2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The European Volleyball Championship Men 2009 took place from 3 to 13 September 2009 in Turkey. The German team was automatically qualified for the good placement at the previous tournament and finished at the end of the sixth. Poland won in the final against France for the first time the title. The Games were held in Istanbul and İzmir.

Mode

The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups (A -D ), each with four teams. The top three teams in each group reached the second round. There are two groups of six (E and F) were formed, and the results are taken from the direct duels of the first round. The two best teams in the two groups reached the semi-finals. The losers of the semifinals played for the third place, the winner determined in the final of the European Champions.

Schedule

First round

The German team competed in Group A with a narrow victory against the hosts. In the second match of the Europa League winners defeated the Poles, who prematurely qualified for the second round. After another defeat against France, the DVV selection from the threatened after the first round. However, because the Turks lost their remaining games, the Germans moved as a group third behind Poland and France still in the second round.

In Group B, the Netherlands reached with two victories over Finland and Estonia to the next round, but had to leave the Russians win the group after a tie-break defeat in a direct duel. Finland secured with a win against Estonia in third. Spain lost after opening victory in Group C the second game against Greece, which secured undefeated first place. In the final duel against the also qualified for the second round Slovaks Spain prevailed in five sets. In Group D Bulgaria dominated with three wins. Serbia finished after losing the first game of the second rank, while the Italians managed just one victory against the Czechs retired.

Second Round

Germany came with two defeats from the first round in Group E, but won in the first game against the previously undefeated Greeks. The next day the crew of the DVV dethroned the defending champions Spain. As the Poles and the French won their first two games in the second round, Germany had on the final day still have a chance of reaching the semi-finals. However, the team of Raul Lozano missed despite the 3-1 victory against Slovakia in second place in the group, because the French then defeated the Spaniards.

Germany played with Patrick Steuerwald, Ferdinand Tille, Eugen Bakumovski, Max Günthör, Sebastian Schwarz, Georg Grozer, Marcus Böhme, Markus Steuerwald, Robert Kromm, Georg Wiebel, Jochen Schoeps, Simon Tischer, Björn Andrae and Dirk Westphal.

In Group F, Russia and Bulgaria secured after the second match a place among the top four teams of the tournament. The direct duel decided the Russians in three sets for itself. Serbia occupied by the win against the Netherlands because of the better set ratio compared to Germany in fifth place overall and qualified directly for the European Championship 2011.

Final round

In the semifinals, the two representatives of the preliminary round Group A were able to prevail against the counterparty from the group D. Poland passed around three sets against Bulgaria. Russia was able to offset against France a 0-2 record behind, then lost the tiebreak but with 15:17. In the match for third place against the Bulgarians won a record European champions Russia, they were still significantly inferior in the second round with a 3-0 win the bronze medal. The final run two teams who had never won the title. Victory came to Poland, defeated France, as in the first round 3-1.

End figures

Awards

The Polish foreign attacker Piotr Gruszka led his team for the first title in a European Championship and was awarded Most Valuable Player. His teammates Paweł Zagumny received the award in the category of a player device. Three players from the squad of the losing finalists France also came to honor. The remaining top players questioned the other semi-finalists Bulgaria and Russia.

Venues

The Games were held in Istanbul and İzmir. The Abdi İpekçi Arena is located near the Theodosian Walls of Istanbul's Zeytinburnu and the sums at the European Championship games 10500 spectators. The multi-purpose arena was, among others, already a venue for the European Basketball Championship in 2001 and the venue for the Euro Vision Song Contest 2004. Halkapınar sports hall in İzmir has a capacity of 9000 spectators and was a venue for the European Fencing Championship 2006.

Media

All matches with German participation, and some other games were shown on free live streaming in Internet stations laola1.tv.

Qualification

In addition to host Turkey were the teams that positions one to six occupied in the 2007 European Championships, qualified automatically. These are defending champions of Spain, the Vice- Russia, the Third Serbia, Finland Fourth, the Fifth and the Sixth Germany Italy.

In six groups of four teams 24 teams played in May and June 2006, the remaining nine seats. The group winners qualified directly, the runners had an extra playoff round with round-trip game contest.

In Group A, the Slovaks and the Czechs in Poprad could each use their home advantage in Plzeň and set itself apart from the Ukraine and Romania. At the end of the Slovaks managed to win the group in front of the same number of points Czechs.

In Group B, the Netherlands translated at the tournaments in Rotterdam and Maribor unbeaten against Slovenia, Latvia and Azerbaijan.

The group C, whose games were held in Dunkerque and Skopje, France won with only a lost set before Macedonia, Belarus and Bosnia.

In group D, the same number of points Greeks and Belgians benefit from home advantage in Glyfada and Antwerp, leaving Sweden and Great Britain behind it. First place went to the Greeks.

In the tournaments in Group E in Varna and Póvoa de Varzim, the Bulgarians did not lose a set and managed with wins against Portugal, Israel and Croatia qualify.

In Group F, who played in Olsztyn and Tallinn, Estonia succeeded with five victories against Poland, Montenegro and Hungary the group victory.

In the play-offs in September 2008 Slovenia began with two 3-0 victories against by Portugal. Czech Republic defeated Macedonia 3-0 and 3-2. The closest decision fell between Belgium and Poland. The Eastern Europeans qualified after two games with five sets.