2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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 would host the semifinals and medal matches, while Bologna would also host the opening match between Belgium and Italy.[7]

Qualification

Main article: 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

[8]

Means of qualification Qualifier Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Countries  Italy Qualification Pool A  Turkey
 North Macedonia Pool B  Finland
 Bulgaria Pool C  Belgium
 Israel Pool D  Portugal
2021 European Championship  Slovenia Pool E  Greece
 Poland Pool F  Spain
 Serbia Pool G  Romania
 Netherlands Best 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 1 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
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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

Main article: 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship 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 is 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 is 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 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 Aug 20:00 Belgium  0–3  Italy 17–25 18–25 15–25     50–75 P2 Report
30 Aug 18:00 Germany  3–0  Estonia 25–22 25–19 25–19     75–60 P2 Report
30 Aug 21:00 Switzerland  0–3  Serbia 19–25 16–25 19–25     54–75 P2 Report
31 Aug 18:00 Serbia  3–1  Belgium 25–22 18–25 25–20 25–20   93–87 P2 Report
31 Aug 21:00 Estonia  0–3  Italy 17–25 22–25 19–25     58–75 P2 Report
1 Sep 18:00 Germany  3–0   Switzerland 25–14 25–16 25–21     75–51 P2 Report
1 Sep 21:00 Serbia  0–3  Italy 15–25 19–25 21–25     55–75 P2 Report
3 Sep 18:00 Estonia  3–2   Switzerland 25–18 25–21 22–25 21–25 15–13 108–102 P2 Report
3 Sep 21:00 Belgium  2–3  Germany 25–22 25–17 15–25 22–25 12–15 99–104 P2 Report
4 Sep 18:00 Serbia  3–0  Estonia 25–16 25–23 25–22     75–61 P2 Report
4 Sep 21:00 Italy  3–0   Switzerland 25–19 25–23 25–15     75–57 P2 Report
5 Sep 18:00 Belgium  3–1  Estonia 25–18 25–17 12–25 25–19   87–79 P2 Report
5 Sep 21:00 Germany  1–3  Serbia 22–25 25–20 22–25 19–25   88–95 P2 Report
6 Sep 18:00 Switzerland  0–3  Belgium 20–25 19–25 22–25     61–75 P2 Report
6 Sep 21:15 Germany  2–3  Italy 22–25 25–23 22–25 25–14 12–15 106–102 P2 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 Aug 19:30 Spain  3–1  Bulgaria 25–17 25–21 21–25 25–19   96–82 P2 Report
30 Aug 16:30 Slovenia  3–1  Ukraine 23–25 25–22 25–20 25–20   98–87 P2 Report
30 Aug 19:30 Finland  3–0  Croatia 25–19 25–19 25–22     75–60 P2 Report
31 Aug 16:30 Ukraine  2–3  Croatia 25–17 22–25 25–20 15–25 13–15 100–102 P2 Report
31 Aug 19:30 Finland  1–3  Bulgaria 26–28 25–27 25–15 16–25   92–95 P2 Report
1 Sep 16:30 Finland  0–3  Slovenia 21–25 19–25 22–25     62–75 P2 Report
1 Sep 19:30 Croatia  3–0  Spain 25–19 25–20 25–22     75–61 P2 Report
2 Sep 16:30 Slovenia  3–0  Spain 25–19 25–15 25–15     75–49 P2 Report
2 Sep 19:30 Bulgaria  3–1  Ukraine 20–25 25–17 25–20 25–23   95–85 P2 Report
3 Sep 16:30 Spain  3–1  Finland 25–21 19–25 25–21 25–23   94–90 P2 Report
3 Sep 19:30 Bulgaria  1–3  Croatia 25–22 16–25 22–25 21–25   84–97 P2 Report
4 Sep 16:30 Ukraine  3–2  Finland 25–23 25–17 23–25 24–26 15–13 112–104 P2 Report
4 Sep 19:30 Croatia  0–3  Slovenia 17–25 18–25 14–25     49–75 P2 Report
5 Sep 17:30 Spain  0–3  Ukraine 21–25 21–25 19–25     61–75 P2 Report
5 Sep 20:30 Slovenia  3–0  Bulgaria 31–29 25–22 32–30     88–81 P2 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 Aug 20:00 North Macedonia  3–1  Denmark 22–25 25–22 25–19 25–22   97–88 P2 Report
31 Aug 17:00 Montenegro  0–3  Netherlands 19–25 18–25 22–25     59–75 P2 Report
