2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nations	Italy   Bulgaria   North Macedonia   Israel
Dates	28 August – 16 September 2023
Teams	24  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	8  (in 8 host cities)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	France
Tournament awards
MVP	Wilfredo León
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Attendance	184,799 (2,432 per match)
Official website
CEV EuroVolley 2023
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The 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 33rd edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, CEV. For the third time, the championship was held in four countries: Italy, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Israel. ^{[1] [2]} The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CEV representatives, except Italy who had already qualified as the defending world champions.

Poland won their second title after defeating hosts Italy 3–0 in the final. Wilfredo León was chosen as the MVP of the tournament.

Host selection

In May 2022, three countries — Bulgaria, Italy and North Macedonia — confirmed their co-hosting of the men's EuroVolley 2023 edition. ^[1] Ukraine was also supposed to be one of the hosts of EuroVolley but because of the ongoing war in the country they lost the right to host the tournament. ^[3] The only arena that was suitable for the championships was indoor arena Yunist in Zaporizhzhia. ^[4]

On 5 October 2022, CEV announced that Israel would be the new co-host of the tournament replacing Ukraine. ^[5] In July 2023, CEV made the unprecedented and controversial move of donating €1,500,000 to ensure the smooth running of the EuroVolley 2023 Group D stages in Israel amid rumours that Israel might withdraw from its hosting duties due to "financial difficulties". This is in contrast to the other host nations who reportedly spent between €600,000 and €2,000,000 for the organization of the championship. ^[6]

On 9 February 2023, CEV announced that Rome would host the semifinals and medal matches, while Bologna would also host the opening match between Belgium and Italy. ^[7]

Qualification

Main article: 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

^[8]

Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries	Italy	Qualification	Pool A	Turkey
	North Macedonia		Pool B	Finland
	Bulgaria		Pool C	Belgium
	Israel		Pool D	Portugal
2021 European Championship	Slovenia		Pool E	Greece
	Poland		Pool F	Spain
	Serbia		Pool G	Romania
	Netherlands		Best runners-up	Switzerland
	Germany			Denmark
	Czech Republic			Montenegro
	France			Estonia
Reallocation	Ukraine			Croatia
Total 24

Pools composition

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

1. The 4 Organisers are seeded in Preliminary pools. Italy in Pool A, Bulgaria in Pool B, North Macedoniain Pool C and Israel in Pool D.
2. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools,
3. The organizers could select one team to join their pools, as a result, Switzerland joined Italy in Pool A, Finland joined Bulgaria in Pool B, Montenegro joined North Macedonia in Pool C and Romania joined Israel in Pool D.
4. According to the CEV National Team rankings as of 1 January 2022, the 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
Poland   France   Serbia   Slovenia	Germany   Netherlands   Turkey   Ukraine	Czech Republic   Portugal   Belgium   Croatia	Spain   Greece   Estonia   Denmark

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 16 November 2022 in Naples, Italy. ^{[9] [10]}

CEV EuroVolley 2023 – Drawing of Lots

Drawing of Lots Live Streaming

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Italy	Bulgaria	North Macedonia	Israel
Switzerland	Finland	Montenegro	Romania
Serbia	Slovenia	Poland	France
Germany	Ukraine	Netherlands	Turkey
Belgium	Croatia	Czech Republic	Portugal
Estonia	Spain	Denmark	Greece

Squads

Main article: 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Rome (Semifinals and Finals)		Varna (Pool B, Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)		Skopje (Pool C)		Tel Aviv (Pool D)
PalaLottomatica		Palace of Culture and Sports		Boris Trajkovski Sports Center		Shlomo Group Arena
Capacity: 11,000		Capacity: 4,600		Capacity: 10,000		Capacity: 3,400
Bologna Perugia Ancona Bari Rome Rome Varna Tel Aviv Skopje
Bologna (Pool A) (only 28 August)		Perugia (Pool A) (30 August-1 September)		Ancona (Pool A) (3-6 September)		Bari (Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)
Capacity: 11,000		Capacity: 6,000		Capacity: 5,000		Capacity: 6,000
Unipol Arena		PalaEvangelisti		PalaRossini		PalaFlorio

