2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Direct qualification

The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship.

	Qualified for the 2017 European Championship
	Qualified for the 2017 European Championship as host country

Main article: 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Rank	Team
	France
	Slovenia
	Italy
4	Bulgaria
5	Poland
6	Russia
7	Serbia
8	Germany
9	Netherlands
10	Belgium
11	Estonia
12	Finland
13	Czech Republic
14	Slovakia
15	Croatia
16	Belarus

First round

First round was held 19–22 May 2016. 12 teams competed in three first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The three 1st placed teams and the two 2nd placed teams with the best score qualified for the second round.

• Pools composition

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3
Sweden	Austria	Israel
Azerbaijan	Luxembourg	Hungary
Switzerland	Moldova	Norway
Georgia	Lithuania	England

Qualified for Second round

All times are local.

Pool 1

• Venue: New Volleyball Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	15:30	Sweden	3–2	Azerbaijan	25–16	21–25	25–23	24–26	15–12	110–102	Report
19 May	18:30	Georgia	0–3	Switzerland	13–25	12–25	16–25			41–75	Report
20 May	15:30	Azerbaijan	0–3	Switzerland	20–25	18–25	21–25			59–75	Report
20 May	18:30	Sweden	3–0	Georgia	25–19	25–19	25–18			75–56	Report
21 May	15:30	Switzerland	2–3	Sweden	25–18	12–25	12–25	25–23	14–16	88–107	Report
21 May	18:30	Azerbaijan	3–0	Georgia	25–21	25–17	25–12			75–50	Report

Pool 2

• Venue: d'Coque Gymnase, Luxembourg city, Luxembourg

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	17:00	Austria	3–2	Moldova	19–25	25–17	21–25	25–15	15–11	105–93	Report
20 May	19:30	Luxembourg	3–2	Lithuania	25–23	25–13	20–25	24–26	15–10	109–97	Report
21 May	17:00	Moldova	3–0	Lithuania	25–13	25–19	25–16			75–48	Report
21 May	19:30	Austria	3–1	Luxembourg	25–22	19–25	25–20	25–17		94–84	Report
22 May	15:30	Lithuania	0–3	Austria	14–25	16–25	13–25			43–75	Report
22 May	18:00	Moldova	3–0	Luxembourg	25–15	25–14	25–20			75–49	Report

Pool 3

• Venue: Sotra Arena, Straume, Norway

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	15:30	Hungary	0–3	Israel	24–26	18–25	17–25			59–76	Report
20 May	18:00	Norway	3–1	England	25–19	22–25	25–19	25–11		97–74	Report
21 May	15:00	Israel	3–1	England	25–20	23–25	25–15	25–14		98–74	Report
21 May	17:30	Hungary	2–3	Norway	25–20	25–21	20–25	17–25	13–15	100–106	Report
22 May	15:00	England	3–2	Hungary	25–17	26–28	28–26	18–25	15–11	112–107	Report
22 May	17:30	Israel	3–2	Norway	25–23	22–25	25–20	17–25	16–14	105–107	Report

Ranking of the 2nd placed teams

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Second round

24 teams competed in the second round, where each pool of 4 teams played in 2 tournaments in 15–25 September 2016. The 1st placed teams of each pool qualified directly for the 2017 Championship. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualified for the third round.

• Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Germany	Finland	Belgium	Slovakia	Netherlands	Czech Republic
Spain	Portugal	Greece	Croatia	Turkey	Estonia
Montenegro	Denmark	Ukraine	Latvia	Belarus	North Macedonia
Switzerland	Sweden	Moldova	Israel	Austria	Romania

	Qualified for 2017 European Championship
	Qualified to Third round

All times are local.

