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

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1948 Details	Italy		Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	France		Italy	Round-robin	Portugal		6
1950 Details	Bulgaria		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		Hungary	Round-robin	Bulgaria		6
1951 Details	France		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Bulgaria		France	Round-robin	Romania		10
1955 Details	Romania		Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Romania		Bulgaria	Round-robin	Soviet Union		14
1958 Details	Czechoslovakia		Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Romania		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Bulgaria		20
1963 Details	Romania		Romania	Round-robin	Hungary		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Bulgaria		17
1967 Details	Turkey		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		Poland	Round-robin	East Germany		20
1971 Details	Italy		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		Romania	Round-robin	East Germany		22
1975 Details	Yugoslavia		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Yugoslavia	Round-robin	Romania		12
1977 Details	Finland		Soviet Union	3–1	Poland		Romania	3–0	Hungary		12
1979 Details	France		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Yugoslavia	Round-robin	France		12
1981 Details	Bulgaria		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Bulgaria	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		12
1983 Details	East Germany		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Bulgaria	Round-robin	Italy		12
1985 Details	Netherlands		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		France	Round-robin	Poland		12
1987 Details	Belgium		Soviet Union	3–1	France		Greece	3–2	Sweden		12
1989 Details	Sweden		Italy	3–1	Sweden		Netherlands	3–0	Soviet Union		12
1991 Details	Germany		Soviet Union	3–0	Italy		Netherlands	3–0	Germany		12
1993 Details	Finland		Italy	3–2	Netherlands		Russia	3–1	Germany		12
1995 Details	Greece		Italy	3–2	Netherlands		Yugoslavia	3–0	Bulgaria		12
1997 Details	Netherlands		Netherlands	3–1	Yugoslavia		Italy	3–1	France		12
1999 Details	Austria		Italy	3–1	Russia		Yugoslavia	3–0	Czech Republic		8
2001 Details	Czech Republic		Yugoslavia	3–0	Italy		Russia	3–2	Czech Republic		12
2003 Details	Germany		Italy	3–2	France		Russia	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro		12
2005 Details	/ Italy / Serbia and Montenegro		Italy	3–2	Russia		Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Spain		12
2007 Details	Russia		Spain	3–2	Russia		Serbia	3–1	Finland		16
2009 Details	Turkey		Poland	3–1	France		Bulgaria	3–0	Russia		16
2011 Details	/ Austria / Czech Republic		Serbia	3–1	Italy		Poland	3–1	Russia		16
2013 Details	/ Denmark / Poland		Russia	3–1	Italy		Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria		16
2015 Details	/ Bulgaria / Italy		France	3–0	Slovenia		Italy	3–1	Bulgaria		16
2017 Details	Poland										16

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	3	13
3	Czech Republic[2]	3	4	0	7
4	Serbia[3]	2	1	7	10
5	Poland	1	5	2	8
6	France	1	4	2	7
7	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
	Romania	1	2	2	5
9	Spain	1	0	0	1
10	Bulgaria	0	1	4	5
11	Hungary	0	1	1	2
12	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
14	Greece	0	0	1	1
Total		29	29	29	85

Best scores

Women's tournament

History

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1949 Details	Czechoslovakia		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		Poland	Round-robin	Romania		7
1950 Details	Bulgaria		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Bulgaria		6
1951 Details	France		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Yugoslavia	Round-robin	France		6
1955 Details	Romania		Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Soviet Union		Poland	Round-robin	Romania		6
1958 Details	Czechoslovakia		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		Poland	Round-robin	Romania		12
1963 Details	Romania		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Romania	Round-robin	East Germany		13
1967 Details	Turkey		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland		Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	East Germany		15
1971 Details	Italy		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		Poland	Round-robin	Bulgaria		18
1975 Details	Yugoslavia		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Hungary		East Germany	Round-robin	Bulgaria		12
1977 Details	Finland		Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany		Hungary	3–2	Poland		12
1979 Details	France		Soviet Union	Round-robin	East Germany		Bulgaria	Round-robin	Hungary		12
1981 Details	Bulgaria		Bulgaria	Round-robin	Soviet Union		Hungary	Round-robin	East Germany		12
1983 Details	East Germany		East Germany	Round-robin	Soviet Union		Hungary	Round-robin	Bulgaria		12
1985 Details	Netherlands		Soviet Union	Round-robin	East Germany		Netherlands	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		12
1987 Details	Belgium		East Germany	3–2	Soviet Union		Czechoslovakia	3–0	Bulgaria		12
1989 Details	West Germany		Soviet Union	3–1	East Germany		Italy	3–0	Romania		12
1991 Details	Italy		Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands		Germany	3–1	Italy		12
1993 Details	Czech Republic		Russia	3–0	Czechoslovakia		Ukraine	3–1	Italy		12
1995 Details	Netherlands		Netherlands	3–0	Croatia		Russia	3–0	Germany		12
1997 Details	Czech Republic		Russia	3–0	Croatia		Czech Republic	3–0	Bulgaria		12
1999 Details	Italy		Russia	3–0	Croatia		Italy	3–0	Germany		8
2001 Details	Bulgaria		Russia	3–2	Italy		Bulgaria	3–1	Ukraine		12
2003 Details	Turkey		Poland	3–0	Turkey		Germany	3–2	Netherlands		12
2005 Details	Croatia		Poland	3–1	Italy		Russia	3–0	Azerbaijan		12
2007 Details	/ Belgium / Luxembourg		Italy	3–0	Serbia		Russia	3–1	Poland		16
2009 Details	Poland		Italy	3–0	Netherlands		Poland	3–0	Germany		16
2011 Details	/ Italy / Serbia		Serbia	3–2	Germany		Turkey	3–2	Italy		16
2013 Details	/ Germany / Switzerland		Russia	3–1	Germany		Belgium	3–2	Serbia		16
2015 Details	/ Belgium / Netherlands		Russia	3–0	Netherlands		Serbia	3–0	Turkey		16
2017 Details	/ Azerbaijan / Georgia										16

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia[1]	19	4	3	26
2	Germany[4]	2	6	3	11
3	Poland	2	4	5	11
4	Italy	2	2	2	6
5	Czech Republic[2]	1	4	4	9
6	Netherlands	1	3	1	5
7	Serbia[3]	1	1	2	4
8	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3
9	Croatia	0	3	0	3
10	Hungary	0	1	3	4
11	Turkey	0	1	1	2
12	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		29	29	29	87

Footnotes