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 tourn ...

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

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Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

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 s ...

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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 Valdir Sousa Sequeira (born 22 November 1981) is a Portuguese male volleyball player of Angolan descent. He is part of the Portugal men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Sporting CP since october 2017. Firstly he joined S.L. B ...

*Best Scorer :

Serhat Coskun Serhat is a Turkish given name for males. People named Serhat include: * Serhat Akın (born 1981), Turkish footballer * Serhat Akyüz (born 1984), Turkish footballer * Serhat Caradee, Turkish-Australian film director * Serhat Çetin (born 1986), ...

*Best Spiker :

João José João Miguel Sequeira José (born 7 June 1978 in Portimão) is a male volleyball player from Portugal. He finished in 8th place with the Men's National Team at the 2002 FIVB Men's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Champi ...

*Best Blocker : João Malveiro *Best Server : Jose Subiela *Best Setter : Guillermo Hérnan *Best Receiver : André Lopes *Best Libero :

Francesc Llenas Francesc Llenas (born ) is a retired Spanish male volleyball player. He was part of the Spain men's national volleyball team The Spain men's national volleyball team is the national team of Spain. The team in 2007 won the European ...

References

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External links

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