The 2026 Men's European Volleyball League was the 22nd edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from European countries that didn't take part in the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament took place from 5 June to 11 July 2026.
This was the first edition to be used as 2028 Men'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 Montenegro and three 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 (9) (10) (11) (12) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (30) (32) (33) (35) (38) (39) (40) (–) (–)
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Round Round date 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 Week 1Tournament 1 SchwechatTournament 2 KecskemétTournament 3 Strumica (18) (H) (1) (19) (17) (H) (2) (20) (16) (H) (3) (21)Tournament 4 RigaTournament 5 LundTournament 6 Odense (15) (H) (4) (22) (14) (H) (5) (23) (13) (H) (6) (24)Tournament 7 OsijekTournament 8 Torrejón de ArdozTournament 9 Poprad (12) (H) (7) (25) (11) (H) (8) (26) (10) (H) (9) (27)Week 2Tournament 10 HelsinkiTournament 11 JihlavaTournament 12 Doetinchem (1) (H) (12) (27) (2) (H) (13) (26) (3) (H) (10) (25)Tournament 13 MioveniTournament 14 Agios Ioannis RentiTournament 15 Matosinhos (4) (H) (11) (23) (5) (H) (16) (24) (6) (H) (15) (19)Tournament 16 StrumicaTournament 17 KriensTournament 18 Tallinn (7) (H) (14) (20) (8) (H) (17) (21) (9) (H) (18) (22)Week 3Tournament 19 KópavogurTournament 20 TbilisiTournament 21 Goražde (24) (H) (1) (10) (25) (H) (2) (11) (3) (12)Tournament 22 TiranaTournament 23 Luxembourg CityTournament 24 Baku (27) (H) (4) (13) (21) (H) (5) (18) (23) (H) (6) (17)Tournament 25 PristinaTournament 26 VoldaTournament 27 Bijelo Polje (22) (H) (7) (16) (20) (H) (8) (15) (19) (H) (9) (14)
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.
League round
All times are local.
Week 1
Tournament 1 Venue: Multiversum Schwechat, Schwechat, Austria
Tournament 2 Venue: Messzi István Sportcsarnok, Kecskemét, Hungary
Tournament 3 Venue: Park Sports Hall, Strumica, North Macedonia
Tournament 4 Venue: Komandu sporta spēļu halle, Riga, Latvia
Tournament 5 Venue: Idrottshallen, Lund, Sweden
Tournament 6 Venue: Arena Fyn, Odense, Denmark
Tournament 7 Venue: Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia
Tournament 8 Venue: Pabellón Jorge Garbajosa, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Tournament 9 Venue: Aréna Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia
Week 2
Tournament 10 Venue: Veikkaus Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Tournament 11 Venue: Horácká Multifunctional Arena, Jihlava, Czech Republic
Tournament 12 Venue: SaZa Topsporthal Doetinchem Achterhoek, Doetinchem, Netherlands
Tournament 13 Venue: Mioveni Sports Hall, Mioveni, Romania
Tournament 14 Venue: Melina Mercouri Rentis Indoor Gymnasium, Agios Ioannis Renti, Greece
Tournament 15 Venue: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
Tournament 16 Venue: Park Sports Hall, Strumica, North Macedonia
Tournament 17 Venue: Pilatus Arena, Kriens, Switzerland
Tournament 18 Venue: Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Week 3
Tournament 19 Venue: Digranes Sports Hall, Kópavogur, Iceland
Tournament 20 Venue: Tbilisi New Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tournament 21 Venue: SD Mirsad Hurić, Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tournament 22 Venue: Tirana Olympic Park, Tirana, Albania
Tournament 23 Venue: d'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Tournament 24 Venue: A.Y.S. Sport Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Tournament 25 Venue: Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina, Kosovo
Tournament 26 Venue: Volda Campus Sparebank1 Arena, Volda, Norway
Tournament 27 Venue: Nikoljac Sport Hall, Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
Results by round The table listed the results of teams in each round.
Final round All times are local.
Semifinals Venues Odense Idrætshal, Odense, Denmark AGCO Power Arena, Nokia, Finland SaZa Topsporthal Doetinchem Achterhoek, Doetinchem, Netherlands
Final Venues AGCO Power Arena, Nokia, Finland Sportcampus Zuiderpark, Den Haag, Netherlands
Final standing
See also 2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Cup
References
External links
Official page Official PDF