2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 25th Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first continental volleyball competition hosted by Russia. Championship took place from September 6 to September 16, 2007, and was won by Spain.

Men's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Russia
DatesSeptember 6–16
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Spain (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Semyon Poltavskiy
Official website

Qualification

Teams

Squads
Further information: 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship Squads

First round

Pool A
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1  Serbia 5 2 1 7 4 1.750 257 253 1.016
2  Germany 5 2 1 6 4 1.500 230 210 1.095
3  Netherlands 4 1 2 5 6 0.833 240 239 1.004
4  Greece 4 1 2 4 8 0.500 251 276 0.909
September 6, 2007
17:30 Netherlands Serbia0 – 3 (23–25, 21–25, 18–25)
September 7, 2007
15:00 Greece Netherlands3 – 2 (25–20, 22–25, 19–25, 25–19, 15–13)
20:00 Serbia Germany1 – 3 (25–22, 21–25, 20–25, 17–25)
September 8, 2007
17:30 Germany Greece3 – 0 (25–17, 25–19, 25–15)
September 9, 2007
15:00 Germany Netherlands0 – 3 (15–25, 24–26, 19–25)
20:00 Serbia Greece3 – 1 (25–23, 25–23, 24–26, 25–22)

Pool B
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1  Russia 6 3 0 9 0 MAX 225 173 1.301
2  Belgium 5 2 1 6 6 1.000 275 274 1.004
3  Poland 4 1 2 4 7 0.571 239 248 0.964
4  Turkey 3 0 3 3 9 0.333 243 287 0.847
September 6, 2007
17:30 Belgium Russia0 – 3 (17–25, 20–25, 22–25)
September 7, 2007
15:00 Poland Belgium1 – 3 (22–25, 25–23, 14–25, 24–26)
20:00 Russia Turkey3 – 0 (25–20, 25–17, 25–18)
September 8, 2007
17:30 Turkey Poland1 – 3 (25–20, 18–25, 20–25, 11–25)
September 9, 2007
15:00 Turkey Belgium2 – 3 (27–25, 25–21, 29–31, 23–25, 10–15)
20:00 Russia Poland3 – 0 (25–22, 25–23, 25–14)

Pool C
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1  Spain 6 3 0 9 1 9.000 241 202 1.193
2  France 5 2 1 6 4 1.500 241 210 1.148
3  Slovakia 4 1 2 4 7 0.571 245 277 0.884
4  Slovenia 3 0 3 2 9 0.222 235 273 0.861
September 6, 2007
15:00 Slovenia  Spain1 – 3 (25–16, 20–25, 21–25, 18–25)
20:00 Slovakia France1 – 3 (23–25, 23–25, 26–24, 15–25)
September 7, 2007
17:30 Slovakia Slovenia3 – 1 (21–25, 25–21, 34–32, 27–25)
September 8, 2007
15:00  Spain Slovakia3 – 0 (25–15, 25–16, 25–20)
20:00 France Slovenia3 – 0 (25–17, 25–18, 25–13)
September 9, 2007
17:30  Spain France3 – 0 (25–22, 25–23, 25–22)

Pool D
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1  Finland 5 2 1 8 4 2.000 284 269 1.056
2  Bulgaria 5 2 1 6 5 1.200 258 230 1.122
3  Italy 5 2 1 6 6 1.000 266 267 0.996
4  Croatia 3 0 3 4 9 0.444 273 315 0.867
September 6, 2007
15:00 Croatia Bulgaria2 – 3 (26–24, 25–23, 12–25, 20–25, 10–15)
20:00 Finland Italy2 – 3 (21–25 18–25, 25–21, 25–22, 13–15)
September 7, 2007
17:30 Croatia Finland1 – 3 (22–25, 26–28, 28–26, 14–25)
September 8, 2007
15:00 Bulgaria Finland0 – 3 (22–25, 26–28, 23–25)
20:00 Italy Croatia3 – 1 (26–24, 23–25, 25–23, 25–18)
September 9, 2007
17:30 Italy Bulgaria0 – 3 (20–25, 18–25, 21–25)

