2012 Men's European Volleyball League

2012 Men's European Volleyball League
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	May 24 – June 24 (qualification); June 30 – July 1 (final round)
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Emre Batur
Official website
	2012 CEV European League
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Last updated May 06, 2023

The 2012 Men's European Volleyball League was the ninth edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from ten European countries. A preliminary league round was played from May 24 to June 24, and the final four tournament, which was held at Ankara, Turkey.

During the league round, competing nations were drawn into two pools of five teams, and every team hosted a tournament with three other teams and played a round-robin system over three days. Every team played at four tournaments and one standings table was used, combined with all five tournaments. The Pool winners and runners-up qualified for the final four round, joining the host team.^[1]

The Netherlands defeated Turkey 3–2 in the final.^[2]

Teams

League round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	12	11	1	30	35	15	2.333	1160	1051	1.104	Final Four
2	Slovakia	12	7	5	23	29	19	1.526	1103	1029	1.072	Final Four
3	Israel	12	5	7	14	20	27	0.741	1059	1096	0.966
4	Denmark	12	4	8	14	19	28	0.679	1009	1077	0.937
5	Greece	12	3	9	9	17	31	0.548	1023	1101	0.929

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Leg 1

Venue: New Indoor Sport Hall, Katerini, Greece

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	18:00	Israel	0–3	Slovakia	20–25	22–25	27–29			69–79	Report
24 May	20:30	Spain	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–20	25–19			75–60	Report
25 May	18:00	Slovakia	1–3	Spain	20–25	25–19	19–25	21–25		85–94	Report
25 May	20:30	Greece	3–0	Israel	26–24	25–20	25–19			76–63	Report
26 May	18:00	Spain	3–0	Israel	25–22	28–26	27–25			80–73	Report
26 May	20:30	Slovakia	2–3	Greece	23–25	25–21	25–20	21–25	10–15	104–106	Report

Leg 2

Venue: Pabellón Municipal Los Planos, Teruel, Spain

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	17:00	Greece	0–3	Slovakia	18–25	19–25	18–25			55–75	Report
1 Jun	20:00	Spain	3–2	Denmark	25–18	23–25	20–25	25–14	15–11	108–93	Report
2 Jun	15:00	Denmark	3–2	Slovakia	19–25	25–20	22–25	25–19	15–13	106–102	Report
2 Jun	18:00	Spain	3–1	Greece	27–29	25–19	25–15	25–22		102–85	Report
3 Jun	15:00	Greece	0–3	Denmark	21–25	26–28	23–25			70–78	Report
3 Jun	18:00	Slovakia	2–3	Spain	26–24	25–23	17–25	23–25	11–15	102–112	Report

Leg 3

Venue: Metrowest Sport Palace, Ra'anana, Israel

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	17:00	Israel	3–0	Denmark	25–22	25–18	25–20			75–60	Report
8 Jun	19:30	Slovakia	3–1	Greece	25–19	24–26	25–12	25–19		99–76	Report
9 Jun	17:00	Denmark	0–3	Slovakia	24–26	21–25	22–25			67–76	Report
9 Jun	19:30	Greece	1–3	Israel	21–25	24–26	25–22	19–25		89–98	Report
10 Jun	17:00	Denmark	3–1	Greece	25–20	25–18	22–25	26–24		98–87	Report
10 Jun	19:30	Israel	2–3	Slovakia	17–25	26–24	24–26	27–25	14–16	108–116	Report

Leg 4

Venue: Kildeskovshallen, Gentofte, Denmark

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jun	16:30	Greece	2–3	Israel	29–31	21–25	25–16	25–18	7–15	107–105	Report
15 Jun	19:00	Denmark	0–3	Spain	20–25	20–25	22–25			62–75	Report
16 Jun	16:00	Israel	1–3	Spain	16–25	26–24	24–26	23–25		89–99	Report
16 Jun	18:30	Greece	3–2	Denmark	25–19	23–25	25–20	23–25	15–13	110–102	Report
17 Jun	16:00	Denmark	3–1	Israel	25–22	25–19	18–25	25–17		93–83	Report
17 Jun	18:30	Spain	3–2	Greece	25–18	25–21	20–25	17–25	15–13	102–102	Report

Leg 5

Venue: Steel Aréna, Košice, Slovakia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jun	15:00	Israel	3–2	Spain	24–26	25–23	20–25	25–19	15–8	109–101	Report
22 Jun	17:30	Slovakia	3–0	Denmark	25–15	25–15	25–23			75–53	Report
23 Jun	15:00	Spain	3–2	Denmark	25–16	25–27	23–25	25–17	15–13	113–98	Report
23 Jun	17:30	Israel	1–3	Slovakia	23–25	16–25	25–22	20–25		84–97	Report
24 Jun	15:00	Denmark	1–3	Israel	25–23	23–25	25–27	26–28		99–103	Report
24 Jun	17:30	Slovakia	1–3	Spain	19–25	23–25	25–21	26–28		93–99	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	12	10	2	29	31	11	2.818	984	895	1.099	Final Four
2	Czech Republic	12	6	6	20	25	20	1.250	1008	965	1.045
3	Turkey ^{[lower-alpha 1]}(H)	12	5	7	16	22	24	0.917	990	1015	0.975	Final Four
4	Austria	12	5	7	13	20	28	0.714	1050	1076	0.976
5	Romania	12	4	8	12	12	27	0.444	861	942	0.914

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Host
Notes:

