The 2026 Women's European Volleyball League was the 17th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from European countries that didn't take part in the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament took place from 29 May to 11 July 2026.
This was the first edition to be used as 2028 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification after CEV announced the change on 8 November 2025. The top four teams qualified for the 2028 European Championship joining co-host Slovakia, Spain and two yet to be determined hosts.
As the competition was changed to act as European Championship qualification, the golden and silver leagues were merged into one big league. As well as those changes, a final six was introduced to decide the champions. However, since no hosts were found, it was reverted to a home and away final four.
Pools composition Teams were seeded according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 12 November 2025. Rankings are shown in brackets.
League phase (11) (12) (13) (14) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (27) (29) (30) (32) (33) (35) (36) (37) winners runners-up
Preliminary round (38) (39) (–) (–)
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Round Round date Preliminary round 29–31 May 2026 Week 1 5–7 June 2026 Week 2 12–14 June 2026 Week 3 19–21 June 2026 Final round 27 June – 11 July 2026
Tournament schedule Preliminary round Odense (23) (H) (24) (25) (26) Week 1Tournament 1 RigaTournament 2 BakuTournament 3 BarTournament 4 Goražde (16) (H) (1) (17) (15) (H) (2) (18) (14) (H) (3) (19) (4) (20)Tournament 5 Vila do CondeTournament 6 SchwechatTournament 7 OsijekTournament 8 Nokia (12) (H) (5) (21) (11) (H) (6) (22) (10) (H) (7) (23) (9) (H) (8) (24)Week 2Tournament 9 BlajTournament 10 ÄngelholmTournament 11 LjubljanaTournament 12 Alicante (1) (H) (14) (24) (2) (H)
(23) (3) (H) (16) (22) (4) (H) (15) (21)Tournament 13 KecskemétTournament 14 PopradTournament 15 LarissaTournament 16 Kriens (5) (H) (10) (18) (6) (H) (9) (17) (7) (H) (12) (20) (8) (H) (11) (19)Week 3Tournament 17 ŠiauliaiTournament 18 TiranaTournament 19 SkopjeTournament 20 Kópavogur (23) (H) (1) (12) (24) (H) (2) (11) (21) (H) (3) (10) (22) (H) (4) (9)Tournament 21 PristinaTournament 22 TbilisiTournament 23 TallinnTournament 24 Strumica (20) (H) (5) (14) (19) (H) (6) (18) (H) (7) (16) (17) (H) (8) (15)
Pool standing procedure Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Preliminary round
All times are local. Venue: Arena Fyn, Odense, Denmark
League round
All times are local.
Week 1
Tournament 1 Venue: Komandu sporta spēļu halle, Riga, Latvia
Tournament 2 Venue: A.Y.S. Sport Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Tournament 3 Venue: Topolica Sport Hall, Bar, Montenegro
Tournament 4 Venue: Mirsad Hurić Hall, Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tournament 5 Venue: Pavilhão de Desportos de Vila do Conde, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Tournament 6 Venue: Multiversum Schwechat, Schwechat, Austria
Tournament 7 Venue: Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia
Tournament 8 Venue: , Nokia, Finland
Week 2
Tournament 9 Venue: Sala Polivalentă, Blaj, Romania
Tournament 10 Venue: Catena Arena, Ängelholm, Sweden
Tournament 11 Venue: Vižmarje Brod Sports Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tournament 12 Venue: Pabellón Pedro Ferrándiz, Alicante, Spain
Tournament 13 Venue: , Kecskemét, Hungary
Tournament 14 Venue: Aréna Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia
Tournament 15 Venue: Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena, Larissa, Greece
Tournament 16 Venue: Pilatus Arena, Kriens, Switzerland
Week 3
Tournament 17 Venue: Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai, Lithuania
Tournament 18 Venue: Tirana Olympic Park, Tirana, Albania
Tournament 19 Venue: Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje, North Macedonia
Tournament 20 Venue: , Kópavogur, Iceland
Tournament 21 Venue: Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina, Kosovo
Tournament 22 Venue: Tbilisi New Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tournament 23 Venue: Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Tournament 24 Venue: Park Sports Hall, Strumica, North Macedonia
Results by round The table listed the results of teams in each round.
Final round All times are local.
Semifinals Venues , Kecskemét, Hungary , Nitra, Slovakia Vižmarje Brod Sports Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia , Örebro, Sweden
Final Venues Vižmarje Brod Sports Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia , Örebro, Sweden
Final standing
RankTeam4567891011121314151617181920212223242526 Qualified for the 2028 European Championship
See also 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup 2026 Copa Sudamericana (women's volleyball) 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Notes
References
External links
Official page Official PDF