Pool A

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• Venue: Morača Sports Center, Podgorica, Montenegro

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	16:30	Spain	0–3	Germany	23–25	23–25	16–25			62–75	Report
16 Sep	19:00	Montenegro	3–0	Switzerland	25–21	25–23	25–18			75–62	Report
17 Sep	16:30	Germany	3–0	Switzerland	25–22	25–16	25–16			75–54	Report
17 Sep	19:00	Spain	2–3	Montenegro	25–22	24–26	16–25	25–23	13–15	103–111	Report
18 Sep	16:30	Switzerland	0–3	Spain	22–25	21–25	21–25			64–75	Report
18 Sep	19:00	Germany	3–0	Montenegro	25–18	25–21	25–18			75–57	Report

• Venue: Centro Insular de Deportes, Las Palmas, Spain

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	17:30	Montenegro	0–3	Germany	13–25	11–25	15–25			39–75	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Spain	3–1	Switzerland	25–21	23–25	25–18	25–15		98–79	Report
24 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–0	Switzerland	25–20	25–14	25–18			75–52	Report
24 Sep	20:00	Montenegro	1–3	Spain	18–25	25–20	17–25	15–25		75–95	Report
25 Sep	15:30	Switzerland	0–3	Montenegro	14–25	22–25	23–25			59–75	Report
25 Sep	18:00	Germany	3–1	Spain	25–19	25–21	20–25	25–15		95–80	Report

Pool B

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• Venue: Humlehøjhallen, Sønderborg, Denmark

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	16:00	Portugal	3–0	Finland	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66	Report
16 Sep	19:00	Denmark	0–3	Sweden	19–25	22–25	19–25			60–75	Report
17 Sep	16:00	Finland	3–1	Sweden	21–25	25–14	26–24	25–21		97–84	Report
17 Sep	19:00	Portugal	3–1	Denmark	23–25	25–23	28–26	25–15		101–89	Report
18 Sep	16:00	Sweden	2–3	Portugal	25–22	18–25	25–22	23–25	10–15	101–109	Report
18 Sep	19:00	Finland	3–1	Denmark	25–17	18–25	25–11	25–21		93–74	Report

• Venue: Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	15:00	Portugal	3–1	Denmark	25–22	25–21	22–25	25–23		97–91	Report
23 Sep	18:00	Finland	3–0	Sweden	25–22	25–15	25–22			75–59	Report
24 Sep	15:00	Denmark	2–3	Sweden	31–29	19–25	20–25	25–18	12–15	107–112	Report
24 Sep	18:00	Portugal	1–3	Finland	22–25	25–23	17–25	15–25		79–98	Report
25 Sep	16:00	Denmark	0–3	Finland	14–25	20–25	18–25			52–75	Report
25 Sep	19:00	Sweden	3–1	Portugal	22–25	25–22	25–17	25–23		97–87	Report

Pool C

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• Venue: Kozani New Indoor Sporthall, Kozani, Greece

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	18:00	Moldova	2–3	Ukraine	25–17	16–25	22–25	25–22	8–15	96–104	Report
16 Sep	21:00	Greece	0–3	Belgium	17–25	23–25	22–25			62–75	Report
17 Sep	18:00	Ukraine	2–3	Belgium	23–25	21–25	25–21	25–22	13–15	107–108	Report
17 Sep	21:00	Moldova	1–3	Greece	25–22	27–29	18–25	21–25		91–101	Report
18 Sep	18:00	Belgium	3–0	Moldova	25–18	25–14	25–19			75–51	Report
18 Sep	21:00	Ukraine	2–3	Greece	19–25	27–29	26–24	25–23	11–15	108–116	Report

• Venue: Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	17:30	Ukraine	3–1	Moldova	25–19	25–23	23–25	25–18		98–85	Report
23 Sep	15:00	Greece	3–1	Moldova	25–22	21–25	25–22	25–15		96–84	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Belgium	3–0	Ukraine	25–20	25–21	25–19			75–60	Report
24 Sep	17:30	Greece	3–0	Belgium	25–19	25–22	25–21			75–62	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Moldova	0–3	Belgium	15–25	29–31	16–25			60–81	Report
25 Sep	20:00	Ukraine	0–3	Greece	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	Report

Pool D

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• Venue: Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad, Slovakia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	15:30	Latvia	3–0	Croatia	25–19	25–21	25–19			75–59	Report
16 Sep	18:00	Slovakia	3–0	Israel	26–24	25–18	25–13			76–55	Report
17 Sep	15:30	Croatia	2–3	Israel	25–19	25–21	22–25	18–25	16–18	106–108	Report
17 Sep	18:00	Latvia	0–3	Slovakia	25–27	21–25	21–25			67–77	Report
18 Sep	15:30	Israel	1–3	Latvia	18–25	25–20	20–25	19–25		82–95	Report
18 Sep	18:00	Croatia	1–3	Slovakia	21–25	25–18	24–26	22–25		92–94	Report

