2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship.[1][2]

Qualification

Italy, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Israel as host countries were directly qualified. The eight best placed teams at the 2021 edition also gained direct entries into the tournament. 24 teams compete for the remaining 12 places at the final tournament.

Means of qualification Qualifier Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Countries  Italy Qualification Pool A  Turkey
 North Macedonia Pool B  Finland
 Bulgaria Pool C  Belgium
 Israel Pool D  Portugal
2021 European Championship  Slovenia Pool E  Greece
 Poland Pool F  Spain
 Serbia Pool G  Romania
 Netherlands Best runners-up   Switzerland
 Germany  Denmark
 Czech Republic  Montenegro
 France  Estonia
Reallocation  Ukraine  Croatia
Total 24

Direct qualification

All of the hosted countries' teams directly qualified for the tournament. Then, the top eight teams from previous edition also automatically qualified.

Qualified for the 2023 European Championship
Qualified as hosts for the 2023 European Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Slovenia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland
4  Serbia
5  Netherlands
6  Germany
7  Russia[a][3]
8  Czech Republic
9  France
10  Turkey
11  Bulgaria
12  Finland
13  Ukraine
14  Croatia
15  Portugal
16  Latvia
17  Belarus[a][3]
18  Belgium
19  Slovakia
20  Spain
21  Estonia
22  Greece
23  North Macedonia
24  Montenegro
–  Israel

Format

There being seven pools of either three or four teams each, the winners of each pool and the 5 best runners-up qualified for the 2023 European Championship. The pools were played in a double round-robin tournaments format officially from 3 to 21 August 2022, according to the CEV web site. Since there was a different number of teams across the seven pools, the results of the matches played with the teams finishing last in the pools of four were discarded in order to determine the five best runners-up across all pools.

Pools composition

The pools were set following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of January 2022. Rankings are shown in brackets.[4]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G
 Turkey (9)  Finland (12)  Belgium (13)  Portugal (14)  Croatia (15)  Slovakia (18)  Romania (19)
 Azerbaijan (28)  Latvia (26)  Estonia (25)  Montenegro (24)  Greece (22)  Spain (21)   Switzerland (20)
 Denmark (29)  Austria (30)  Israel (31)  Luxembourg (32)  Norway (33)  Hungary (34)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (35)
 Faroe Islands (43)  Iceland (39)  Cyprus (38)  Georgia (37)  Albania (36)

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 last 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 and 3 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

