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.^[1]

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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
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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.

Italy won their 7th title of Men's European Volleyball Championship. Simone Giannelli was chosen as MVP of this tournament.

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.

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...

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

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Draw

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

More information Pool A, Pool B ...

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

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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

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

Pool A

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	453	381	1.189	Final round
2	Serbia	5	4	1	12	14	7	2.000	491	432	1.137
3	Ukraine	5	3	2	7	9	11	0.818	446	446	1.000
4	Portugal	5	2	3	6	10	12	0.833	459	502	0.914
5	Belgium	5	1	4	4	7	12	0.583	408	435	0.938
6	Greece	5	0	5	2	6	15	0.400	434	495	0.877

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Source: CEV

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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

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Pool B

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	418	336	1.244	Final round
2	Slovenia	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	379	329	1.152
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	415	405	1.025
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	7	10	10	1.000	438	446	0.982
5	Belarus	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	348	390	0.892
6	Montenegro	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	291	383	0.760

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Source: CEV

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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

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Pool C

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	13	14	5	2.800	447	425	1.052	Final round
2	Russia	5	4	1	11	13	7	1.857	464	396	1.172
3	Turkey	5	3	2	10	12	8	1.500	476	445	1.070
4	Finland	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	455	437	1.041
5	Spain	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	400	443	0.903
6	North Macedonia	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	329	425	0.774

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Source: CEV

More information Date, Time ...

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

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Pool D

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	397	317	1.252	Final round
2	Germany	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	463	389	1.190
3	Croatia	5	3	2	7	9	11	0.818	443	461	0.961
4	Latvia	5	1	4	5	8	13	0.615	434	489	0.888
5	Slovakia	5	1	4	4	8	14	0.571	453	502	0.902
6	Estonia	5	1	4	3	6	14	0.429	414	446	0.928

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Source: CEV

More information Date, Time ...

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

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

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

Round of 16

More information Date, Time ...

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

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Quarterfinals

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

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Semifinals

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

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3rd place match

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

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Final

More information Date, Time ...

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

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This list was based on 375,394 fan votes.^[3]

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