The 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 31st 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, the CEV. For the first time the EuroVolley was held in four countries:

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. The tournament ran from 12 to 29 September 2019. The number of national teams participating in the event was also expanded from 16 to 24.

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won the title over finalist

in the final held in

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Qualification

Pools composition

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made their first appearance, whilst

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was the defending champions. The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows: # 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. # The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools, # 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. ;Draw The drawing of lots was held on 16 January 2019 at the

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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

*All times are

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( UTC+02:00). *The top four teams in each pool qualified for the final round.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

Uroš Kovačević Uroš Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Serbia national team. The two–time European Champion ( 2011, 2019), and the 2016 World League winne ...

*Best Setter :

Benjamin Toniutti Benjamin Toniutti (born 30 October 1989) is a French professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Jastrzębski Węgiel and the France national team. He won a gold medal in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and i ...

*Best Outside Spikers :

Wilfredo León Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a Cuban–Polish professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Cuba national team from 2007 to 2012, and is a current member of the Poland national team and Sir Safety Perugia. A silver med ...

*Best Middle Blockers :

Jan Kozamernik Jan Kozamernik (born 24 December 1995) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for Italian club Trentino Volley and the Slovenia national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship three times, in 2015, ...

: Srećko Lisinac *Best Opposite Spiker :

Aleksandar Atanasijević Aleksandar Atanasijević ( sr-cyrl, Александар Атанасијевић; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team, Serbia national team, a participan ...

*Best Libero :

Jani Kovačič Jani Kovačič (born 14 June 1992) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for ACH Volley and the Slovenian national team. With Slovenia, he competed at the 2015 European Championship. Sporting achievements Club * National championships ** ...

References

External links

Official websiteCEV website
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