Results

  • The winners in each pool and the top five of the second ranked teams qualified for the 2023 European Championship.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Turkey 4 3 1 10 11 4 2.750 349 278 1.255 2023 European Championship
2  Denmark 4 3 1 8 10 6 1.667 354 331 1.069
3  Azerbaijan 4 0 4 0 1 12 0.083 229 323 0.709
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug 18:00 Azerbaijan  1–3  Denmark 22–25 25–23 16–25 16–25   79–98 Report
6 Aug 17:30 Azerbaijan  0–3  Turkey 11–25 20–25 16–25     47–75 Report
10 Aug 17:30 Turkey  3–1  Denmark 19–25 25–16 25–22 25–11   94–74 Report
14 Aug 17:00 Denmark  3–2  Turkey 25–20 19–25 28–26 20–25 15–9 107–105 Report
17 Aug 17:30 Turkey  3–0  Azerbaijan 25–15 25–16 25–19     75–50 Report
20 Aug 19:00 Denmark  3–0  Azerbaijan 25–19 25–19 25–15     75–53 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Finland 4 4 0 11 12 4 3.000 377 318 1.186 2023 European Championship
2  Latvia 4 2 2 5 7 9 0.778 339 365 0.929
3  Austria 4 0 4 2 6 12 0.500 380 413 0.920
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug 20:25 Austria  1–3  Latvia 19–25 25–21 22–25 23–25   89–96 Report
6 Aug 18:00 Latvia  1–3  Finland 17–25 19–25 25–20 22–25   83–95 Report
10 Aug 19:00 Finland  3–1  Austria 25–21 23–25 25–16 25–17   98–79 Report
14 Aug 20:25 Austria  2–3  Finland 20–25 25–23 25–21 23–25 13–15 106–109 Report
17 Aug 18:30 Finland  3–0  Latvia 25–18 25–17 25–15     75–50 Report
21 Aug 17:00 Latvia  3–2  Austria 23–25 21–25 25–20 26–24 15–12 110–106 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Belgium 4 4 0 11 12 2 6.000 340 254 1.339 2023 European Championship
2  Estonia 4 2 2 7 8 6 1.333 321 266 1.207
3  Faroe Islands 4 0 4 0 0 12 0.000 159 300 0.530
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug 20:00 Belgium  3–0  Faroe Islands 25–7 25–15 25–9     75–31 Report
7 Aug 16:00 Estonia  2–3  Belgium 25–22 19–25 24–26 26–24 16–18 110–115 Report
10 Aug 19:00 Faroe Islands  0–3  Estonia 11–25 7–25 15–25     33–75 Report
13 Aug 18:00 Estonia  3–0  Faroe Islands 25–12 25–16 25–15     75–43 Report
17 Aug 20:00 Belgium  3–0  Estonia 25–17 25–22 25–22     75–61 Report
21 Aug 17:00 Faroe Islands  0–3  Belgium 16–25 16–25 20–25     52–75 Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Portugal 6 5 1 16 17 3 5.667 484 348 1.391 2023 European Championship
2  Montenegro 6 5 1 14 15 6 2.500 490 413 1.186
3  Luxembourg 6 2 4 6 7 12 0.583 390 456 0.855
4  Iceland 6 0 6 0 0 18 0.000 306 453 0.675
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug 18:00 Montenegro  3–0  Luxembourg 25–15 25–14 25–17     75–46 Report
3 Aug 21:00 Portugal  3–0  Iceland 25–14 25–16 25–10     75–40 Report
7 Aug 15:00 Iceland  0–3  Luxembourg 18–25 20–25 24–26     62–76 Report
7 Aug 17:30 Montenegro  3–2  Portugal 21–25 25–22 25–20 25–27 15–13 111–107 Report
10 Aug 18:00 Montenegro  3–0  Iceland 25–15 25–10 25–16     75–41 Report
10 Aug 21:00 Portugal  3–0  Luxembourg 25–19 25–16 25–16     75–51 Report
13 Aug 19:00 Luxembourg  0–3  Portugal 17–25 16–25 20–25     53–75 Report
14 Aug 15:00 Iceland  0–3  Montenegro 21–25 18–25 16–25     55–75 Report
17 Aug 19:00 Luxembourg  3–0  Iceland 27–25 25–20 25–22     77–67 Report
17 Aug 21:00 Portugal  3–0  Montenegro 27–25 25–15 25–12     77–52 Report
20 Aug 19:00 Luxembourg  1–3  Montenegro 25–27 22–25 27–25 13–25   87–102 Report
21 Aug 15:00 Iceland  0–3  Portugal 12–25 12–25 17–25     41–75 Report

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Greece 6 6 0 17 18 3 6.000 511 426 1.200 2023 European Championship
2  Croatia 6 4 2 12 13 6 2.167 445 389 1.144
3  Cyprus 6 2 4 6 6 12 0.500 371 434 0.855
4  Norway 6 0 6 1 2 18 0.111 410 488 0.840
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug 18:00 Norway  2–3  Greece 25–19 27–25 23–25 21–25 9–15 105–109 Report
3 Aug 19:00 Croatia  3–0  Cyprus 25–20 25–16 25–13     75–49 Report
6 Aug 20:00 Cyprus  3–0  Norway 25–19 27–25 25–21     77–65 Report
7 Aug 20:30 Greece  3–0  Croatia 25–12 25–23 25–15     75–50 Report
10 Aug 19:00 Croatia  3–0  Norway 25–21 25–18 25–19     75–58 Report
10 Aug 20:30 Greece  3–0  Cyprus 25–19 25–19 25–19     75–57 Report
13 Aug 20:00 Cyprus  0–3  Greece 23–25 17–25 20–25     60–75 Report
14 Aug 16:00 Norway  0–3  Croatia 18–25 19–25 17–25     54–75 Report
17 Aug 18:00 Norway  0–3  Cyprus 22–25 24–26 23–25     69–76 Report
17 Aug 19:00 Croatia  1–3  Greece 25–23 22–25 22–25 26–28   95–101 Report
20 Aug 20:00 Cyprus  0–3  Croatia 14–25 21–25 17–25     52–75 Report
21 Aug 20:30 Greece  3–0  Norway 26–24 25–17 25–18     76–59 Report

