| Nestea European Championship Tour | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Beach Volleyball Nestea European Championship Tour | |
| Region | Europe | |
| Date span | April 17–20 to September 19–21 (2008) | |
| Tournaments | (Men & Women) | |
| Type | Beach volleyball | |
| Events Director | ||
| History | ||
| First tour | 2003 | |
| Number of tours | 6 (29 tournaments) | |
| Women (team), most wins | Arvanity–Karadassiou (7 wins) 2005–2008 | |
| Men (team), most wins | Brink–Dieckmann (5 wins) 2006–2007 | |
| Women, most wins | Vassiliki Arvaniti (8 wins) 2004–2008 | |
| Men, most wins | Christoph Dieckmann (7 wins) 2004–2007 | |
| Infobox last updated on: September 5, 2008 | ||
The Nestea European Championship Tour (or the European Beach Volleyball Tour) is a European beach volleyball tour organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). It is the highest ranked European series of beach volleyball tournaments.[1]
The tour was previously known as the European Championship Tour, before the CEV 2003 signed a sponsorship deal with Nestea in 2003.[2]
The European Tour consists of Satellite and Masters events, culminating with the European Beach Volleyball Championships.[3] From the 2018 season onwards, the Satellite and Masters events have been merged into the FIVB World Tour, but are still organised by the CEV.[4]
The Challenger and Satellite events are a series of grassroots tournaments that serve as a developmental circuit for the FIVB World Tour.[5] [6] These tournaments award less prize money (€4,000–15,000) and FIVB ranking points than Masters events.[7] The Challenger and Satellite circuit was previously organised by the FIVB, who handed over the organising of these events to the continental volleyball confederations in 2009.[8]
In the 2017 season, Masters events awarded €25,000 in prize money per gender with a 12–16 team main draw.[9]
Medal table as of September 3, 2008.This includes the results of every tournament, since the tour began in 2003.
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1. | 22 | 16 | 12 | 50 | |
| 2. | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |
| 3. |  Greece | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 4. | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |
| 5. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 6. |  Austria | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 8. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10. | 1 | 1 | |||
| 11. |  Norway | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| 12. | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14. | 1 | 1 | |||
| 14. | 1 | 1 | |||
| 14. | 1 | 1 | |||
| 17. |  Poland | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17. | 1 | 1 | |||
| 17. | 1 | 1 | |||
| 17. | 1 | 1 | |||