2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Belgium France Netherlands Slovenia
Dates	12–29 September
Teams	24
Official website
Official website

The 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship is the 31st edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. For the first time the EuroVolley will be held in four countries: Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Slovenia. The tournament will run from September 13 to September 29, 2019. The number of national teams participating in the event will also be expanded from 16 to 24.

Montenegro and North Macedonia will make their first appearance, whilst Russia will be the defending champions.

Qualification

Main article: 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

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. France in Pool A, Belgium in Pool B, Slovenia in Pool C and Netherlands 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. According to the CEV National Team ranking list as per 4 September 2017, National Federations 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	Pot 5
Russia Serbia Poland Italy	Bulgaria Germany Finland Czech Republic	Estonia Slovakia Turkey Portugal	Spain Ukraine Greece North Macedonia	Belarus Montenegro Romania Austria

Result

The drawing of lots was held on 16 January 2019 at the Atomium, Brussels, Belgium.

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

Squads

Further information: 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Round of 16, Quarterfinals	Semifinals, Finals	Montpellier Nantes Paris
Montpellier, France	Nantes, France	Paris, France
Sud de France Arena	Hall XXL	AccorHotels Arena
Capacity: 10,700	Capacity: 10,750	Capacity: 15,609
Pool B	Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals	Brussels Antwerp
Brussels, Belgium	Antwerp, Belgium
Palais 12	Sportpaleis
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 18,400
Pool C, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals		Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Arena Stožice
Capacity: 12,480
Pool D		Round of 16, Quarterfinals	Amsterdam Rotterdam Apeldoorn
Amsterdam, Netherlands	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Sporthallen Zuid	Rotterdam Ahoy	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Capacity: 2,525	Capacity: 16,426	Capacity: 2,000

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 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

Qualified for the Final round

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

Pool A

• All games from 12 to 18 September were played in Montpellier, France.

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:15	Bulgaria	3–0	Greece	25–22	25–16	25–20			75–58	Report
12 Sep	17:15	Portugal	0–3	Italy	21–25	10–25	22–25			53–75	Report
12 Sep	20:45	France	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–14	25–16			75–49	Report
13 Sep	17:15	Bulgaria	3–0	Romania	28–26	25–20	25–20			78–66	Report
13 Sep	20:45	Italy	3–1	Greece	17–25	25–23	25–19	25–18		92–85	Report
14 Sep	17:15	Greece	0–3	France	14–25	18–25	24–26			56–76	Report
14 Sep	20:45	Bulgaria	3–1	Portugal	25–23	28–30	25–23	25–22		103–98	Report
15 Sep	14:00	Romania	1–3	Italy	15–25	14–25	25–23	14–25		68–98	Report
15 Sep	17:30	Portugal	0–3	France	11–25	20–25	23–25			54–75	Report
16 Sep	17:15	Romania	1–3	Greece	25–23	24–26	25–27	21–25		95–101	Report
16 Sep	20:45	France	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–21	25–14			75–54	Report
17 Sep	14:00	Greece	1–3	Portugal	25–19	21–25	23–25	17–25		86–94	Report
17 Sep	19:30	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	22–25	25–23	25–21	25–17		97–86	Report
18 Sep	14:00	Portugal	1–3	Romania	21–25	25–19	18–25	23–25		87–94	Report
18 Sep	20:30	France	3–1	Italy	25–22	22–25	25–21	25–22		97–90	Report

Pool B

• The games from 13 to 14 September were played in Brussels, Belgium, while the games from 15 to 19 September were played in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Germany	25–21	25–17	25–15			75–53	Report
13 Sep	17:30	Slovakia	3–2	Spain	25–23	25–23	20–25	16–25	18–16	104–112	Report
13 Sep	20:30	Belgium	3–0	Austria	25–17	25–23	25–17			75–57	Report
14 Sep	17:30	Germany	2–3	Belgium	23–25	17–25	25–22	25–15	13–15	103–102	Report
14 Sep	20:30	Slovakia	3–1	Austria	19–25	25–20	25–21	25–15		94–81	Report
15 Sep	15:30	Spain	0–3	Belgium	17–25	21–25	14–25			52–75	Report
15 Sep	18:30	Serbia	3–0	Slovakia	25–19	25–20	25–21			75–60	Report
16 Sep	17:30	Austria	0–3	Germany	23–25	15–25	16–25			54–75	Report
16 Sep	20:30	Spain	1–3	Serbia	25–21	19–25	19–25	20–25		83–96	Report
17 Sep	17:30	Austria	2–3	Spain	23–25	28–26	23–25	25–23	11–15	110–114	Report
17 Sep	20:30	Slovakia	0–3	Belgium	23–25	20–25	15–25			58–75	Report
18 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–0	Slovakia	25–23	30–28	25–19			80–70	Report
18 Sep	20:30	Belgium	0–3	Serbia	19–25	21–25	19–25			59–75	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Spain	3–1	Germany	25–22	25–20	18–25	25–19		93–86	Report
19 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Austria	25–16	25–22	25–20			75–58	Report

