This article describes the qualification for the 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
Qualification
Italy, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Israel as host countries were directly qualified. The eight best placed teams at the 2021 edition also gained direct entries into the tournament. 24 teams compete for the remaining 12 places at the final tournament.
Means of qualification | Qualifier | Means of qualification | Qualifier | |
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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 |
Direct qualification
All of the hosted countries' teams directly qualified for the tournament. Then, the top eight teams from previous edition also automatically qualified.
- 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship final standing
Qualified for the 2023 European Championship | |
Qualified as hosts for the 2023 European Championship |
Rank | Team |
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Italy | |
Slovenia | |
Poland | |
4 | Serbia |
5 | Netherlands |
6 | Germany |
7 | |
8 | Czech Republic |
9 | France |
10 | Turkey |
11 | Bulgaria |
12 | Finland |
13 | Ukraine |
14 | Croatia |
15 | Portugal |
16 | Latvia |
17 | |
18 | Belgium |
19 | Slovakia |
20 | Spain |
21 | Estonia |
22 | Greece |
23 | North Macedonia |
24 | Montenegro |
β | Israel |
Format
There being seven pools of either three or four teams each, the winners of each pool and the 5 best runners-up qualified for the 2023 European Championship. The pools were played in a double round-robin tournaments format officially from 3 to 21 August 2022, according to the CEV web site. Since there was a different number of teams across the seven pools, the results of the matches played with the teams finishing last in the pools of four were discarded in order to determine the five best runners-up across all pools.
Pools composition
The pools were set following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of January 2022. Rankings are shown in brackets.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool F | Pool G |
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Turkey (9) | Finland (12) | Belgium (13) | Portugal (14) | Croatia (15) | Slovakia (18) | Romania (19) |
Azerbaijan (28) | Latvia (26) | Estonia (25) | Montenegro (24) | Greece (22) | Spain (21) | Switzerland (20) |
Denmark (29) | Austria (30) | Luxembourg (32) | Norway (33) | Hungary (34) | Bosnia and Herzegovina (35) | |
Faroe Islands (43) | Iceland (39) | Cyprus (38) | Georgia (37) | Albania (36) |
Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- 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 3β0 or 3β1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3β2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Results
- The winners in each pool and the top five of the second ranked teams qualified for the 2023 European Championship.
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2.750 | 349 | 278 | 1.255 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1.667 | 354 | 331 | 1.069 | |
3 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.083 | 229 | 323 | 0.709 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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3 Aug | 18:00 | Azerbaijan | 1β3 | Denmark | 22β25 | 25β23 | 16β25 | 16β25 | 79β98 | Report | |
6 Aug | 17:30 | Azerbaijan | 0β3 | Turkey | 11β25 | 20β25 | 16β25 | 47β75 | Report | ||
10 Aug | 17:30 | Turkey | 3β1 | Denmark | 19β25 | 25β16 | 25β22 | 25β11 | 94β74 | Report | |
14 Aug | 17:00 | Denmark | 3β2 | Turkey | 25β20 | 19β25 | 28β26 | 20β25 | 15β9 | 107β105 | Report |
17 Aug | 17:30 | Turkey | 3β0 | Azerbaijan | 25β15 | 25β16 | 25β19 | 75β50 | Report | ||
20 Aug | 19:00 | Denmark | 3β0 | Azerbaijan | 25β19 | 25β19 | 25β15 | 75β53 | Report |
Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Finland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 377 | 318 | 1.186 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Latvia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 339 | 365 | 0.929 | |
3 | Austria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 380 | 413 | 0.920 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 Aug | 20:25 | Austria | 1β3 | Latvia | 19β25 | 25β21 | 22β25 | 23β25 | 89β96 | Report | |
6 Aug | 18:00 | Latvia | 1β3 | Finland | 17β25 | 19β25 | 25β20 | 22β25 | 83β95 | Report | |
10 Aug | 19:00 | Finland | 3β1 | Austria | 25β21 | 23β25 | 25β16 | 25β17 | 98β79 | Report | |
