2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 31st edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV from 23 August to 8 September 2019. For the first time the Women's EuroVolley was held in four countries: Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey. The number of national teams participating in the event was also expanded from 16 to 24.^[1]

2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nations	Hungary  Poland  Slovakia  Turkey
Dates	23 August – 8 September
Teams	24
Champions	Serbia (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Tijana Bošković
Official website
Official website
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Qualification

Main article: 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries	Turkey	Qualification	Pool A	Belgium
	Poland			Slovenia
	Hungary		Pool B	Croatia
	Slovakia			Switzerland
2017 European Championship	Serbia		Pool C	Greece
	Netherlands			Ukraine
	Azerbaijan		Pool D	France
	Italy			Portugal
	Russia		Pool E	Estonia
	Belarus			Finland
	Germany		Pool F	Spain
	Bulgaria			Romania
Total 24

Pools composition

The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:^[2]

1. The four Organisers are seeded in Preliminary pools. Turkey in Pool A, Poland in Pool B, Hungary in Pool C and Slovakia in Pool D.
2. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools,
3. According to the CEV National Team ranking list as per 2 October 2017, National Federations are seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Serbia  Russia  Italy  Netherlands	Germany  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia	Belarus  Ukraine  Azerbaijan  France	Romania  Spain  Finland  Portugal	Switzerland  Slovenia  Greece  Estonia

Result

The drawing of lots was held on 23 January 2019 at the Basketmakers' Kiosk in Istanbul.^[3]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Turkey	Poland	Hungary	Slovakia
Serbia	Italy	Netherlands	Russia
Bulgaria	Belgium	Croatia	Germany
France	Ukraine	Azerbaijan	Belarus
Finland	Portugal	Romania	Spain
Greece	Slovenia	Estonia	Switzerland

Squads

Further information: 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Pool A, All knockout rounds		Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals
Ankara, Turkey	Ankara	Łódź, Poland	Łódź
Ankara Arena		Atlas Arena
Capacity: 10,400		Capacity: 13,805
Pool C, Round of 16		Pool D, Round of 16
Budapest, Hungary	Budapest	Bratislava, Slovakia	Bratislava
Budapest Sports Arena		Ondrej Nepela Arena
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 10,055

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 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

Pool A

All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	15	15	3	5.000	431	358	1.204	Final round
2	Turkey	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	440	373	1.180
3	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	405	393	1.031
4	Greece	5	2	3	6	6	10	0.600	330	374	0.882
5	Finland	5	1	4	4	6	13	0.462	394	428	0.921
6	France	5	1	4	2	5	14	0.357	363	437	0.831

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	14:30	France	3–2	Bulgaria	25–20	13–25	25–15	19–25	15–13	97–98	Report
23 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Finland	25–17	25–15	25–17			75–49	Report
23 Aug	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–18	25–8			75–47	Report
24 Aug	17:00	France	0–3	Greece	12–25	21–25	21–25			54–75	Report
24 Aug	19:30	Finland	2–3	Turkey	24–26	15–25	25–20	25–21	10–15	99–107	Report
25 Aug	17:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Serbia	25–16	21–25	20–25	16–25		82–91	Report
25 Aug	19:30	Greece	3–1	Finland	26–24	15–25	25–21	27–25		93–95	Report
26 Aug	17:00	France	1–3	Serbia	19–25	13–25	25–17	23–25		80–92	Report
26 Aug	19:30	Turkey	3–1	Bulgaria	25–21	25–11	20–25	25–18		95–75	Report
27 Aug	17:00	Finland	3–1	France	25–21	25–14	22–25	25–18		97–78	Report
27 Aug	19:30	Greece	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	17–25	17–25			56–75	Report
28 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–17	25–21			75–59	Report
28 Aug	19:30	France	0–3	Turkey	19–25	19–25	16–25			54–75	Report
29 Aug	17:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Finland	25–14	25–21	25–19			75–54	Report
29 Aug	19:30	Turkey	1–3	Serbia	25–23	19–25	22–25	22–25		88–98	Report

Pool B

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	399	295	1.353	Final round
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	14	6	2.333	453	377	1.202
3	Belgium	5	4	1	11	12	6	2.000	420	361	1.163
4	Slovenia	5	2	3	5	6	11	0.545	341	377	0.905
5	Ukraine	5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	343	407	0.843
6	Portugal	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	260	399	0.652

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	14:00	Belgium	3–0	Ukraine	25–10	25–19	25–22			75–51	Report
23 Aug	17:30	Italy	3–0	Portugal	25–15	25–14	25–13			75–42	Report
23 Aug	20:30	Poland	3–0	Slovenia	25–12	25–22	25–23			75–57	Report
24 Aug	18:00	Belgium	3–0	Slovenia	25–13	25–21	25–20			75–54	Report
24 Aug	20:30	Portugal	0–3	Poland	14–25	16–25	11–25			41–75	Report
25 Aug	18:00	Slovenia	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–20	25–9			75–50	Report
25 Aug	21:00	Ukraine	0–3	Italy	16–25	18–25	10–25			44–75	Report
26 Aug	18:00	Italy	3–0	Belgium	25–18	25–21	25–23			75–62	Report
26 Aug	20:30	Poland	3–1	Ukraine	20–25	25–11	25–22	25–15		95–73	Report
27 Aug	18:00	Portugal	1–3	Belgium	13–25	26–24	20–25	11–25		70–99	Report
27 Aug	21:00	Italy	3–0	Slovenia	27–25	25–8	25–17			77–50	Report
28 Aug	17:30	Belgium	3–2	Poland	20–25	27–25	20–25	25–21	17–15	109–111	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Ukraine	2–3	Slovenia	25–22	21–25	25–18	21–25	8–15	100–105	Report
29 Aug	18:00	Portugal	0–3	Ukraine	22–25	15–25	20–25			57–75	Report
29 Aug	20:30	Poland	3–2	Italy	25–14	19–25	13–25	25–21	15–12	97–97	Report

Pool C

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	375	251	1.494	Final round
2	Azerbaijan	5	4	1	10	12	7	1.714	426	388	1.098
3	Croatia	5	3	2	10	11	8	1.375	443	422	1.050
4	Romania	5	2	3	6	7	11	0.636	386	437	0.883
5	Hungary	5	1	4	3	4	12	0.333	348	379	0.918
6	Estonia	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	360	461	0.781

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	15:00	Croatia	2–3	Azerbaijan	13–25	25–20	25–22	24–26	15–17	102–110	Report
23 Aug	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	25–21	25–18	25–9			75–48	Report
23 Aug	20:30	Hungary	3–0	Estonia	25–15	25–17	25–15			75–47	Report
24 Aug	18:00	Estonia	1–3	Croatia	18–25	17–25	28–26	12–25		75–101	Report
24 Aug	20:30	Romania	3–1	Hungary	25–23	21–25	26–24	25–22		97–94	Report
25 Aug	15:30	Azerbaijan	0–3	Netherlands	15–25	23–25	23–25			61–75	Report
25 Aug	18:00	Estonia	1–3	Romania	23–25	32–30	19–25	21–25		95–105	Report
26 Aug	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	25–16	25–18	25–23			75–57	Report
26 Aug	20:30	Hungary	0–3	Azerbaijan	21–25	15–25	22–25			58–75	Report
27 Aug	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Estonia	25–18	25–12	25–10			75–40	Report
27 Aug	20:30	Romania	1–3	Croatia	21–25	25–23	18–25	22–25		86–98	Report
28 Aug	15:30	Azerbaijan	3–2	Estonia	25–20	18–25	25–22	22–25	15–11	105–103	Report
28 Aug	18:00	Croatia	3–0	Hungary	25–20	25–23	35–33			85–76	Report
29 Aug	15:30	Romania	0–3	Azerbaijan	15–25	14–25	21–25			50–75	Report
29 Aug	18:00	Hungary	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	13–25	15–25			45–75	Report

Pool D

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	444	381	1.165	Final round
2	Russia	5	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	409	304	1.345
3	Slovakia	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	389	402	0.968
4	Spain	5	2	3	5	7	12	0.583	415	446	0.930
5	Switzerland	5	1	4	4	5	13	0.385	375	428	0.876
6	Belarus	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	378	449	0.842

