2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship. ^[1]

Qualification

Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sweden and Turkey as host countries were directly qualified. The eight best placed teams at the 2023 edition also gained direct entries into the tournament. 21 teams compete for the remaining 12 places at the final tournament.

Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries	Azerbaijan	Qualification	Pool A
	Czech Republic		Pool B
	Sweden		Pool C
	Turkey		Pool D
2023 European Championship	Serbia		Pool E
	Netherlands		Pool F
	Italy		Pool G
	Poland		Best runners-up
	France
	Bulgaria
	Ukraine
	Slovakia
Total 24

Direct qualification

All of the hosted countries' teams directly qualified for the tournament. Then, the top eight teams from previous edition also automatically qualified.

• 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship final standing

	Qualified for the 2026 European Championship
	Qualified as hosts for the 2026 European Championship

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	Serbia
	Netherlands
4	Italy
5	Poland
6	France
7	Bulgaria
8	Czech Republic
9	Ukraine
10	Slovakia
11	Romania
12	Germany
13	Spain
14	Switzerland
15	Belgium
16	Sweden
17	Azerbaijan
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina
19	Greece
20	Slovenia
21	Finland
22	Croatia
23	Estonia
24	Hungary

Format

There being seven pools of either three teams each, the winners of each pool and the 5 best runners-up qualified for the 2026 European Championship. The pools were played in a double round-robin.

Schedule

Original schedule [1]
Round	Round date
Matchday 1	17/18 August 2024
Matchday 2	24/25 August 2024
Matchday 3	31 August–1 September 2024
Matchday 4	19/20 July 2025
Matchday 5	26/27 July 2025
Matchday 6	2/3 August 2025

The dates were updated to adapt to the new FIVB calendar.

Round	Round date [1] [2]
Matchday 1	17/18 August 2024
Matchday 2	24/25 August 2024
Matchday 3	28/29 August 2024
Matchday 4	2/3 August 2025
Matchday 5	6 August 2025
Matchday 6	9/10 August 2025

Pools composition

The pools were set following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 6 November 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets. ^[1]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F	Pool G
Germany (6)	Belgium (10)	Slovenia (13)	Bosnia and Herzegovina (15)	Spain (16)	Greece (17)	Romania (18)
Switzerland (26)	Hungary (25)	Israel (24)	Montenegro (23)	Portugal (22)	Austria (21)	Croatia (19)
Finland (27)	Denmark (28)	Estonia (29)	Latvia (31)	Georgia (32)	North Macedonia (33)	Kosovo (NR)

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 will be given to the team which won the last 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 and 3 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

Results

• The winners in each pool and the top five of the second ranked teams qualified for the 2026 European Championship.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Ranking of the second placed teams

• Matches against the fourth placed team in each pool were not included in this ranking.
• The top five of the second placed teams qualified for the 2026 European Championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	2026 European Championship
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Team 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Team 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
7	Team 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• 2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

References

1. https://inside.cev.eu/media/qjobjw13/web_ev2026-commun.pdf
2. "Volleyball players against the Czech Republic and Norway for Eurovolley, volleyball players from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Latvia".

External links

• Official website