2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 32nd edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, CEV. For the second time, the EuroVolley was held in four countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland. The number of national teams that participated in the event remained to 24.

2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland Czech Republic Estonia Finland
Dates	1–19 September
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Italy (7th title)
Runners-up	Slovenia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament awards
MVP	Simone Giannelli
Best Setter	Gregor Ropret
Best OH	Alessandro Michieletto Daniele Lavia
Best MB	Marko Podraščanin Piotr Nowakowski
Best OPP	Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Best Libero	Fabio Balaso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Attendance	195,448 (2,572 per match)
Official website
Official website

In Poland, matches were played in Gdańsk, Katowice and Kraków. In Finland, matches were played in Tampere. In Czech Republic, matches were played in Ostrava. In Estonia, matches were played in Tallinn. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CEV representatives.

Qualification

Main article: 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

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. Poland in Pool A, Czech Republic in Pool B, Finland in Pool C and Estonia 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 can select one team to join their pools.
4. According to the CEV National Team ranking list (as per 01/01/2020), 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
Serbia France Slovenia Netherlands	Germany Bulgaria Turkey Ukraine	Spain Slovakia Greece Belarus	Portugal Montenegro North Macedonia Croatia

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 27 May 2021 in Helsinki, Finland.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Poland	Czech Republic	Finland	Estonia
Belgium	Italy	Russia	Latvia
Serbia	Slovenia	Netherlands	France
Ukraine	Bulgaria	Turkey	Germany
Greece	Belarus	Spain	Slovakia
Portugal	Montenegro	North Macedonia	Croatia

Squads

Main article: 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Kraków (Pool A)		Gdańsk (Round of 16, Quarterfinals)		Katowice (Semifinals, Finals)
Tauron Arena		Ergo Arena		Spodek
Capacity: 15,030		Capacity: 11,409		Capacity: 11,500
Kraków Gdańsk Katowice Ostrava Tampere Tallinn 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship (Europe)
Ostrava (Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals)		Tampere (Pool C)		Tallinn (Pool D)
Ostravar Aréna		Tampere Ice Stadium		Saku Suurhall
Capacity: 10,000		Capacity: 7,300		Capacity: 7,200

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

• The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the final round.

Qualified for the Final round

Pool A

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• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	14:30	Greece	2–3	Ukraine	25–22	24–26	25–22	19–25	6–15	99–110	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–1	Portugal	25–16	22–25	25–16	25–19		97–76	Report
2 Sep	20:30	Belgium	1–3	Serbia	13–25	18–25	25–21	20–25		76–96	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Belgium	2–3	Portugal	23–25	22–25	25–20	25–18	13–15	108–103	Report
3 Sep	20:30	Ukraine	0–3	Serbia	25–27	24–26	21–25			70–78	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Greece	25–16	25–22	25–22			75–60	Report
4 Sep	20:30	Serbia	2–3	Poland	21–25	25–23	25–20	20–25	14–16	105–109	Report
5 Sep	17:30	Portugal	2–3	Ukraine	18–25	23–25	25–21	26–24	11–15	103–110	Report
5 Sep	20:30	Greece	1–3	Poland	15–25	22–25	25–20	24–26		86–96	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Portugal	1–3	Serbia	15–25	21–25	25–22	17–25		78–97	Report
6 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–0	Belgium	25–18	26–24	25–16			76–58	Report
7 Sep	17:30	Serbia	3–2	Greece	25–23	22–25	25–16	28–30	15–5	115–99	Report
7 Sep	20:30	Ukraine	3–1	Belgium	25–27	25–23	25–18	25–23		100–91	Report
8 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	25–15	25–20	25–21			75–56	Report
8 Sep	20:30	Greece	1–3	Portugal	22–25	26–24	20–25	22–25		90–99	Report

