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2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship.[1]

Qualification edit

Bulgaria, Finland, Italy and Romania as host countries were directly qualified. The eight best placed teams at the 2023 edition also gained direct entries into the tournament. 21 teams compete for the remaining 12 places at the final tournament.

Means of qualification Qualifier Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Countries   Bulgaria Qualification Pool A
  Finland Pool B
  Italy Pool C
  Romania Pool D
2023 European Championship
  Poland Pool E
  Slovenia Pool F
  France Pool G
  Netherlands Best runners-up
  Serbia
  Ukraine
  Germany
  Portugal
Total 24

Direct qualification edit

All of the hosted countries' teams directly qualified for the tournament. Then, the top eight teams from previous edition also automatically qualified.

Qualified for the 2026 European Championship
Qualified as hosts for the 2026 European Championship
Rank Team
    Poland
    Italy
    Slovenia
4   France
5   Netherlands
6   Serbia
7   Romania
8   Ukraine
9   Germany
10   Portugal
11   Croatia
12   Czech Republic
13   Turkey
14   Belgium
15   Bulgaria
16   North Macedonia
17   Spain
18   Israel
19   Montenegro
20   Estonia
21   Finland
22   Greece
23    Switzerland
24   Denmark

Format edit

There being seven pools of either three teams each, the winners of each pool and the 5 best runners-up qualified for the 2026 European Championship. The pools were played in a double round-robin.

Schedule edit

The dates were updated to adapt to the new FIVB calendar.

Round Round date[1][2]
Matchday 1 17/18 August 2024
Matchday 2 24/25 August 2024
Matchday 3 28/29 August 2024
Matchday 4 9/10 August 2025
Matchday 5 13 August 2025
Matchday 6 16/17 August 2025

Pools composition edit

The pools were set following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 6 November 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets.[1]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G
  Turkey (8)   Belgium (11)   Czech Republic (13)   Croatia (16)   Spain (17)   Greece (18)   Slovakia (19)
  Denmark (27)   Azerbaijan (26)   Montenegro (24)   Estonia (23)    Switzerland (22)   North Macedonia (21)   Latvia (20)
  Hungary (28)   Austria (29)   Norway (31)   Israel (34)   Sweden (35)   Georgia (37)   Kosovo (NR)

Pool standing procedure edit

  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 last 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 and 3 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

Results edit

  • The winners in each pool and the top five of the second ranked teams qualified for the 2026 European Championship.

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2   Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3   Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2   Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3   Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Pool C edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2   Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3   Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Pool D edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2   Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3   Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Pool E edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2    Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3   Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Pool F edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2   North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3   Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Pool G edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2   Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship if one of five best second-ranked team
3   Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Ranking of the second placed teams edit

  • Matches against the fourth placed team in each pool were not included in this ranking.
  • The top five of the second placed teams qualified for the 2026 European Championship.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2026 European Championship
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
5 Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
6 Team 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
7 Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d https://inside.cev.eu/media/qjobjw13/web_ev2026-commun.pdf
  2. ^ "Volleyball players against the Czech Republic and Norway for Eurovolley, volleyball players from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Latvia".

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