2018 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2018 Men's European Volleyball League was the 15th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from twenty European countries.^[1] Unlike previous seasons, the tournament had two groups: the Golden League, featuring twelve teams, and the Silver League, featuring eight teams.

2018 Men's European League

Tournament details
Host nation	Czech Republic
Dates	19 May – 16 June
Teams	20
Champions	Estonia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament awards
MVP	Renee Teppan
Best Setter	Kert Toobal
Best OH	Oliver Venno Donovan Džavoronok
Best MB	Andri Aganits Vahit Emre Savas
Best OPP	Michal Finger
Best Libero	Milan Monik
Official website
Golden League Silver League
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It also acted as the European qualifying competition for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup, securing two vacancies for the tournament that then served as the qualifying competition for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.

Pools composition

Golden League

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Belgium	Slovenia	Finland
Estonia	Netherlands	Czech Republic
Slovakia	Turkey	Portugal
Sweden	Ukraine	Spain

Silver League

Pool A	Pool B
Macedonia	Belarus
Latvia	Croatia
Austria	Hungary
Kosovo	Albania

League round

• All times are local.

Golden League

• The Golden League Final Round hosts Czech Republic and the winners of each pool will qualify for the Golden League Final Round. If Czech Republic finishes first in Pool C, the best second team among all pools will qualify for the Golden League Final Round.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Estonia	6	5	1	15	15	6	2.500	509	435	1.170	Golden League Final round
2	Belgium	6	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	501	487	1.029
3	Sweden	6	2	4	6	9	12	0.750	465	491	0.947
4	Slovakia	6	1	5	4	6	16	0.375	465	527	0.882

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	16:00	Sweden	1–3	Belgium	20–25	25–23	21–25	17–25		83–98	Report
19 May	18:00	Slovakia	1–3	Estonia	22–25	26–24	19–25	17–25		84–99	Report
23 May	18:00	Slovakia	3–1	Sweden	25–23	25–18	19–25	25–16		94–82	Report
23 May	20:00	Estonia	3–1	Belgium	25–16	25–20	27–29	25–17		102–82	Report
26 May	20:00	Estonia	3–1	Sweden	25–22	18–25	25–23	25–17		93–87	Report
26 May	20:30	Belgium	3–2	Slovakia	25–22	25–17	22–25	25–27	15–13	112–104	Report
30 May	20:00	Slovakia	0–3	Belgium	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75	Report
30 May	20:00	Sweden	0–3	Estonia	17–25	17–25	20–25			54–75	Report
2 Jun	19:00	Sweden	3–0	Slovakia	27–25	32–30	25–21			84–76	Report
3 Jun	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Estonia	29–27	25–19	25–19			79–65	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Estonia	3–0	Slovakia	25–14	25–15	25–20			75–49	Report
6 Jun	20:30	Belgium	0–3	Sweden	22–25	15–25	18–25			55–75	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	6	4	2	13	16	8	2.000	543	513	1.058	Golden League Final round
2	Netherlands	6	4	2	12	16	12	1.333	631	563	1.121
3	Ukraine	6	3	3	9	13	13	1.000	563	573	0.983
4	Slovenia	6	1	5	2	5	17	0.294	441	529	0.834	Relegated position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	15:30	Turkey	3–0	Ukraine	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66	Report
20 May	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Slovenia	25–12	24–26	25–15	25–22		99–75	Report
23 May	15:30	Turkey	3–2	Netherlands	25–23	21–25	25–20	20–25	15–12	106–105	Report
23 May	18:00	Ukraine	3–0	Slovenia	25–23	25–23	25–18			75–64	Report
26 May	17:00	Netherlands	2–3	Ukraine	25–15	20–25	25–20	24–26	13–15	107–101	Report
27 May	20:00	Slovenia	0–3	Turkey	21–25	20–25	16–25			57–75	Report
30 May	15:30	Turkey	3–0	Slovenia	25–22	25–15	25–19			75–56	Report
30 May	20:00	Ukraine	2–3	Netherlands	25–22	17–25	20–25	25–23	10–15	97–110	Report
2 Jun	17:00	Netherlands	3–2	Turkey	24–26	25–21	25–22	23–25	15–9	112–103	Report
3 Jun	20:00	Slovenia	3–2	Ukraine	25–20	21–25	21–25	25–23	16–14	108–107	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Ukraine	3–2	Turkey	31–29	23–25	23–25	25–19	15–11	117–109	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Slovenia	1–3	Netherlands	19–25	23–25	25–23	14–25		81–98	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Portugal	6	5	1	12	15	11	1.364	586	572	1.024	Golden League Final round
2	Finland	6	3	3	10	14	12	1.167	580	574	1.010
3	Spain	6	2	4	7	11	13	0.846	542	562	0.964
4	Czech Republic[a] (H)	6	2	4	7	10	14	0.714	548	548	1.000	Golden League Final round

