2006 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2006 Men's European Volleyball League was the third edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by eight European countries from July 21 to August 20, 2006. The Final Four was held in Izmir, Turkey from August 19 to August 20.

Competing nations

Croatia  Estonia  Germany  Greece	Netherlands  Slovakia  Spain  Turkey

Squads

League Round

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

• • Turkey qualified as host nation of the Final Four

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

• Saturday August 19

Croatia	3 – 1	Greece	22:25 25:21 25:16 28:26
Netherlands	3 – 2	Turkey	23:25 25:22 23:25 25:23 17:15

Finals

• Sunday August 20 — Bronze Medal Match

Greece	3 – 2	Turkey	22:25 21:25 25:20 25:21 15:10

• • Sunday July 11 — Gold Medal Match

Croatia	1 – 3	Netherlands	25:19 20:25 21:25 25:27

Final ranking

Place Team 1.  Netherlands 2.  Croatia 3.  Greece 4.  Turkey 5.  Germany 6.  Spain 7.  Slovakia 8.  Estonia

2006 Men's European League Winners  Netherlands First title

Individual awards

• Topscorer
  •  Igor Omrčen (CRO)

• Best Server
  •  Igor Omrčen (CRO)

References

• CEV Results