↑ Qualified as hosts

Leg 1

Venue: Sala Polivalentă, Piatra Neamț, Romania

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 May	17:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Turkey	25–17	25–16	25–21		75–54	Report
25 May	19:30	Romania	0–3	Netherlands	26–28	24–26	19–25		69–79	Report
26 May	17:00	Turkey	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	23–25	16–25		58–75	Report
26 May	19:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Romania	25–16	25–20	25–21		75–57	Report
27 May	17:00	Netherlands	1–3	Czech Republic	25–17	12–25	19–25	18–25	74–92	Report
27 May	19:30	Romania	3–1	Turkey	23–25	27–25	25–17	25–23	100–90	Report

Leg 2

Venue: Burhan Felek Spor Salonu, Istanbul, Turkey

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	25–18	25–18	25–23			75–59	Report
1 Jun	20:00	Turkey	1–3	Austria	22–25	25–21	16–25	17–25		80–96	Report
2 Jun	17:30	Netherlands	3–2	Austria	25–23	26–28	25–22	19–25	15–12	110–110	Report
2 Jun	20:00	Romania	0–3	Turkey	26–28	17–25	20–25			63–78	Report
3 Jun	17:30	Austria	3–0	Romania	25–18	25–21	25–16			75–55	Report
3 Jun	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Netherlands	25–15	25–23	25–21			75–59	Report

Leg 3

Venue: City Hall, Jablonec, Czech Republic

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	14:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Austria	23–25	30–28	25–20	25–20		103–93	Report
8 Jun	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–22	25–23			75–64	Report
9 Jun	14:00	Turkey	3–1	Czech Republic	25–23	21–25	25–19	25–16		96–83	Report
9 Jun	17:00	Romania	3–1	Austria	25–20	21–25	25–22	25–17		96–84	Report
10 Jun	15:15	Czech Republic	0–3	Romania	18–25	23–25	24–26			65–67	Report
10 Jun	18:00	Austria	3–2	Turkey	20–25	25–19	25–15	14–25	15–13	99–91	Report

Leg 4

Venue: Topsportcentrum, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jun	17:00	Romania	0–3	Czech Republic	21–25	20–25	20–25			61–75	Report
15 Jun	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Austria	25–15	25–14	25–22			75–51	Report
16 Jun	16:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Austria	25–27	25–20	21–25	25–21	15–17	111–110	Report
16 Jun	18:30	Romania	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	25–27	23–25			67–77	Report
17 Jun	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Czech Republic	16–25	25–20	25–12	25–22		91–79	Report
17 Jun	17:30	Austria	1–3	Romania	25–15	23–25	19–25	27–29		94–94	Report

Leg 5

Venue: Sporthalle am See, Hard, Austria

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	17:25	Turkey	2–3	Austria	25–22	22–25	25–21	19–25	10–15	101–108	Report
21 Jun	20:20	Czech Republic	1–3	Netherlands	25–23	20–25	15–25	14–25		74–98	Report
22 Jun	17:25	Austria	0–3	Netherlands	25–27	21–25	21–25			67–77	Report
22 Jun	20:20	Turkey	3–2	Czech Republic	9–25	25–16	18–25	25–22	15–11	92–99	Report
23 Jun	17:25	Austria	0–3	Czech Republic	18–25	25–27	20–25			63–77	Report
23 Jun	20:20	Netherlands	3–1	Turkey	27–25	17–25	25–23	25–21		94–94	Report

Final four

Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey

Qualified teams

Semifinals		Final

June 30 – Ankara

Netherlands	3
		July 1 – Ankara
Slovakia	0
		Netherlands	3
June 30 – Ankara
		Turkey	2
Turkey	3

Spain	2
		Third place

		July 1 – Ankara

		Slovakia	1

		Spain	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jun	15:00	Netherlands	3–0	Slovakia	25–15	25–23	26–24			76–62	Report
30 Jun	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Spain	28–26	25–13	24–26	20–25	18–16	115–106	Report

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 July	13:30	Slovakia	1–3	Spain	26–28	29–27	20–25	26–28		101–108	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 July	16:00	Netherlands	3–2	Turkey	25–16	25–15	22–25	23–25	26–24	121–105	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Turkey
	Spain
4	Slovakia
5	Czech Republic
6	Israel
7	Denmark
8	Austria
9	Romania
10	Greece

	Qualified for the 2013 World League Pool C

2012 European League champions
Netherlands 2nd title

12-man Roster for Final Round

Nimir Abdel-Aziz, Nico Freriks, Thijs Ter Horst, Jelte Maan, Humphrey Krolis, Gijs Jorna, Sebastiaan Van Bemmelen, Jeroen Rauwerdink, Wytze Kooistra, Maarten Van Garderen, Thomas Koelewijn, Robin Overbeeke

Head coach

Edwin Benne

Awards

Most valuable player
Emre Batur
Best scorer
Serhat Coşkun
Best spiker
Ibán Pérez
Best blocker
Jorge Fernandez Valcarel
Best server
Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Best setter
Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Best receiver
Gustavo Delgado Escribano
Best libero
Gijs Jorna

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References

↑ "2012 CEV VOLLEYBALL EUROPEAN LEAGUE – MEN & WOMEN – COMPETITION FORMAT". CEV. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
↑ CEV (2012-07-01). "Orange triumph in Ankara as the Dutch win an incredible European League final!". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-07-01.

External links

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[1] "2012 CEV VOLLEYBALL EUROPEAN LEAGUE – MEN & WOMEN – COMPETITION FORMAT". CEV. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[Netherlands_win-2] CEV (2012-07-01). "Orange triumph in Ankara as the Dutch win an incredible European League final!". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-07-01.

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2012 Men's European Volleyball League

Contents

Teams

League round

Pool A

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Pool B

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Final four

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Related Research Articles

References

External links