Second round

Pool E
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1  Spain 10 5 0 15 4 3.750 449 406 1.106
2  Serbia 8 3 2 12 8 1.500 457 453 1.009
3  Germany 8 3 2 10 7 1.429 397 362 1.097
4  Netherlands 8 3 2 10 9 1.111 438 412 1.063
5  France 6 1 4 7 13 0.538 437 463 0.944
6  Slovakia 5 0 5 2 15 0.133 344 426 0.808
September 11, 2007
15:00 Netherlands Spain1 – 3 (23–25, 25–20, 22–25, 22–25)
17:30 Serbia France3 – 2 (25–23, 22–25, 25–23, 33–35, 15–12)
20:00 Germany Slovakia3 – 0 (25–23, 25–15, 25–16)
September 12, 2007
15:00 Netherlands France3 – 2 (25–11, 25–23, 21–25, 20–25, 15–12)
17:30 Germany Spain1 – 3 (19–25, 25–15, 24–26, 24–26)
20:00 Serbia Slovakia3 – 0 (25–18, 25–23, 25–23)
September 13, 2007
15:00 Germany France3 – 0 (25–14, 25–22, 25–21)
17:30 Serbia Spain2 – 3 (24–26, 19–25, 26–24, 25–22, 10–15)
20:00 Netherlands Slovakia3 – 1 (30–28, 22–25, 25–18, 25–17)

Pool F
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1  Russia 10 5 0 15 4 3.750 441 375 1.176
2  Finland 8 3 2 13 7 1.857 455 445 1.022
3  Italy 8 3 2 11 10 1.100 449 455 0.987
4  Bulgaria 8 3 2 9 9 1.000 407 407 1.000
5  Belgium 6 1 4 5 13 0.385 398 428 0.930
6  Poland 5 0 5 5 15 0.333 427 467 0.914
September 11, 2007
15:00 Poland Finland0 – 3 (20–25, 27–29, 21–25)
17:30 Belgium Italy0 – 3 (22–25, 21–25, 23–25)
20:00 Russia Bulgaria3 – 0 (25–22, 25–18, 25–21)
September 12, 2007
15:00 Belgium Finland1 – 3 (25–21, 17–25, 23–25, 21–25)
17:30 Poland Bulgaria2 – 3 (20–25, 25–16, 24–26, 25–21, 13–15)
20:00 Russia Italy3 – 2 (25–21, 25–15, 20–25, 19–25, 15–10)
September 13, 2007
15:00 Belgium Bulgaria1 – 3 (25–22, 23–25, 23–25, 17–25)
17:30 Poland Italy2 – 3 (23–25, 23–25, 28–26, 25–20, 9–15)
20:00 Russia Finland3 – 2 (22–25, 28–26, 22–25, 25–16, 15–8)

Semifinals and finals
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2007-09-15 - Moscow
 
 
 Spain3
 
2007-09-16 - Moscow
 
 Finland2
 
 Spain3
 
2007-09-15 - Moscow
 
 Russia2
 
 Russia3
 
 
 Serbia0
 
3rd place
 
 
2007-09-16 - Moscow
 
 
 Finland1
 
 
 Serbia3

Semifinals
September 15, 2007 Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow
17:30 Spain Finland3 – 2 (25–23, 19–25, 22–25, 26–24, 15–10)
20:00 Russia Serbia3 – 0 (27–25, 25–22, 25–15)

Finals
September 16, 2007 Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow
15:30 Finland Serbia1 – 3 (18–25, 25–23, 21–25, 16–25)
18:00 Spain Russia3 – 2 (25–18, 20–25, 24–26, 30–28, 16–14)

Ranking and statistics

Individual awards

References
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