This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

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Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Direct qualification The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship.

Qualified for the 2017 European Championship Qualified for the 2017 European Championship as host country

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First round First round was held 19–22 May 2016. 12 teams competed in three first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The three 1st placed teams and the two 2nd placed teams with the best score qualified for the second round.

Pools composition Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3 All times are local.

Pool 1 Venue: New Volleyball Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia

Pool 2 Venue: d'Coque Gymnase, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Pool 3 Venue: Sotra Arena, Straume, Norway

Ranking of the 2nd placed teams

Second round 24 teams competed in the second round, where each pool of 4 teams played in 2 tournaments in 15–25 September 2016. The 1st placed teams of each pool qualified directly for the 2017 Championship. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualified for the third round.

Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool DPool EPool F All times are local.

Pool A

Tournament 1 Venue: Morača Sports Center, Podgorica, Montenegro

Tournament 2 Venue: Centro Insular de Deportes, Las Palmas, Spain

Pool B

Tournament 1 Venue: Humlehøjhallen, Sønderborg, Denmark

Tournament 2 Venue: Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland

Pool C

Tournament 1 Venue: Kozani New Indoor Sporthall, Kozani, Greece

Tournament 2 Venue: Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium

Pool D

Tournament 1 Venue: Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad, Slovakia

Tournament 2 Venue: Dvorana Gimnasium, Rovinj, Croatia

Pool E

Tournament 1 Venue: Yildirim Beyazit Sports Hall, Turgutlu, Turkey

Tournament 2 Venue: Topsportcentrum de Koog, Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands

Pool F

Tournament 1 Venue: Sala Polivalentă, Craiova, Romania

Tournament 2 Venue: Jablonec City Hall, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

Third round The 2nd placed teams of the second round will play one home and one away match to determine the 3 winners who will then subsequently be qualified through to the 2017 Championship. The third round matches will be held on 1–9 October 2016.

First leg

Second leg

References

External links Official website