The 2011 Men's European Volleyball League was the eighth edition of the annual 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...

, which featured men's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Croatia

Croatia men's national volleyball team

The Croatia men's national volleyball team represents Croatia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Croatian Volleyball Federation.-European Championship:*1997 — did not qualify...

, Great Britain

Great Britain men's national volleyball team

The Great Britain men's national volleyball team is the team representing Great Britain in volleyball competitions. The Great Britain Volleyball programme team was resumed in 2006 following an agreement of the FIVB to permit the separate Home Nations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England to...

, Greece

Greece men's national volleyball team

The Greece men's national volleyball team is the national team of Greece. It is governed by the Hellenic Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions.-Olympics:-World Championship:-World League:...

, Netherlands

Netherlands men's national volleyball team

The Netherlands men's national volleyball team is the national team of the Netherlands.In the mid-1980s, the Dutch Volleyball Federation systematically started to build their national team, to catch up with the world’s top. In the first year of the World League in 1990 the team won the second place...

, Romania

Romania men's national volleyball team

The Romania men's national volleyball team is the national team of Romania. It is governed by Federaţia Română de Volei and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Its most recent notable result include the Final Four of 2010 Men's European Volleyball League...

, Slovakia

Slovakia men's national volleyball team

The Slovakia men's national volleyball team represents Slovakia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Slovakian Volleyball Federation.-European Championship:*1993: 8th *1995: did not qualify...

, Slovenia, 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...

, and Turkey

Turkey men's national volleyball team

The Turkey men's national volleyball team is the men's national team of Turkey. It is governed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions.-European Championship:-European Volleyball League:...

. A preliminary league round was played from May 25 to July 10, and the final four tournament, which was held at Košice

Košice

Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

, on July 16.

During the league round, competing nations were drawn into three pools of four teams, and played each other in a double round-robin system

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

, with two matches per leg in a total of six legs. Pool winners qualified for the final four round, joining the host team. If the final four host team finished first in its league round pool, the best pool runners-up qualified for the final four.

12 teams participated in this year's edition, which was a record field.

Pool A

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Leg 2

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Final Four

The final four was held at Košice

Košice

Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 on July 16/17, 2011.

Qualified teams: (host)

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

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Final

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Awards

• MVP:   Tomas Kmet
• Best Scorer:   Sergio Noda
• Best Spiker:   Sergio Noda
• Best Blocker:   Tomas Kmet
• Best Server:   Alen Pajenk
• Best Setter:   Michal Masny
• Best Receiver:   Francesc Llenas
• Best Libero:   Roman Ondrusek

External links

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) – official website