2013 Women's European Volleyball League

2013 Women's European Volleyball League

Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	13 June – 6 July (qualification) 13–14 July (final round)
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Charlotte Leys
Official website
2013 CEV European League
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The 2013 Women's European Volleyball League was the fifth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries. A preliminary league round was played from June 13 to July 6, and the final four tournament, which was held in Bulgaria on July 11–12, 2013.

For this years edition, the first four sets were played over 21 points. ^[1]

Germany defeated Belgium 3–2 in the final. ^[2]

Teams

•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria
•   Germany
•   Hungary
•   Israel
•   Romania
•   Serbia
•   Turkey

League round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	12	8	4	27	32	19	1.684	970	842	1.152	Semifinals
2	Romania	12	8	4	20	28	23	1.217	925	893	1.036
3	Turkey	12	6	6	16	23	26	0.885	883	889	0.993
4	Hungary	12	2	10	9	16	31	0.516	760	914	0.832

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Leg 1

The tournament was played at Cengiz Göllü Volleyball Hall, Bursa, Turkey.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	15:30	Romania	3–2	Bulgaria	19–21	21–16	21–19	14–21	15–12	90–89	Report
14 Jun	18:00	Turkey	3–2	Hungary	20–22	21–14	15–21	21–13	15–6	92–76	Report
15 Jun	15:30	Romania	1–3	Turkey	11–21	19–21	21–14	10–21		61–77	Report
15 Jun	18:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Hungary	21–10	21–16	21–17			63–43	Report
16 Jun	15:30	Hungary	3–1	Romania	21–18	21–17	13–21	21–17		76–73	Report
16 Jun	18:00	Turkey	3–2	Bulgaria	7–21	13–21	26–24	21–18	15–6	82–90	Report

Leg 2

The tournament was played at Messzi István Sportcsarnok, Kecskemét, Hungary.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	15:30	Turkey	0–3	Romania	15–21	18–21	16–21			49–63	Report
21 Jun	18:00	Hungary	1–3	Bulgaria	11–21	25–23	15–21	7–21		58–86	Report
22 Jun	15:30	Romania	2–3	Bulgaria	21–18	15–21	22–24	21–15	11–15	90–93	Report
22 Jun	18:00	Hungary	3–0	Turkey	21–17	21–16	21–16			63–49	Report
23 Jun	15:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Turkey	12–21	21–15	21–17	21–14		75–67	Report
23 Jun	18:00	Romania	3–2	Hungary	19–21	21–15	17–21	21–11	15–10	93–78	Report

Leg 3

The tournament was played in Sala Polivalentă Oltenia, Craiova, Romania.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Bulgaria	2–3	Turkey	21–19	21–13	18–21	15–21	10–15	85–89	Report
28 Jun	19:30	Romania	3–0	Hungary	21–14	21–16	21–9			63–39	Report
29 Jun	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Hungary	15–21	21–17	21–15	21–18		78–71	Report
29 Jun	19:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Romania	13–21	21–16	21–17	17–21	10–15	82–90	Report
30 Jun	17:00	Hungary	1–3	Bulgaria	15–21	16–21	21–17	17–21		69–80	Report
30 Jun	19:30	Romania	3–1	Turkey	21–17	19–21	23–21	21–19		84–78	Report

Leg 4

The tournament was played in Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	15:30	Hungary	0–3	Turkey	18–21	14–21	16–21			48–63	Report
4 Jul	18:00	Romania	0–3	Bulgaria	11–21	9–21	15–21			35–63	Report
5 Jul	15:30	Turkey	2–3	Romania	21–14	23–21	18–21	15–21	13–15	90–92	Report
5 Jul	18:00	Hungary	1–3	Bulgaria	12–21	12–21	22–20	14–21		60–83	Report
6 Jul	15:30	Romania	3–2	Hungary	13–21	21–12	21–23	21–11	15–12	91–79	Report
6 Jul	18:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Turkey	21–17	21–17	18–21	21–14		81–69	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgium	12	10	2	29	32	11	2.909	843	701	1.203	Semifinals
2	Germany	12	8	4	26	30	17	1.765	898	772	1.163
3	Serbia	12	6	6	17	22	23	0.957	790	829	0.953
4	Israel	12	0	12	0	3	36	0.083	583	812	0.718

