European Volleyball Championship

The European Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the CEV, the European volleyball federation. There are both men's and women's competitions.

The first European Championships were held in 1948 in Italy (men) and in 1949 in Czechoslovakia (women). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1975 they have been held every two years.

Men's tournament

History

MEN'S EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth
1948 Details	Rome, Italy	Czechoslovakia	France	Italy	Portugal
1950 Details	Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Hungary	Bulgaria
1951 Details	Paris, France	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	France	Romania
1955 Details	Bucharest, Romania	Czechoslovakia	Romania	Bulgaria	Soviet Union
1958 Details	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	Romania	Soviet Union	Bulgaria
1963 Details	Bucharest, Romania	Romania	Hungary	Soviet Union	Bulgaria
1967 Details	Istanbul, Turkey	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Poland	East Germany
1971 Details	Italy	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Romania	East Germany
1975 Details	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	Poland	Yugoslavia	Romania
1977 Details	Helsinki/Oulu, Finland	Soviet Union	Poland	Romania	Hungary
1979 Details	France	Soviet Union	Poland	Yugoslavia	France
1981 Details	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Poland	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1983 Details	East Germany	Soviet Union	Poland	Bulgaria	Italy
1985 Details	Netherlands	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	France	Poland
1987 Details	Belgium	Soviet Union	France	Greece	Sweden
1989 Details	Stockholm/Örebro, Sweden	Italy	Sweden	Netherlands	Soviet Union
1991 Details	Germany	Soviet Union	Italy	Netherlands	Germany
1993 Details	Finland	Italy	Netherlands	Russia	Germany
1995 Details	Greece	Italy	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria
1997 Details	Netherlands	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	Italy	France
1999 Details	Austria	Italy	Russia	Yugoslavia	Czech Republic
2001 Details	Czech Republic	Yugoslavia	Italy	Russia	Czech Republic
2003 Details	Germany	Italy	France	Russia	Serbia and Montenegro
2005 Details	/ Italy / Serbia and Montenegro	Italy	Russia	Serbia and Montenegro	Spain
2007 Details	Russia	Spain	Russia	Serbia	Finland
2009 Details	Turkey	Poland	France	Bulgaria	Russia
2011 Details	/ Austria / Czech Republic	Serbia	Italy	Poland	Russia
2013 Details	/ Denmark / Poland	Russia	Italy	Serbia	Bulgaria
2015 Details	/ Bulgaria / Italy
2017 Details	Poland

Total Hosts

Hosts	Nations (Year(s))
4	Italy (1948, 1971, 2005 *, 2015 *)
3	Czech Republic (1958, 2001, 2011 *)  Germany (1983, 1991, 2003)  Bulgaria (1950, 1981, 2015 *)
2	France (1951, 1979)  Romania (1955, 1963)  Turkey (1967, 2009)  Serbia (1975, 2005 *)  Finland (1977, 1993)  Netherlands (1985, 1997)  Austria (1999, 2011 *)  Poland (2013 *, 2017)
1	Belgium (1987)  Sweden (1989)  Greece (1995)  Russia (2007)  Denmark (2013 *)

* = co-hosts.

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia[1]	13	3	5	21
2	Italy	6	4	2	12
3	Czech Republic[2]	3	4	0	7
4	Serbia[3]	2	1	7	10
5	Poland	1	5	2	8
6	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
	Romania	1	2	2	5
8	Spain	1	0	0	1
9	France	0	4	2	6
10	Bulgaria	0	1	4	5
11	Hungary	0	1	1	2
12	Sweden	0	1	0	1
13	Greece	0	0	1	1
Total		28	28	28	84

Best scores

Women's tournament

History

WOMEN'S EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth
1949 Details	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Poland	Romania
1950 Details	Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Poland	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria
1951 Details	Paris, France	Soviet Union	Poland	Yugoslavia	France
1955 Details	Bucharest, Romania	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Poland	Romania
1958 Details	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Poland	Romania
1963 Details	Bucharest, Romania	Soviet Union	Poland	Romania	East Germany
1967 Details	Istanbul, Turkey	Soviet Union	Poland	Czechoslovakia	East Germany
1971 Details	Milan, Italy	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Poland	Bulgaria
1975 Details	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	Hungary	East Germany	Bulgaria
1977 Details	Helsinki, Finland	Soviet Union	East Germany	Hungary	Poland
1979 Details	Paris, France	Soviet Union	East Germany	Bulgaria	Hungary
1981 Details	Varna, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Hungary	East Germany
1983 Details	East Berlin, East Germany	East Germany	Soviet Union	Hungary	Bulgaria
1985 Details	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Soviet Union	East Germany	Netherlands	Czechoslovakia
1987 Details	Ghent, Belgium	East Germany	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria
1989 Details	Stuttgart, West Germany	Soviet Union	East Germany	Italy	Bulgaria
1991 Details	Rome, Italy	Soviet Union	Netherlands	Germany	Italy
1993 Details	Brno / Zlín, Czech Republic	Russia	Czech Republic	Ukraine	Italy
1995 Details	Arnhem, Netherlands	Netherlands	Croatia	Russia	Germany
1997 Details	Brno, Czech Republic	Russia	Croatia	Czech Republic	Bulgaria
1999 Details	Rome, Italy	Russia	Croatia	Italy	Germany
2001 Details	Varna, Bulgaria	Russia	Italy	Bulgaria	Ukraine
2003 Details	Ankara, Turkey	Poland	Turkey	Germany	Netherlands
2005 Details	Zagreb / Pula, Croatia	Poland	Italy	Russia	Azerbaijan
2007 Details	/ Charleroi / Luxembourg, Belgium / Luxembourg	Italy	Serbia	Russia	Poland
2009 Details	Łódź, Poland	Italy	Netherlands	Poland	Germany
2011 Details	/ Monza / Belgrade Italy / Serbia	Serbia	Germany	Turkey	Italy
2013 Details	/ Berlin / Zürich Germany / Switzerland	Russia	Germany	Belgium	Serbia
2015 Details	/ Rotterdam / Antwerp Netherlands / Belgium
2017 Details[4]	/ Baku / Tbilisi Azerbaijan / Georgia

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia[1]	18	4	3	25
2	Poland	2	4	5	11
3	East Germany	2	4	1	7
4	Italy	2	2	2	6
5	Czech Republic[2]	1	4	4	9
6	Netherlands	1	2	1	4
7	Serbia[3]	1	1	1	3
8	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3
9	Croatia	0	3	0	3
10	Germany	0	2	2	4
11	Hungary	0	1	3	4
12	Turkey	0	1	1	2
13	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		28	28	28	84

Footnotes