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.
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.
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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, 16 remaining teams are seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4





;Draw
The drawing of lots was held on 27 May 2021 in Helsinki, Finland.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

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 qualified for the final round.

Pool A



Pool B



Pool C



Pool D



Final round



Round of 16



Quarterfinals



Semifinals



3rd place match



Final



Final standing


RankTeam
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22
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24

Qualified for the 2022 World Championship

All Star Team

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