2007 Nestea European Championship Final
The Beach Volleyball European Championship 2007 was held from August 23 to 26 held in Valencia. The competitions for men and women were held in parallel. In the women's Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig had defeated the Greek duo Arvaniti / Karadassiou only in the finale. Third place was reached the Norwegians Hakedal / Tørlen with a win against the Russians Schirjajewa / Urjadowa who had defeated three German duo in the losers bracket. In the men's competition David Klemperer and Eric Koreng won the bronze medal, while the Austrians Clemens Doppler and Peter Gartmayer interspersed in the final against the Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil.
- 3.2.1 Main Round
- 3.2.2 losers bracket
- 3.2.3 Placement matches
Organization and media
Organizer of the tournament, which was held by the Spanish Volleyball Federation, was the European Association CEV. A total of 200,000 euros in prize money was awarded to the participants, one half each for men and women. The new European champions were given them each 20,000 euros. In addition, the title was rewarded with 800 points for the European ranking and there were up to 500 points in the rankings for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Mode
For women and men, respectively 24 teams competed. Spain was allowed to host each represent four teams, but came only with two teams per gender. In addition, a total of four wild cards were awarded.
The competition was held in the double - knockout system. Given the number of participants had eight teams in the first round byes. In a defeat in the main round ( winner's bracket ), the duo came into the losers bracket. The two winners of the main round met in the semifinals of the winner of the losers bracket. The winners of the semi-finals determined the new European Champion in the final.