The 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 31st edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. For the first time the EuroVolley was held in four countries: France, Slovenia, Belgium and Netherlands. The tournament ran from 12 to 29 September 2019. The number of national teams participating in the event was also expanded from 16 to 24.
Serbia won the title over finalist Slovenia in the final held in Paris.
Qualification
Pools composition Montenegro and North Macedonia made their first appearance, whilst Russia was the defending champions. The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows: The 4 Organisers are seeded in Preliminary pools. France in Pool A, Belgium in Pool B, Slovenia in Pool C and Netherlands in Pool D. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools, According to the CEV National Team ranking list as per 4 September 2017, National Federations are seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5
Draw The drawing of lots was held on 16 January 2019 at the Atomium, Brussels, Belgium.
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Squads
Venues Pool A Round of 16 and Quarterfinals Semifinals and Finals Montpellier, France Nantes, France Paris, France Sud de France Arena Hall XXL AccorHotels Arena Capacity: 10,700 Capacity: 10,750 Capacity: 15,609 No Image Pool B (13–14 September) Pool B (15–19 September) Round of 16 and Quarterfinals Brussels, Belgium Antwerp, Belgium Palais 12 Lotto Arena Sportpaleis Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 5,218 Capacity: 18,400 Pool C, Round of 16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals Ljubljana, Slovenia Arena Stožice Capacity: 12,480 Pool D (13–16 September) Pool D (17–19 September) Round of 16 and Quarterfinals Rotterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands Apeldoorn, Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sporthallen Zuid Omnisport Apeldoorn Capacity: 16,426 Capacity: 2,525 Capacity: 5,000
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio 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 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). The top four teams in each pool qualified for the final round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam456789101112131415161718192021222324
14–man rosterAleksandar Okolić, Uroš Kovačević, Nemanja Petrić (c), Lazar Ćirović, Nikola Peković, Petar Krsmanović, Marko Ivović, Nikola Jovović, Aleksandar Atanasijević, Dražen Luburić, Neven Majstorović, Marko Podraščanin, Srećko Lisinac, Vuk TodorovićHead coachSlobodan Kovač
Awards
Most valuable player Uroš Kovačević Best setter Benjamin Toniutti Best outside spikers Wilfredo León Uroš Kovačević Best middle blockers Jan Kozamernik Srećko Lisinac Best opposite spiker Aleksandar Atanasijević Best libero Jani Kovačič
See also 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website CEV website