Pool B

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• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	14:15	Italy	3–0	Belarus	25–18	25–12	25–15			75–45	Report
3 Sep	17:15	Montenegro	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	17–25	25–27			64–77	Report
3 Sep	20:15	Czech Republic	3–1	Slovenia	26–24	25–18	14–25	25–19		90–86	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Montenegro	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	16–25	16–25			49–75	Report
4 Sep	19:00	Belarus	3–1	Czech Republic	25–20	19–25	25–21	25–19		94–85	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Bulgaria	10–25	25–23	25–18	24–26	11–15	95–107	Report
5 Sep	19:00	Italy	3–0	Montenegro	25–17	25–20	26–24			76–61	Report
6 Sep	15:45	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	19–25	18–25	25–17	12–25		74–92	Report
6 Sep	19:00	Slovenia	3–0	Belarus	25–20	25–20	25–15			75–55	Report
7 Sep	16:00	Slovenia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58	Report
7 Sep	19:00	Montenegro	0–3	Czech Republic	28–30	23–25	10–25			61–80	Report
8 Sep	15:45	Italy	3–0	Slovenia	27–25	25–20	25–23			77–68	Report
8 Sep	19:00	Belarus	3–0	Montenegro	25–23	25–21	25–12			75–56	Report
9 Sep	16:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Belarus	25–13	25–18	24–26	25–22		99–79	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Italy	20–25	21–25	25–23	22–25		88–98	Report

Pool C

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• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	19:00	Finland	3–1	North Macedonia	25–20	25–15	24–26	25–22		99–83	Report
2 Sep	17:00	Russia	1–3	Turkey	27–29	25–16	21–25	19–25		92–95	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Spain	25–23	26–24	25–22			76–69	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Spain	25–16	29–31	27–25	25–23		106–95	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	North Macedonia	25–20	25–18	25–22			75–60	Report
4 Sep	14:00	Spain	0–3	Finland	19–25	20–25	18–25			57–75	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	2–3	Russia	13–25	25–19	21–25	25–21	13–15	97–105	Report
5 Sep	14:00	North Macedonia	0–3	Turkey	22–25	12–25	15–25			49–75	Report
5 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–1	Finland	22–25	25–15	25–23	25–17		97–80	Report
6 Sep	17:00	North Macedonia	1–3	Spain	23–25	25–21	28–30	15–25		91–101	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Turkey	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	25–27	25–27	23–25		98–101	Report
7 Sep	17:00	Spain	1–3	Russia	20–25	25–20	16–25	17–25		78–95	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Finland	1–3	Netherlands	23–25	25–21	25–27	20–25		93–98	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	North Macedonia	25–15	25–13	25–18			75–46	Report
8 Sep	20:00	Finland	3–2	Turkey	25–17	16–25	27–29	25–18	15–13	108–102	Report

Pool D

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• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	19:00	Estonia	1–3	Latvia	23–25	22–25	25–16	21–25		91–91	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Croatia	0–3	Germany	20–25	13–25	19–25			52–75	Report
3 Sep	20:00	France	3–0	Slovakia	25–22	25–20	25–19			75–61	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Slovakia	2–3	Estonia	27–25	25–22	18–25	14–25	13–15	97–112	Report
4 Sep	19:00	Croatia	3–2	Latvia	28–30	25–20	23–25	31–29	15–11	122–115	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Estonia	0–3	Germany	19–25	16–25	21–25			56–75	Report
5 Sep	19:00	France	3–0	Croatia	25–15	25–16	26–24			76–55	Report
6 Sep	17:00	Latvia	2–3	Slovakia	18–25	25–23	25–13	19–25	7–15	94–101	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Germany	1–3	France	29–31	25–15	22–25	22–25		98–96	Report
7 Sep	17:00	Latvia	1–3	Germany	22–25	19–25	27–25	17–25		85–100	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Croatia	3–2	Estonia	20–25	22–25	25–18	26–24	15–9	108–101	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Slovakia	1–3	Croatia	27–25	19–25	19–25	29–31		94–106	Report
8 Sep	20:00	France	3–0	Latvia	25–18	25–14	25–17			75–49	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Germany	3–2	Slovakia	25–20	25–17	25–27	25–27	15–9	115–100	Report
9 Sep	20:00	Estonia	0–3	France	18–25	17–25	19–25			54–75	Report

