2021 Women's European Volleyball League

The 2021 Women's European Volleyball League was the 12th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which features women's national volleyball teams from 20 European countries.^[1]

2021 Women's European League

Tournament details
Host nation	Final Four:  Bulgaria (Golden League)  Slovenia (Silver League)
Dates	28 May – 20 June
Teams	20
Champions	Bulgaria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Croatia
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Czech Republic
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The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, featuring twelve teams, and the Silver League, featuring eight teams.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of January 2020. Rankings are shown in brackets.^[2]

Golden league

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Azerbaijan (5)	Bulgaria (8)	Croatia (9)
Spain (14)	Ukraine (13)	Belarus (11)
Romania (15)	Slovakia (15)	Hungary (17)
France (20)	Finland (21)	Czech Republic (19)

Silver league

Pool A	Pool B
Slovenia (18)	Portugal (23)
Austria (27)	Estonia (25)
Israel (29)	Bosnia and Herzegovina (30)
Luxembourg (36)	Latvia (30)

Pool standing procedure

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Golden league

• All times are local.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	6	4	2	13	16	10	1.600	570	518	1.100	Final round
2	France	6	4	2	12	15	9	1.667	535	491	1.090
3	Romania	6	4	2	11	14	10	1.400	520	487	1.068
4	Azerbaijan	6	0	6	0	2	18	0.111	365	494	0.739	Relegated to the Silver League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	17:00	Romania	3–2	France	17–25	23–25	26–24	26–24	15–11	107–109	Report
28 May	20:00	Spain	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–22	25–22	25–12			75–56	Report
29 May	17:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Romania	14–25	13–25	11–25			38–75	Report
29 May	20:00	Spain	3–1	France	25–18	22–25	25–18	25–23		97–84	Report
30 May	17:00	Romania	2–3	Spain	25–13	14–25	25–21	16–25	9–15	89–99	Report
30 May	20:00	France	3–1	Azerbaijan	25–21	19–25	25–13	25–20		94–79	Report
4 Jun	17:00	Spain	3–1	Azerbaijan	25–19	22–25	25–21	25–13		97–78	Report
4 Jun	20:00	Romania	0–3	France	17–25	18–25	23–25			58–75	Report
5 Jun	17:00	Romania	3–2	Spain	24–26	24–26	25–20	25–21	15–12	113–105	Report
5 Jun	20:30	France	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–14	25–19	25–20			75–53	Report
6 Jun	15:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Romania	24–26	12–25	25–27			61–78	Report
6 Jun	19:00	Spain	2–3	France	25–16	23–25	25–17	14–25	10–15	97–98	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria[a] (H)	4	4	0	12	12	0	MAX	304	226	1.345	Final round
2	Slovakia	4	1	3	4	5	10	0.500	307	332	0.925
3	Ukraine	4	1	3	2	4	11	0.364	297	350	0.849

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
28 May	19:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Slovakia	25–14	26–24	25–15			76–53	Report
29 May	19:00	Slovakia	2–3	Ukraine	25–22	22–25	25–14	15–25	7–15	94–101	Report
30 May	19:00	Ukraine	0–3	Bulgaria	26–28	13–25	22–25			61–78	Report
4 Jun	20:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Slovakia	25–21	25–14	25–22			75–57	Report
5 Jun	20:30	Ukraine	0–3	Bulgaria	23–25	20–25	12–25			55–75	Report
6 Jun	17:30	Slovakia	3–1	Ukraine	23–25	30–28	25–14	25–13		103–80	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	6	4	2	14	16	8	2.000	552	479	1.152	Final round
2	Croatia	6	4	2	11	15	10	1.500	561	542	1.035
3	Belarus	6	2	4	6	9	15	0.600	468	540	0.867
4	Hungary	6	2	4	5	7	14	0.500	454	474	0.958

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	17:00	Croatia	2–3	Hungary	26–24	20–25	31–29	21–25	11–15	109–118	Report
29 May	16:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Croatia	25–13	20–25	28–26	25–22		98–86	Report
29 May	19:00	Hungary	1–3	Belarus	19–25	24–26	25–16	22–25		90–92	Report
30 May	16:00	Belarus	0–3	Croatia	23–25	15–25	20–25			58–75	Report
30 May	19:00	Hungary	0–3	Czech Republic	16–25	17–25	16–25			49–75	Report
31 May	17:00	Belarus	1–3	Czech Republic	7–25	25–22	12–25	21–25		65–97	Report
2 Jun	16:00	Belarus	2–3	Croatia	23–25	25–16	16–25	26–24	9–15	99–105	Report
2 Jun	19:00	Hungary	0–3	Czech Republic	21–25	21–25	20–25			62–75	Report
3 Jun	16:00	Hungary	3–0	Belarus	25–14	25–18	25–16			75–48	Report
3 Jun	19:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Croatia	25–20	25–27	21–25	26–24	12–15	109–111	Report
4 Jun	17:00	Croatia	3–0	Hungary	25–21	25–16	25–23			75–60	Report
4 Jun	20:00	Belarus	3–2	Czech Republic	25–22	25–18	20–25	21–25	15–8	106–98	Report

Ranking of the second placed teams

• Matches against the fourth placed team in each pool are not included in this ranking.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	4	3	1	7	10	7	1.429	377	364	1.036	Final round
2	France	4	2	2	6	9	8	1.125	366	359	1.019
3	Slovakia	4	1	3	4	5	10	0.500	307	332	0.925

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Silver league

• All times are local.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia[a] (H)	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	513	374	1.372	Final round
2	Austria	6	4	2	13	14	6	2.333	479	400	1.198	Final round
3	Israel	6	2	4	6	7	12	0.583	378	448	0.844
4	Luxembourg	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	302	450	0.671

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
27 May	15:00	Austria	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	17–25	20–25			54–75	Report
28 May	15:00	Israel	0–3	Austria	16–25	11–25	21–25			48–75	Report
28 May	17:30	Luxembourg	0–3	Slovenia	14–25	13–25	16–25			43–75	Report
29 May	15:00	Israel	3–0	Luxembourg	25–23	25–19	25–22			75–64	Report
30 May	15:00	Slovenia	3–0	Israel	25–14	25–15	25–11			75–40	Report
30 May	17:30	Austria	3–0	Luxembourg	25–19	25–15	25–13			75–47	Report
4 Jun	17:00	Austria	3–0	Luxembourg	25–15	25–14	25–20			75–49	Report
4 Jun	20:00	Slovenia	3–1	Israel	22–25	25–11	25–19	25–20		97–75	Report
5 Jun	17:00	Israel	0–3	Austria	18–25	32–34	15–25			65–84	Report
5 Jun	20:00	Luxembourg	0–3	Slovenia	14–25	19–25	13–25			46–75	Report
6 Jun	17:00	Israel	3–0	Luxembourg	25–23	25–16	25–14			75–53	Report
6 Jun	20:00	Austria	2–3	Slovenia	22–25	22–25	32–30	25–19	15–17	116–116	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Portugal	6	5	1	14	15	7	2.143	515	471	1.093	Final round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	4	2	13	15	6	2.500	491	393	1.249
3	Estonia	6	3	3	9	12	12	1.000	516	536	0.963
4	Latvia	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	353	475	0.743

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	17:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Latvia	25–19	25–20	25–18			75–57	Report
28 May	20:00	Estonia	2–3	Portugal	25–19	23–25	25–23	27–29	11–15	111–111	Report
29 May	17:00	Latvia	0–3	Portugal	18–25	19–25	21–25			58–75	Report
29 May	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3	Estonia	25–12	22–25	21–25	25–22	9–15	102–99	Report
30 May	17:00	Estonia	3–0	Latvia	25–18	25–22	25–19			75–59	Report
30 May	20:00	Portugal	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21–25	23–25	19–25			63–75	Report
1 Jun	17:00	Estonia	1–3	Portugal	26–24	19–25	19–25	20–25		84–99	Report
1 Jun	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Latvia	25–12	25–8	25–15			75–35	Report
2 Jun	17:00	Latvia	0–3	Portugal	14–25	21–25	19–25			54–75	Report
2 Jun	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Estonia	25–9	25–18	25–20			75–47	Report
3 Jun	17:00	Estonia	3–1	Latvia	26–24	24–26	25–22	25–18		100–90	Report
3 Jun	20:00	Portugal	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–21	17–25	25–20	25–23		92–89	Report

Final round

Silver League

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

	Semifinals				Final
	11 June
	Portugal	2
					12 June
	Austria	3
					Austria	2
	11 June
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
	Slovenia	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
					3rd place match
					12 June
					Portugal	1
					Slovenia	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jun	17:00	Portugal	2–3	Austria	23–25	25–23	25–22	20–25	6–15	99–110	Report
11 Jun	20:00	Slovenia	1–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23–25	25–19	22–25	24–26		94–95	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	17:00	Portugal	1–3	Slovenia	21–25	25–23	23–25	16–25		85–98	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	20:00	Austria	2–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22–25	29–27	25–23	18–25	7–15	101–115	Report

Golden League

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

	Semifinals				Final
	19 June
	Spain	1
					20 June
	Croatia	3
					Croatia	1
	19 June
					Bulgaria	3
	Czech Republic	0
	Bulgaria	3
					3rd place match
					20 June
					Spain	3
					Czech Republic	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	17:00	Spain	1–3	Croatia	12–25	25–10	18–25	23–25		78–85	Report
19 Jun	20:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Bulgaria	13–25	23–25	19–25			55–75	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	17:00	Spain	3–2	Czech Republic	28–26	10–25	23–25	25–16	15–10	101–102	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	20:00	Croatia	1–3	Bulgaria	25–22	22–25	17–25	20–25		84–97	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Bulgaria  Croatia  Spain 4  Czech Republic 5  France 6  Slovakia 7  Romania 8  Belarus 9  Hungary 10  Ukraine 11  Azerbaijan 12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13  Austria 14  Slovenia 15  Portugal 16  Estonia 17  Israel 18  Latvia 19  Luxembourg

2021 European League champions  Bulgaria 2nd title

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

  Zhana Todorova

See also

• 2021 Men's European Volleyball League