14 Aug | 20:25 | Austria | 2β3 | Finland | 20β25 | 25β23 | 25β21 | 23β25 | 13β15 | 106β109 | Report |
17 Aug | 18:30 | Finland | 3β0 | Latvia | 25β18 | 25β17 | 25β15 | 75β50 | Report | ||
21 Aug | 17:00 | Latvia | 3β2 | Austria | 23β25 | 21β25 | 25β20 | 26β24 | 15β12 | 110β106 | Report |
Pool C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Belgium | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6.000 | 340 | 254 | 1.339 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Estonia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 321 | 266 | 1.207 | |
3 | Faroe Islands | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 159 | 300 | 0.530 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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3 Aug | 20:00 | Belgium | 3β0 | Faroe Islands | 25β7 | 25β15 | 25β9 | 75β31 | Report | ||
7 Aug | 16:00 | Estonia | 2β3 | Belgium | 25β22 | 19β25 | 24β26 | 26β24 | 16β18 | 110β115 | Report |
10 Aug | 19:00 | Faroe Islands | 0β3 | Estonia | 11β25 | 7β25 | 15β25 | 33β75 | Report | ||
13 Aug | 18:00 | Estonia | 3β0 | Faroe Islands | 25β12 | 25β16 | 25β15 | 75β43 | Report | ||
17 Aug | 20:00 | Belgium | 3β0 | Estonia | 25β17 | 25β22 | 25β22 | 75β61 | Report | ||
21 Aug | 17:00 | Faroe Islands | 0β3 | Belgium | 16β25 | 16β25 | 20β25 | 52β75 | Report |
Pool D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Portugal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 5.667 | 484 | 348 | 1.391 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Montenegro | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2.500 | 490 | 413 | 1.186 | |
3 | Luxembourg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0.583 | 390 | 456 | 0.855 | |
4 | Iceland | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.000 | 306 | 453 | 0.675 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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3 Aug | 18:00 | Montenegro | 3β0 | Luxembourg | 25β15 | 25β14 | 25β17 | 75β46 | Report | ||
3 Aug | 21:00 | Portugal | 3β0 | Iceland | 25β14 | 25β16 | 25β10 | 75β40 | Report | ||
7 Aug | 15:00 | Iceland | 0β3 | Luxembourg | 18β25 | 20β25 | 24β26 | 62β76 | Report | ||
7 Aug | 17:30 | Montenegro | 3β2 | Portugal | 21β25 | 25β22 | 25β20 | 25β27 | 15β13 | 111β107 | Report |
10 Aug | 18:00 | Montenegro | 3β0 | Iceland | 25β15 | 25β10 | 25β16 | 75β41 | Report | ||
10 Aug | 21:00 | Portugal | 3β0 | Luxembourg | 25β19 | 25β16 | 25β16 | 75β51 | Report | ||
13 Aug | 19:00 | Luxembourg | 0β3 | Portugal | 17β25 | 16β25 | 20β25 | 53β75 | Report | ||
14 Aug | 15:00 | Iceland | 0β3 | Montenegro | 21β25 | 18β25 | 16β25 | 55β75 | Report | ||
17 Aug | 19:00 | Luxembourg | 3β0 | Iceland | 27β25 | 25β20 | 25β22 | 77β67 | Report | ||
17 Aug | 21:00 | Portugal | 3β0 | Montenegro | 27β25 | 25β15 | 25β12 | 77β52 | Report | ||
20 Aug | 19:00 | Luxembourg | 1β3 | Montenegro | 25β27 | 22β25 | 27β25 | 13β25 | 87β102 | Report | |
21 Aug | 15:00 | Iceland | 0β3 | Portugal | 12β25 | 12β25 | 17β25 | 41β75 | Report |
Pool E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greece | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 6.000 | 511 | 426 | 1.200 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Croatia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2.167 | 445 | 389 | 1.144 | |
3 | Cyprus | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 371 | 434 | 0.855 | |
4 | Norway | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0.111 | 410 | 488 | 0.840 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 Aug | 18:00 | Norway | 2β3 | Greece | 25β19 | 27β25 | 23β25 | 21β25 | 9β15 | 105β109 | Report |
3 Aug | 19:00 | Croatia | 3β0 | Cyprus | 25β20 | 25β16 | 25β13 | 75β49 | Report | ||
6 Aug | 20:00 | Cyprus | 3β0 | Norway | 25β19 | 27β25 | 25β21 | 77β65 | Report | ||
7 Aug | 20:30 | Greece | 3β0 | Croatia | 25β12 | 25β23 | 25β15 | 75β50 | Report | ||
10 Aug | 19:00 | Croatia | 3β0 | Norway | 25β21 | 25β18 | 25β19 | 75β58 | Report | ||
10 Aug | 20:30 | Greece | 3β0 | Cyprus | 25β19 | 25β19 | 25β19 | 75β57 | Report | ||
13 Aug | 20:00 | Cyprus | 0β3 | Greece | 23β25 | 17β25 | 20β25 | 60β75 | Report | ||
14 Aug | 16:00 | Norway | 0β3 | Croatia | 18β25 | 19β25 | 17β25 | 54β75 | Report | ||
17 Aug | 18:00 | Norway | 0β3 | Cyprus | 22β25 | 24β26 | 23β25 | 69β76 | Report | ||
17 Aug | 19:00 | Croatia | 1β3 | Greece | 25β23 | 22β25 | 22β25 | 26β28 | 95β101 | Report | |
20 Aug | 20:00 | Cyprus | 0β3 | Croatia | 14β25 | 21β25 | 17β25 | 52β75 | Report | ||
21 Aug | 20:30 | Greece | 3β0 | Norway | 26β24 | 25β17 | 25β18 | 76β59 | Report |