Final round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

11 September – Gdańsk

Poland

3

14 September – Gdańsk

Finland

0

Poland

3

11 September – Gdańsk

Russia

0

Russia

3

18 September – Katowice

Ukraine

1

Poland

1

13 September – Ostrava

Slovenia

3

France

0

15 September – Ostrava

Czech Republic

3

Czech Republic

0

13 September – Ostrava

Slovenia

3

Slovenia

3

19 September – Katowice

Croatia

1

Slovenia

2

12 September – Gdańsk

Italy

3

Netherlands

3

14 September – Gdańsk

Portugal

2

Netherlands

0

12 September – Gdańsk

Serbia

3

Serbia

3

18 September – Katowice

Turkey

2

Serbia

1

12 September – Ostrava

Italy

3

3rd place match

Italy

3

15 September – Ostrava

19 September – Katowice

Latvia

0

Italy

3

Poland

3

12 September – Ostrava

Germany

0

Serbia

0

Germany

3

Bulgaria

1

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–1	Ukraine	22–25	25–16	25–22	25–22		97–85	Report
11 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–0	Finland	25–16	25–16	25–14			75–46	Report
12 Sep	16:00	Italy	3–0	Latvia	25–14	25–13	25–16			75–43	Report
12 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	3–2	Portugal	22–25	25–22	26–24	20–25	15–13	108–109	Report
12 Sep	19:00	Germany	3–1	Bulgaria	25–14	18–25	25–19	25–22		93–80	Report
12 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–2	Turkey	25–18	22–25	22–25	25–23	15–12	109–103	Report
13 Sep	16:00	Slovenia	3–1	Croatia	25–20	25–18	19–25	25–12		94–75	Report
13 Sep	19:00	France	0–3	Czech Republic	22–25	19–25	32–34			73–84	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	0–3	Serbia	23–25	20–25	25–27			68–77	Report
14 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–0	Russia	25–14	26–24	25–19			76–57	Report
15 Sep	16:00	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–13	25–18	25–19			75–50	Report
15 Sep	19:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	19–25	25–27			65–77	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:30	Poland	1–3	Slovenia	25–17	30–32	16–25	35–37		106–111	Report
18 Sep	21:00	Serbia	1–3	Italy	27–29	22–25	25–23	18–25		92–102	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Serbia	25–22	25–16	25–22			75–60	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	2–3	Italy	25–22	20–25	25–20	20–25	11–15	101–107	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Slovenia
	Poland
4	Serbia
5	Netherlands
6	Germany
7	Russia
8	Czech Republic
9	France
10	Turkey
11	Bulgaria
12	Finland
13	Ukraine
14	Croatia
15	Portugal
16	Latvia
17	Belarus
18	Belgium
19	Slovakia
20	Spain
21	Estonia
22	Greece
23	North Macedonia
24	Montenegro

Qualified for the 2022 World Championship

2021 Men's European Champions
Italy 7th title

14-man Roster

Simone Giannelli (c), Fabio Balaso, Gianluca Galassi, Riccardo Sbertoli, Yuri Romanò, Simone Anzani, Alessandro Michieletto, Daniele Lavia, Alessandro Piccinelli, Fabio Ricci, Giulio Pinali, Lorenzo Cortesia, Francesco Recine, Mattia Bottolo

Head Coach

Ferdinando De Giorgi

All Star Team

• Most Valuable Player

Simone Giannelli

• Best Setter

Gregor Ropret

• Best Outside Hitters

Alessandro Michieletto

Daniele Lavia

• Best Middle Blockers

Marko Podraščanin

Piotr Nowakowski

• Best Opposite

Nimir Abdel-Aziz

• Best Libero

Fabio Balaso

See also

• 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship

External links

• Official website
• CEV website