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Spain 6 6 0 17 18 3 6.000 502 370 1.357 2023 European Championship
2  Slovakia 6 4 2 12 13 7 1.857 465 402 1.157
3  Hungary 6 2 4 7 9 12 0.750 453 435 1.041
4  Georgia 6 0 6 0 0 18 0.000 237 450 0.527
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug 17:00 Hungary  2–3  Spain 17–25 25–19 25–23 23–25 8–15 98–107 Report
3 Aug 18:00 Slovakia  3–0  Georgia 25–14 25–21 25–9     75–44 Report
6 Aug 17:00 Georgia  0–3  Hungary 12–25 17–25 13–25     42–75 Report
7 Aug 20:00 Spain  3–0  Slovakia 25–18 25–20 25–18     75–56 Report
10 Aug 18:00 Slovakia  3–0  Hungary 25–20 25–22 25–22     75–64 Report
10 Aug 20:00 Spain  3–0  Georgia 25–5 25–14 25–15     75–34 Report
13 Aug 17:00 Georgia  0–3  Spain 9–25 10–25 17–25     36–75 Report
13 Aug 18:00 Hungary  1–3  Slovakia 21–25 16–25 25–22 20–25   82–97 Report
17 Aug 18:00 Slovakia  1–3  Spain 21–25 25–19 20–25 21–25   87–94 Report
17 Aug 18:00 Hungary  3–0  Georgia 25–14 25–13 25–11     75–38 Report
20 Aug 17:00 Georgia  0–3  Slovakia 12–25 15–25 16–25     43–75 Report
21 Aug 20:00 Spain  3–0  Hungary 25–20 25–15 26–24     76–59 Report

Pool G

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Romania 6 5 1 15 17 6 2.833 524 443 1.183 2023 European Championship
2   Switzerland 6 5 1 15 17 7 2.429 555 472 1.176
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 1 5 4 7 16 0.438 480 513 0.936
4  Albania 6 1 5 2 5 17 0.294 394 525 0.750
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug 17:00 Romania  3–0  Albania 25–16 25–15 25–16     75–47 Report
3 Aug 20:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–3   Switzerland 25–23 23–25 18–25 19–25   85–98 Report
6 Aug 19:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–3  Albania 25–19 25–11 22–25 21–25 13–15 106–95 Report
7 Aug 17:30 Switzerland  3–2  Romania 26–24 18–25 23–25 25–23 15–8 107–105 Report
7 Aug 19:00 Albania  1–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 18–25 18–25 25–21 15–25   76–96 Report
10 Aug 17:00 Romania  3–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25–20 19–25 25–16 25–20   94–81 Report
10 Aug 19:30 Switzerland  3–1  Albania 23–25 25–20 25–16 25–10   98–71 Report
11 Aug 17:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–3  Romania 20–25 17–25 20–25     57–75 Report
13 Aug 19:00 Albania  0–3   Switzerland 19–25 15–25 22–25     56–75 Report
17 Aug 17:00 Romania  3–2   Switzerland 25–22 17–25 25–19 18–25 15–11 100–102 Report
20 Aug 19:00 Albania  0–3  Romania 13–25 19–25 17–25     49–75 Report
21 Aug 17:30 Switzerland  3–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25–16 25–19 25–20     75–55 Report

Ranking of the second placed teams

  • Matches against the fourth placed team in each pool were not included in this ranking.
  • The top five of the second placed teams qualified for the 2023 European Championship.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Switzerland 4 3 1 9 11 6 1.833 382 345 1.107 2023 European Championship
2  Denmark 4 3 1 8 10 6 1.667 354 331 1.069
3  Montenegro 4 3 1 8 9 6 1.500 340 317 1.073
4  Estonia 4 2 2 7 8 6 1.333 321 266 1.207
5  Croatia 4 2 2 6 7 6 1.167 295 277 1.065
6  Slovakia 4 2 2 6 7 7 1.000 315 315 1.000
7  Latvia 4 2 2 5 7 9 0.778 339 365 0.929
Source: [citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ "Qualifiers Area | EuroVolley".
  2. ^ CEV EuroVolley 2023 Official Communications No. 1 (PDF). CEV. 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "FIVB declares Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Rankings; CEV".