2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 32nd edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. For the second time the Women's EuroVolley was held in four countries: Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania.^[1][2][3]

2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Serbia  Bulgaria  Croatia  Romania
Dates	18 August–4 September
Teams	24
Champions	Italy (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Paola Egonu
Official website
Official website
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Qualification

Main article: 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries	Serbia	Qualification	Pool A	Belarus
	Bulgaria			Switzerland
	Croatia		Pool B	Sweden
	Romania			Ukraine
2019 European Championship	Turkey		Pool C	Greece
	Italy			Spain
	Poland		Pool D	Slovakia
	Netherlands			Finland
	Germany		Pool E	France
	Russia			Hungary
	Belgium		Pool F	Czech Republic
	Azerbaijan			Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total 24

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:

1. The 4 organizers were seeded in Preliminary pools. Serbia in Pool A, Bulgaria in Pool B, Croatia in Pool C and Romania in Pool D.
2. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition were drawn in different Preliminary pools, which meant that Serbia could not be paired with Turkey.
3. The organizers could select one team to join their pools, as a result, Azerbaijan joined Serbia in Pool A, Poland joined Bulgaria in Pool B, Italy joined Croatia in Pool C and Turkey joined Romania in Pool D.
4. According to the CEV National Team ranking list (as per 01/01/2020), the 16 remaining teams were seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Netherlands  Russia  Germany  Belarus	Belgium  Ukraine  Spain  Slovakia	Hungary  Czech Republic  France  Finland	Greece   Switzerland  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Sweden

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 20 May 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Serbia	Bulgaria	Croatia	Romania
Azerbaijan	Poland	Italy	Turkey
Russia	Germany	Belarus	Netherlands
Belgium	Spain	Slovakia	Ukraine
France	Czech Republic	Hungary	Finland
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Greece	Switzerland	Sweden

Squads

Further information: 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Pool A, All knockout rounds		Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals
Belgrade, Serbia	Belgrade	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Plovdiv
Štark Arena		Kolodruma
Capacity: 18,386		Capacity: 6,100
Pool C		Pool D
Zadar, Croatia	Zadar	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Cluj-Napoca
Krešimir Ćosić Hall		BTarena
Capacity: 8,500		Capacity: 10,000

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

• The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the final round.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	14	15	2	7.500	405	307	1.319	Final round
2	Russia	5	3	2	11	13	7	1.857	443	399	1.110
3	France	5	3	2	9	10	8	1.250	392	386	1.016
4	Belgium	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	418	374	1.118
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	283	355	0.797
6	Azerbaijan	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	282	402	0.701

Source: CEV

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–11	25–18	25–14			75–43	Report
20 Aug	17:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Belgium	13–25	24–26	13–25			50–76	Report
20 Aug	20:00	Russia	3–1	France	25–19	14–25	25–20	25–18		89–82	Report
21 Aug	18:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14–25	23–25	17–25			54–75	Report
21 Aug	21:00	France	0–3	Serbia	14–25	13–25	16–25			43–75	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Russia	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–16	25–17	25–13			75–46	Report
22 Aug	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Belgium	25–21	25–21	25–21			75–63	Report
23 Aug	17:00	Belgium	3–2	Russia	29–31	21–25	25–13	25–22	15–11	115–102	Report
23 Aug	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	France	19–25	14–25	24–26			57–76	Report
24 Aug	17:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Belgium	23–25	19–25	15–25			57–75	Report
24 Aug	20:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Serbia	17–25	20–25	19–25			56–75	Report
25 Aug	17:00	France	3–1	Azerbaijan	25–19	26–28	25–11	25–18		101–76	Report
25 Aug	20:00	Serbia	3–2	Russia	25–22	25–19	16–25	24–26	15–10	105–102	Report
26 Aug	17:00	Russia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–12	25–20	25–19			75–51	Report
26 Aug	20:00	Belgium	1–3	France	25–27	25–13	19–25	20–25		89–90	Report

Pool B

Bulgaria vs. Poland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	5	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	423	350	1.209	Final round
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	433	355	1.220
3	Germany	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	434	404	1.074
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	402	418	0.962
5	Spain	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	339	424	0.800
6	Greece	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	335	415	0.807

