2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland ; Czech Republic ; Estonia ; Finland
Dates	1–19 September
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Italy (7th title)
Runners-up	Slovenia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament awards
MVP	Simone Giannelli ; Wilfredo Leon
Best Setter	Gregor Ropret
Best OH	Alessandro Michieletto ; Daniele Lavia
Best MB	Marko Podraščanin ; Piotr Nowakowski
Best OPP	Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Best Libero	Fabio Balaso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Attendance	195,448 (2,572 per match)
Official website
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Last updated December 31, 2023

The 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 32nd edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, CEV. For the second time, the EuroVolley was held in four countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland. The number of national teams that participated in the event remained to 24.^[1]

In Poland, matches were played in Gdańsk, Katowice and Kraków. In Finland, matches were played in Tampere. In Czech Republic, matches were played in Ostrava. In Estonia, matches were played in Tallinn. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CEV representatives.

Italy won their 7th title of Men's European Volleyball Championship. Simone Giannelli was chosen as MVP of this tournament.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries	Poland	Qualification	Pool A	Netherlands
	Czech Republic		Pool B	Bulgaria
	Estonia		Pool C	Turkey
	Finland		Pool D	Latvia
2019 European Championship	Serbia		Pool E	Slovakia
	Slovenia		Pool F	Montenegro
	France		Pool G	Portugal
	Russia		Best runners-up	North Macedonia
	Italy			Spain
	Ukraine			Greece
	Germany			Croatia
	Belgium			Belarus
Total 24

Pools composition

The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:

The 4 Organisers are seeded in Preliminary pools. Poland in Pool A, Czech Republic in Pool B, Finland in Pool C and Estonia in Pool D.
The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools,
The organizers can select one team to join their pools.
According to the CEV National Team ranking list (as per 01/01/2020), 16 remaining teams are seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Serbia France Slovenia Netherlands	Germany Bulgaria Turkey Ukraine	Spain Slovakia Greece Belarus	Portugal Montenegro North Macedonia Croatia

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 27 May 2021 in Helsinki, Finland.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Poland	Czech Republic	Finland	Estonia
Belgium	Italy	Russia	Latvia
Serbia	Slovenia	Netherlands	France
Ukraine	Bulgaria	Turkey	Germany
Greece	Belarus	Spain	Slovakia
Portugal	Montenegro	North Macedonia	Croatia

Squads

Venues

Kraków (pool A)	Gdańsk (round of 16, quarterfinals)	Katowice (semifinals, finals)
Tauron Arena	Ergo Arena	Spodek
Capacity: 15,030	Capacity: 11,409	Capacity: 11,500

Kraków Gdańsk Katowice Ostrava Tampere Tallinn
Ostrava (Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals)	Tampere (Pool C)	Tallinn (Pool D)
Ostravar Aréna	Tampere Ice Stadium	Saku Suurhall
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 7,300	Capacity: 7,200

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

The top four teams in each pool qualified for the final round.

Pool A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	453	381	1.189	Final round
2	Serbia	5	4	1	12	14	7	2.000	491	432	1.137
3	Ukraine	5	3	2	7	9	11	0.818	446	446	1.000
4	Portugal	5	2	3	6	10	12	0.833	459	502	0.914
5	Belgium	5	1	4	4	7	12	0.583	408	435	0.938
6	Greece	5	0	5	2	6	15	0.400	434	495	0.877

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	14:30	Greece	2–3	Ukraine	25–22	24–26	25–22	19–25	6–15	99–110	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–1	Portugal	25–16	22–25	25–16	25–19		97–76	Report
2 Sep	20:30	Belgium	1–3	Serbia	13–25	18–25	25–21	20–25		76–96	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Belgium	2–3	Portugal	23–25	22–25	25–20	25–18	13–15	108–103	Report
3 Sep	20:30	Ukraine	0–3	Serbia	25–27	24–26	21–25			70–78	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Greece	25–16	25–22	25–22			75–60	Report
4 Sep	20:30	Serbia	2–3	Poland	21–25	25–23	25–20	20–25	14–16	105–109	Report
5 Sep	17:30	Portugal	2–3	Ukraine	18–25	23–25	25–21	26–24	11–15	103–110	Report
5 Sep	20:30	Greece	1–3	Poland	15–25	22–25	25–20	24–26		86–96	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Portugal	1–3	Serbia	15–25	21–25	25–22	17–25		78–97	Report
6 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–0	Belgium	25–18	26–24	25–16			76–58	Report
7 Sep	17:30	Serbia	3–2	Greece	25–23	22–25	25–16	28–30	15–5	115–99	Report
7 Sep	20:30	Ukraine	3–1	Belgium	25–27	25–23	25–18	25–23		100–91	Report
8 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	25–15	25–20	25–21			75–56	Report
8 Sep	20:30	Greece	1–3	Portugal	22–25	26–24	20–25	22–25		90–99	Report