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority is 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 is 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

• All times are local.
• The top four teams in each pool qualify 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	Italy (H)	5	5	0	14	15	2	7.500	402	326	1.233	Final round
2	Serbia	5	4	1	12	12	5	2.400	393	365	1.077
3	Germany	5	3	2	9	12	8	1.500	448	407	1.101
4	Belgium	5	2	3	7	9	10	0.900	398	412	0.966
5	Estonia	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	366	414	0.884
6	Switzerland	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	325	408	0.797

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Italy	17–25	18–25	15–25			50–75	P2 Report
30 Aug	18:00	Germany	3–0	Estonia	25–22	25–19	25–19			75–60	P2 Report
30 Aug	21:00	Switzerland	0–3	Serbia	19–25	16–25	19–25			54–75	P2 Report
31 Aug	18:00	Serbia	3–1	Belgium	25–22	18–25	25–20	25–20		93–87	P2 Report
31 Aug	21:00	Estonia	0–3	Italy	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	P2 Report
1 Sep	18:00	Germany	3–0	Switzerland	25–14	25–16	25–21			75–51	P2 Report
1 Sep	21:00	Serbia	0–3	Italy	15–25	19–25	21–25			55–75	P2 Report
3 Sep	18:00	Estonia	3–2	Switzerland	25–18	25–21	22–25	21–25	15–13	108–102	P2 Report
3 Sep	21:00	Belgium	2–3	Germany	25–22	25–17	15–25	22–25	12–15	99–104	P2 Report
4 Sep	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Estonia	25–16	25–23	25–22			75–61	P2 Report
4 Sep	21:00	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	25–19	25–23	25–15			75–57	P2 Report
5 Sep	18:00	Belgium	3–1	Estonia	25–18	25–17	12–25	25–19		87–79	P2 Report
5 Sep	21:00	Germany	1–3	Serbia	22–25	25–20	22–25	19–25		88–95	P2 Report
6 Sep	18:00	Switzerland	0–3	Belgium	20–25	19–25	22–25			61–75	P2 Report
6 Sep	21:15	Germany	2–3	Italy	22–25	25–23	22–25	25–14	12–15	106–102	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	411	328	1.253	Final round
2	Croatia	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	383	395	0.970
3	Ukraine	5	2	3	6	10	11	0.909	459	460	0.998
4	Bulgaria (H)	5	2	3	6	8	11	0.727	437	458	0.954
5	Spain	5	2	3	6	6	11	0.545	361	397	0.909
6	Finland	5	1	4	4	7	12	0.583	423	436	0.970

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	19:30	Spain	3–1	Bulgaria	25–17	25–21	21–25	25–19		96–82	P2 Report
30 Aug	16:30	Slovenia	3–1	Ukraine	23–25	25–22	25–20	25–20		98–87	P2 Report
30 Aug	19:30	Finland	3–0	Croatia	25–19	25–19	25–22			75–60	P2 Report
31 Aug	16:30	Ukraine	2–3	Croatia	25–17	22–25	25–20	15–25	13–15	100–102	P2 Report
31 Aug	19:30	Finland	1–3	Bulgaria	26–28	25–27	25–15	16–25		92–95	P2 Report
1 Sep	16:30	Finland	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	19–25	22–25			62–75	P2 Report
1 Sep	19:30	Croatia	3–0	Spain	25–19	25–20	25–22			75–61	P2 Report
2 Sep	16:30	Slovenia	3–0	Spain	25–19	25–15	25–15			75–49	P2 Report
2 Sep	19:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Ukraine	20–25	25–17	25–20	25–23		95–85	P2 Report
3 Sep	16:30	Spain	3–1	Finland	25–21	19–25	25–21	25–23		94–90	P2 Report
3 Sep	19:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia	25–22	16–25	22–25	21–25		84–97	P2 Report
4 Sep	16:30	Ukraine	3–2	Finland	25–23	25–17	23–25	24–26	15–13	112–104	P2 Report
4 Sep	19:30	Croatia	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	18–25	14–25			49–75	P2 Report
5 Sep	17:30	Spain	0–3	Ukraine	21–25	21–25	19–25			61–75	P2 Report
5 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	3–0	Bulgaria	31–29	25–22	32–30			88–81	P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	398	272	1.463	Final round
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	403	364	1.107
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	9	9	7	1.286	375	351	1.068
4	North Macedonia (H)	5	2	3	6	6	10	0.600	332	373	0.890
5	Montenegro	5	1	4	3	3	13	0.231	308	399	0.772
6	Denmark	5	0	5	0	4	15	0.267	415	472	0.879