Source: CEV

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	20:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Greece	25–20	25–15	25–19			75–54	Report
19 Aug	17:30	Spain	1–3	Czech Republic	25–22	20–25	22–25	20–25		87–97	Report
19 Aug	20:30	Germany	1–3	Poland	22–25	25–23	21–25	22–25		90–98	Report
20 Aug	17:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Germany	23–25	25–20	23–25	21–25		92–95	Report
20 Aug	20:30	Greece	0–3	Poland	16–25	20–25	19–25			55–75	Report
21 Aug	17:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Poland	25–20	15–25	21–25	18–25		79–95	Report
21 Aug	20:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Spain	25–12	25–19	25–21			75–52	Report
22 Aug	16:00	Greece	2–3	Spain	22–25	26–24	16–25	25–22	13–15	102–111	Report
22 Aug	19:00	Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	25–23	16–25	25–21	18–25	15–10	99–104	Report
23 Aug	17:30	Greece	0–3	Czech Republic	24–26	26–28	15–25			65–79	Report
23 Aug	20:30	Poland	3–0	Spain	25–15	25–15	25–8			75–38	Report
24 Aug	17:30	Germany	3–0	Greece	25–20	25–17	25–22			75–59	Report
24 Aug	20:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Czech Republic	26–24	25–12	25–19			76–55	Report
25 Aug	17:30	Spain	0–3	Germany	13–25	17–25	21–25			51–75	Report
25 Aug	20:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Poland	18–25	25–21	25–21	25–23		93–90	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	402	297	1.354	Final round
2	Croatia	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	373	322	1.158
3	Belarus	5	3	2	7	9	10	0.900	396	417	0.950
4	Hungary	5	1	4	5	8	13	0.615	439	470	0.934
5	Slovakia	5	1	4	4	7	13	0.538	424	461	0.920
6	Switzerland	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	367	434	0.846

Source: CEV

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	17:00	Croatia	3–0	Switzerland	25–20	25–19	25–21			75–60	Report
20 Aug	17:15	Italy	3–0	Belarus	25–20	25–18	25–16			75–54	Report
20 Aug	20:15	Hungary	3–1	Slovakia	25–20	25–23	20–25	25–18		95–86	Report
21 Aug	17:00	Belarus	0–3	Croatia	19–25	23–25	15–25			57–75	Report
21 Aug	20:00	Hungary	2–3	Switzerland	25–22	23–25	27–29	25–23	11–15	111–114	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Croatia	3–0	Slovakia	25–21	25–14	25–13			75–48	Report
22 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–0	Hungary	25–16	25–15	25–19			75–50	Report
23 Aug	17:15	Slovakia	1–3	Italy	19–25	18–25	27–25	17–25		81–100	Report
23 Aug	20:15	Switzerland	0–3	Belarus	23–25	15–25	15–25			53–75	Report
24 Aug	17:00	Hungary	1–3	Croatia	19–25	25–21	17–25	21–25		82–96	Report
24 Aug	20:00	Switzerland	1–3	Slovakia	25–21	14–25	19–25	22–25		80–96	Report
25 Aug	18:00	Belarus	3–2	Hungary	20–25	14–25	25–16	25–23	15–12	99–101	Report
25 Aug	21:00	Croatia	0–3	Italy	15–25	23–25	14–25			52–75	Report
26 Aug	17:00	Slovakia	2–3	Belarus	25–18	25–23	23–25	28–30	12–15	113–111	Report
26 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	25–17	25–18	27–25			77–60	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	405	298	1.359	Final round
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	387	288	1.344
3	Ukraine	5	3	2	9	9	7	1.286	359	346	1.038
4	Sweden	5	2	3	5	6	11	0.545	358	393	0.911
5	Finland	5	1	4	4	6	13	0.462	377	450	0.838
6	Romania	5	0	5	0	3	15	0.200	330	441	0.748

Source: CEV

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	20:30	Romania	1–3	Turkey	25–23	10–25	20–25	17–25		72–98	Report
19 Aug	16:00	Sweden	3–2	Finland	24–26	17–25	25–19	27–25	15–13	108–108	Report
19 Aug	19:00	Netherlands	3–0	Ukraine	25–17	25–12	25–22			75–51	Report
20 Aug	17:30	Finland	0–3	Netherlands	10–25	10–25	18–25			38–75	Report
20 Aug	20:30	Turkey	3–0	Ukraine	25–14	25–19	26–24			76–57	Report
21 Aug	17:30	Finland	1–3	Ukraine	19–25	23–25	28–26	22–25		92–101	Report
21 Aug	20:30	Romania	0–3	Sweden	21–25	17–25	16–25			54–75	Report
22 Aug	17:30	Turkey	3–0	Sweden	31–29	25–21	25–11			81–61	Report
22 Aug	20:30	Netherlands	3–1	Romania	25–12	25–27	25–17	25–14		100–70	Report
23 Aug	17:30	Ukraine	3–0	Sweden	25–23	25–17	25–20			75–60	Report
23 Aug	20:30	Turkey	3–0	Finland	25–19	25–12	25–15			75–46	Report
24 Aug	17:30	Netherlands	0–3	Turkey	21–25	21–25	20–25			62–75	Report
24 Aug	20:30	Romania	1–3	Finland	25–18	22–25	22–25	22–25		91–93	Report
25 Aug	17:30	Sweden	0–3	Netherlands	21–25	20–25	13–25			54–75	Report
25 Aug	20:30	Romania	0–3	Ukraine	15–25	17–25	11–25			43–75	Report