Pool B

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	418	336	1.244	Final round
2	Slovenia	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	379	329	1.152
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	415	405	1.025
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	7	10	10	1.000	438	446	0.982
5	Belarus	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	348	390	0.892
6	Montenegro	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	291	383	0.760

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	14:15	Italy	3–0	Belarus	25–18	25–12	25–15			75–45	Report
3 Sep	17:15	Montenegro	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	17–25	25–27			64–77	Report
3 Sep	20:15	Czech Republic	3–1	Slovenia	26–24	25–18	14–25	25–19		90–86	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Montenegro	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	16–25	16–25			49–75	Report
4 Sep	19:00	Belarus	3–1	Czech Republic	25–20	19–25	25–21	25–19		94–85	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Bulgaria	10–25	25–23	25–18	24–26	11–15	95–107	Report
5 Sep	19:00	Italy	3–0	Montenegro	25–17	25–20	26–24			76–61	Report
6 Sep	15:45	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	19–25	18–25	25–17	12–25		74–92	Report
6 Sep	19:00	Slovenia	3–0	Belarus	25–20	25–20	25–15			75–55	Report
7 Sep	16:00	Slovenia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58	Report
7 Sep	19:00	Montenegro	0–3	Czech Republic	28–30	23–25	10–25			61–80	Report
8 Sep	15:45	Italy	3–0	Slovenia	27–25	25–20	25–23			77–68	Report
8 Sep	19:00	Belarus	3–0	Montenegro	25–23	25–21	25–12			75–56	Report
9 Sep	16:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Belarus	25–13	25–18	24–26	25–22		99–79	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Italy	20–25	21–25	25–23	22–25		88–98	Report

Pool C

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	13	14	5	2.800	447	425	1.052	Final round
2	Russia	5	4	1	11	13	7	1.857	464	396	1.172
3	Turkey	5	3	2	10	12	8	1.500	476	445	1.070
4	Finland	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	455	437	1.041
5	Spain	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	400	443	0.903
6	North Macedonia	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	329	425	0.774

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	19:00	Finland	3–1	North Macedonia	25–20	25–15	24–26	25–22		99–83	Report
2 Sep	17:00	Russia	1–3	Turkey	27–29	25–16	21–25	19–25		92–95	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Spain	25–23	26–24	25–22			76–69	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Spain	25–16	29–31	27–25	25–23		106–95	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	North Macedonia	25–20	25–18	25–22			75–60	Report
4 Sep	14:00	Spain	0–3	Finland	19–25	20–25	18–25			57–75	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	2–3	Russia	13–25	25–19	21–25	25–21	13–15	97–105	Report
5 Sep	14:00	North Macedonia	0–3	Turkey	22–25	12–25	15–25			49–75	Report
5 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–1	Finland	22–25	25–15	25–23	25–17		97–80	Report
6 Sep	17:00	North Macedonia	1–3	Spain	23–25	25–21	28–30	15–25		91–101	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Turkey	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	25–27	25–27	23–25		98–101	Report
7 Sep	17:00	Spain	1–3	Russia	20–25	25–20	16–25	17–25		78–95	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Finland	1–3	Netherlands	23–25	25–21	25–27	20–25		93–98	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	North Macedonia	25–15	25–13	25–18			75–46	Report
8 Sep	20:00	Finland	3–2	Turkey	25–17	16–25	27–29	25–18	15–13	108–102	Report

Pool D

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	397	317	1.252	Final round
2	Germany	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	463	389	1.190
3	Croatia	5	3	2	7	9	11	0.818	443	461	0.961
4	Latvia	5	1	4	5	8	13	0.615	434	489	0.888
5	Slovakia	5	1	4	4	8	14	0.571	453	502	0.902
6	Estonia	5	1	4	3	6	14	0.429	414	446	0.928

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	19:00	Estonia	1–3	Latvia	23–25	22–25	25–16	21–25		91–91	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Croatia	0–3	Germany	20–25	13–25	19–25			52–75	Report
3 Sep	20:00	France	3–0	Slovakia	25–22	25–20	25–19			75–61	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Slovakia	2–3	Estonia	27–25	25–22	18–25	14–25	13–15	97–112	Report
4 Sep	19:00	Croatia	3–2	Latvia	28–30	25–20	23–25	31–29	15–11	122–115	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Estonia	0–3	Germany	19–25	16–25	21–25			56–75	Report
5 Sep	19:00	France	3–0	Croatia	25–15	25–16	26–24			76–55	Report
6 Sep	17:00	Latvia	2–3	Slovakia	18–25	25–23	25–13	19–25	7–15	94–101	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Germany	1–3	France	29–31	25–15	22–25	22–25		98–96	Report
7 Sep	17:00	Latvia	1–3	Germany	22–25	19–25	27–25	17–25		85–100	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Croatia	3–2	Estonia	20–25	22–25	25–18	26–24	15–9	108–101	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Slovakia	1–3	Croatia	27–25	19–25	19–25	29–31		94–106	Report
8 Sep	20:00	France	3–0	Latvia	25–18	25–14	25–17			75–49	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Germany	3–2	Slovakia	25–20	25–17	25–27	25–27	15–9	115–100	Report
9 Sep	20:00	Estonia	0–3	France	18–25	17–25	19–25			54–75	Report

Final round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

11 September – Gdańsk

Poland

3

14 September – Gdańsk

Finland

0

Poland

3

11 September – Gdańsk

Russia

0

Russia

3

18 September – Katowice

Ukraine

1

Poland

1

13 September – Ostrava

Slovenia

3

France

0

15 September – Ostrava

Czech Republic

3

Czech Republic

0

13 September – Ostrava

Slovenia

3

Slovenia

3

19 September – Katowice

Croatia

1

Slovenia

2

12 September – Gdańsk

Italy

3

Netherlands

3

14 September – Gdańsk

Portugal

2

Netherlands

0

12 September – Gdańsk

Serbia

3

Serbia

3

18 September – Katowice

Turkey

2

Serbia

1

12 September – Ostrava

Italy

3

3rd place match

Italy

3

15 September – Ostrava

19 September – Katowice

Latvia

0

Italy

3

Poland

3

12 September – Ostrava

Germany

0

Serbia

0

Germany

3

Bulgaria

1

Round of 16

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:30	ERA	Russia	3–1	Ukraine	22–25	25–16	25–22	25–22		97–85	Report
11 Sep	20:30	ERA	Poland	3–0	Finland	25–16	25–16	25–14			75–46	Report
12 Sep	16:00	OSA	Italy	3–0	Latvia	25–14	25–13	25–16			75–43	Report
12 Sep	17:30	ERA	Netherlands	3–2	Portugal	22–25	25–22	26–24	20–25	15–13	108–109	Report
12 Sep	19:00	OSA	Germany	3–1	Bulgaria	25–14	18–25	25–19	25–22		93–80	Report
12 Sep	20:30	ERA	Serbia	3–2	Turkey	25–18	22–25	22–25	25–23	15–12	109–103	Report
13 Sep	16:00	OSA	Slovenia	3–1	Croatia	25–20	25–18	19–25	25–12		94–75	Report
13 Sep	19:00	OSA	France	0–3	Czech Republic	22–25	19–25	32–34			73–84	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
14 Sep	17:30	ERA	Netherlands	0–3	Serbia	23–25	20–25	25–27	68–77	Report
14 Sep	20:30	ERA	Poland	3–0	Russia	25–14	26–24	25–19	76–57	Report
15 Sep	16:00	OSA	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–13	25–18	25–19	75–50	Report
15 Sep	19:00	OSA	Czech Republic	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	19–25	25–27	65–77	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:30	SPO	Poland	1–3	Slovenia	25–17	30–32	16–25	35–37		106–111	Report
18 Sep	21:00	SPO	Serbia	1–3	Italy	27–29	22–25	25–23	18–25		92–102	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:30	SPO	Poland	3–0	Serbia	25–22	25–16	25–22			75–60	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	20:30	SPO	Slovenia	2–3	Italy	25–22	20–25	25–20	20–25	11–15	101–107	Report

Final standing

Rank^[2]	Team
	Italy
	Slovenia
	Poland
4	Serbia
5	Netherlands
6	Germany
7	Russia
8	Czech Republic
9	France
10	Turkey
11	Bulgaria
12	Finland
13	Ukraine
14	Croatia
15	Portugal
16	Latvia
17	Belarus
18	Belgium
19	Slovakia
20	Spain
21	Estonia
22	Greece
23	North Macedonia
24	Montenegro

	Qualified for the 2022 World Championship

2021 Men's European champions
Italy 7th title

14-man roster

Simone Giannelli (c), Fabio Balaso, Gianluca Galassi, Riccardo Sbertoli, Yuri Romanò, Simone Anzani, Alessandro Michieletto, Daniele Lavia, Alessandro Piccinelli, Fabio Ricci, Giulio Pinali, Lorenzo Cortesia, Francesco Recine, Mattia Bottolo

Head coach

Ferdinando De Giorgi

All Star Team

This list was based on 375,394 fan votes.^[3]

Most valuable player
Simone Giannelli
Best setter
Gregor Ropret
Best outside hitters
Alessandro Michieletto
Daniele Lavia
Best middle blockers
Marko Podraščanin
Piotr Nowakowski
Best opposite
Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Best libero
Fabio Balaso

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v t e CEV Men's European Championship
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2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Contents

Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

All Star Team

See also

Related Research Articles

References

External links

Tournament details

Host nation	Poland Czech Republic Estonia Finland
Dates	1–19 September
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Italy (7th title)
Runners-up	Slovenia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament awards
MVP	Simone Giannelli Wilfredo Leon
Best Setter	Gregor Ropret
Best OH	Alessandro Michieletto Daniele Lavia
Best MB	Marko Podraščanin Piotr Nowakowski
Best OPP	Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Best Libero	Fabio Balaso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Attendance	195,448 (2,572 per match)
Official website
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