Most recent season or competition: 2024 Men's European Volleyball League | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 2004 |
First season | 2004 |
Continent | Europe (CEV) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() (2nd title) |
Most titles | ![]() (3 titles) |
The Men's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). Created in 2004, the competition serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIVB World League (until 2016) and its successor the FIVB Challenger Cup since 2018.
This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious, continental competition for European national volleyball teams, the European Volleyball Championship.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (21 entries) | 20 | 20 | 21 | 61 |
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