Final round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

29 August–Plovdiv

Turkey

3

31 August–Plovdiv

Czech Republic

1

Turkey

3

29 August–Plovdiv

Poland

0

Poland

3

3 September–Belgrade

Ukraine

1

Turkey

1

29 August–Belgrade

Serbia

3

Serbia

3

1 September–Belgrade

Hungary

0

Serbia

3

29 August–Belgrade

France

1

Croatia

2

4 September–Belgrade

France

3

Serbia

1

28 August–Plovdiv

Italy

3

Bulgaria

2

31 August–Plovdiv

Sweden

3

Sweden

0

28 August–Plovdiv

Netherlands

3

Netherlands

3

3 September–Belgrade

Germany

1

Netherlands

1

30 August–Belgrade

Italy

3

3rd place match

Italy

3

1 September–Belgrade

4 September–Belgrade

Belgium

1

Italy

3

Turkey

3

30 August–Belgrade

Russia

0

Netherlands

0

Russia

3

Belarus

1

• All times in Belgrade are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• All times in Plovdiv are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	17:30	Netherlands	3–1	Germany	25–22	23–25	25–19	25–23		98–89	Report
28 Aug	20:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Sweden	25–12	21–25	22–25	25–14	17–19	110–95	Report
29 Aug	17:30	Turkey	3–1	Czech Republic	25–13	22–25	25–14	25–13		97–65	Report
29 Aug	17:00	Croatia	2–3	France	25–16	21–25	25–22	22–25	12–15	105–103	Report
29 Aug	20:30	Poland	3–1	Ukraine	21–25	25–21	25–22	25–17		96–85	Report
29 Aug	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Hungary	25–20	25–19	25–17			75–56	Report
30 Aug	17:00	Italy	3–1	Belgium	25–14	23–25	25–17	25–12		98–68	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Russia	3–1	Belarus	27–25	25–20	19–25	25–23		96–93	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Sweden	0–3	Netherlands	25–27	16–25	19–25			60–77	Report
31 Aug	20:30	Turkey	3–0	Poland	25–18	25–14	25–23			75–55	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Russia	25–20	25–8	25–15			75–43	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Serbia	3–1	France	22–25	25–18	25–7	25–20		97–70	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Turkey	1–3	Serbia	34–32	26–28	23–25	13–25		96–110	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	1–3	Italy	19–25	17–25	25–16	18–25		79–91	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Turkey	3–0	Netherlands	25–20	25–19	25–23			75–62	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	21:00	Serbia	1–3	Italy	26–24	22–25	19–25	11–25		78–99	Report

Final standing

Rank[4] Team  Italy  Serbia  Turkey 4  Netherlands 5  Poland 6  Russia 7  France 8  Sweden 9  Bulgaria 10  Croatia 11  Germany 12  Ukraine 13  Belgium 14  Belarus 15  Czech Republic 16  Hungary 17  Slovakia 18  Finland 19  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20  Spain 21   Switzerland 22  Greece 23  Romania 24  Azerbaijan Qualified for the 2022 World Championship Already qualified for the 2022 World Championship as defending champions Qualified for the 2022 World Championship as co-hosts Qualified for the 2022 World Championship as world ranked non-qualified teams (Russia later disqualified, replaced by Croatia)

2021 Women's Volleyball European champions  Italy 3rd title 14–woman roster Alessia Gennari, Sara Bonifacio, Ofelia Malinov, Monica De Gennaro, Alessia Orro, Cristina Chirichella, Anna Danesi, Elena Pietrini, Sylvia Nwakalor, Miriam Sylla, Paola Egonu, Beatrice Parrocchiale, Alessia Mazzaro, Sofia D'Odorico Head coach Davide Mazzanti

All Star Team

• MVP^[5]

  Paola Egonu

• Best setter

  Alessia Orro

• Best outside hitters

  Miriam Sylla

  Elena Pietrini

• Best middle blockers

  Eda Erdem Dündar

  Anna Danesi

• Best Opposite

  Tijana Bošković

• Best libero

  Monica De Gennaro

See also

• 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship