The 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 32nd edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. For the second time the Women's EuroVolley was held in four countries: Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania.
Qualification
Pools composition The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows: The 4 organizers were seeded in Preliminary pools. Serbia in Pool A, Bulgaria in Pool B, Croatia in Pool C and Romania in Pool D. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition were drawn in different Preliminary pools, which meant that Serbia could not be paired with Turkey. The organizers could select one team to join their pools, as a result, Azerbaijan joined Serbia in Pool A, Poland joined Bulgaria in Pool B, Italy joined Croatia in Pool C and Turkey joined Romania in Pool D. According to the CEV National Team ranking list (as per 01/01/2020), the 16 remaining teams were seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Draw The drawing of lots was held on 20 May 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Pool APool BPool CPool D
Squads
Venues Pool A, All knockout rounds Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals Belgrade, Serbia Plovdiv, Bulgaria Štark Arena Kolodruma Capacity: 18,386 Capacity: 6,100 Pool C Pool D Zadar, Croatia Cluj-Napoca, Romania Krešimir Ćosić Hall BTarena Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 10,000
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 The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the final round.
Pool A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool B
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool C
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool D
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Final round
All times in Belgrade are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). All times in Plovdiv are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam4567891011121314151617181920 212223 24 Qualified for the 2022 World Championship Already qualified for the 2022 World Championship as defending champions Qualified for the 2022 World Championship as co-hosts Qualified for the 2022 World Championship as world ranked non-qualified teams (Russia later disqualified, replaced by Croatia)
14–woman rosterAlessia Gennari, Sara Bonifacio, Ofelia Malinov, Monica De Gennaro, Alessia Orro, Cristina Chirichella, Anna Danesi, Elena Pietrini, Sylvia Nwakalor, Miriam Sylla, Paola Egonu, Beatrice Parrocchiale, Alessia Mazzaro, Sofia D'OdoricoHead coachDavide Mazzanti
All Star Team
MVP Paola Egonu Best setter Alessia Orro Best outside hitters Miriam Sylla Elena Pietrini Best middle blockers Eda Erdem Dündar Anna Danesi Best Opposite Tijana Bošković Best libero Monica De Gennaro
See also 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website