2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship


The 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 31st edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. For the first time the EuroVolley was held in four countries: Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Slovenia. The tournament ran from September 12 to September 29, 2019. The number of national teams participating in the event was also expanded from 16 to 24. Serbia won the title over finalist Slovenia in the finals held in Paris.

Qualification

Pools composition

and North Macedonia made their first appearance, whilst Russia was the defending champions. 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. France in Pool A, Belgium in Pool B, Slovenia in Pool C and Netherlands 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. According to the CEV National Team ranking list as per 4 September 2017, National Federations are seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.
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;Result
The drawing of lots was held on 16 January 2019 at the Atomium, Brussels, Belgium.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

Squads

Venues

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

All times are Central European Summer Time.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool D

All times are Central European Summer Time.

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Setter
  • Best Outside Spikers
  • Best Middle Blockers
  • Best Opposite Spiker
  • Best Libero