2001 Men's European Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Men's European Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Europe
Gender:	men
Year:	2001
Dates:	September 8–16
Teams:	12
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	FR Yugoslavia
Title Number:	1
Mvp:	Ivan Miljkovic
Last:	1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Next:	2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 2001 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Ostrava, Czech Republic from September 8 to September 16, 2001.

Qualification

The number one to six from the 1999 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship - Italy, Yugoslavia, Russia, France, Czech Republic (also host) and the Netherlands - were automatically qualified for the 2001 edition. The other teams had to qualify in the previous year.

Teams

Group A

Group B

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		9	5	4	1	418	367	1.139	13	5	2.600
2.		9	5	4	1	427	362	1.180	12	6	2.000
3.		8	5	3	2	443	407	1.089	12	7	1.714
4.		8	5	3	2	431	435	0.991	11	9	1.222
5.		6	5	1	4	393	452	0.869	5	14	0.357
6.		5	5	0	5	339	428	0.792	3	15	0.200

• September 8

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	0–3		20–25, 21–25, 29–31
	1–3		15–25, 25–21, 17–25, 12–25
	3–1		25–13, 25–13, 20–25, 25–18

• September 9

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	3–1		25–15, 25–17, 19–25, 25–20
	1–3		25–20, 19–25, 20–25, 17–25
	3–0		25–21, 25–15, 25–20

• September 10

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	3–1		24–26, 25–22, 25–20, 25–17
	3–1		25–22, 25–20, 20–25, 25–20
	2–3		25–20, 21–25, 22–25, 25–22, 13–15

• September 12

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	2–3		22–25, 25–23, 25–17, 23–25, 13–15
	0–3		19–25, 23–25, 12–25
	3–0		25–17, 25–14, 25–21

• September 13

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	3–1		20–25, 25–15, 25–21, 25–20
	3–0		25–19, 25–21, 25–23
	0–3		20–25, 16–25, 20–25

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		9	5	4	1	473	412	1.148	14	6	2.333
2.		8	5	3	2	436	383	1.138	11	7	1.571
3.		8	5	3	2	492	481	1.023	13	9	1.444
4.		8	5	3	2	437	434	1.007	9	10	0.900
5.		6	5	1	4	361	418	0.864	5	12	0.417
6.		6	5	1	4	407	478	0.851	6	14	0.429

• September 8

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	2–3		18–25, 21–25, 27–25, 25–23, 13–15
	0–3		23–25, 14–25, 13–25
	1–3		25–21, 29–31, 15–25, 14–25

• September 9

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	3–0		27–25, 25–18, 25–21
	3–1		25–14, 25–16, 23–25, 25–16
	3–0		25–19, 25–14, 25–22

• September 10

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	1–3		20–25, 25–20, 16–25, 24–26
	1–3		29–27, 18–25, 17–25, 19–25
	0–3		21–25, 32–34, 21–25

• September 12

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	3–0		26–24, 25–21, 25–22
	3–0		25–21, 25–23, 27–25
	2–3		25–23, 17–25, 25–19, 25–27, 12–15

• September 13

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	3–2		19–25, 25–21, 17–25, 25–23, 15–12
	3–1		25–15, 20–25, 27–25, 25–23
	2–3		21–25, 25–21, 22–25, 25–21, 17–19

Final round

• September 15

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	0–3		22–25, 27–29, 9–25
	0–3		20–25, 17–25, 27–29

• September 16

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	2–3		25–18, 15–25, 25–21, 22–25, 12–15
	0–3		21–25, 18–25, 20–25

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• September 15

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	1–3		21–25, 25–21, 21–25, 25–27
	3–1		24–26, 26–24, 30–28, 25–16

• September 16

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	1–3		18–25, 25–18, 22–25, 24–26
	3–2		25–27, 27–25, 25–21, 22–25, 15–11

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Final ranking

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Team Roster

Rajko Jokanović, Goran Marić, Edin Škorić, Slobodan Boškan, Đula Mešter, Vasa Mijić, Nikola Grbić, Vladimir Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković, and Igor Vušurović. Head coach: Zoran Gajić.

Individual awards

• Most valuable player
  • • Best scorer
    • Best attacker
    • Best blocker

• Best digger
  • • Best setter
    • Best libero
    • Best receiver

References

• CEV Results
• Czech Results