Russia
Everything was open up to the final day of action with four teams – Russia, Belarus, Latvia and Ukraine – still in contention for the medals. After surprisingly losing 2:3 to Estonia on Thursday, Russia had got back on track and with a speedy 3:0 (25-16, 25-14, and 25-19) to best Ukraine did their job and pocketed the gold medal. After edging neighboring Lithuania also in straight sets (25-19, 25-18, and 25-18), Latvia could settle for second place while Ukraine had to be content with bronze. Even though they beat Estonia 3:1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-21, and 25-19) the guys from Belarus could not get a medal in the end as their set ratio was slightly worse than the figure registered by the Ukrainians.
Upon completion of the tournament the organizers awarded also the best player for each of the participating teams, namely Pavel Pankov (RUS), Karlis Levinskis (LAT), Andriy Marynchenko (UKR), Radzivon Miskevich (BLR), Oliver Orav (EST) and Arturas Sitnikas (LTU).
Final standing
1. Russia
2. Latvia
3. Ukraine
4. Belarus
5. Estonia
6. Lithuania
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