2021 Women's European Volleyball League

2021 Women's European League
Tournament details
Host nationFinal Four:
 Bulgaria (Golden League)
 Slovenia (Silver League)
Dates28 May – 20 June
Teams20
Champions Bulgaria (2nd title)
Runners-up Croatia
Third place Spain
Fourth place Czech Republic
Official website
European Golden League
European Silver League

The 2021 Women's European Volleyball League was the 12th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which features women's national volleyball teams from 20 European countries.[1]

The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, featuring twelve teams, and the Silver League, featuring eight teams.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of January 2020. Rankings are shown in brackets.[2]

Golden league

Pool A Pool B Pool C
 Azerbaijan (5)  Bulgaria (8)  Croatia (9)
 Spain (14)  Ukraine (13)  Belarus (11)
 Romania (15)  Slovakia (15)  Hungary (17)
 France (20)  Finland (21)  Czech Republic (19)

Silver league

Pool A Pool B
 Slovenia (18)  Portugal (23)
 Austria (27)  Estonia (25)
 Israel (29)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (30)
 Luxembourg (36)  Latvia (30)

Pool standing procedure

  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Golden league

  • All times are local.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Spain 6 4 2 13 16 10 1.600 570 518 1.100 Final round
2  France 6 4 2 12 15 9 1.667 535 491 1.090
3  Romania 6 4 2 11 14 10 1.400 520 487 1.068
4  Azerbaijan 6 0 6 0 2 18 0.111 365 494 0.739 Relegated to the Silver League
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 17:00 Romania  3–2  France 17–25 23–25 26–24 26–24 15–11 107–109 Report
28 May 20:00 Spain  3–0  Azerbaijan 25–22 25–22 25–12     75–56 Report
29 May 17:00 Azerbaijan  0–3  Romania 14–25 13–25 11–25     38–75 Report
29 May 20:00 Spain  3–1  France 25–18 22–25 25–18 25–23   97–84 Report
30 May 17:00 Romania  2–3  Spain 25–13 14–25 25–21 16–25 9–15 89–99 Report
30 May 20:00 France  3–1  Azerbaijan 25–21 19–25 25–13 25–20   94–79 Report
4 Jun 17:00 Spain  3–1  Azerbaijan 25–19 22–25 25–21 25–13   97–78 Report
4 Jun 20:00 Romania  0–3  France 17–25 18–25 23–25     58–75 Report
5 Jun 17:00 Romania  3–2  Spain 24–26 24–26 25–20 25–21 15–12 113–105 Report
5 Jun 20:30 France  3–0  Azerbaijan 25–14 25–19 25–20     75–53 Report
6 Jun 15:00 Azerbaijan  0–3  Romania 24–26 12–25 25–27     61–78 Report
6 Jun 19:00 Spain  2–3  France 25–16 23–25 25–17 14–25 10–15 97–98 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Bulgaria[a] (H) 4 4 0 12 12 0 MAX 304 226 1.345 Final round
2  Slovakia 4 1 3 4 5 10 0.500 307 332 0.925
3  Ukraine 4 1 3 2 4 11 0.364 297 350 0.849
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as hosts
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 19:00 Bulgaria  3–0  Slovakia 25–14 26–24 25–15     76–53 Report
29 May 19:00 Slovakia  2–3  Ukraine 25–22 22–25 25–14 15–25 7–15 94–101 Report
30 May 19:00 Ukraine  0–3  Bulgaria 26–28 13–25 22–25     61–78 Report
4 Jun 20:30 Bulgaria  3–0  Slovakia 25–21 25–14 25–22     75–57 Report
5 Jun 20:30 Ukraine  0–3  Bulgaria 23–25 20–25 12–25     55–75 Report
6 Jun 17:30 Slovakia  3–1  Ukraine 23–25 30–28 25–14 25–13   103–80 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Czech Republic 6 4 2 14 16 8 2.000 552 479 1.152 Final round
2  Croatia 6 4 2 11 15 10 1.500 561 542 1.035
3  Belarus 6 2 4 6 9 15 0.600 468 540 0.867
4  Hungary 6 2 4 5 7 14 0.500 454 474 0.958
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 17:00 Croatia  2–3  Hungary 26–24 20–25 31–29 21–25 11–15 109–118 Report
29 May 16:00 Czech Republic  3–1  Croatia 25–13 20–25 28–26 25–22   98–86 Report
29 May 19:00 Hungary  1–3  Belarus 19–25 24–26 25–16 22–25   90–92 Report
30 May 16:00 Belarus  0–3  Croatia 23–25 15–25 20–25     58–75 Report
30 May 19:00 Hungary  0–3  Czech Republic 16–25 17–25 16–25     49–75 Report
31 May 17:00 Belarus  1–3  Czech Republic 7–25 25–22 12–25 21–25   65–97 Report
2 Jun 16:00 Belarus  2–3  Croatia 23–25 25–16 16–25 26–24 9–15 99–105 Report
2 Jun 19:00 Hungary  0–3  Czech Republic 21–25 21–25 20–25     62–75 Report
3 Jun 16:00 Hungary  3–0  Belarus 25–14 25–18 25–16     75–48 Report
3 Jun 19:00 Czech Republic  2–3  Croatia 25–20 25–27 21–25 26–24 12–15 109–111 Report
4 Jun 17:00 Croatia  3–0  Hungary 25–21 25–16 25–23     75–60 Report
4 Jun 20:00 Belarus  3–2  Czech Republic 25–22 25–18 20–25 21–25 15–8 106–98 Report

