2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nations Italy
 Bulgaria
 North Macedonia
 Israel
Dates28 August – 16 September 2023
Teams24 (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
MVPPoland Wilfredo León
Tournament statistics
Matches played76
Attendance184,799 (2,432 per match)
Official website
CEV EuroVolley 2023

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 will host semifinals and medal matches, while Bologna will be hosting opening match between Belgium and Italy.[7]

Qualification

[8]

Means of qualification Qualifier Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Countries ItalyQualificationPool A Turkey
 North MacedoniaPool B Finland
 BulgariaPool C Belgium
 IsraelPool D Portugal
2021 European Championship  SloveniaPool E Greece
 PolandPool F Spain
 SerbiaPool G Romania
 NetherlandsBest 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 01 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
YouTube logo
video icon 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

Venues

Italy Rome (Semifinals and Finals) Bulgaria Varna (Pool B, Round of 16 and Quarterfinals) North Macedonia Skopje (Pool C) Israel 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
2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship is located in Europe
Bologna
Bologna
Perugia
Perugia
Ancona
Ancona
Bari
Bari
Rome
Rome
Rome
Rome
Varna
Varna
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Skopje
Skopje
Italy Bologna (Pool A) (only 28 August) Italy Perugia (Pool A) (30 August-1 September) Italy Ancona (Pool A) (3-6 September) Italy 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 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

  • All times are local.
  • The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the final round.

Pool A

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 Aug20:00Belgium 0–3 Italy17–2518–2515–25  50–75P2 Report
30 Aug18:00Germany 3–0 Estonia25–2225–1925–19  75–60P2 Report
30 Aug21:00Switzerland 0–3 Serbia19–2516–2519–25  54–75P2 Report
31 Aug18:00Serbia 3–1 Belgium25–2218–2525–2025–20 93–87P2 Report
31 Aug21:00Estonia 0–3 Italy17–2522–2519–25  58–75P2 Report
1 Sep18:00Germany 3–0  Switzerland25–1425–1625–21  75–51P2 Report
1 Sep21:00Serbia 0–3 Italy15–2519–2521–25  55–75P2 Report
3 Sep18:00Estonia 3–2  Switzerland25–1825–2122–2521–2515–13108–102P2 Report
3 Sep21:00Belgium 2–3 Germany25–2225–1715–2522–2512–1599–104P2 Report
4 Sep18:00Serbia 3–0 Estonia25–1625–2325–22  75–61P2 Report
4 Sep21:00Italy 3–0  Switzerland25–1925–2325–15  75–57P2 Report
5 Sep18:00Belgium 3–1 Estonia25–1825–1712–2525–19 87–79P2 Report
5 Sep21:00Germany 1–3 Serbia22–2525–2022–2519–25 88–95P2 Report
6 Sep18:00Switzerland 0–3 Belgium20–2519–2522–25  61–75P2 Report
6 Sep21:15Germany 2–3 Italy22–2525–2322–2525–1412–15106–102P2 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 Aug19:30Spain 3–1 Bulgaria25–1725–2121–2525–19 96–82P2 Report
30 Aug16:30Slovenia 3–1 Ukraine23–2525–2225–2025–20 98–87P2 Report
30 Aug19:30Finland 3–0 Croatia25–1925–1925–22  75–60P2 Report
31 Aug16:30Ukraine 2–3 Croatia25–1722–2525–2015–2513–15100–102P2 Report
31 Aug19:30Finland 1–3 Bulgaria26–2825–2725–1516–25 92–95P2 Report
1 Sep16:30Finland 0–3 Slovenia21–2519–2522–25  62–75P2 Report
1 Sep19:30Croatia 3–0 Spain25–1925–2025–22  75–61P2 Report
2 Sep16:30Slovenia 3–0 Spain25–1925–1525–15  75–49P2 Report
2 Sep19:30Bulgaria 3–1 Ukraine20–2525–1725–2025–23 95–85P2 Report
3 Sep16:30Spain 3–1 Finland25–2119–2525–2125–23 94–90P2 Report
3 Sep19:30Bulgaria 1–3 Croatia25–2216–2522–2521–25 84–97P2 Report
4 Sep16:30Ukraine 3–2 Finland25–2325–1723–2524–2615–13112–104P2 Report
4 Sep19:30Croatia 0–3 Slovenia17–2518–2514–25  49–75P2 Report
5 Sep17:30Spain 0–3 Ukraine21–2521–2519–25  61–75P2 Report
5 Sep20:30Slovenia 3–0 Bulgaria31–2925–2232–30  88–81P2 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 Aug20:00North Macedonia 3–1 Denmark22–2525–2225–1925–22 97–88P2 Report
31 Aug17:00Montenegro 0–3 Netherlands19–2518–2522–25  59–75P2 Report
31 Aug20:00Poland 3–0 Czech Republic25–1725–2025–20  75–57P2 Report
1 Sep17:00Denmark 1–3 Czech Republic15–2525–2327–2922–25 89–102P2 Report
1 Sep20:00Netherlands 1–3 Poland25–2313–2519–2522–25 79–98P2 Report
2 Sep17:00Netherlands 3–0 Czech Republic25–2225–2225–22  75–66P2 Report
2 Sep20:00North Macedonia 3–0 Montenegro25–2225–1825–20  75–60P2 Report
3 Sep17:00Denmark 1–3 Montenegro25–1829–3122–2523–25 99–99P2 Report
3 Sep20:00Poland 3–0 North Macedonia25–1225–2125–14  75–47P2 Report
4 Sep17:00Denmark 1–3 Netherlands18–2524–2625–2320–25 87–99P2 Report
4 Sep20:00Czech Republic 3–0 Montenegro25–1825–2025–15  75–53P2 Report
5 Sep17:00North Macedonia 0–3 Netherlands19–2519–2516–25  54–75P2 Report
5 Sep20:00Poland 3–0 Denmark25–2325–925–20  75–52P2 Report
6 Sep17:00Montenegro 0–3 Poland14–2511–2512–25  37–75P2 Report
6 Sep20:00North Macedonia 0–3 Czech Republic19–2523–2517–25  59–75P2 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 Aug19:00Greece 2–3 Israel17–2529–2725–2121–2513–15105–113P2 Report
30 Aug16:00Turkey 0–3 France20–2528–3025–27  73–82P2 Report
30 Aug19:00Romania 0–3 Portugal19–2518–2523–25  60–75P2 Report
31 Aug16:00France 3–1 Portugal25–2125–2725–1925–15 100–82P2 Report
31 Aug19:00Romania 2–3 Israel25–2725–1225–2122–258–15105–100P2 Report
1 Sep15:00Romania 3–2 Turkey25–2218–2525–2123–2517–15108–108P2 Report
1 Sep18:00Portugal 2–3 Greece25–2225–1920–2516–2512–1598–106P2 Report
2 Sep16:30Turkey 3–1 Greece22–2526–2425–1925–23 98–91P2 Report
2 Sep19:30Israel 0–3 France21–2527–2917–25  65–79P2 Report
3 Sep16:00Greece 1–3 Romania16–2518–2525–2321–25 80–98P2 Report
3 Sep19:00Israel 0–3 Portugal22–2521–2512–25  55–75P2 Report
4 Sep16:00France 1–3 Romania23–2525–1618–2521–25 87–91P2 Report
4 Sep19:00Portugal 3–2 Turkey26–2421–2515–2528–2615–13105–113P2 Report
5 Sep16:00Greece 0–3 France19–2522–2517–25  58–75P2 Report
5 Sep19:00Turkey 3–0 Israel25–2325–1325–17  75–53P2 Report

