2007 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2007 Men's European Volleyball League was the fourth edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve European countries from May 26 to July 8, 2007. The Final Four was held in Portimão, Portugal from July 7 to July 8.

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C
Belgium Germany Netherlands Spain	Czech Republic Greece Portugal Slovenia	Latvia Romania Slovakia Turkey

League Round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Spain	20	12	8	4	1088	998	1.090	30	18	1.667
2	Germany	20	12	8	4	1091	1048	1.041	28	21	1.333
3	Netherlands	18	12	6	6	988	1008	0.980	23	22	1.045
4	Belgium	14	12	2	10	941	1054	0.893	13	33	0.394

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Slovenia	21	12	9	3	1146	1078	1.063	32	19	1.684
2	Portugal	19	12	7	5	1074	1055	1.018	26	21	1.238
3	Greece	17	12	5	7	972	1003	0.969	19	25	0.760
4	Czech Republic	15	12	3	9	995	1051	0.947	17	29	0.586

• • Portugal qualified as host nation of the Final Four

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Slovakia	22	12	10	2	1173	1082	1.084	32	17	1.882
2	Turkey	21	12	9	3	1137	1054	1.079	31	18	1.722
3	Romania	15	12	3	9	1104	1205	0.916	18	33	0.545
4	Latvia	14	12	2	10	1111	1184	0.938	19	32	0.594

Final four

	Semi Finals				Final
	2007-07-07 – Portimão
	Slovenia	1
	Spain	3
					2007-07-08 – Portimão
					Spain	3
					Portugal	2
					3rd place
	2007-07-07 – Portimão			2007-07-08 – Portimão
	Portugal	3		Slovenia	1
	Slovakia	1			Slovakia	3

Semi finals

• Saturday July 7

Slovenia	1 – 3	Spain	25:23 22:25 18:25 23:25
Portugal	3 – 1	Slovakia	25:21 20:25 25:21 25:23

Finals

• Sunday July 8 — Bronze Medal Match

Slovenia	1 – 3	Slovakia	18:25 25:20 19:25 18:25

• • Sunday July 11 — Gold Medal Match

Spain	3 – 2	Portugal	21:25 25:18 25:22 19:25 20:18

Final ranking

Place	Team
1.	Spain
2.	Portugal
3.	Slovakia
4.	Slovenia
5.	Turkey
6.	Germany
7.	Netherlands
8.	Greece
9.	Czech Republic
10.	Romania
11.	Latvia
12.	Belgium

2007 Men's European League Winners
Spain First title

Individual awards

• Topscorer
  • Guillermo Falasca (ESP)

• Best Server
  • Martin Sopko (SVK)

References

• CEV Results