The 2013 Women's European Volleyball League was the fifth 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 qualify ...

, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries. A preliminary league round was played from June 13 to July 6, and the final four tournament, which was held in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

on July 11–12, 2013. For this years edition, the first four sets were played over 21 points.

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defeated

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

3–2 in the final.

Teams

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League round

Pool A

Leg 1

The tournament was played at

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Leg 2

The tournament was played at Messzi István Sportcsarnok,

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Leg 3

The tournament was played in Sala Polivalentă Oltenia,

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Leg 4

The tournament was played in Palace of Culture and Sports,

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Pool B

Leg 1

The tournament was played at Sport Oase,

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Leg 2

The tournament was played at Hala Sportova "Dudova Suma",

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Leg 3

The tournament was played in CU Arena,

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

Leg 4

The tournament was played in Metrowest Sport Palace,

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Final four

The final four was held in at the Palace of Culture and Sports in

from July 13 to 14, 2013. ;Qualified teams: * * (host) * *

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP: Charlotte Leys *Best scorer:

Margareta Kozuch Margareta Anna "Maggie" Kozuch (; born 30 October 1986) is a German female volleyball Player (game), player who played for Atom Trefl Sopot, and previously played as a wing-spiker for TuS Berne Hamburg, CVMJ Hamburg, TV Fischbek (who changed th ...

*Best spiker:

*Best blocker: Freya Aelbrecht *Best server: Denise Hanke *Best setter: Frauke Dirickx *Best receiver: Mariya Karakasheva *Best libero: Valérie Courtois

References

External links

Official website
{{European Volleyball League 2013 Women

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International volleyball competitions hosted by Bulgaria 2013 in Bulgarian women's sport