2012 Men's European Volleyball League Explained

Competition:Men's European Volleyball League
Year:2012
Host: Turkey
Dates:May 24 – June 24 (qualification)
June 30 – July 1 (final round)
Teams:10
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:NED
Title Number:2
Mvp: Emre Batur
Website:2012 CEV European League
Last:2011 Men's European Volleyball League
Next:2013 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2012 Men's European Volleyball League was the ninth edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from ten European countries. A preliminary league round was played from May 24 to June 24, and the final four tournament, which was held at Ankara, Turkey.

During the league round, competing nations were drawn into two pools of five teams, and every team hosted a tournament with three other teams and played a round-robin system over three days. Every team played at four tournaments and one standings table was used, combined with all five tournaments. The Pool winners and runners-up qualified for the final four round, joining the host team.[1]

The Netherlands defeated Turkey 3–2 in the final.[2]

League round

Pool A

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Pool B

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Final four

Qualified teams:

Final

Final standing

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12-man Roster for Final Round
Nimir Abdel-Aziz, Nico Freriks, Thijs Ter Horst, Jelte Maan, Humphrey Krolis, Gijs Jorna, Sebastiaan Van Bemmelen, Jeroen Rauwerdink, Wytze Kooistra, Maarten Van Garderen, Thomas Koelewijn, Robin Overbeeke
Head coach
Edwin Benne

Awards

Emre Batur

Serhat Coşkun

Ibán Pérez

Jorge Fernandez Valcarel

Nimir Abdel-Aziz

Nimir Abdel-Aziz

Gustavo Delgado Escribano

Gijs Jorna

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 CEV VOLLEYBALL EUROPEAN LEAGUE – MEN & WOMEN – COMPETITION FORMAT. CEV. 24 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120626080253/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=564&PID=-1. 26 June 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Orange triumph in Ankara as the Dutch win an incredible European League final!. CEV. 2012-07-01. 2012-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205200348/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?NewsID=12791&ID=565. 2012-12-05. dead.