The 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 32nd edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, CEV. For the second time, the EuroVolley was held in four countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland. The number of national teams that participated in the event remained to 24.
In Poland, matches were played in Gdańsk, Katowice and Kraków. In Finland, matches were played in Tampere. In Czech Republic, matches were played in Ostrava. In Estonia, matches were played in Tallinn. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CEV representatives.
Italy won their 7th title of Men's European Volleyball Championship. Simone Giannelli was chosen as MVP of this tournament.
Qualification
Pools composition The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows: The 4 Organisers are seeded in Preliminary pools. Poland in Pool A, Czech Republic in Pool B, Finland in Pool C and Estonia in Pool D. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools, The organizers can select one team to join their pools. According to the CEV National Team ranking list (as per 01/01/2020), 16 remaining teams are 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 27 May 2021 in Helsinki, Finland.
Pool APool BPool CPool D
Squads
Venues Kraków (pool A) Gdańsk (round of 16, quarterfinals) Katowice (semifinals, finals) Tauron Arena Ergo Arena Spodek Capacity: 15,030 Capacity: 11,409 Capacity: 11,500 Ostrava (Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals) Tampere (Pool C) Tallinn (Pool D) Ostravar Aréna Tampere Ice Stadium Saku Suurhall Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,300 Capacity: 7,200
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 qualified for the final round.
Pool A All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool B All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool C All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool D All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Final round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam456789101112131415161718192021222324 Qualified for the 2022 World Championship
14-man rosterSimone Giannelli (c), Fabio Balaso, Gianluca Galassi, Riccardo Sbertoli, Yuri Romanò, Simone Anzani, Alessandro Michieletto, Daniele Lavia, Alessandro Piccinelli, Fabio Ricci, Giulio Pinali, Lorenzo Cortesia, Francesco Recine, Mattia BottoloHead coachFerdinando De Giorgi
All Star Team This list was based on 375,394 fan votes.
Most valuable player Simone Giannelli Best setter Gregor Ropret Best outside hitters Alessandro Michieletto Daniele Lavia Best middle blockers Marko Podraščanin Piotr Nowakowski Best opposite Nimir Abdel-Aziz Best libero Fabio Balaso
See also 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website CEV website