Eugen Bakumovski

The 2009 Men's European Volleyball League was the six edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve European countries from June 5 to July 12, 2009. The Final Four was held in Portimão, Portugal from July 18 to July 19.

The tournament was won by Germany, defeating the Spain by 3-2 in the finals.

Teams

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	24	12	0	36	9	4.000	1079	891	1.211
2	Turkey	20	8	4	30	16	1.875	1076	983	1.095
3	Great Britain	16	4	8	15	27	0.556	905	985	0.919
4	Croatia	12	0	12	7	36	0.194	848	1049	0.808

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	19:30	Spain	3–0	Great Britain	25–23	25–23	25–16			75–62	Report
6 Jun	16:30	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–12	25–19	25–17			75–48	Report
6 Jun	19:30	Spain	3–1	Great Britain	25–12	25–21	23–25	25–20		98–78	Report
7 Jun	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Croatia	25–18	21–25	25–14	25–22		96–79	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	20:30	Spain	3–1	Turkey	25–20	22–25	25–17	25–18		97–80	Report
13 Jun	17:30	Spain	3–1	Turkey	25–15	22–25	25–20	25–19		97–79	Report
13 Jun	18:00	Great Britain	3–0	Croatia	25–16	25–22	25–23			75–61	Report
13 Jun	17:00	Great Britain	3–1	Croatia	24–26	25–18	25–16	25–18		99–78	Report

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	16:30	Turkey	3–0	Great Britain	25–14	25–16	25–20			75–50	Report
20 Jun	17:30	Croatia	0–3	Spain	22–25	24–26	14–25			60–76	Report
21 Jun	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Great Britain	31–29	25–27	25–22	25–19		106–97	Report
21 Jun	19:00	Croatia	0–3	Spain	18–25	13–25	22–25			53–75	Report

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jun	20:30	Spain	3–1	Croatia	21–25	25–17	25–14	25–17		96–73	Report
27 Jun	16:00	Spain	3–1	Croatia	24–26	25–19	25–16	25–22		99–83	Report
27 Jun	18:00	Great Britain	1–3	Turkey	25–21	18–25	21–25	17–25		81–96	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Great Britain	0–3	Turkey	28–30	23–25	20–25			71–80	Report

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	18:00	Croatia	0–3	Great Britain	23–25	18–25	23–25			64–75	Report
4 Jul	18:00	Turkey	2–3	Spain	25–22	20–25	25–20	25–27	11–15	106–109	Report
5 Jul	17:00	Turkey	2–3	Spain	25–23	20–25	23–25	25–18	13–15	106–106	Report
5 Jul	19:00	Croatia	2–3	Great Britain	21–25	25–22	22–25	25–19	9–15	102–106	Report

Leg 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jul	12:00	Croatia	1–3	Turkey	26–24	22–25	20–25	26–28		94–102	Report
11 Jul	15:00	Great Britain	0–3	Spain	20–25	20–25	22–25			62–75	Report
12 Jul	15:00	Great Britain	0–3	Spain	18–25	16–25	15–25			49–75	Report
12 Jul	18:00	Croatia	0–3	Turkey	18–25	17–25	18–25			53–75	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	20	8	4	31	17	1.824	1091	1009	1.081
2	Belgium	20	8	4	30	20	1.500	1117	1075	1.039
3	Greece	16	4	8	20	29	0.690	1067	1113	0.959
4	Romania	16	4	8	17	32	0.531	1057	1133	0.933

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	19:00	Greece	1–3	Belgium	22–25	33–35	25–20	23–25		103–105	Report
6 Jun	17:00	Greece	3–2	Belgium	25–15	19–25	21–25	25–23	15–11	105–99	Report
6 Jun	20:30	Romania	3–2	Germany	25–15	22–25	25–27	25–18	19–17	116–102	Report
7 Jun	20:30	Romania	1–3	Germany	22–25	25–19	19–25	23–25		89–94	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	20:00	Belgium	2–3	Germany	25–22	18–25	23–25	25–22	12–15	103–109	Report
13 Jun	17:00	Greece	3–0	Romania	25–15	25–23	28–26			78–64	Report
14 Jun	15:00	Belgium	3–2	Germany	22–25	25–19	18–25	25–20	15–13	105–102	Report
14 Jun	19:00	Greece	3–2	Romania	23–25	25–19	25–22	22–25	15–11	110–102	Report

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	19:30	Germany	3–0	Greece	25–20	25–17	25–22			75–59	Report
20 Jun	20:30	Romania	1–3	Belgium	16–25	21–25	25–21	26–28		88–99	Report
21 Jun	16:00	Germany	3–0	Greece	25–16	25–21	25–20			75–57	Report
21 Jun	20:30	Romania	3–2	Belgium	25–22	25–27	22–25	25–23	15–6	112–103	Report