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	20:00	North Macedonia	3–1	Denmark	22–25	25–22	25–19	25–22		97–88	P2 Report
31 Aug	17:00	Montenegro	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	18–25	22–25			59–75	P2 Report
31 Aug	20:00	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	25–17	25–20	25–20			75–57	P2 Report
1 Sep	17:00	Denmark	1–3	Czech Republic	15–25	25–23	27–29	22–25		89–102	P2 Report
1 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	1–3	Poland	25–23	13–25	19–25	22–25		79–98	P2 Report
2 Sep	17:00	Netherlands	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	25–22	25–22			75–66	P2 Report
2 Sep	20:00	North Macedonia	3–0	Montenegro	25–22	25–18	25–20			75–60	P2 Report
3 Sep	17:00	Denmark	1–3	Montenegro	25–18	29–31	22–25	23–25		99–99	P2 Report
3 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	North Macedonia	25–12	25–21	25–14			75–47	P2 Report
4 Sep	17:00	Denmark	1–3	Netherlands	18–25	24–26	25–23	20–25		87–99	P2 Report
4 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Montenegro	25–18	25–20	25–15			75–53	P2 Report
5 Sep	17:00	North Macedonia	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	19–25	16–25			54–75	P2 Report
5 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Denmark	25–23	25–9	25–20			75–52	P2 Report
6 Sep	17:00	Montenegro	0–3	Poland	14–25	11–25	12–25			37–75	P2 Report
6 Sep	20:00	North Macedonia	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	23–25	17–25			59–75	P2 Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	423	369	1.146	Final round
2	Portugal	5	3	2	9	12	8	1.500	435	434	1.002
3	Romania	5	3	2	9	11	10	1.100	462	450	1.027
4	Turkey	5	2	3	8	10	10	1.000	467	439	1.064
5	Israel (H)	5	2	3	4	6	13	0.462	386	439	0.879
6	Greece	5	1	4	3	7	14	0.500	440	482	0.913

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	19:00	Greece	2–3	Israel	17–25	29–27	25–21	21–25	13–15	105–113	P2 Report
30 Aug	16:00	Turkey	0–3	France	20–25	28–30	25–27			73–82	P2 Report
30 Aug	19:00	Romania	0–3	Portugal	19–25	18–25	23–25			60–75	P2 Report
31 Aug	16:00	France	3–1	Portugal	25–21	25–27	25–19	25–15		100–82	P2 Report
31 Aug	19:00	Romania	2–3	Israel	25–27	25–12	25–21	22–25	8–15	105–100	P2 Report
1 Sep	15:00	Romania	3–2	Turkey	25–22	18–25	25–21	23–25	17–15	108–108	P2 Report
1 Sep	18:00	Portugal	2–3	Greece	25–22	25–19	20–25	16–25	12–15	98–106	P2 Report
2 Sep	16:30	Turkey	3–1	Greece	22–25	26–24	25–19	25–23		98–91	P2 Report
2 Sep	19:30	Israel	0–3	France	21–25	27–29	17–25			65–79	P2 Report
3 Sep	16:00	Greece	1–3	Romania	16–25	18–25	25–23	21–25		80–98	P2 Report
3 Sep	19:00	Israel	0–3	Portugal	22–25	21–25	12–25			55–75	P2 Report
4 Sep	16:00	France	1–3	Romania	23–25	25–16	18–25	21–25		87–91	P2 Report
4 Sep	19:00	Portugal	3–2	Turkey	26–24	21–25	15–25	28–26	15–13	105–113	P2 Report
5 Sep	16:00	Greece	0–3	France	19–25	22–25	17–25			58–75	P2 Report
5 Sep	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Israel	25–23	25–13	25–17			75–53	P2 Report

Final round

• All times are local.

