2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.[1]

Qualification

Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland as host nations were directly qualified. The eight best placed teams at the 2019 edition also gained direct entries into the tournament. 26 teams had registered for participation and compete for the remaining 12 places at the final tournament. The 26 teams were divided into seven pools of three or four teams. The pool winners and the best five runners-up will advance to the final round.

Direct qualification

2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship final standings

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Slovenia
	Poland
4	France
5	Russia
6	Italy
7	Ukraine
8	Germany
9	Belgium
10	Netherlands
11	Bulgaria
12	Turkey
13	Czech Republic
14	Finland
15	Spain
16	Greece
17	North Macedonia
18	Montenegro
19	Slovakia
20	Portugal
21	Romania
22	Belarus
23	Austria
24	Estonia

	Qualified for the 2021 European Championship
	Qualified as hosts for the 2021 European Championship

Format

There being seven pools of either three or four teams each, the winners of each pool and the 5 best runners-up will qualify for the 2021 EuroVolley. The groups will be played in a home and away round-robin format officially from August 15, 2018 to January 9, 2019, according to the CEV web site. In reality, the games are scheduled for the second half of August 2018 and the first part of January 2019. Since there is a different number of teams across the seven pools, the results of the matches played with the teams finishing last in the pools of four will be discarded in order to determine the five best runners-up across all pools. The pool composition results from the latest European Ranking for men's and women's national teams – as of September 4 and October 2, 2017, respectively – with teams being placed across the pools according to the serpentine system.

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 last 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 and 3 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

Results

• The winners in each pool and the top five of the second ranked teams will qualify for the 2021 European Championship.

Qualified for the 2021 European Championship

Pool A

• Dates: January 2021
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Tournament 1

• Venue: Croatia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Tournament 2

• Venue: Netherlands

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Pool B

• Venue: Israel
• Dates: January 2021
• All times are Israel Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Tournament 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Tournament 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Pool C

• Dates: January 2021
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Tournament 1

• Venue: Denmark

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Tournament 2

• Venue: North Macedonia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Pool D

• Venue: Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia, Cyprus
• Dates: 30 August – 6 September 2020
• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Tournament 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	17:00	Moldova	–	Latvia	–	–	–			0–0	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Cyprus	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0	Report
31 Aug	17:00	Latvia	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0	Report
31 Aug	20:00	Moldova	–	Cyprus	–	–	–			0–0	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Spain	–	Moldova	–	–	–			0–0	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Latvia	–	Cyprus	–	–	–			0–0	Report

Tournament 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	17:00	Moldova	–	Latvia	–	–	–			0–0	Report
4 Sep	20:00	Cyprus	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0	Report
5 Sep	17:00	Latvia	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0	Report
5 Sep	20:00	Moldova	–	Cyprus	–	–	–			0–0	Report
6 Sep	17:00	Spain	–	Moldova	–	–	–			0–0	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Latvia	–	Cyprus	–	–	–			0–0	Report

Pool E

• Dates: January 2021

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Tournament 1

• Venue: Slovakia
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Tournament 2

• Venue: Romania
• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Pool F

• Dates: January 2021

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Tournament 1

• Venue: Georgia
• All times are Georgia Time (UTC+04:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Tournament 2

• Venue: Montenegro
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Pool G

• Dates: January 2021

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Tournament 1

• Venue: Hungary
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

Tournament 2

• Venue: Portugal
• All times are Western European Time (UTC±00:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0
Jan			–		–	–	–			0–0

References

1. "CEV announces tentative calendar for EuroVolley 2021 qualifiers". CEV. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

External links

• Official website