The 2011 Men's European Volleyball League was the eighth edition of the annual

Men's European Volleyball League The Men's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). Created in 2004, the competition serves as a qualifying tourn ...

, which featured men's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries:

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

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Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...

, and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

. A preliminary league round was played from May 25 to July 10, and the final four tournament, which was held at

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...

, on July 16. During the league round, competing nations were drawn into three pools of four teams, and played each other in a double round-robin system, with two matches per leg in a total of six legs. Pool winners qualified for the final four round, joining the host team. If the final four host team finished first in its league round pool, the best pool runners-up qualified for the final four. 12 teams participated in this year's edition, which was a record field.

Competing nations

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Squads

League round

Pool A

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Leg 6

Pool B

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Leg 6

Pool C

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Leg 6

Final four

The final four was held at

on July 16/17, 2011.

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Tomáš Kmeť *Best scorer *: Sergio Noda *Best spiker *: Sergio Noda *Best blocker *: Tomáš Kmeť *Best server *: Alen Pajenk *Best setter *:

Michal Masný Michal Masný (born 14 August 1979) is a Slovak professional volleyball coach and former player, a former member of the Slovakia national team. He currently serves as head coach for BKS Visła Bydgoszcz. Career Clubs He was a runner-up in Au ...

*Best receiver *: Francesc Llenas *Best libero *: Roman Ondrušek

References

External links

Official website
{{European Volleyball League European Volleyball League E International volleyball competitions hosted by Slovakia 2011 in Slovak sport