The 2008 NESTEA European Championship Final (or the 2008 European Beach Volleyball Championships) was held from July 10–13, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany. It was the sixteenth official edition of the European Beach Volleyball Championships men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the fifteenth time.
The Championships were part of the 2008 Nestea European Championship Tour.
The teams could earn qualifying points for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, from one of their two finishes at the 2008 or 2007 Championships.Beachvolleyball: China & USA Again for Moscow 2008 Grand Slam Gold Medal , volleyballer.de, July 6, 2008
Women's competition A total number of 32 participating couplesNestea European Championship Final 2008 - Hamburg (GER) - Women , CEV
RANKFINAL RANKINGEARNINGSPOINTS€20,000.00800€15,000.00720€10,500.006404.€7,500.005605.€5,500.00480€5,500.004807.€4,000.00400€4,000.004009.€3,000.00320€3,000.00320€3,000.00320€3,000.0032013.€2000.00240€2000.00240€2000.00240€2000.0024017.€1000.00160€1000.00160€1000.00160€1000.00160€1000.00160€1000.00160€1000.00160€1000.00160
The teams Gemise-Fareau-Giordano (FRA), Faure M.-Sarpaux V. (FRA), Nyström Em.-Nyström Er. (FIN), Baburina-Osheyko (UKR), Alseda Aizcorbe-Hopf Aguilar (ESP), Kolocova-Slukova (CZE), Gschweidl-Hansel B. (AUT) and Hanzelova-Tomasekova (SVK) were placed 25th, with 80 points each and no prize money.
Men's competition A total number of 32 participating couplesNESTEA European Championship Final, Nestea European Championship Tour
RANKFINAL RANKINGEARNINGSPOINTS€20,000.00800€15,000.00720€10,500.006404.€5.€€7.€€9.€€€€13.€€€€17.€€€€€€€€
References
Goller and Ludwig are the 2008 European champions!, CEV, July 12, 2008
External links Beach Volleyball Nestea European Championship Final at CEV