2006 Men's European Volleyball League

2006 Men's European Volleyball League
Tournament details
Host nation  Turkey
Dates July 21 – August 13 (qualification)
August 19/20 (final four)
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Netherlands (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Netherlands Guido Görtzen
Official website
2006 European League

The 2006 Men's European Volleyball League was the 3rd edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The Final Four was held in Izmir, Turkey from 19 to 20 August 2006.

Competing nations

Squads

League round

Qualified for the Final Four
Qualified as hosts for the Final Four
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Netherlands 24 12 0 36 9 4.000 1061 935 1.135
2  Croatia 20 8 4 28 19 1.474 1089 1039 1.048
3  Greece 19 7 5 25 19 1.316 1016 983 1.034
4  Germany 18 6 6 26 22 1.182 1082 1041 1.039
5  Turkey 18 6 6 24 24 1.000 1080 1082 0.998
6  Spain 18 6 6 21 25 0.840 1012 1039 0.974
7  Slovakia 14 2 10 15 30 0.500 982 1060 0.926
8  Estonia 13 1 11 7 34 0.206 868 1011 0.859

Final four

Semi Finals Final
2006-08-19 – Izmir
  Croatia  3  
  Greece  1  
 
2006-08-20 – Izmir
      Croatia  1
    Netherlands  3
3rd place
2006-08-19 – Izmir 2006-08-20 – Izmir
  Netherlands  3   Greece  3
  Turkey  2     Turkey  2

Semi finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Aug17:00Croatia  3–1  Greece 22–2525–2125–1628–26 100–88Report
19 Aug19:30Netherlands  3–2  Turkey 23–2525–2223–2525–2317–15113–110Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Aug17:00Turkey  2–3  Greece 25–2225–2120–2521–2510–15101–108Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Aug19:30Netherlands  3–1  Croatia 19–2525–2025–2127–25 96–91Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Croatia
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Greece
4  Turkey
5  Germany
6  Spain
7  Slovakia
8  Estonia

 2006 European League Champions 

Netherlands
1st title

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
Netherlands Guido Görtzen
  • Best Scorer
Netherlands Marko Klok
  • Best Spiker
Netherlands Michael Olieman

  • Best Blocker
Greece Sotirios Pantaleon
  • Best Server
Croatia Tomislav Coskovic
  • Best Libero
Turkey Nuri Şahin

References

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