2021 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2021 Men's European Volleyball League was the 17th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from 20 European countries.[1]

2021 Men's European League
Tournament details
Host nationFinal Four:
 Belgium (Golden League)
 North Macedonia (Silver League)
Dates28 May – 20 June
Teams20
Champions Turkey (2nd title)
Runners-up Ukraine
Third place Estonia
Fourth place Belgium
Official website
European Golden League
European Silver League

The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, which featured twelve teams, and the Silver League with 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] Netherlands withdrew on 26 April after it was chosen by the FIVB to replace China in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League leaving Pool B with three teams.[3]

Golden league

Pool A Pool B Pool C
 Belgium (3)  Netherlands (8)  Turkey (11)
 Spain (14)  Ukraine (14)  Czech Republic (11)
 Estonia (16)  Slovakia (17)  Belarus (19)
 Latvia (23)  Romania (22)  Portugal (20)

Silver league

Pool A Pool B
 North Macedonia (24)  Austria (25)
 Israel (28)  Croatia (27)
 Denmark (29)  Hungary (34)
 Cyprus (41)  Luxembourg (35)

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.
Qualified to Final round
Qualified to Final round as host country
Relegated to the Silver League

Pool A

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Estonia 6 0 17 18 4 4.500 538 442 1.217
2  Belgium 4 2 13 15 9 1.667 593 556 1.067
3  Spain 2 4 6 8 13 0.615 472 518 0.911
4  Latvia 0 6 0 3 18 0.167 427 514 0.831


Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May17:00Estonia  3–0  Spain 25–2325–1625–18  75–57Report
28 May20:00Latvia  1–3  Belgium 25–1916–2514–2521–25 76–94Report
29 May16:00Spain  1–3  Belgium 23–2525–2122–2533–35 103–106Report
29 May19:00Estonia  3–0  Latvia 25–2325–1325–11  75–47Report
30 May16:00Spain  3–1  Latvia 26–2425–2319–2526–24 96–96Report
30 May19:00Belgium  2–3  Estonia 25–2025–2019–2521–2516–18106–108Report
4 Jun16:00Estonia  3–1  Spain 22–2525–1325–1825–16 97–72Report
4 Jun19:40Latvia  1–3  Belgium 28–3023–2525–1916–25 92–99Report
5 Jun15:45Spain  3–0  Latvia 25–2125–2325–19  75–63Report
5 Jun19:00Belgium  1–3  Estonia 25–2026–2830–3226–28 107–108Report
6 Jun15:00Spain  0–3  Belgium 23–2517–2529–31  69–81Report
6 Jun17:30Estonia  3–0  Latvia 25–2025–1725–16  75–53Report

Pool B

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Ukraine 4 0 12 12 3 4.000 374 332 1.127
2  Romania 1 3 4 7 10 0.700 396 401 0.988
3  Slovakia 1 3 2 5 11 0.455 344 381 0.903


Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jun18:00Ukraine  3–1  Romania 22–2534–3225–2325–19 106–99Report
2 Jun18:00Romania  2–3  Slovakia 29–2721–2525–2224–2612–15111–115Report
3 Jun18:00Slovakia  0–3  Ukraine 21–258–2521–25  50–75Report
4 Jun18:00Romania  1–3  Ukraine 25–1520–2518–2527–29 90–94Report
5 Jun18:00Slovakia  1–3  Romania 25–2120–2522–2519–25 86–96Report
6 Jun19:30Ukraine  3–1  Slovakia 23–2525–2325–2126–24 99–93Report

Pool C

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Turkey 6 0 18 18 2 9.000 497 402 1.236
2  Belarus 3 3 7 10 14 0.714 509 544 0.936
3  Czech Republic 2 4 7 11 13 0.846 546 549 0.995
4  Portugal 1 5 4 7 17 0.412 511 568 0.900


Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May16:00Czech Republic  1–3  Turkey 19–2525–2221–2521–25 86–97Report
29 May16:00Portugal  0–3  Turkey 19–2524–2617–25  60–76Report
29 May19:00Belarus  3–1  Czech Republic 25–2118–2525–1725–23 93–86Report
30 May16:00Czech Republic  2–3  Portugal 25–2025–2737–3925–2212–15124–123Report
30 May19:00Turkey  3–0  Belarus 25–2125–2025–16  75–57Report
31 May14:00Belarus  3–2  Portugal 25–2225–2023–2516–2515–10104–102Report
4 Jun16:00Turkey  3–0  Belarus 25–2025–2325–19  75–62Report
4 Jun19:00Czech Republic  3–0  Portugal 25–2025–2025–18  75–58Report
5 Jun15:00Belarus  1–3  Czech Republic 20–2522–2525–2317–25 84–98Report
5 Jun18:00Portugal  0–3  Turkey 28–3016–2516–25  60–80Report
6 Jun15:00Czech Republic  1–3  Turkey 18–2514–2525–1920–25 77–94Report
6 Jun18:00Belarus  3–2  Portugal 17–2522–2525–2025–2020–18109–108Report