• Venue: Dvorana Gimnasium, Rovinj, Croatia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	17:30	Slovakia	1–3	Latvia	17–25	22–25	25–17	22–25		86–92	Report
22 Sep	20:00	Croatia	2–3	Israel	20–25	25–20	25–20	23–25	13–15	106–105	Report
23 Sep	17:30	Israel	0–3	Latvia	15–25	18–25	23–25			56–75	Report
24 Sep	15:00	Israel	0–3	Slovakia	21–25	19–25	18–25			58–75	Report
24 Sep	17:30	Latvia	3–1	Croatia	25–23	20–25	25–14	27–25		97–87	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Croatia	0–3	Slovakia	16–25	17–25	14–25			47–75	Report

Pool E

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• Venue: Yildirim Beyazit Sports Hall, Turgutlu, Turkey

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Austria	1–3	Turkey	23–25	18–25	25–23	15–25		81–98	Report
15 Sep	20:00	Belarus	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	21–25	17–25			58–75	Report
16 Sep	17:00	Turkey	2–3	Netherlands	16–25	25–18	26–24	23–25	6–15	96–107	Report
16 Sep	20:00	Austria	1–3	Belarus	17–25	19–25	25–23	21–25		82–98	Report
17 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Belarus	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	Report
17 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–1	Austria	30–32	25–20	25–20	25–21		105–93	Report

• Venue: Topsportcentrum de Koog, Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Belarus	25–18	29–27	20–25	25–22		99–92	Report
23 Sep	19:30	Austria	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	11–25	24–26			52–76	Report
24 Sep	17:00	Belarus	2–3	Netherlands	25–20	25–18	18–25	23–25	13–15	104–103	Report
24 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–0	Austria	25–18	26–24	25–19			76–61	Report
25 Sep	15:30	Netherlands	3–1	Turkey	19–25	25–22	26–24	25–18		95–89	Report
25 Sep	18:00	Belarus	3–2	Austria	21–25	25–20	23–25	25–19	15–8	109–97	Report

Pool F

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• Venue: Sala Polivalentă, Craiova, Romania

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Estonia	0–3	Czech Republic	20–25	19–25	14–25			53–75	Report
15 Sep	19:45	Romania	3–0	North Macedonia	25–21	25–14	25–12			75–47	Report
16 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	3–1	North Macedonia	25–17	25–18	23–25	27–25		100–85	Report
16 Sep	19:45	Estonia	3–1	Romania	19–25	28–26	25–18	25–23		97–92	Report
17 Sep	17:00	North Macedonia	2–3	Estonia	28–26	22–25	23–25	27–25	11–15	111–116	Report
17 Sep	19:45	Czech Republic	3–0	Romania	25–13	25–17	25–21			75–51	Report

• Venue: Jablonec City Hall, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	15:00	Romania	3–1	Estonia	23–25	25–22	25–19	25–23		98–89	Report
23 Sep	18:00	Czech Republic	3–0	North Macedonia	25–19	26–24	25–22			76–65	Report
24 Sep	15:00	Estonia	1–3	North Macedonia	25–13	21–25	23–25	16–25		85–88	Report
24 Sep	18:00	Romania	1–3	Czech Republic	22–25	29–31	25–21	21–25		97–102	Report
25 Sep	15:00	North Macedonia	3–1	Romania	29–31	25–22	25–21	25–22		104–96	Report
25 Sep	18:00	Estonia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–17	25–13	25–21			75–51	Report

Third round

The 2nd placed teams of the second round will play one home and one away match to determine the 3 winners who will then subsequently be qualified through to the 2017 Championship. The third round matches will be held on 1–9 October 2016.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	–	Portugal	–	–
Spain	–	Greece	–	–
Latvia	–	Estonia	2–3	–

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	17:00	Latvia	2–3	Estonia	17–25	25–16	19–25	25–22	12–15	98–103	Report
1 Oct	21:00	Spain	–	Greece	25–16	–	–			25–16	Report
2 Oct	16:00	Turkey	–	Portugal	–	–	–			0–0	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Oct	19:00	Greece	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0	Report
9 Oct	17:00	Estonia	–	Latvia	–	–	–			0–0	Report
9 Oct	18:00	Portugal	–	Turkey	–	–	–			0–0	Report

External links

• Official website