31 Aug 20:00 Poland  3–0  Czech Republic 25–17 25–20 25–20     75–57 P2 Report
1 Sep 17:00 Denmark  1–3  Czech Republic 15–25 25–23 27–29 22–25   89–102 P2 Report
1 Sep 20:00 Netherlands  1–3  Poland 25–23 13–25 19–25 22–25   79–98 P2 Report
2 Sep 17:00 Netherlands  3–0  Czech Republic 25–22 25–22 25–22     75–66 P2 Report
2 Sep 20:00 North Macedonia  3–0  Montenegro 25–22 25–18 25–20     75–60 P2 Report
3 Sep 17:00 Denmark  1–3  Montenegro 25–18 29–31 22–25 23–25   99–99 P2 Report
3 Sep 20:00 Poland  3–0  North Macedonia 25–12 25–21 25–14     75–47 P2 Report
4 Sep 17:00 Denmark  1–3  Netherlands 18–25 24–26 25–23 20–25   87–99 P2 Report
4 Sep 20:00 Czech Republic  3–0  Montenegro 25–18 25–20 25–15     75–53 P2 Report
5 Sep 17:00 North Macedonia  0–3  Netherlands 19–25 19–25 16–25     54–75 P2 Report
5 Sep 20:00 Poland  3–0  Denmark 25–23 25–9 25–20     75–52 P2 Report
6 Sep 17:00 Montenegro  0–3  Poland 14–25 11–25 12–25     37–75 P2 Report
6 Sep 20:00 North Macedonia  0–3  Czech Republic 19–25 23–25 17–25     59–75 P2 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 Aug 19:00 Greece  2–3  Israel 17–25 29–27 25–21 21–25 13–15 105–113 P2 Report
30 Aug 16:00 Turkey  0–3  France 20–25 28–30 25–27     73–82 P2 Report
30 Aug 19:00 Romania  0–3  Portugal 19–25 18–25 23–25     60–75 P2 Report
31 Aug 16:00 France  3–1  Portugal 25–21 25–27 25–19 25–15   100–82 P2 Report
31 Aug 19:00 Romania  2–3  Israel 25–27 25–12 25–21 22–25 8–15 105–100 P2 Report
1 Sep 15:00 Romania  3–2  Turkey 25–22 18–25 25–21 23–25 17–15 108–108 P2 Report
1 Sep 18:00 Portugal  2–3  Greece 25–22 25–19 20–25 16–25 12–15 98–106 P2 Report
2 Sep 16:30 Turkey  3–1  Greece 22–25 26–24 25–19 25–23   98–91 P2 Report
2 Sep 19:30 Israel  0–3  France 21–25 27–29 17–25     65–79 P2 Report
3 Sep 16:00 Greece  1–3  Romania 16–25 18–25 25–23 21–25   80–98 P2 Report
3 Sep 19:00 Israel  0–3  Portugal 22–25 21–25 12–25     55–75 P2 Report
4 Sep 16:00 France  1–3  Romania 23–25 25–16 18–25 21–25   87–91 P2 Report
4 Sep 19:00 Portugal  3–2  Turkey 26–24 21–25 15–25 28–26 15–13 105–113 P2 Report
5 Sep 16:00 Greece  0–3  France 19–25 22–25 17–25     58–75 P2 Report
5 Sep 19:00 Turkey  3–0  Israel 25–23 25–13 25–17     75–53 P2 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 Sep 17:30 Croatia  2–3  Romania 17–25 20–25 25–17 28–26 12–15 102–108 P2 Report
8 Sep 20:30 France  3–0  Bulgaria 25–21 25–21 25–15     75–57 P2 Report
9 Sep 17:30 Slovenia  3–2  Turkey 20–25 22–25 25–21 25–23 15–13 107–107 P2 Report
9 Sep 18:00 Italy  3–0  North Macedonia 25–20 25–12 25–15     75–47 P2 Report
9 Sep 20:30 Portugal  0–3  Ukraine 20–25 19–25 22–25     61–75 P2 Report
9 Sep 21:00 Netherlands  3–2  Germany 25–20 25–23 22–25 18–25 15–12 105–105 P2 Report
10 Sep 18:00 Serbia  3–0  Czech Republic 25–21 26–24 25–21     76–66 P2 Report
10 Sep 21:00 Poland  3–1  Belgium 25–16 25–17 23–25 25–22   98–80 P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Sep 17:30 Slovenia  3–1  Ukraine 25–17 31–29 21–25 25–23   102–94 P2 Report
11 Sep 21:00 France  3–0  Romania 25–22 25–14 27–25     77–61 P2 Report
12 Sep 18:00 Poland  3–1  Serbia 26–28 25–15 36–34 25–17   112–94 P2 Report
12 Sep 21:00 Italy  3–2  Netherlands 19–25 25–17 25–16 23–25 15–12 107–95 P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Sep 18:00 Poland  3–1  Slovenia 23–25 25–21 25–20 25–21   98–87 P2 Report
14 Sep 21:15 Italy  3–0  France 25–21 25–19 25–23     75–63 P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 17:30 France  2–3  Slovenia 22–25 16–25 25–21 25–18 11–15 99–104 P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 21:00 Italy  0–3  Poland 20–25 21–25 23–25     64–75 P2 Report

Final standing

See also

References

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