Nestea European Championship Tour

The Nestea European Championship Tour (or the European Beach Volleyball Tour) is a European beach volleyball tour organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). It is the highest ranked European series of beach volleyball tournaments.[1]

Nestea European Championship Tour
Full nameBeach Volleyball Nestea European Championship Tour
RegionEurope
Date spanApril 17–20 to September 19–21 (2008)
Tournaments(Men & Women)
TypeBeach volleyball
Events Director
History
First tour 2003
Number of tours 6 (29 tournaments)
Women (team),
most wins
Greece ArvanityKaradassiou
(7 wins) 2005–2008
Men (team),
most wins
Germany BrinkDieckmann
(5 wins) 2006–2007
Women, most wins Greece Vassiliki Arvaniti
(8 wins) 2004–2008
Men, most wins Germany Christoph Dieckmann
(7 wins) 2004–2007
Infobox last updated on: September 5, 2008

The tour was previously known as the European Championship Tour, before the CEV 2003 signed a sponsorship deal with Nestea in 2003.[2]

Categories

The European Tour consists of Satellite and Masters events, culminating with the European Beach Volleyball Championships.[3] From the 2018 season onwards, the Satellite and Masters events have been merged into the FIVB World Tour, but are still organised by the CEV.[4]

Challenger and Satellite

The Challenger and Satellite events are a series of grassroots tournaments that serve as a developmental circuit for the FIVB World Tour.[5][6] These tournaments award less prize money (€4,000–15,000) and FIVB ranking points than Masters events.[7] The Challenger and Satellite circuit was previously organised by the FIVB, who handed over the organising of these events to the continental volleyball confederations in 2009.[8]

Masters

In the 2017 season, Masters events awarded €25,000 in prize money per gender with a 12–16 team main draw.[9]

Medal table by country

Medal table as of September 3, 2008. This includes the results of every tournament, since the tour began in 2003.

Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1.  Germany 22 16 12 50
2.  Netherlands 8 8 10 26
3.  Greece 8 2 1 11
4.   Switzerland 7 7 8 23
5.  Czech Republic 4 4 4 12
6.  Austria 3 4 2 9
7.  Italy 2 1 5 8
8.  Spain 2 1 3
9.  Russia 1 1 1 3
10.  Lithuania 1 1
11.  Norway 7 6 13
12.  Estonia 3 2 5
13.  Slovenia 1 1 2
14.  France 1 1
14.  Latvia 1 1
14.  Croatia 1 1
17.  Poland 1 1
17.  Finland 1 1
17.  Ukraine 1 1
17.  Bulgaria 1 1

See also

References


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