2014 Men's European Volleyball League

2014 Men's European League

Tournament details
Host nation	Two-legged tie
Dates	5 June – 27 July
Teams	10
Champions	Montenegro (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Miloš Ćulafić
Official website
2014 CEV European League
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The 2014 Men's European Volleyball League was the eleventh edition of the annual men's Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from ten European countries.

Montenegro defeated Greece 5–1 match points in the final, which was played over two legs, to capture their first title. ^[1]

Format

This year saw no final four tournament. Instead the ten teams were split into two pools and played a single round robin with playing two matchups at home and two away, making a total of eight games for each team. The two top placed teams advanced to the semifinals, from where on a knockout system was used to determine the winner. ^[2]

Teams

•   Austria
•   Azerbaijan
•   Denmark
•   Greece
•   Macedonia
•   Montenegro
•   Poland
•   Romania
•   Slovenia
•   Turkey

League round

• All times are local.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Montenegro	8	6	2	17	20	10	2.000	713	632	1.128	Semifinals
2	Greece	8	5	3	15	18	14	1.286	722	604	1.195
3	Romania	8	5	3	13	17	16	1.063	760	737	1.031
4	Poland	8	4	4	13	18	16	1.125	758	750	1.011
5	Azerbaijan	8	0	8	2	7	24	0.292	617	747	0.826

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jun	17:30	Poland	2–3	Montenegro	12–25	25–21	17–25	26–24	10–15	90–110	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Romania	0–3	Greece	20–25	23–25	20–25			63–75	Report
7 Jun	20:00	Romania	3–2	Greece	25–18	22–25	23–25	25–16	16–14	111–98	Report
8 Jun	17:30	Poland	1–3	Montenegro	25–27	25–23	14–25	20–25		84–100	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jun	20:30	Greece	3–1	Poland	25–22	25–22	20–25	25–22		95–91	Report
14 Jun	16:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Romania	16–25	18–25	27–25	18–25		79–100	Report
15 Jun	16:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Romania	23–25	24–26	25–23	20–25		92–99	Report
15 Jun	20:00	Greece	1–3	Poland	20–25	25–21	17–25	21–25		83–96	Report

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	20:00	Romania	3–1	Montenegro	20–25	25–20	25–22	25–18		95–85	Report
20 Jun	20:00	Greece	3–2	Azerbaijan	25–15	26–28	22–25	25–17	15–10	113–95	Report
21 Jun	20:00	Romania	1–3	Montenegro	25–23	23–25	19–25	21–25		88–98	Report
21 Jun	20:00	Greece	3–1	Azerbaijan	25–17	23–25	25–20	25–16		98–78	Report

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Poland	2–3	Romania	22–25	32–30	20–25	27–25	12–15	113–120	Report
28 Jun	20:00	Montenegro	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–17	25–23	25–18			75–58	Report
29 Jun	15:00	Poland	3–1	Romania	22–25	25–21	25–16	25–22		97–84	Report
29 Jun	20:00	Montenegro	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–17	25–21	25–19			75–57	Report

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	17:00	Azerbaijan	2–3	Poland	21–25	20–25	25–20	29–27	12–15	107–112	Report
5 Jul	17:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Poland	16–25	14–25	21–25			51–75	Report
5 Jul	20:00	Montenegro	3–0	Greece	25–20	25–18	29–27			79–65	Report
6 Jul	20:00	Montenegro	1–3	Greece	25–19	19–25	24–26	23–25		91–95	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia	8	7	1	21	22	4	5.500	644	523	1.231	Semifinals
2	Macedonia	8	7	1	20	22	9	2.444	735	655	1.122
3	Austria	8	3	5	9	12	16	0.750	622	653	0.953
4	Turkey	8	3	5	9	10	16	0.625	580	586	0.990
5	Denmark	8	0	8	1	3	24	0.125	493	657	0.750

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	20:15	Austria	1–3	Macedonia	18–25	25–21	14–25	20–25		77–96	Report
6 Jun	20:15	Austria	1–3	Macedonia	26–24	23–25	19–25	23–25		91–99	Report
10 Jun	19:00	Denmark	0–3	Slovenia	13–25	15–25	18–25			46–75	Report
11 Jun	19:00	Denmark	0–3	Slovenia	20–25	17–25	11–25			48–75	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jun	15:00	Macedonia	3–2	Denmark	25–17	21–25	25–21	21–25	15–8	107–96	Report
14 Jun	15:00	Macedonia	3–0	Denmark	25–15	25–20	25–22			75–57	Report
14 Jun	18:00	Turkey	3–1	Austria	22–25	25–23	25–19	25–17		97–84	Report
15 Jun	18:00	Turkey	0–3	Austria	25–27	22–25	21–25			68–77	Report

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	20:15	Austria	0–3	Slovenia	23–25	15–25	16–25			54–75	Report
20 Jun	20:15	Austria	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	22–25	21–25			64–75	Report
21 Jun	19:00	Macedonia	3–1	Turkey	25–21	25–18	21–25	25–20		96–84	Report
22 Jun	15:00	Macedonia	3–0	Turkey	25–18	25–19	25–20			75–57	Report

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	18:00	Slovenia	3–0	Turkey	25–22	25–23	25–17			75–62	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Slovenia	3–0	Turkey	25–18	26–24	25–20			76–62	Report
28 Jun	19:00	Denmark	1–3	Austria	20–25	22–25	27–25	14–25		83–100	Report
29 Jun	19:00	Denmark	0–3	Austria	21–25	16–25	23–25			60–75	Report

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Denmark	25–21	25–14	25–15			75–50	Report
5 Jul	20:30	Slovenia	3–1	Macedonia	25–19	25–17	23–25	25–22		98–83	Report
6 Jul	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Denmark	25–17	25–14	25–22			75–53	Report
6 Jul	20:30	Slovenia	1–3	Macedonia	21–25	28–26	26–28	20–25		95–104	Report

Final round

• All times are local.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Greece	4–2	Slovenia	2–3	3–1
Macedonia	3–3	Montenegro	3–1	1–3	10–15

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Macedonia	3–1	Montenegro	25–23	25–22	21–25	25–20		96–90	Report
12 Jul	19:00	Greece	2–3	Slovenia	25–19	26–28	22–25	25–23	11–15	109–110	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	20:00	Montenegro	3–1	Macedonia	25–21	13–25	25–22	25–23		88–91	Report
Golden set		Montenegro	15–10	Macedonia
16 Jul	20:00	Slovenia	1–3	Greece	21–25	18–25	25–22	22–25		86–97	Report

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Greece	1–5	Montenegro	2–3	1–3

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	19:00	Greece	2–3	Montenegro	18–25	25–22	25–19	23–25	6–15	97–106	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	20:00	Montenegro	3–1	Greece	22–25	25–18	25–18	25–21		97–82	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Montenegro
	Greece
	Macedonia
	Slovenia
5	Austria
	Romania
7	Poland
	Turkey
9	Azerbaijan
	Denmark

Qualified for the 2015 World League Group 3

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Miloš Ćulafić

References

1. CEV (2014-07-26). "History in the making as Montenegro seizes European League crown". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
2. "Competition Format". Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2014-05-28.

External links

• Official website