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Leg 1

The tournament was played at Sport Oase, Leuven, Belgium.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	17:00	Germany	3–0	Israel	21–14	21–13	25–23			67–50	Report
14 Jun	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Belgium	22–20	8–21	11–21	18–21		59–83	Report
15 Jun	17:00	Israel	0–3	Serbia	15–21	18–21	19–21			52–63	Report
15 Jun	20:00	Germany	2–3	Belgium	21–15	17–21	19–21	21–16	9–15	87–88	Report
16 Jun	15:00	Serbia	3–2	Germany	21–19	21–16	12–21	15–21	15–12	84–89	Report
16 Jun	18:00	Belgium	3–0	Israel	21–6	21–12	22–20			64–38	Report

Leg 2

The tournament was played at Hala Sportova "Dudova Suma", Subotica, Serbia.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	17:30	Israel	0–3	Germany	13–21	10–21	16–21			39–63	Report
21 Jun	20:15	Belgium	3–0	Serbia	21–12	22–20	21–18			64–50	Report
22 Jun	17:30	Germany	0–3	Belgium	17–21	17–21	17–21			51–63	Report
22 Jun	20:15	Serbia	3–0	Israel	21–18	24–22	21–15			66–55	Report
23 Jun	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Israel	21–12	21–17	21–15			63–44	Report
23 Jun	20:15	Germany	3–0	Serbia	21–7	21–16	21–9			63–32	Report

Leg 3

The tournament was played in CU Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Belgium	3–2	Serbia	21–18	18–21	18–21	21–14	15–13	93–87	Report
28 Jun	20:00	Israel	1–3	Germany	12–21	11–21	21–17	16–21		60–80	Report
29 Jun	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Israel	21–16	21–14	21–12			63–42	Report
29 Jun	20:00	Germany	3–2	Belgium	21–13	18–21	18–21	21–19	15–12	93–86	Report
30 Jun	15:00	Israel	0–3	Belgium	13–21	10–21	15–21			38–63	Report
30 Jun	18:00	Germany	3–1	Serbia	21–10	17–21	21–19	21–18		80–68	Report

Leg 4

The tournament was played in Metrowest Sport Palace, Ra'anana, Israel.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	17:00	Israel	1–3	Serbia	21–14	12–21	16–21	12–21		61–77	Report
4 Jul	19:30	Belgium	0–3	Germany	15–21	14–21	19–21			48–63	Report
5 Jul	17:00	Serbia	3–2	Germany	18–21	21–16	19–21	21–19	15–7	94–84	Report
5 Jul	19:30	Israel	0–3	Belgium	21–23	16–21	7–21			44–65	Report
6 Jul	17:00	Serbia	0–3	Belgium	12–21	16–21	19–21			47–63	Report
6 Jul	19:30	Germany	3–1	Israel	21–11	21–15	15–21	21–13		78–60	Report

Final four

The final four was held in at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria from July 13 to 14, 2013.

Qualified teams

•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria (host)
•   Germany
•   Romania

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 July
	Belgium	3
					14 July
	Romania	0
					Belgium	2
	13 July
					Germany	3
	Bulgaria	0
	Germany	3
					Third place
					14 July
					Romania	0
					Bulgaria	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jul	14:00	Belgium	3–0	Romania	21–16	22–20	21–15			64–51	Report
13 Jul	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Germany	17–21	10–21	19–21			46–63	Report

Third place game

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	15:00	Romania	0–3	Bulgaria	16–21	14–21	14–21			44–63	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	18:00	Belgium	2–3	Germany	21–14	16–21	21–15	14–21	7–15	79–86	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Belgium
	Bulgaria
4	Romania
5	Serbia
6	Turkey
7	Hungary
8	Israel

Awards

• MVP: ^[2] Charlotte Leys
• Best scorer: Margareta Kozuch
• Best spiker: Margareta Kozuch
• Best blocker: Freya Aelbrecht
• Best server: Denise Hanke
• Best setter: Frauke Dirickx
• Best receiver: Mariya Karakasheva
• Best libero: Valérie Courtois

References

1. "EL W: Belgian ladies look forward to debut". worldofvolley.com. 12 June 2013.
2. CEV (2013-07-14). "Germany claims its first European League title in a dramatic final against Belgium". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-07-14.

External links

• Official website