The 2022 Men's European Volleyball League was the 18th edition of the annual
Men's European Volleyball League
The Men's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). Created in 2004, the competition serves as a qualifying tour ...
, which featured men's national volleyball teams from 17 European countries.
The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, which featured eleven teams, and the Silver League with six teams.
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the
serpentine system
The serpentine system, also known as snake seeding, is a method of organization used in competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them into pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m'' ...
according to their CEV European Ranking as of 22 September 2021.
Golden league
On 1 March 2022, CEV declared Russia and Belarus not eligible for continental competitions due to
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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. As a result, Belarus was out of the competition. And, Denmark moved from Pool A to B.
Silver league
Azerbaijan withdrew after the draw.
Pool standing procedure
# Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
# In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
#*Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
#*Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
#*Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
# If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
#*Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
#*Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
#*If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
League round
*All times are local.
Golden league
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
* The game was cancelled due to Estonian players giving positive coronavirus tests.
Silver league
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
*All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00).
Silver League
*Venue:
Tüskecsarnok
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Budapest Akademia HC (also known before as MAC HKB Újbuda) is a ...
,
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
,
Hungary
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Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Golden League
*Venue:
Varaždin Arena
The Varaždin Arena is a multi-use indoor arena in Varaždin, Croatia. It is used mostly for team handball, volleyball and basketball games. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 and was officially opened on 6 December 2008. It was completed to be ...
,
Varaždin
Varaždin ( or ; , also known by #Name, alternative names) is a city in Northern Croatia, north-east of Zagreb. The total population is 46,946, with 38,839 in the city settlement itself (2011).
The city is best known for its baroque buildings, ...
,
Croatia
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Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
*Most Valuable Player
*:
Jan Galabov
See also
*
2022 Women's European Volleyball League
The 2022 Women's European Volleyball League was the 13th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from 14 European countries. Ukraine was originally scheduled to host the Final Fo ...
References
External links
Official website of the Golden LeagueOfficial website of the Silver League
{{European Volleyball League
European Volleyball League
Europe
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European Volleyball League European Volleyball League may refer to
* Men's European Volleyball League
* Women's European Volleyball League
The Women's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, ...
European Volleyball League European Volleyball League may refer to
* Men's European Volleyball League
* Women's European Volleyball League
The Women's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, ...
European Volleyball League European Volleyball League may refer to
* Men's European Volleyball League
* Women's European Volleyball League
The Women's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, ...
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International sports competitions hosted by Croatia
International sports competitions hosted by Hungary