A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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| Tournament details | |
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| 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 | |
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]
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.
Qualification
| Means of qualification | Qualifier | Means of qualification | Qualifier | |
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| Host Countries | Poland |
Qualification | Pool A | Netherlands
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| Czech Republic |
Pool B |  Bulgaria
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| Estonia |
Pool C |  Turkey
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| Finland |
Pool D |  Latvia
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| 2019 European Championship | Serbia |
Pool E |  Slovakia
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| Slovenia |
Pool F |  Montenegro
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 France |
Pool G |  Portugal
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 Russia |
Best runners-up |  North Macedonia
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| Italy |
 Spain
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 Ukraine |
 Greece
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 Germany |
 Croatia
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 Belgium |
 Belarus
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| Total 24 | ||||
Pools composition
The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:
- 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.
- The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools,
- The organizers can select one team to join their pools.
- 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 |
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| Serbia France Slovenia Netherlands
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Germany Bulgaria Turkey Ukraine
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Spain Slovakia Greece Belarus
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Portugal Montenegro North Macedonia Croatia
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- Draw
The drawing of lots was held on 27 May 2021 in Helsinki, Finland.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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| Poland
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Czech Republic
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Finland
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Estonia
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| Belgium
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Italy
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Russia
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Latvia
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| Serbia
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Slovenia
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Netherlands
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France
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| Ukraine
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Bulgaria
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Turkey
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Germany
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| Greece
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Belarus
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Spain
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Slovakia
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| Portugal
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Montenegro
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North Macedonia
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Croatia
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Squads
Venues
| Kraków (pool A)
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Gdańsk (round of 16, quarterfinals)
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Katowice (semifinals, finals)
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| Tauron Arena | Ergo Arena | Spodek | |||
| Capacity: 15,030 | Capacity: 11,409 | Capacity: 11,500 | |||
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  Kraków Gdańsk Katowice Ostrava Tampere Tallinn | |||||
| Ostrava (Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals)
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Tampere (Pool C)
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Tallinn (Pool D)
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| Ostravar Aréna | Tampere Ice Stadium | Saku Suurhall | |||
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,300 | Capacity: 7,200 | |||
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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 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
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Poland
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5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | 453 | 381 | 1.189 | Final round |
| 2 | Serbia
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5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 491 | 432 | 1.137 | |
| 3 | Ukraine
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5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 446 | 446 | 1.000 | |
| 4 | Portugal
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5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 459 | 502 | 0.914 | |
| 5 | Belgium
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5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0.583 | 408 | 435 | 0.938 | |
| 6 | Greece
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5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0.400 | 434 | 495 | 0.877 |
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 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 |
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