End of eliminations to the WGP 2011

National Teams of Germany, Russia and Italy in Catalonia gained promotion to new year’s World Grand Prix in volleyball. Poland has a guaranteed place in the tournament. Fifth participant of the WGP 2011 will be Serbia, which won this year’s European League.

Results of the last day of the tournament:
Turkey - Netherlands  3:0 (25:17, 25:19, 25:20)
Bulgaria - Germany   0:3 (24:26, 26:28, 22:25)
Italy - Russia   3:1 (25:22, 17:25, 25:21, 25:20)

Final ranking:
                            M   Z  P   sets     points
 1. Germany           5   4  1   13:6      9
 2. Russia              5   4  1   13:8      9
 3. Italy                 5   3  2   10:8      8
 4. Turkey              5   2  3    8:9      7
 5. Netherlands       5   1  4    6:12     6
 6. Bulgaria            5   1  4    5:12     6

Individual awards:

MVP:         Neslihan Darnel (Turkey)
Best blocker:     Bahar Toksoy (Turkey)
Best libero:     Enrica Merlo (Italy)
Best scorer:     Neslihan Darnel (Turkey)
Best server:     Kathleen Weiss (Germany)
Best setter:     Jewgienia Starcewa (Russia)
Best spiker:     Jekaterina Gamowa (Russia)