The 2012 Men's European Volleyball League was the ninth 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 ten European countries. A preliminary league round was played from May 24 to June 24, and the final four tournament, which was held at

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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 ...

. During the league round, competing nations were drawn into two pools of five teams, and every team hosted a tournament with three other teams and played a round-robin system over three days. Every team played at four tournaments and one standings table was used, combined with all five tournaments. The Pool winners and runners-up qualified for the final four round, joining the host team. The

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defeated

3–2 in the final.

Teams

* * * * * * * * * *

League round

Pool A

Leg 1

*Venue: New Indoor Sport Hall,

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Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

Leg 2

*Venue: Pabellón Municipal Los Planos,

Teruel Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with ...

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Leg 3

*Venue: Metrowest Sport Palace,

Ra'anana Ra'anana ( he, רַעֲנָנָּה, lit. "Fresh") is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, 1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where an important ...

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 ...

Leg 4

*Venue:

Kildeskovshallen Kildeskovhallen is a sports venue in Gentofte Municipality, Gentofte in northern Copenhagen, Denmark. History The original venue was designed by Karen and Ebbe Clemmensen and built in two phases. The swimming venue was built in 1966-1969. It was ...

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Leg 5

*Venue:

Steel Aréna Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka (English: ''Steel Arena – Ladislav Troják Stadium in Košice'') is the home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice. Its capacity is 8,343. The arena opened on February 24, 2006, and wa ...

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

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 ...

Pool B

Leg 1

*Venue: Sala Polivalentă,

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Leg 2

*Venue: Burhan Felek Spor Salonu,

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, ...

Leg 3

*Venue:

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, Jablonec,

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Leg 4

*Venue: Topsportcentrum,

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

Leg 5

*Venue: Sporthalle am See,

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Final four

*Venue:

Başkent Volleyball Hall Başkent Volleyball Hall, ( tr, Başkent Voleybol Salonu) is an indoor volleyball venue within the TVF Sports Complex located at Beşevler neighborhood of Yenimahalle district in Ankara, Turkey. Opened in 2010, the venue has a seating capacity of ...

;Qualified teams: * * * * (host)

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

Emre Batur Emre Batur (born 21 April 1988) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. He played for Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball, Fenerbahçe Grundig since 2005 before he transferred to Halkbank Ankara in the 2012-13 season. He played 25 times for nationa ...

*Best Scorer :

Serhat Coşkun Serhat Coşkun (born July 18, 1987) is a Turkish volleyball player. He plays as opposite for Halkbank Ankara since 2009 and wears number 9. tall at , he capped 60 times for the Turkey men's national volleyball team. Coşkun played in the past al ...

*Best Spiker : Ibán Pérez *Best Blocker : Jorge Fernandez Valcarel *Best Server :

Nimir Abdel-Aziz Nimir Abdel-Aziz (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Halkbank Ankara and the Netherlands national team. Career National team Abdel-Aziz made his debut as the setter for the Dutch ...

*Best Setter :

*Best Receiver : Gustavo Delgado Escribano *Best Libero : Gijs Jorna

References

External links

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

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