The 2007

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was the 25th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the

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. It was hosted in

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and

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and

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from 20 to 30 September 2007.

Participating teams

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups (A, B, C and D) of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position; the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two groups of six teams each. As the first stage match results amongst the teams which advanced to this stage also counted, the two groups had been predetermined, one group formed by groups A and C teams while the other was formed by groups B and D teams. In each of the two groups, the teams played once against every opponent they had not faced in the tournament (total of three matches each), adding that to the results obtained against the other two teams who also advanced from the first stage same group. The two group winners and two runners-up from this second stage advanced to the third stage. The third and final stage of the tournament was composed of the semifinals, third place match and final. Each of the semifinals was played between the winner and the runner-up of the same second stage group.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at three venues in three cities, of which two were in Belgium and one in Luxembourg. Group stages were held in Belgium and Luxembourg hosted the final round.

Preliminary round

* All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

*venue: Spiroudome,

, Belgium

Pool B

*venue: Sporthal Alverberg,

, Belgium

Pool C

*venue: Spiroudome,

, Belgium

Pool D

*venue: Sporthal Alverberg,

, Belgium

Playoff round

* All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Pool E

*venue: Spiroudome,

, Belgium :The following Preliminary round matches are also valid for the pool standings:

Pool F

*venue: Sporthal Alverberg,

, Belgium :The following Preliminary round matches are also valid for the pool standings:

Final round

*venue:

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, Luxembourg * All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Individual awards

*MVP: *Best scorer: *Best spiker: *Best blocker: *Best server: *Best libero: *Best setter: *Best receiver:

References

* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

Official websiteCEV Results

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