2008 Nestea European Championship final

2008 European Beach Volleyball Championships
Tournament details
Host nationGermany
DatesJuly 10–13, 2008
Teams64
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
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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