2010 Women's European Volleyball League

The 2010 Women's European Volleyball League was the second edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight European countries from June 5 to July 18, 2010. The final Four were held in Ankara, Turkey, on July 24 and 25.

2010 Women's European Volleyball League

Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	June 5 – July 18 (qualification) July 24 – 25 (final four)
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Serbia (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jelena Nikolić
Official website
2010 CEV European League
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Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Serbia  Great Britain  Romania  Bulgaria	Israel  Greece  Spain  Turkey

League round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	12	11	1	23	34	6	5.667	969	775	1.250	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	12	9	3	21	30	12	2.500	988	877	1.127
3	Romania	12	4	8	16	13	25	0.520	829	869	0.954	Eliminated
4	Great Britain	12	0	12	12	2	36	0.056	682	947	0.720

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leg 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 June[1]	Great Britain	0–3	Romania	19–25	15–25	15–25			49–75
6 June[2]	Great Britain	0–3	Romania	22–25	20–25	20–25			62–75

Leg 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 June[3]	Serbia	3–0	Great Britain	25–16	25–18	25–19			75–53
11 June[4]	Romania	0–3	Bulgaria	15–25	23–25	18–25			56–75
12 June[5]	Serbia	3–0	Great Britain	25–21	25–16	25–14			75–51
12 June[6]	Romania	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	26–28	22–25			70–75

Leg 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 June[7]	Great Britain	0–3	Bulgaria	14–25	14–25	14–25			42–75
19 June[8]	Serbia	3–0	Romania	25–18	25–21	25–19			75–58
20 June[9]	Great Britain	0–3	Bulgaria	13–25	23–25	14–25			50–75
20 June[10]	Serbia	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–20	25–23			75–62

Leg 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 June[11]	Romania	3–1	Great Britain	25–18	25–16	23–25	25–22		98–81
25 June[12]	Serbia	3–2	Bulgaria	25–13	25–23	22–25	20–25	15–12	107–98
26 June[13]	Romania	3–0	Great Britain	25–22	25–11	25–14			75–47
26 June[14]	Serbia	1–3	Bulgaria	26–24	19–25	20–25	18–25		83–99

Leg 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 July[15]	Bulgaria	3–0	Romania	25–21	25–19	25–17			75–57
2 July[16]	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	25–20	25–22	26–28	26–24		102–94
3 July	Great Britain	0–3	Serbia	15–25	11–25	20–25			46–75
4 July	Great Britain	0–3	Serbia	19–25	20–25	23–25			62–75

Leg 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 July	Romania	0–3	Serbia	22–25	18–25	12–25			52–75
10 July	Bulgaria	3–1	Great Britain	25–22	24–26	25–16	25–21		99–85
10 July	Romania	0–3	Serbia	18–25	19–25	20–25			57–75
11 July	Bulgaria	3–0	Great Britain	25–18	25–18	25–18			75–54

Leg 7

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 July	Bulgaria	0–3	Serbia	16–25	20–25	14–25			50–75
18 July	Bulgaria	1–3	Serbia	20–25	15–25	31–29	21–25		87–104

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	12	9	3	21	29	14	2.071	858	729	1.177	Semifinals
2	Israel	12	8	4	20	30	16	1.875	863	827	1.044
3	Spain	12	6	6	18	23	23	1.000	1000	1011	0.989	Eliminated
4	Greece	12	1	11	13	9	35	0.257	889	1033	0.861

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leg 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 June[17]	Israel	3–1	Greece	25–20	19–25	25–16	25–19		94–80
11 June[18]	Spain	2–3	Turkey	14–25	25–21	16–25	25–19	11–15	91–105
12 June[19]	Israel	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–23	25–21			75–65
12 June[20]	Spain	2–3	Turkey	25–17	21–25	12–25	25–18	8–15	91–100

Leg 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 June[21]	Greece	3–2	Turkey	25–19	19–25	25–21	25–27	15–12	109–104
18 June[22]	Spain	3–2	Israel	25–12	26–24	19–25	19–25	21–19	110–105
19 June[23]	Greece	0–3	Turkey	18–25	20–25	10–25			48–75
19 June[24]	Spain	3–1	Israel	24–26	25–19	28–26	25–18		102–89

Leg 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 June[25]	Spain	3–0	Greece	25–13	25–18	25–23			75–54
26 June[26]	Turkey	3–0	Israel
27 June[27]	Spain	3–2	Greece	25–14	19–25	18–25	31–29	15–11	108–104
27 June[28]	Turkey	3–0	Israel

Leg 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 July	Israel	3–0	Turkey
3 July	Greece	0–3	Spain	21–25	22–25	24–26			67–76
3 July	Israel	3–0	Turkey
4 July	Greece	0–3	Spain	24–26	24–26	14–25			62–77

Leg 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 July	Israel	3–1	Spain	25–22	20–25	25–22	25–17		95–86
10 July	Turkey	3–1	Greece	21–25	25–12	25–17	25–17		96–71
10 July	Israel	3–0	Spain	25–19	25–21	27–25			77–65
11 July	Turkey	3–0	Greece	25–17	25–23	25–20			75–60

Leg 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 July	Greece	2–3	Israel	25–22	25–15	24–26	22–25	12–15	108–103
17 July	Turkey	3–0	Spain	25–21	25–18	28–26			78–65
17 July	Greece	0–3	Israel	21–25	21–25	19–25			61–75
18 July	Turkey	3–0	Spain	25–19	25–15	25–20			75–54

Final four

The final Four will be held at Başkent Volleyball Hall in Ankara, Turkey, from July 24 to July 25.

Qualified teams

•  Turkey, as host
•  Bulgaria
•  Serbia
•  Israel

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 24 – Ankara
	Israel	0
					July 25 – Ankara
	Serbia	3
					Serbia	3
	July 24 – Ankara
					Bulgaria	1
	Turkey	2
	Bulgaria	3
					3rd place
					July 25 – Ankara
					Israel	0
					Turkey	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 July	Israel	0–3	Serbia	20–25	12–25	21–25			53–75
24 July	Turkey	2–3	Bulgaria	19–25	17–25	25–11	25–23	13–15	99–99

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 July	Israel	0–3	Turkey	19–25	23–25	15–25			57–75

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 July	Serbia	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	25–20	16–25	25–23		91–88

Final standing

Rank Team  Serbia  Bulgaria  Turkey 4  Israel 5  Spain 6  Romania 7  Greece 8  Great Britain

2010 Women's European League winners  Serbia Second title

Awards

• MVP: Jelena Nikolić
• Best scorer: Neslihan Darnel
• Best spiker: Jovana Brakočević
• Best blocker: Eda Erdem
• Best server: Strashimira Filipova
• Best setter: Maja Ognjenović
• Best libero: Mariya Filipova
• Best receiver: Jelena Nikolić