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Qualified as hosts

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	15:00	Portugal	3–1	Spain	25–18	25–20	22–25	25–22		97–85	Report
19 May	19:00	Finland	3–0	Czech Republic	25–20	25–20	27–25			77–65	Report
23 May	20:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Finland	23–25	25–21	19–25	21–25		88–96	Report
23 May	20:45	Spain	3–0	Portugal	27–25	25–17	29–27			81–69	Report
26 May	19:00	Finland	2–3	Portugal	25–17	15–25	19–25	25–21	13–15	97–103	Report
26 May	19:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Spain	25–13	25–18	19–25	27–25		96–81	Report
30 May	18:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Portugal	25–19	25–19	27–29	21–25	13–15	111–107	Report
30 May	19:30	Finland	3–2	Spain	25–23	22–25	25–20	21–25	15–11	108–104	Report
3 Jun	18:00	Spain	1–3	Czech Republic	25–22	24–26	21–25	21–25		91–98	Report
3 Jun	17:00	Portugal	3–2	Finland	25–22	21–25	25–21	28–30	15–10	114–108	Report
6 Jun	18:30	Portugal	3–1	Czech Republic	19–25	27–25	25–21	25–19		96–90	Report
6 Jun	20:45	Spain	3–1	Finland	31–29	25–22	19–25	25–18		100–94	Report

Silver League

• The Silver League Final Round hosts Macedonia, the winners of each pool and the best second team among all pools will qualify for the Silver League Final Round.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Latvia	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	511	397	1.287	Silver League Final round
2	Austria	6	4	2	13	15	8	1.875	545	477	1.143
3	Macedonia[a] (H)	6	2	4	6	8	13	0.615	475	481	0.988	Silver League Final round
4	Kosovo	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	294	470	0.626

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Qualified as hosts

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	17:30	Austria	1–3	Latvia	21–25	25–21	17–25	22–25		85–96	Report
20 May	16:30	Kosovo	1–3	Macedonia	25–20	16–25	17–25	14–25		72–95	Report
23 May	17:30	Kosovo	0–3	Austria	18–25	12–25	17–25			47–75	Report
23 May	19:30	Latvia	3–0	Macedonia	25–17	25–16	25–19			75–52	Report
26 May	18:00	Latvia	3–0	Kosovo	25–12	25–8	25–14			75–34	Report
27 May	20:30	Macedonia	1–3	Austria	18–25	25–22	20–25	31–33		94–105	Report
30 May	17:00	Kosovo	0–3	Latvia	21–25	9–25	20–25			50–75	Report
30 May	20:15	Austria	3–1	Macedonia	25–20	23–25	26–24	25–20		99–89	Report
2 Jun	20:15	Austria	3–0	Kosovo	25–11	25–12	25–20			75–43	Report
3 Jun	20:15	Macedonia	0–3	Latvia	26–28	27–29	17–25			70–82	Report
6 Jun	19:30	Latvia	3–2	Austria	25–23	25–20	20–25	23–25	15–13	108–106	Report
6 Jun	20:15	Macedonia	3–0	Kosovo	25–17	25–10	25–21			75–48	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belarus	6	5	1	15	16	4	4.000	474	390	1.215	Silver League Final round
2	Croatia	6	5	1	14	16	6	2.667	513	423	1.213
3	Albania	6	1	5	5	7	16	0.438	478	544	0.879
4	Hungary	6	1	5	2	4	17	0.235	397	505	0.786

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	20:00	Croatia	3–0	Hungary	25–12	25–16	25–14			75–42	Report
20 May	18:00	Belarus	3–0	Albania	25–23	25–23	25–21			75–67	Report
23 May	16:00	Hungary	1–3	Albania	25–22	21–25	21–25	23–25		90–97	Report
23 May	19:00	Belarus	1–3	Croatia	25–21	17–25	19–25	20–25		81–96	Report
26 May	17:00	Croatia	3–0	Albania	25–15	25–23	25–21			75–59	Report
26 May	19:00	Belarus	3–0	Hungary	25–17	25–18	25–15			75–50	Report
30 May	18:30	Hungary	0–3	Croatia	17–25	19–25	18–25			54–75	Report
30 May	20:00	Albania	0–3	Belarus	17–25	22–25	14–25			53–75	Report
2 Jun	19:00	Albania	2–3	Hungary	26–28	19–25	25–21	29–27	9–15	108–116	Report
2 Jun	20:00	Croatia	1–3	Belarus	25–18	17–25	16–25	21–25		79–93	Report
6 Jun	16:00	Hungary	0–3	Belarus	16–25	12–25	17–25			45–75	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Albania	2–3	Croatia	11–25	18–25	29–27	25–21	11–15	94–113	Report

Final round

Silver League

• Venue: Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje, Macedonia
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	15 June
	Belarus	3
					16 June
	Latvia	0
					Belarus	1
	15 June
					Croatia	3
	Croatia	3
	Macedonia	2
					3rd place match
					16 June
					Latvia	3
					Macedonia	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jun	17:00	Belarus	3–0	Latvia	25–18	25–22	25–15			75–55	Report
15 Jun	20:00	Croatia	3–2	Macedonia	21–25	22–25	25–22	25–20	15–9	108–101	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jun	16:00	Latvia	3–1	Macedonia	25–20	25–16	23–25	28–26		101–87	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jun	19:00	Belarus	1–3	Croatia	16–25	25–20	24–26	23–25		88–96	Report

Golden League

• Venue: KV Arena, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	13 June
	Estonia	3
					14 June
	Portugal	0
					Estonia	3
	13 June
					Czech Republic	0
	Turkey	0
	Czech Republic	3
					3rd place match
					14 June
					Portugal	2
					Turkey	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jun	16:00	Estonia	3–0	Portugal	26–24	26–24	25–18			77–66	Report
13 Jun	19:00	Turkey	0–3	Czech Republic	22–25	25–27	20–25			67–77	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	16:00	Portugal	2–3	Turkey	16–25	25–21	14–25	25–22	11–15	91–108	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	19:00	Estonia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–21	25–22	25–21			75–64	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Estonia  Czech Republic  Turkey 4  Portugal 5  Netherlands 6  Belgium 7  Finland 8  Ukraine 9  Spain 10  Sweden 11  Slovakia 12  Slovenia 13  Croatia 14  Belarus 15  Latvia 16  Macedonia 17  Austria 18  Albania 19  Hungary 20  Kosovo Qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup Qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup as hosts

2018 European League champions  Estonia 2nd title 14-man Roster for Golden League Final Round Robert Viiber, Kert Toobal, Renee Teppan, Karli Allik, Robert Täht, Silver Maar, Oliver Venno, Kristo Kollo, Rait Rikberg, Timo Tammemaa, Rauno Tamme, Andri Aganits, Mart Naaber, Markkus Keel Head coach Gheorghe Creţu

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Renee Teppan

• Best setter

  Kert Toobal

• Best outside spikers

  Oliver Venno

  Donovan Džavoronok

• Best middle blockers

  Vahit Emre Savas

  Andri Aganits

• Best opposite spiker

  Michal Finger

• Best libero

  Milan Monik

See also

• 2018 Women's European Volleyball League