2017 Men's European Volleyball League

2017 Men's European League

Tournament details
Host nation	Denmark[1]
Dates	9–25 June (qualification) 1–2 July (final round)
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Ukraine (1st title)
Runners-up	Macedonia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament awards
MVP	Maksym Drozd
Best Setter	Volodymyr Kovalchuk
Best OH	Oleksiy Klyamar Rasmus Breuning Nielsen
Best MB	Maksym Drozd Gjoko Josifov
Best OPP	Nikola Gjorgiev
Best Libero	Anton Wijk Tegenrot
Official website
2017 CEV European League

The 2017 Men's European Volleyball League is the 14th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which features men's national volleyball teams from eight European countries.

A preliminary league round is played from 9 to 25 June 2017, and the final four tournament from 1 to 2 July 2017 at the Gentofte Sportspark in Gentofte, Denmark.^[1]

Teams

•  Albania
•  Azerbaijan
•  Denmark
•  Hungary
•  Israel
•  Macedonia
•  Sweden
•  Ukraine

League round

• All times are local.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Macedonia	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	511	436	1.172	Final Four
2	Sweden	6	3	3	9	12	12	1.000	534	512	1.043
3	Albania	6	3	3	9	12	12	1.000	514	518	0.992
4	Azerbaijan	6	0	6	1	3	18	0.167	347	425	0.816

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Week 1

• Venue: SRC Kale, Skopje, Macedonia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jun	17:00	Albania	3–2	Sweden	15–25	23–25	25–23	26–24	15–9	104–106	Report
16 Jun	19:30	Macedonia	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	Report
17 Jun	17:00	Sweden	3–2	Azerbaijan	19–25	23–25	26–24	25–9	15–12	108–95	Report
17 Jun	19:30	Albania	0–3	Macedonia	21–25	16–25	22–25			59–75	Report
18 Jun	17:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Albania	22–25	22–25	25–17	10–25		79–92	Report
18 Jun	19:30	Sweden	1–3	Macedonia	26–24	17–25	18–25	18–25		79–99	Report

Week 2

• Venue: Tirana Olympic Park, Tirana, Albania

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	15:00	Sweden	0–3	Macedonia	16–25	22–25	30–32			68–82	Report
23 Jun	18:00	Albania	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–15	25–21	25–19			75–55	Report
24 Jun	15:00	Macedonia	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–20	25–19	25–21			75–60	Report
24 Jun	18:00	Sweden	3–1	Albania	25–22	25–12	23–25	25–23		98–82	Report
25 Jun	15:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Sweden	18–25	16–25	16–25			50–75	Report
25 Jun	18:00	Macedonia	3–2	Albania	25–21	17–25	25–21	23–25	15–10	105–102	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ukraine	6	5	1	14	15	7	2.143	519	446	1.164	Final Four
2	Denmark[a] (H)	6	4	2	12	14	7	2.000	497	468	1.062	Final Four
3	Hungary	6	2	4	7	9	14	0.643	502	512	0.980
4	Israel	6	1	5	3	6	16	0.375	434	526	0.825

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

• Venue: Physical Education College, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jun	16:00	Denmark	3–0	Hungary	25–19	26–24	25–21			76–64	Report
9 Jun	19:00	Ukraine	3–0	Israel	25–22	25–20	25–19			75–61	Report
10 Jun	16:00	Hungary	3–1	Israel	22–25	25–15	25–16	25–22		97–78	Report
10 Jun	19:00	Denmark	3–0	Ukraine	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	Report
11 Jun	16:00	Israel	3–1	Denmark	18–25	25–22	25–23	25–20		93–90	Report
11 Jun	19:00	Hungary	1–3	Ukraine	25–21	19–25	16–25	22–25		82–96	Report

Week 2

• Venue: Continental Aréna, Nyíregyháza, Hungary

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jun	16:00	Israel	0–3	Ukraine	16–25	13–25	15–25			44–75	Report
16 Jun	18:30	Hungary	0–3	Denmark	23–25	23–25	21–25			67–75	Report
17 Jun	15:00	Israel	1–3	Hungary	19–25	25–20	13–25	22–25		79–95	Report
17 Jun	17:30	Ukraine	3–1	Denmark	23–25	25–19	25–21	25–22		98–87	Report
18 Jun	16:00	Ukraine	3–2	Hungary	25–15	21–25	25–21	22–25	15–11	108–97	Report
18 Jun	18:30	Denmark	3–1	Israel	19–25	25–18	25–18	25–18		94–79	Report

Final four

The top placed team from each group and the best second-placed team will qualify for the final four. The fourth participant will be the organizer of the tournament.^[2]

Qualified teams

•  Denmark (Host)
•  Macedonia
•  Ukraine
•  Sweden

Bracket

• All times are local
• Venue: Gentoftehallen, Gentofte, Denmark

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 July
	Sweden	2
					2 July
	Ukraine	3
					Ukraine	3
	1 July
					Macedonia	1
	Denmark	2
	Macedonia	3
					Third place
					2 July
					Sweden	3
					Denmark	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	16:00	Sweden	2–3	Ukraine	25–23	19–25	16–25	25–22	16–18	101–113	Report
1 Jul	19:00	Denmark	2–3	Macedonia	25–19	25–20	14–25	20–25	11–15	95–104	Report

Third place game

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	16:00	Sweden	3–1	Denmark	25–23	16–25	25–19	25–21		91–88	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	19:00	Ukraine	3–1	Macedonia	25–15	25–22	24–26	25–13		99–76	Report

Final standings

Rank Team  Ukraine  Macedonia  Sweden 4  Denmark 5  Albania 6  Hungary 7  Israel 8  Azerbaijan

2017 European League champions  Ukraine 1st title 14-man roster for Final Round Yevhenii Kisiliuk, Dmytro Storozhylov, Oleksiy Klyamar, Maksym Drozd, Gorden Brova, Volodymyr Kovalchuk, Yuriy Semenyuk, Yuriy Tomyn, Denys Fomin, Oleg Shevchenko, Volodymyr Tevkun, Andriy Levchenko, Kostiantyn Riabukha Head coach Uģis Krastiņš

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Maksym Drozd

• Best setter

  Volodymyr Kovalchuk

• Best outside spikers

  Oleksiy Klyamar

  Rasmus Breuning Nielsen

• Best middle blockers

  Maksym Drozd

  Gjoko Josifov

• Best opposite spiker

  Nikola Gjorgiev

• Best libero

  Anton Wijk Tegenrot

See also

• 2017 Women's European Volleyball League

References

1. CEV (22 March 2017). "100 days to men's European League Final Four". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
2. CEV (12 January 2017). "2017 European League participants and pools announced". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links

• Official website