Pool F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 6.000 | 502 | 370 | 1.357 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Slovakia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1.857 | 465 | 402 | 1.157 | |
3 | Hungary | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 0.750 | 453 | 435 | 1.041 | |
4 | Georgia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.000 | 237 | 450 | 0.527 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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3 Aug | 17:00 | Hungary | 2β3 | Spain | 17β25 | 25β19 | 25β23 | 23β25 | 8β15 | 98β107 | Report |
3 Aug | 18:00 | Slovakia | 3β0 | Georgia | 25β14 | 25β21 | 25β9 | 75β44 | Report | ||
6 Aug | 17:00 | Georgia | 0β3 | Hungary | 12β25 | 17β25 | 13β25 | 42β75 | Report | ||
7 Aug | 20:00 | Spain | 3β0 | Slovakia | 25β18 | 25β20 | 25β18 | 75β56 | Report | ||
10 Aug | 18:00 | Slovakia | 3β0 | Hungary | 25β20 | 25β22 | 25β22 | 75β64 | Report | ||
10 Aug | 20:00 | Spain | 3β0 | Georgia | 25β5 | 25β14 | 25β15 | 75β34 | Report | ||
13 Aug | 17:00 | Georgia | 0β3 | Spain | 9β25 | 10β25 | 17β25 | 36β75 | Report | ||
13 Aug | 18:00 | Hungary | 1β3 | Slovakia | 21β25 | 16β25 | 25β22 | 20β25 | 82β97 | Report | |
17 Aug | 18:00 | Slovakia | 1β3 | Spain | 21β25 | 25β19 | 20β25 | 21β25 | 87β94 | Report | |
17 Aug | 18:00 | Hungary | 3β0 | Georgia | 25β14 | 25β13 | 25β11 | 75β38 | Report | ||
20 Aug | 17:00 | Georgia | 0β3 | Slovakia | 12β25 | 15β25 | 16β25 | 43β75 | Report | ||
21 Aug | 20:00 | Spain | 3β0 | Hungary | 25β20 | 25β15 | 26β24 | 76β59 | Report |
Pool G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Romania | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2.833 | 524 | 443 | 1.183 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Switzerland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2.429 | 555 | 472 | 1.176 | |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0.438 | 480 | 513 | 0.936 | |
4 | Albania | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 0.294 | 394 | 525 | 0.750 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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3 Aug | 17:00 | Romania | 3β0 | Albania | 25β16 | 25β15 | 25β16 | 75β47 | Report | ||
3 Aug | 20:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1β3 | Switzerland | 25β23 | 23β25 | 18β25 | 19β25 | 85β98 | Report | |
6 Aug | 19:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2β3 | Albania | 25β19 | 25β11 | 22β25 | 21β25 | 13β15 | 106β95 | Report |
7 Aug | 17:30 | Switzerland | 3β2 | Romania | 26β24 | 18β25 | 23β25 | 25β23 | 15β8 | 107β105 | Report |
7 Aug | 19:00 | Albania | 1β3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18β25 | 18β25 | 25β21 | 15β25 | 76β96 | Report | |
10 Aug | 17:00 | Romania | 3β1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25β20 | 19β25 | 25β16 | 25β20 | 94β81 | Report | |
10 Aug | 19:30 | Switzerland | 3β1 | Albania | 23β25 | 25β20 | 25β16 | 25β10 | 98β71 | Report | |
11 Aug | 17:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0β3 | Romania | 20β25 | 17β25 | 20β25 | 57β75 | Report | ||
13 Aug | 19:00 | Albania | 0β3 | Switzerland | 19β25 | 15β25 | 22β25 | 56β75 | Report | ||
17 Aug | 17:00 | Romania | 3β2 | Switzerland | 25β22 | 17β25 | 25β19 | 18β25 | 15β11 | 100β102 | Report |
20 Aug | 19:00 | Albania | 0β3 | Romania | 13β25 | 19β25 | 17β25 | 49β75 | Report | ||
21 Aug | 17:30 | Switzerland | 3β0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25β16 | 25β19 | 25β20 | 75β55 | Report |
Ranking of the second placed teams
- 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 2023 European Championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1.833 | 382 | 345 | 1.107 | 2023 European Championship |
2 | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1.667 | 354 | 331 | 1.069 | |
3 | Montenegro | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1.500 | 340 | 317 | 1.073 | |
4 | Estonia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 321 | 266 | 1.207 | |
5 | Croatia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 295 | 277 | 1.065 | |
6 | Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 315 | 315 | 1.000 | |
7 | Latvia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 339 | 365 | 0.929 |
Notes
- ^ Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
- "Qualifiers Area | EuroVolley".
- CEV EuroVolley 2023 Official Communications No. 1 (PDF). CEV. 4 November 2021.
- ^ "FIVB declares Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- "Rankings; CEV".