2008 Nestea European Championship final

2008 European Beach Volleyball Championships

Tournament details
Host nation	Germany
Dates	July 10–13, 2008
Teams	64
Venue(s)	Rathausmarkt / Gr. Elbstraße (in Hamburg host cities)

The 2008 NESTEA European Championship Final (or the 2008 European Beach Volleyball Championships) was held from July 10–13, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany. It was the sixteenth official edition of the European Beach Volleyball Championships men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the fifteenth time.

The Championships were part of the 2008 Nestea European Championship Tour.

The women's competition medal winners.

The teams could earn qualifying points for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, from one of their two finishes at the 2008 or 2007 Championships.^[1]

Women's competition

• A total number of 32 participating couples^[2]

RANK	FINAL RANKING	EARNINGS	POINTS
	Goller - Ludwig (GER)	€ 20,000.00	800
	Hakedal - Torlen (NOR)	€ 15,000.00	720
	Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR)	€ 10,500.00	640
4.	Pohl - Rau (GER)	€ 7,500.00	560
5.	Schwaiger D. - Schwaiger S. (AUT)	€ 5,500.00	480
	Mouha - Van Breedam (BEL)	€ 5,500.00	480
7.	van Iersel - Wesselink (NED)	€ 4,000.00	400
	Arvaniti - Karadassiou (GRE)	€ 4,000.00	400
9.	Chagas - Santanna (GEO)	€ 3,000.00	320
	Koutroumanidou - Tsiartsiani (GRE)	€ 3,000.00	320
	Claasen - Roder (GER)	€ 3,000.00	320
	de Kogel-Kadijk - Mooren (NED)	€ 3,000.00	320
13.	Montagnolli - Swoboda (AUT)	€ 2000.00	240
	Holtwick - Semmler (GER)	€ 2000.00	240
	Bratkova - Ukolova (RUS)	€ 2000.00	240
	Brink-Abeler - Jurich (GER)	€ 2000.00	240
17.	Banck - Guenther (GER)	€ 1000.00	160
	Jursone - Minusa (LAT)	€ 1000.00	160
	Renkema - Wiltens (NED)	€ 1000.00	160
	Grossen - Kayser (SUI)	€ 1000.00	160
	Hajeckova - Novotna P. (CZE)	€ 1000.00	160
	Kuhn - Schwer L. (SUI)	€ 1000.00	160
	Graessli - Zumkehr (SUI)	€ 1000.00	160
	Alcon - Matveeva (ESP)	€ 1000.00	160

The teams Gemise-Fareau-Giordano (FRA), Faure M.-Sarpaux V. (FRA), Nyström Em.-Nyström Er. (FIN), Baburina-Osheyko (UKR), Alseda Aizcorbe-Hopf Aguilar (ESP), Kolocova-Slukova (CZE), Gschweidl-Hansel B. (AUT) and Hanzelova-Tomasekova (SVK) were placed 25th, with 80 points each and no prize money.

Men's competition

• A total number of 32 participating couples^[3]

RANK	FINAL RANKING	EARNINGS	POINTS
	Nummerdor - Schuil Ri. (NED)	€ 20,000.00	800
	Matysik - Uhmann (GER)	€ 15,000.00	720
	Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS)	€ 10,500.00	640
4.	- (25x17px)	€
5.	- (25x17px)	€
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7.	- (25x17px)	€
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9.	- (25x17px)	€
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13.	- (25x17px)	€
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17.	- (25x17px)	€
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References

1. Beachvolleyball: China & USA Again for Moscow 2008 Grand Slam Gold Medal, volleyballer.de, July 6, 2008
2. Nestea European Championship Final 2008 - Hamburg (GER) - Women Archived 2008-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, CEV
3. NESTEA European Championship Final, Nestea European Championship Tour

• Goller and Ludwig are the 2008 European champions!, CEV, July 12, 2008

External links

• Beach Volleyball Nestea European Championship Final at CEV