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, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The final Four was held in

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from 19 to 20 July 2008. For the first time Great Britain joined the competition and it will also enter it as a unified team as a result of a FIVB decision which allows the United Kingdom to play as a unified team in order to prepare for the next

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, defeating

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by 3–1 in the finals.

Competing Nations

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Squads

League round

Pool A

Pool B

Final four

Semi-finals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

Martin Sopko Martin Sopko (born ) is a Slovak male volleyball player. He is part of the Slovakia men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Mirad Presov. References External links profile
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*Best Scorer :

György Grozer György Grozer (born 27 November 1984), also known as Georg Grozer, is a German volleyball player of Hungarian origin, a member of the Germany men's national volleyball team and Italian club Vero Volley Monza, a bronze medalist of the 2014 Worl ...

*Best Spiker :

Volkan Güç Volkan Güç, (16 July 1980 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is member of the Turkey men's national volleyball team. The tall sportsman plays as opposite setter. He studied at Istanbul University. He began his volleyball car ...

*Best Blocker :

Tomas Kmet Tomas may refer to: People * Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name * Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name * Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name * Tomas (surname), a French and Croatian surna ...

*Best Server :

*Best Setter :

Yannick van Harskamp Yannick is a first name that originated in Brittany, France, where the combination of its two Breton language parts, '' Yann'' and ''-ick'', results in the meaning of ''Little John'' or ''Petit Jean'' in French. It is used as a first name mostly fo ...

*Best Receiver :

Ferdinand Tille Ferdinand Tille (born 8 December 1988) is a German volleyball player, a member of Germany men's national volleyball team and German club WWK Volleys Herrsching, a gold medalist of European League 2009, a bronze medalist of the World Championsh ...

*Best Libero : Jelte Maan

References

Official website
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