Ranking of the second placed teams

  • Matches against the fourth placed team in each pool are not included in this ranking.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Croatia 4 3 1 7 10 7 1.429 377 364 1.036 Final round
2  France 4 2 2 6 9 8 1.125 366 359 1.019
3  Slovakia 4 1 3 4 5 10 0.500 307 332 0.925
Source: [citation needed]

Silver league

  • All times are local.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Slovenia[a] (H) 6 6 0 17 18 3 6.000 513 374 1.372 Final round
2  Austria 6 4 2 13 14 6 2.333 479 400 1.198 Final round
3  Israel 6 2 4 6 7 12 0.583 378 448 0.844
4  Luxembourg 6 0 6 0 0 18 0.000 302 450 0.671
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as hosts
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 May 15:00 Austria  0–3  Slovenia 17–25 17–25 20–25     54–75 Report
28 May 15:00 Israel  0–3  Austria 16–25 11–25 21–25     48–75 Report
28 May 17:30 Luxembourg  0–3  Slovenia 14–25 13–25 16–25     43–75 Report
29 May 15:00 Israel  3–0  Luxembourg 25–23 25–19 25–22     75–64 Report
30 May 15:00 Slovenia  3–0  Israel 25–14 25–15 25–11     75–40 Report
30 May 17:30 Austria  3–0  Luxembourg 25–19 25–15 25–13     75–47 Report
4 Jun 17:00 Austria  3–0  Luxembourg 25–15 25–14 25–20     75–49 Report
4 Jun 20:00 Slovenia  3–1  Israel 22–25 25–11 25–19 25–20   97–75 Report
5 Jun 17:00 Israel  0–3  Austria 18–25 32–34 15–25     65–84 Report
5 Jun 20:00 Luxembourg  0–3  Slovenia 14–25 19–25 13–25     46–75 Report
6 Jun 17:00 Israel  3–0  Luxembourg 25–23 25–16 25–14     75–53 Report
6 Jun 20:00 Austria  2–3  Slovenia 22–25 22–25 32–30 25–19 15–17 116–116 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Portugal 6 5 1 14 15 7 2.143 515 471 1.093 Final round
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 4 2 13 15 6 2.500 491 393 1.249
3  Estonia 6 3 3 9 12 12 1.000 516 536 0.963
4  Latvia 6 0 6 0 1 18 0.056 353 475 0.743
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 17:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Latvia 25–19 25–20 25–18     75–57 Report
28 May 20:00 Estonia  2–3  Portugal 25–19 23–25 25–23 27–29 11–15 111–111 Report
29 May 17:00 Latvia  0–3  Portugal 18–25 19–25 21–25     58–75 Report
29 May 20:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–3  Estonia 25–12 22–25 21–25 25–22 9–15 102–99 Report
30 May 17:00 Estonia  3–0  Latvia 25–18 25–22 25–19     75–59 Report
30 May 20:00 Portugal  0–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 21–25 23–25 19–25     63–75 Report
1 Jun 17:00 Estonia  1–3  Portugal 26–24 19–25 19–25 20–25   84–99 Report
1 Jun 20:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Latvia 25–12 25–8 25–15     75–35 Report
2 Jun 17:00 Latvia  0–3  Portugal 14–25 21–25 19–25     54–75 Report
2 Jun 20:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Estonia 25–9 25–18 25–20     75–47 Report
3 Jun 17:00 Estonia  3–1  Latvia 26–24 24–26 25–22 25–18   100–90 Report
3 Jun 20:00 Portugal  3–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25–21 17–25 25–20 25–23   92–89 Report

Final round

Silver League

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 June
 
 
 Portugal2
 
12 June
 
 Austria3
 
 Austria2
 
11 June
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina3
 
 Slovenia1
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina3
 
3rd place match
 
 
12 June
 
 
 Portugal1
 
 
 Slovenia3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun 17:00 Portugal  2–3  Austria 23–25 25–23 25–22 20–25 6–15 99–110 Report
11 Jun 20:00 Slovenia  1–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23–25 25–19 22–25 24–26   94–95 Report

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jun 17:00 Portugal  1–3  Slovenia 21–25 25–23 23–25 16–25   85–98 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jun 20:00 Austria  2–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 22–25 29–27 25–23 18–25 7–15 101–115 Report

Golden League

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 June
 
 
 Spain1
 
20 June
 
 Croatia3
 
 Croatia1
 
19 June
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 
 Bulgaria3
 
3rd place match
 
 
20 June
 
 
 Spain3
 
 
 Czech Republic2

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Jun 17:00 Spain  1–3  Croatia 12–25 25–10 18–25 23–25   78–85 Report
19 Jun 20:00 Czech Republic  0–3  Bulgaria 13–25 23–25 19–25     55–75 Report

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 17:00 Spain  3–2  Czech Republic 28–26 10–25 23–25 25–16 15–10 101–102 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 20:00 Croatia  1–3  Bulgaria 25–22 22–25 17–25 20–25   84–97 Report

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Record-breaking participation for 2021 European League". cev.eu. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ "CEV European Ranking List - Women (as per 01.01.2020)". cev.eu. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2020.