The 2009 Men's European Volleyball League

European Volleyball League

The European Volleyball League is an annual continental volleyball tournament, introduced in 2004. The event is the European equivalent of the FIVB World League. After a preliminary league round the tournament ends with a Final Four, hosted in one city. The women's tournament introduced in...

was the six edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, played by twelve European countries from June 5 to July 12, 2009. The Final Four was held in Portimão

Portimão

Portimão is a Portuguese town located in the District of Faro in the Region of Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão . In 1924, it was incorporated as a cidade and became known merely as Portimão. The town has 41,000 inhabitants and the Portimão...

, Portugal from July 18 to July 19.

The tournament was won by Germany

Germany men's national volleyball team

The Germany men's national volleyball team is the national team of Germany. It is governed by the DVV and takes part in international volleyball competitions....

, defeating the Spain

Spain men's national volleyball team

The Spain men's national volleyball team is the national team of Spain. On 16 September 2007 the team won the European title, this is the best result reached by the team in his history.-Olympics Games:*1964 – 1988 — did not qualify...

 by 3-2 in the finals.

Competing Nations

Group A	Group B	Group C

Pool A

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Leg 1

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Leg 2

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Leg 3

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Leg 4

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Leg 5

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Leg 6

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Pool B

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Leg 2

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Leg 6

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Pool C

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Leg 6

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Final four

Qualified teams:, as host

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold Medal match

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Final ranking

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Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player:

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• Best Spiker:

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• Best Blocker:

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• Best Server:

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• Best Libero:

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• Best Setter:

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• Best Scorer:

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