Silver league

  • All times are local.
Qualified to Final round
Qualified to Final round as host country

Pool A

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  North Macedonia 5 1 15 15 6 2.500 517 493 1.049
2  Denmark 4 2 11 12 8 1.500 455 437 1.041
3  Israel 2 4 6 10 14 0.714 572 554 1.032
4  Cyprus 1 5 4 6 15 0.400 439 499 0.880


Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May17:00Denmark  3–2  Israel 21–2526–2417–2526–2415–12105–110Report
21 May20:00Cyprus  0–3  North Macedonia 21–2521–2521–25  63–75Report
22 May17:00Denmark  3–0  Cyprus 25–2325–2225–20  75–65Report
22 May20:00Israel  1–3  North Macedonia 25–2122–2523–2529–31 99–102Report
23 May17:00Israel  3–2  Cyprus 25–1425–2725–2725–2118–16118–105Report
23 May20:00North Macedonia  0–3  Denmark 21–2523–2524–26  68–76Report
28 May16:00Israel  0–3  Cyprus 23–2523–2517–25  63–75Report
28 May19:00North Macedonia  3–0  Denmark 25–2325–1725–21  75–61Report
29 May16:00Israel  1–3  North Macedonia 25–1630–3229–3123–25 107–104Report
29 May19:00Denmark  3–0  Cyprus 25–1125–2025–13  75–44Report
30 May16:00Cyprus  1–3  North Macedonia 22–2518–2525–1822–25 87–93Report
30 May19:00Denmark  0–3  Israel 22–2520–2521–25  63–75Report

Pool B

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Hungary 5 1 14 15 6 2.500 493 436 1.131
2  Croatia 4 2 12 15 9 1.667 549 485 1.132
3  Austria 2 4 7 10 14 0.714 492 526 0.935
4  Luxembourg 1 5 3 4 15 0.267 384 471 0.815


Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May17:30Croatia  3–1  Luxembourg 29–3125–1225–1625–20 104–79Report
21 May20:25Austria  2–3  Hungary 25–2325–1820–2515–2513–1598–106Report
22 May17:30Hungary  3–0  Luxembourg 25–1625–2325–19  75–58Report
22 May20:25Croatia  3–2  Austria 23–2525–2125–1620–2515–10108–97Report
23 May17:50Hungary  3–1  Croatia 25–1921–2525–2225–20 96–86Report
23 May15:00Luxembourg  0–3  Austria 19–2522–2521–25  62–75Report
27 May17:30Austria  0–3  Hungary 21–2521–2518–25  60–75Report
27 May20:00Croatia  3–0  Luxembourg 25–1925–1625–17  75–52Report
28 May20:00Hungary  0–3  Croatia 21–2524–2621–25  66–76Report
29 May17:30Croatia  2–3  Austria 17–2525–2023–2525–1010–15100–95Report
29 May20:00Hungary  3–0  Luxembourg 25–2025–1625–22  75–58Report
30 May20:00Luxembourg  3–0  Austria 25–2325–2225–22  75–67Report

Final round

Silver League

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 June
 
 
 North Macedonia3
 
6 June
 
 Croatia2
 
 North Macedonia1
 
5 June
 
 Denmark3
 
 Hungary1
 
 
 Denmark3
 
3rd place match
 
 
6 June
 
 
 Croatia2
 
 
 Hungary3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jun17:00North Macedonia  3–2  Croatia 15–2525–1925–2221–2515–12101–103Report
5 Jun20:00Hungary  1–3  Denmark 26–2417–2511–2527–29 81–103Report

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jun17:00Croatia  2–3  Hungary 18–2525–1823–2525–1913–15104–102Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jun20:00North Macedonia  1–3  Denmark 25–2319–2525–2719–25 88–100Report

Golden League

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 June
 
 
 Estonia2
 
20 June
 
 Turkey3
 
 Turkey3
 
19 June
 
 Ukraine1
 
 Ukraine3
 
 
 Belgium0
 
3rd place match
 
 
20 June
 
 
 Estonia3
 
 
 Belgium0

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Jun17:00Estonia  2–3  Turkey 25–2025–1322–2523–2513–15108–98Report
19 Jun20:00Ukraine  3–0  Belgium 25–1525–1925–22  75–56Report

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun17:00Estonia  3–0  Belgium 25–2225–1925–19  75–60Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun20:00Turkey  3–1  Ukraine 25–1125–2018–2525–21 93–77Report

Final standing

Rank Team
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 Estonia
4  Belgium
5  Belarus
6  Czech Republic
7  Spain
8  Romania
9  Portugal
10  Slovakia
11  Latvia
12  Denmark
13  North Macedonia
14  Hungary
15  Croatia
16  Austria
17  Israel
18  Cyprus
19  Luxembourg

Awards

See also

References

  1. "Record-breaking participation for 2021 European League". cev.eu. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 01.01.2020)". cev.eu. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "FIVB Statement On Participating Teams At VNL 2021". www.fivb.com. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-26. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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