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

9 September – Bari

Italy

3

12 September – Bari

North Macedonia

0

Italy

3

9 September – Bari

Netherlands

2

Netherlands

3

14 September – Rome

Germany

2

Italy

3

8 September – Varna

France

0

France

3

11 September – Varna

Bulgaria

0

France

3

8 September – Varna

Romania

0

Croatia

2

16 September – Rome

Romania

3

Italy

0

10 September – Bari

Poland

3

Poland

3

12 September – Bari

Belgium

1

Poland

3

10 September – Bari

Serbia

1

Serbia

3

14 September – Rome

Czech Republic

0

Poland

3

9 September – Varna

Slovenia

1

3rd place match

Slovenia

3

11 September – Varna

16 September – Rome

Turkey

2

Slovenia

3

France

2

9 September – Varna

Ukraine

1

Slovenia

3

Portugal

0

Ukraine

3

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	17:30	Croatia	2–3	Romania	17–25	20–25	25–17	28–26	12–15	102–108	P2 Report
8 Sep	20:30	France	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–21	25–15			75–57	P2 Report
9 Sep	17:30	Slovenia	3–2	Turkey	20–25	22–25	25–21	25–23	15–13	107–107	P2 Report
9 Sep	18:00	Italy	3–0	North Macedonia	25–20	25–12	25–15			75–47	P2 Report
9 Sep	20:30	Portugal	0–3	Ukraine	20–25	19–25	22–25			61–75	P2 Report
9 Sep	21:00	Netherlands	3–2	Germany	25–20	25–23	22–25	18–25	15–12	105–105	P2 Report
10 Sep	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–21	26–24	25–21			76–66	P2 Report
10 Sep	21:00	Poland	3–1	Belgium	25–16	25–17	23–25	25–22		98–80	P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:30	Slovenia	3–1	Ukraine	25–17	31–29	21–25	25–23		102–94	P2 Report
11 Sep	21:00	France	3–0	Romania	25–22	25–14	27–25			77–61	P2 Report
12 Sep	18:00	Poland	3–1	Serbia	26–28	25–15	36–34	25–17		112–94	P2 Report
12 Sep	21:00	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	19–25	25–17	25–16	23–25	15–12	107–95	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	18:00	Poland	3–1	Slovenia	23–25	25–21	25–20	25–21		98–87	P2 Report
14 Sep	21:15	Italy	3–0	France	25–21	25–19	25–23			75–63	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	17:30	France	2–3	Slovenia	22–25	16–25	25–21	25–18	11–15	99–104	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	21:00	Italy	0–3	Poland	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team   Poland   Italy   Slovenia 4   France 5   Netherlands 6   Serbia 7   Romania 8   Ukraine 9   Germany 10   Portugal 11   Croatia 12   Czech Republic 13   Turkey 14   Belgium 15   Bulgaria 16   North Macedonia 17   Spain 18   Israel 19   Montenegro 20   Estonia 21   Finland 22   Greece 23    Switzerland 24   Denmark Qualified for the 2025 World Championship Already qualified for the 2025 World Championship as defending champions

2023 Men's European champions  Poland 2nd title 14-man roster Bartosz Kurek (c), Jakub Popiwczak, Łukasz Kaczmarek, Karol Kłos, Wilfredo León, Bartosz Bednorz, Aleksander Śliwka, Grzegorz Łomacz, Jakub Kochanowski, Kamil Semeniuk, Paweł Zatorski, Marcin Janusz, Tomasz Fornal, Norbert Huber Head coach Nikola Grbić

See also

• 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship

References

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8. CEV EuroVolley 2023 Official Communications No. 1 (PDF). CEV. 4 November 2021.
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External links

• Official website
• CEV website