Tournament details | |
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Host nation | Poland |
Dates | 16 – 18 May |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Champions | Poland (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Estonia |
Third place | Montenegro |
Fourth place | Hungary |
Tournament awards | |
MVP | Mariusz Wlazły |
Official website | |
Official site | |
The VI Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner was held in Poland from 16 to 18 May 2008. 4 teams participated in the tournament. It was also qualification tournament to European Championship 2009 held in Turkey. [1]
All teams except the host must receive an invitation from the organizers.
Africa (CAVB) | Asia and Oceania (AVC) | Europe (CEV) | North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) | South America (CSV) |
Host nation: Poland Wild card: Estonia Hungary Montenegro |
Olsztyn, Poland |
Urania Hall |
Capacity: 2,500 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR |
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1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 225 | 172 | 1.308 | 9 | 0 | MAX |
2 | Estonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 254 | 246 | 1.033 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 |
3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 248 | 263 | 0.943 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 |
4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 281 | 0.843 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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16 May | Poland | 3–0 | Montenegro | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–20 | 75–57 | Report | |||
16 May | Estonia | 3–1 | Hungary | 27–25 | 25–27 | 25–13 | 25–21 | 102–86 | Report | ||
17 May | Poland | 3–0 | Estonia | 28–26 | 25–17 | 25–19 | 78–62 | Report | |||
17 May | Montenegro | 3–1 | Hungary | 25–21 | 25–23 | 28–30 | 27–25 | 105–99 | Report | ||
18 May | Estonia | 3–1 | Montenegro | 25–20 | 25–20 | 16–25 | 25–21 | 91–86 | Report | ||
18 May | Poland | 3–0 | Hungary | 25–17 | 25–19 | 25–18 | 75–54 | Report |
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