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jun	20:00	Belgium	3–0	Romania	25–22	25–20	25–22			75–64	Report
26 Jun	20:30	Greece	1–3	Germany	20–25	27–25	25–27	17–25		89–102	Report
27 Jun	19:00	Greece	3–1	Germany	18–25	25–20	25–20	25–23		93–88	Report
28 Jun	20:00	Belgium	3–0	Romania	25–22	25–19	29–27			79–68	Report

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	17:30	Romania	3–2	Greece	29–27	20–25	18–25	25–21	15–9	107–107	Report
4 Jul	19:30	Germany	3–0	Belgium	25–23	25–19	25–18			75–60	Report
5 Jul	17:30	Romania	3–2	Greece	18–25	25–21	24–26	26–24	19–17	112–113	Report
5 Jul	18:00	Germany	2–3	Belgium	21–25	25–19	25–19	15–25	10–15	96–103	Report

Leg 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Belgium	3–2	Greece	23–25	25–13	25–20	21–25	15–11	109–94	Report
11 Jul	19:30	Germany	3–1	Romania	25–18	25–19	23–25	25–18		98–80	Report
12 Jul	15:00	Belgium	3–0	Greece	25–21	27–25	25–13			77–59	Report
12 Jul	17:00	Germany	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–20	25–18			75–57	Report

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovakia	21	9	3	29	11	2.636	934	812	1.150
2	Portugal	18	6	6	19	21	0.905	896	910	0.985
3	Belarus	18	6	6	21	24	0.875	988	997	0.991
4	Austria	15	3	9	15	28	0.536	914	1013	0.902

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Portugal	25–16	25–20	25–23			75–59	Report
5 Jun	20:25	Austria	3–1	Belarus	22–25	25–18	25–20	25–21		97–84	Report
6 Jun	17:00	Austria	2–3	Belarus	25–23	16–25	28–26	22–25	13–15	104–114	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–20	25–20			75–61	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jun	17:00	Portugal	3–0	Slovakia	25–19	25–20	25–20			75–59	Report
13 Jun	18:00	Belarus	3–1	Austria	25–18	24–26	25–17	25–21		99–82	Report
14 Jun	16:00	Portugal	1–3	Slovakia	24–26	12–25	25–18	22–25		83–94	Report
14 Jun	18:00	Belarus	3–1	Austria	25–18	24–26	25–17	25–21		99–82	Report

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	20:25	Austria	3–0	Portugal	26–24	25–21	25–16			76–61	Report
20 Jun	18:00	Belarus	3–2	Slovakia	25–17	20–25	19–25	25–23	15–10	104–100	Report
20 Jun	19:00	Austria	1–3	Portugal	26–24	24–26	19–25	18–25		87–100	Report
21 Jun	18:00	Belarus	0–3	Slovakia	18–25	18–25	18–25			54–75	Report

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	17:00	Portugal	3–0	Austria	25–23	25–21	25–17			75–61	Report
27 Jun	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Belarus	25–15	25–17	25–23			75–55	Report
28 Jun	16:00	Portugal	3–0	Austria	25–14	25–23	25–20			75–57	Report
28 Jun	19:00	Slovakia	3–0	Belarus	25–20	25–12	25–21			75–53	Report

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Austria	25–16	25–15	25–15			75–46	Report
4 Jul	17:00	Portugal	3–2	Belarus	26–24	22–25	19–25	26–24	21–19	114–117	Report
4 Jul	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Austria	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	Report
5 Jul	16:00	Portugal	3–0	Belarus	25–20	25–20	25–16			75–56	Report

Leg 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:25	Austria	3–0	Slovakia	25–18	25–19	25–19			75–56	Report
11 Jul	18:00	Belarus	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–18	25–17			75–56	Report
11 Jul	20:25	Austria	1–3	Slovakia	19–25	27–25	20–25	23–25		89–100	Report
12 Jul	18:00	Belarus	3–0	Portugal	25–16	28–26	25–20			78–62	Report

Final four

Qualified teams

•  Portugal, as host
•  Germany
•  Spain
•  Slovakia

	Semi Finals				Final
	2009-07-18 – Portimão
	Spain	3
	Slovakia	1
					2009-07-19 – Portimão
					Spain	2
					Germany	3
					3rd place
	2009-07-18 – Portimão			2009-07-19 – Portimão
	Portugal	0		Slovakia	0
	Germany	3			Portugal	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	14:30	Spain	3–1	Slovakia	12–25	27–25	30–28	25–19		94–97	Report
18 Jul	17:00	Portugal	0–3	Germany	24–26	20–25	23–25			67–76	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	17:00	Slovakia	0–3	Portugal	22–25	23–25	21–25			66–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	19:30	Spain	2–3	Germany	20–25	25–21	20–25	25–17	7–15	97–103	Report

Final standing

Awards