best Setter Michal Masný Best Receiver Israel Rodríguez Best Libero Carlos Teixeira

References

• Official website