Volleyball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Dates	6–13 September 2001

The Men's Volleyball tournament at the 2001 Mediterranean Games was held in La Goulette and Sidi Bou Said.

Teams

Group A

• Algeria
• Lebanon
• Tunisia

Group B

• Cyprus
• France
• Spain

Group C

• Greece
• San Marino
• Turkey

Group D

• Albania
• Italy
• FR Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Tunisia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2.	Algeria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3.	Lebanon	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Algeria and Lebanon withdrew from the competition. Therefore as the sole representative of Group A, Tunisia has automatically qualified for the quarter finals.

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	France	4	2	2	0	195	168	1.161	6	2	3.000
2.	Spain	3	2	1	1	172	154	1.117	4	3	1.333
3.	Cyprus	2	2	0	2	125	170	0.735	1	6	0.167

Due to the withdrawals in Group A, Cyprus has qualified for the quarter finals with the best set average.

• September 6, 2001

France	3 – 1	Cyprus	25–11, 20–25, 25–19, 25–16

• September 7, 2001

Spain	3 – 0	Cyprus	25–17, 25–17, 25–20

• September 8, 2001

France	3 – 1	Spain	25–22, 19–25, 25–21, 31–29

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Turkey	4	2	2	0	186	164	1.134	6	2	3.000
2.	Greece	3	2	1	1	186	175	1.063	5	3	1.667
3.	San Marino	2	2	0	2	117	150	0.780	0	6	0.000

• September 6, 2001

Turkey	3 – 0	San Marino	25–19, 25–17, 25–17

• September 7, 2001

Greece	3 – 0	San Marino	25–20, 25–22, 25–22

• September 8, 2001

Turkey	3 – 2	Greece	20–25, 25–23, 24–26, 27–25, 15–12

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Italy	4	2	2	0	150	97	1.546	6	0	6.000
2.	FR Yugoslavia	3	2	1	1	123	123	1.000	3	3	1.000
3.	Albania	2	2	0	2	97	150	0.647	0	6	0.000

• September 6, 2001

Italy	3 – 0	Albania	25–14, 25–17, 25–18

• September 7, 2001

FR Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Albania	25–23, 25–14, 25–11

• September 8, 2001

Italy	3 – 0	FR Yugoslavia	25–19, 25–14, 25–15

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	FR Yugoslavia	2
	France	3
					France	0
					Tunisia	3
	Greece	1
	Tunisia	3
									Italy	3
									Tunisia	1
	Turkey	3
	Cyprus	0
					Turkey	1
					Italy	3			Third place
	Italy	3
	Spain	0
									Turkey	3
									France	0

Quarter finals

• September 10, 2001

FR Yugoslavia	2 – 3	France	25–19, 25–21, 21–25, 24–26, 11–15
Greece	1 – 3	Tunisia	25–23, 19–25, 13–25, 18–25
Turkey	3 – 0	Cyprus	25–18, 25–11, 25–14
Italy	3 – 0	Spain	27–25, 25–18, 27–25

Classification matches

• September 11, 2001

FR Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Greece	17–25, 25–14, 25–21, 25–22
Spain	3 – 0	Cyprus	25–19, 25–16, 26–24

Semi finals

• September 12, 2001

France	0 – 3	Tunisia	19–25, 19–25, 18–25
Turkey	1 – 3	Italy	17–25, 25–20, 15–25, 16–25

Finals

• September 9, 2001 — Classification Match (9th/10th place)

San Marino	3 – 1	Albania	25–27, 25–18, 25–21, 25–19

• September 12, 2001 — Classification Match (7th/8th place)

Greece	3 – 1	Cyprus	24–26, 25–19, 25–19, 25–15

• September 12, 2001 — Classification Match (5th/6th place)

Spain	3 – 0	FR Yugoslavia	25–17, 25–22, 25–20

• September 13, 2001 — Classification Match (Bronze-medal match)

Turkey	3 – 0	France	25–23, 25–20, 25–21

• September 13, 2001 — Classification Match (Gold-medal match)

Tunisia	1 – 3	Italy	25–21, 20–25, 15–25, 24–26

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Italy
	Tunisia
	Turkey
4.	France
5.	Spain
6.	FR Yugoslavia
7.	Greece
8.	Cyprus
9.	San Marino
10.	Albania

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Awards

2001 Men's Mediterranean Games champions
Italy

References

• Complete 2001 Mediterranean Games Standings
• "Updates on Mediterranean Games"
• FIVB, VOLLEYBALL, Collated Results & ranking, XIVè Jeux Méditerranéens TUNIS 2001 HOMMES, Results of Thursday 13 September 2001, pp. 1-2.