2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The tournament was held in Poland between 24 August and 3 September.^[1]

2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	24 August – 3 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament awards
MVP	Maxim Mikhaylov
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Attendance	211,736 (5,882 per match)
Official website
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Russia defeated Germany in the final to capture a record 14th title in the tournament.^[2] Serbia defeated Belgium for the bronze medal.^[3] Maxim Mikhaylov from Russia was elected the MVP.

Qualification

Main article: 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Means of qualification Qualifier Host Country  Poland 2015 European Championship  France  Slovenia  Italy  Bulgaria  Russia  Serbia	Means of qualification Qualifier Second Round Winners Pool A  Germany Pool B  Finland Pool C  Belgium Pool D  Slovakia Pool E  Netherlands Pool F  Czech Republic Third Round Winners  Turkey  Spain  Estonia
Total 16

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Poland	Italy	Russia	France
Serbia	Germany	Bulgaria	Belgium
Finland	Slovakia	Slovenia	Netherlands
Estonia	Czech Republic	Spain	Turkey

Squads

Further information: 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Opening night (24 August) [4]	Pool A	Pool B	Pool D, Play-off round, Quarterfinals	Pool C, Play-off round, Quarterfinals, Final four
Warsaw, Poland	Gdańsk, Poland	Szczecin, Poland	Katowice, Poland	Kraków, Poland
PGE Narodowy	Ergo Arena	Azoty Arena	Spodek	Tauron Arena
Capacity: 62,640	Capacity: 11,409	Capacity: 5,403	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 15,328

Opening

A spine tingling Opening Ceremony including show acts, live music and fireworks attended by an all-time record-breaking crowd set the tone for a historic night at PGE National Stadium in Warsaw. The fans virtually travelled to what the organisers have christened Volleyplanet as more than 1,600 people took part in the Opening Ceremony of EuroVolley 2017. Two bands, one popular duo, and as many as 180 dancers, 120 adults and 60 children, performed live to deliver something truly unprecedented in European Volleyball history. It was a tribute to Poland, but especially to Volleyball as more than 65,000 people all dressed in their white-and-red outfits celebrated the sport, thus confirming the status of Poland as Volleyland.

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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 local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	261	239	1.092	Quarterfinals
2	Poland (H)	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	215	205	1.049	Playoffs
3	Finland	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	245	263	0.932
4	Estonia	3	0	3	2	4	9	0.444	276	290	0.952

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	17:30	Finland	3–2	Estonia	25–21	25–22	25–27	22–25	15–9	112–104	Report
24 Aug	20:30	Poland	0–3	Serbia	22–25	22–25	20–25			64–75	Report
26 Aug	17:30	Estonia	2–3	Serbia	23–25	25–16	25–21	20–25	12–15	105–102	Report
26 Aug	20:30	Finland	0–3	Poland	23–25	21–25	19–25			63–75	Report
28 Aug	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Finland	25–20	25–18	34–32			84–70	Report
28 Aug	20:30	Estonia	0–3	Poland	21–25	24–26	22–25			67–76	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	256	217	1.180	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	255	233	1.094	Playoffs
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	231	238	0.971
4	Slovakia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	200	254	0.787

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	17:30	Czech Republic	3–1	Slovakia	25–19	28–30	25–16	25–17		103–82	Report
25 Aug	20:30	Germany	3–2	Italy	25–22	21–25	19–25	25–19	15–8	105–99	Report
27 Aug	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	Italy	14–25	19–25	20–25			53–75	Report
27 Aug	20:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Germany	19–25	14–25	20–25			53–75	Report
28 Aug	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	Germany	18–25	24–26	23–25			65–76	Report
28 Aug	20:30	Italy	3–0	Czech Republic	27–25	28–26	26–24			81–75	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	232	192	1.208	Quarterfinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	218	202	1.079	Playoffs
3	Slovenia	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	217	216	1.005
4	Spain	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	173	230	0.752