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	14:30	Switzerland	0–3	Germany	16–25	19–25	21–25			56–75	Report
23 Aug	17:00	Belarus	0–3	Russia	24–26	16–25	22–25			62–76	Report
23 Aug	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Spain	26–24	29–27	25–18			80–69	Report
24 Aug	17:30	Germany	3–1	Spain	15–25	25–19	31–29	25–18		96–91	Report
24 Aug	20:00	Switzerland	0–3	Slovakia	20–25	16–25	22–25			58–75	Report
25 Aug	17:30	Spain	3–1	Belarus	25–22	25–22	15–25	25–17		90–86	Report
25 Aug	20:00	Russia	3–0	Switzerland	28–26	25–19	25–9			78–54	Report
26 Aug	17:30	Germany	3–2	Russia	18–25	25–21	25–23	14–25	15–11	97–105	Report
26 Aug	20:00	Slovakia	3–2	Belarus	22–25	22–25	25–17	25–18	16–14	110–99	Report
27 Aug	17:30	Spain	3–2	Switzerland	22–25	21–25	26–24	25–22	15–13	109–109	Report
27 Aug	20:00	Germany	3–1	Slovakia	25–22	26–28	25–18	25–21		101–89	Report
28 Aug	17:30	Russia	3–0	Spain	25–15	25–19	25–22			75–56	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Germany	3–0	Belarus	25–10	25–15	25–15			75–40	Report
29 Aug	15:30	Slovakia	0–3	Russia	14–25	9–25	12–25			35–75	Report
29 Aug	18:00	Switzerland	3–1	Belarus	19–25	25–18	29–27	25–21		98–91	Report

Final round

All times in Turkey are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).
All times in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

1 September–Ankara, Turkey

Serbia

3

4 September–Ankara, Turkey

Romania

0

Serbia

3

1 September–Budapest, Hungary

Bulgaria

0

Azerbaijan

0

7 September–Ankara, Turkey

Bulgaria

3

Serbia

3

1 September–Bratislava, Slovakia

Italy

1

Italy

3

4 September–Łódź, Poland

Slovakia

0

Italy

3

1 September–Bratislava, Slovakia

Russia

1

Russia

3

8 September–Ankara, Turkey

Belgium

1

Serbia

3

1 September–Ankara, Turkey

Turkey

2

Turkey

3

4 September–Ankara, Turkey

Croatia

2

Turkey

3

1 September–Budapest, Hungary

Netherlands

0

Netherlands

3

7 September–Ankara, Turkey

Greece

0

Turkey

3

1 September–Łódź, Poland

Poland

1

Bronze medal

Poland

3

4 September–Łódź, Poland

8 September–Ankara, Turkey

Spain

0

Poland

3

Italy

3

1 September–Łódź, Poland

Germany

2

Poland

0

Germany

3

Slovenia

0

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	15:30	Russia	3–1	Belgium	25–22	25–15	21–25	25–22		96–84	Report
1 Sep	16:00	Netherlands	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–23	25–12			75–56	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Romania	25–20	25–17	25–23			75–60	Report
1 Sep	18:00	Germany	3–0	Slovenia	25–21	25–15	25–20			75–56	Report
1 Sep	18:00	Italy	3–0	Slovakia	25–20	25–23	25–20			75–63	Report
1 Sep	18:30	Azerbaijan	0–3	Bulgaria	12–25	16–25	23–25			51–75	Report
1 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–2	Croatia	26–24	18–25	31–33	25–22	16–14	116–118	Report
1 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–0	Spain	25–20	25–20	25–19			75–59	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–18	28–26			78–63	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Italy	3–1	Russia	25–27	25–22	27–25	25–21		102–95	Report
4 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–0	Netherlands	25–20	25–22	25–20			75–62	Report
4 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–2	Germany	22–25	25–16	25–19	17–25	15–11	104–96	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–1	Italy	25–22	25–21	21–25	25–20		96–88	Report
7 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–1	Poland	25–17	25–16	14–25	25–18		89–76	Report

Third place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–23	25–20	26–24			76–67	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	19:30	Serbia	3–2	Turkey	21–25	25–21	25–21	22–25	15–13	108–105	Report

Final standing

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

2019 Women's European Championship  Serbia 3rd title 14–woman roster Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović (C), Stefana Veljković, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Silvija Popović, Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Jelena Blagojević Head coach Zoran Terzić

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

  Tijana Bošković

• Best setter

  Maja Ognjenović

• Best outside spikers

  Brankica Mihajlović

  Miriam Sylla

• Best middle blockers

  Eda Erdem Dündar

  Agnieszka Kąkolewska

• Best opposite spiker

  Tijana Bošković

• Best libero

  Simge Şebnem Aköz

See also

• 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship