The 2010 Men's European Volleyball League was the seventh 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 tour ...

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

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, and

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. A preliminary league round was played from June 4 to July 11, and the final four tournament was held at the ''Polideportivo Aguas Vivas'' hall, in

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, on July 16 and 17. During the league round, competing nations were drawn into two 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 and the best runner-up would qualify for the final four round, joining the host team. If the final four host team finished first in its league round pool, both pool runners-up would qualify for the final four. Spain and Portugal won pool A and B, respectively, and Romania and Turkey qualified as runners-up. In the final four tournament, the semi-final matches featured Portugal and Spain defeating Romania (3–2) and Turkey (3–0), respectively, to produce a rematch of the 2007 final. Portugal overturned a 1–0 Spanish lead to win 3–1 and secure its first European League title. As winner of the 2010 European League, Portugal will compete in the FIVB World League 2011 Qualification tournament.

Teams

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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

Final four

The final four tournament was held at the ''Polideportivo Aguas Vivas'' sports hall in

, Spain, on July 16 and July 17, 2010.

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Valdir Sequeira *Best scorer *: Serhat Coskun *Best spiker *: João José *Best blocker *: João Malveiro *Best server *: Jose Subiela *Best setter *: Guillermo Hérnan *Best receiver *: André Lopes *Best libero *: Francesc Llenas

References

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External links

Official website
{{European Volleyball League European Volleyball League E V International volleyball competitions hosted by Spain