Final round

  • All times are local.
 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
9 September – Bari
 
 
 Italy3
 
12 September – Bari
 
 North Macedonia0
 
 Italy3
 
9 September – Bari
 
 Netherlands2
 
 Netherlands3
 
14 September – Rome
 
 Germany2
 
 Italy3
 
8 September – Varna
 
 France0
 
 France3
 
11 September – Varna
 
 Bulgaria0
 
 France3
 
8 September – Varna
 
 Romania0
 
 Croatia2
 
16 September – Rome
 
 Romania3
 
 Italy0
 
10 September – Bari
 
 Poland3
 
 Poland3
 
12 September – Bari
 
 Belgium1
 
 Poland3
 
10 September – Bari
 
 Serbia1
 
 Serbia3
 
14 September – Rome
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 Poland3
 
9 September – Varna
 
 Slovenia1 3rd place match
 
 Slovenia3
 
11 September – Varna16 September – Rome
 
 Turkey2
 
 Slovenia3 France2
 
9 September – Varna
 
 Ukraine1  Slovenia3
 
 Portugal0
 
 
 Ukraine3
 

Round of 16

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep17:30Croatia 2–3 Romania17–2520–2525–1728–2612–15102–108P2 Report
8 Sep20:30France 3–0 Bulgaria25–2125–2125–15  75–57P2 Report
9 Sep17:30Slovenia 3–2 Turkey20–2522–2525–2125–2315–13107–107P2 Report
9 Sep18:00Italy 3–0 North Macedonia25–2025–1225–15  75–47P2 Report
9 Sep20:30Portugal 0–3 Ukraine20–2519–2522–25  61–75P2 Report
9 Sep21:00Netherlands 3–2 Germany25–2025–2322–2518–2515–12105–105P2 Report
10 Sep18:00Serbia 3–0 Czech Republic25–2126–2425–21  76–66P2 Report
10 Sep21:00Poland 3–1 Belgium25–1625–1723–2525–22 98–80P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Sep17:30Slovenia 3–1 Ukraine25–1731–2921–2525–23 102–94P2 Report
11 Sep21:00France 3–0 Romania25–2225–1427–25  77–61P2 Report
12 Sep18:00Poland 3–1 Serbia26–2825–1536–3425–17 112–94P2 Report
12 Sep21:00Italy 3–2 Netherlands19–2525–1725–1623–2515–12107–95P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Sep18:00Poland 3–1 Slovenia23–2525–2125–2025–21 98–87P2 Report
14 Sep21:15Italy 3–0 France25–2125–1925–23  75–63P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep17:30France 2–3 Slovenia22–2516–2525–2125–1811–1599–104P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep21:00Italy 0–3 Poland20–2521–2523–25  64–75P2 Report

Final standing

See also

References

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