Pool C

• All games from 12 to 18 September were played in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:30	Turkey	1–3	Russia	13–25	25–23	17–25	15–25		70–98	Report
12 Sep	17:30	Finland	3–1	North Macedonia	25–23	25–22	23–25	25–21		98–91	Report
12 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	3–0	Belarus	25–17	25–14	25–19			75–50	Report
13 Sep	17:30	North Macedonia	0–3	Turkey	20–25	23–25	13–25			56–75	Report
13 Sep	20:30	Belarus	1–3	Russia	25–23	17–25	22–25	10–25		74–98	Report
14 Sep	17:30	North Macedonia	0–3	Russia	15–25	16–25	28–30			59–80	Report
14 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	3–1	Finland	25–18	26–24	24–26	25–15		100–83	Report
15 Sep	17:30	Belarus	3–2	Finland	13–25	17–25	30–28	25–22	15–13	100–113	Report
15 Sep	20:30	Turkey	0–3	Slovenia	28–30	16–25	23–25			67–80	Report
16 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Finland	25–17	26–24	25–22			76–63	Report
16 Sep	20:30	Belarus	1–3	North Macedonia	25–23	19–25	27–29	20–25		91–102	Report
17 Sep	17:30	Slovenia	1–3	North Macedonia	24–26	28–30	25–19	24–26		101–101	Report
17 Sep	20:30	Turkey	3–1	Belarus	25–21	26–24	20–25	25–19		96–89	Report
18 Sep	17:30	Slovenia	0–3	Russia	21–25	21–25	21–25			63–75	Report
18 Sep	20:30	Finland	3–2	Turkey	25–20	15–25	18–25	25–23	15–12	98–105	Report

Pool D

• The games from 13 to 16 September were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands, while the games from 17 to 19 September were played in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	14:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Ukraine	21–25	19–25	25–19	22–25		87–94	Report
13 Sep	17:00	Estonia	1–3	Poland	22–25	27–25	22–25	17–25		88–100	Report
13 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Montenegro	25–13	25–17	25–15			75–45	Report
14 Sep	16:00	Ukraine	0–3	Netherlands	26–28	27–29	21–25			74–82	Report
14 Sep	19:00	Estonia	0–3	Montenegro	23–25	28–30	23–25			74–80	Report
15 Sep	16:00	Netherlands	0–3	Poland	19–25	18–25	19–25			56–75	Report
15 Sep	19:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Estonia	25–18	34–32	28–26			87–76	Report
16 Sep	17:00	Montenegro	1–3	Ukraine	25–19	18–25	15–25	19–25		77–94	Report
16 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–12	25–15			75–45	Report
17 Sep	17:00	Montenegro	0–3	Poland	10–25	17–25	19–25			46–75	Report
17 Sep	20:00	Estonia	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	19–25	19–25	20–25		83–97	Report
18 Sep	16:00	Ukraine	3–0	Estonia	25–17	25–15	25–14			75–46	Report
18 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	2–3	Czech Republic	18–25	25–18	20–25	25–22	14–16	102–106	Report
19 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	25–14	22–25	25–21	13–15	108–100	Report
19 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	25–17	25–16	25–15			75–48	Report

Final round

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

21 September – Nantes, France

France

24 September – Nantes, France

Finland

22 September – Nantes, France

Italy

27 September – Paris, France

Turkey

21 September – Antwerp, Belgium

Serbia

3

24 September – Antwerp, Belgium

Czech Republic

0

Serbia

21 September – Antwerp, Belgium

Belgium

29 September – Paris, France

Ukraine

21 September – Ljubljana, Slovenia

Russia

3

23 September – Ljubljana, Slovenia

Greece

0

Russia

21 September – Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slovenia

26 September – Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bulgaria

21 September – Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Bronze medal

Poland

23 September – Apeldoorn, Netherlands

28 September – Paris, France

Spain

21 September – Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Germany

Netherlands

1

Germany

3

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Netherlands	1–3	Germany	17–25	22–25	32–30	23–25		94–105	Report
21 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Greece	25–16	25–15	25–16			75–47	Report
21 Sep	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	31–29	25–21	25–18			81–68	Report
21 Sep	19:30	France	–	Finland	25–16	25–23	–			50–39	Report
21 Sep	20:00	Poland	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0	Report
21 Sep	20:30	Belgium	–	Ukraine	–	–	–			0–0	Report
21 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–			0–0	Report
22 Sep	17:00	Italy	–	Turkey	–	–	–			0–0	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Serbia	–	WEF4	–	–	–			0–0
23 Sep	20:30	WEF7	–	Germany	–	–	–			0–0
24 Sep	20:30	Russia	–	WEF6	–	–	–			0–0
24 Sep	20:45	WEF1	–	WEF2	–	–	–			0–0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	20:30	WQF2	–	WQF4	–	–	–			0–0
27 Sep	20:45	WQF1	–	WQF3	–	–	–			0–0

Third place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	18:00	LSF1	–	LSF2	–	–	–			0–0

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:30	WSF1	–	WSF2	–	–	–			0–0

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16	Greece
17	North Macedonia
18	Montenegro
19	Slovakia
20	Portugal
21	Romania
22	Belarus
23	Austria
24	Estonia

See also

• 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship