The 2011 Women's European Volleyball League was the third edition of the annual

Women's European Volleyball League The Women's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). Created in 2009, the competition served as a qualifyi ...

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

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 R ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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 ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

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") , i ...

, and

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

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

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, on 15/16 July. 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 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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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 will be held at

on July 15/16, 2011. ;Qualified teams: * * * * (host)

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP:

Jovana Brakočević Jovana Brakočević Canzian ( sr-cyrl, Јована Бракочевић Канцијан; born 5 March 1988) is a Serbian volleyball player, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Sum ...

*Best scorer:

Helena Havelková Helena Havelková (born 25 July 1988) is a Czech beach volleyball player. She was a member of the Women's National Team. She competed at the 2014–15 CEV Women's Champions League in Szczecin, Poland, claiming the silver medal. Clubs * VK T ...

*Best spiker:

*Best server:

Eda Erdem Eda Erdem Dündar (, born Eda Erdem; 22 June 1987) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She currently plays for both Fenerbahçe SK and the national team and is the captain of both teams. Career Eda Erdem has been playing for Fener ...

*Best setter:

Maja Ognjenović Maja Ognjenović ( sr-cyrl, Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player and the captain of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 Women's European ...

*Best libero:

Gizem Güreşen Gizem Güreşen (born January 14, 1987) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and plays as libero. Club career He started volleyball in Ankara. He was trained in the infrastructure of VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta. VakıfBank Gizem Güre� ...

*Best receiver:

Šárka Barborková Šárka () may refer to one of the following: * Šárka (name), Czech female given name (includes people bearing the name) * Šárka, the mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia, a character in ''The Maidens' War'' * ''Šárka'' (Fibich), an opera by ...

References

External links

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) – official website
{{European Volleyball League European Volleyball League

European Volleyball League European Volleyball League may refer to * 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 Confeder ...

League 2011 Sport in Istanbul