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	17:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	23–25	20–25	19–25			62–75	Report
24 Aug	20:30	Spain	0–3	Slovenia	25–27	15–25	16–25			56–77	Report
26 Aug	17:30	Russia	3–0	Slovenia	27–25	30–28	25–22			82–75	Report
26 Aug	20:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Spain	25–15	28–26	25–21			78–62	Report
28 Aug	17:30	Slovenia	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	26–28	17–25			65–78	Report
28 Aug	20:30	Russia	3–0	Spain	25–19	25–13	25–23			75–55	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	299	281	1.064	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	294	291	1.010	Playoffs
3	Turkey	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	277	276	1.004
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	263	285	0.923

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	17:30	Netherlands	1–3	Turkey	19–25	22–25	25–21	22–25		88–96	Report
25 Aug	20:30	France	2–3	Belgium	22–25	25–23	21–25	25–23	12–15	105–111	Report
27 Aug	17:30	Turkey	2–3	Belgium	22–25	25–22	25–21	25–27	16–18	113–113	Report
27 Aug	20:30	Netherlands	2–3	France	22–25	25–23	25–21	28–30	12–15	112–114	Report
28 Aug	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–21	25–21			75–63	Report
28 Aug	20:30	Turkey	0–3	France	23–25	23–25	22–25			68–75	Report

Championship round

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

31 August – Kraków

Serbia

3

30 August – Kraków

Bulgaria

0

Bulgaria

3

2 September – Kraków

Finland

1

Serbia

2

Germany

3

31 August – Katowice

Germany

3

30 August – Katowice

Czech Republic

1

France

1

3 September – Kraków

Czech Republic

3

Germany

2

Russia

3

31 August – Kraków

Russia

3

30 August – Kraków

Slovenia

0

Poland

0

2 September – Kraków

Slovenia

3

Russia

3

Belgium

0

Third place game

31 August – Katowice

3 September – Kraków

Belgium

3

Serbia

3

30 August – Katowice

Italy

0

Belgium

2

Italy

3

Turkey

0

Playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	17:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Finland	23–25	25–21	25–11	25–12		98–69	Report
30 Aug	17:30	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–16	25–17	31–29			81–62	Report
30 Aug	20:30	Poland	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	21–25	19–25			61–75	Report
30 Aug	20:30	France	1–3	Czech Republic	21–25	25–21	21–25	20–25		87–96	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Russia	3–0	Slovenia	25–17	25–19	25–19			75–55	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Germany	3–1	Czech Republic	25–22	16–25	25–23	25–20		91–90	Report
31 Aug	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–22	28–26			78–69	Report
31 Aug	20:30	Belgium	3–0	Italy	25–21	25–11	25–23			75–55	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Serbia	2–3	Germany	26–24	25–15	18–25	25–27	13–15	107–106	Report
2 Sep	20:30	Russia	3–0	Belgium	25–14	25–17	25–17			75–48	Report

Third place game

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Serbia	3–2	Belgium	25–17	22–25	19–25	25–22	15–12	106–101	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	20:30	Germany	2–3	Russia	19–25	25–20	22–25	25–17	13–15	104–102	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Germany  Serbia 4  Belgium 5  Italy 6  Bulgaria 7  Czech Republic 8  Slovenia 9  France 10  Poland 11  Turkey 12  Finland 13  Estonia 14  Netherlands 15  Slovakia 16  Spain

2017 Men's European champions  Russia 14th title 14–man roster Ilia Vlasov, Artem Volvich, Sergey Grankin (c), Dmitry Volkov, Yury Berezhko, Andrey Ashchev, Aleksandr Butko, Egor Feoktistov, Maksim Zhigalov, Maxim Mikhaylov, Egor Kliuka, Ilyas Kurkaev, Valentin Golubev, Roman Martynyuk Head coach Sergey Shlyapnikov

Awards

• Most valuable player^[2]

  Maxim Mikhaylov

• Best setter

  Sergey Grankin

• Best outside spikers

  Denis Kaliberda

  Dmitry Volkov

• Best middle blockers

  Srećko Lisinac

  Marcus Böhme

• Best opposite spiker

  György Grozer

• Best libero

  Lowie Stuer

See also

• 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship