The 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 32nd edition of the

Men's European Volleyball Championship The Men's European Volleyball Championship (''EuroVolley'') is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was va ...

, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, CEV. For the second time, the EuroVolley was held in four countries:

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

and

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The number of national teams that participated in the event remained to 24. In Poland, matches were played in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

and

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. In Finland, matches were played in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

. In Czech Republic, matches were played in

Ostrava Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...

. In Estonia, matches were played in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 20th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ...

as the CEV representatives.

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

won their 7th title of

Simone Giannelli Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cu ...

was chosen as MVP of this tournament.

Qualification

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. ;Draw The drawing of lots was held on 27 May 2021 in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

Squads

Venues

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

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool B

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Pool C

*All times are

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( UTC+03:00).

Pool D

* All times are

( UTC+03:00).

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

All Star Team

This list was based on 375,394 fan votes. *Most Valuable Player :

*Best Setter :

Gregor Ropret Gregor Ropret (born 1 March 1989) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for Italian club Sir Safety Perugia and the Slovenia national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship three times, in 2015, 2 ...

*Best Outside Hitters :

Alessandro Michieletto Alessandro Michieletto (born 5 December 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. Career Michieletto currently plays for Trentino Volley, Itas Trentino volleyball club as an outs ...

: Daniele Lavia *Best Middle Blockers :

Marko Podraščanin Marko Podraščanin ( sr, Марко Подрашчанин) (born 29 August 1987) is a Serbian volleyball player, member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Trentino Volley, Itas Trentino, participant of the Olympic Gam ...

Piotr Nowakowski Piotr Nowakowski (born 18 December 1987) is a Polish professional volleyball player, a former member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team. A participant in the Olympic Games (2012 Summer Olympics, London 2012, 2016 S ...

*Best Opposite :

Nimir Abdel-Aziz Nimir Abdel-Aziz (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Halkbank Ankara and the Netherlands national team. Career National team Abdel-Aziz made his debut as the setter for the Dutch ...

*Best Libero : Fabio Balaso

References

External links

Official websiteCEV website
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Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

All Star Team

See also

References

External links