Men's European Volleyball Championship

Men's European Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Sport Volleyball
Founded 1948
No. of teams 16 (Finals)
Continent Europe (CEV)
Most recent
champion(s)
 France (1st title)
Most titles  Russia (13 titles)

The Men's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1975 they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is France, which won its first title at the 2015 tournament in Italy.

The current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding two years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the European Championship Finals. 16 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about two weeks.

The 29 European Championship tournaments have been won by nine different national teams. Russia have won thirteen times (twelve as Soviet Union). The other European Championship winners are Italy, with six titles; Czech Republic as (Czechoslovakia), with three titles; Serbia with two titles (one as FR Yugoslavia); and France, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Spain, with one title each.

The 2015 European Championship took place in Bulgaria and Italy. The next European Championship will be hosted by Poland in 2017.

History

Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
1948
Details
Italy
Italy

Czechoslovakia
Round-robin
France

Italy
Round-robin
Portugal
6
1950
Details
Bulgaria
Bulgaria

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Czechoslovakia

Hungary
Round-robin
Bulgaria
6
1951
Details
France
France

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Bulgaria

France
Round-robin
Romania
10
1955
Details
Romania
Romania

Czechoslovakia
Round-robin
Romania

Bulgaria
Round-robin
Soviet Union
14
1958
Details
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia
Round-robin
Romania

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Bulgaria
20
1963
Details
Romania
Romania

Romania
Round-robin
Hungary

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Bulgaria
17
1967
Details
Turkey
Turkey

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Czechoslovakia

Poland
Round-robin
East Germany
20
1971
Details
Italy
Italy

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Czechoslovakia

Romania
Round-robin
East Germany
22
1975
Details
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Poland

Yugoslavia
Round-robin
Romania
12
1977
Details
Finland
Finland

Soviet Union
3–1
Poland

Romania
3–0
Hungary
12
1979
Details
France
France

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Poland

Yugoslavia
Round-robin
France
12
1981
Details
Bulgaria
Bulgaria

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Poland

Bulgaria
Round-robin
Czechoslovakia
12
1983
Details
East Germany
East Germany

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Poland

Bulgaria
Round-robin
Italy
12
1985
Details
Netherlands
Netherlands

Soviet Union
Round-robin
Czechoslovakia

France
Round-robin
Poland
12
1987
Details
Belgium
Belgium

Soviet Union
3–1
France

Greece
3–2
Sweden
12
1989
Details
Sweden
Sweden

Italy
3–1
Sweden

Netherlands
3–0
Soviet Union
12
1991
Details
Germany
Germany

Soviet Union
3–0
Italy

Netherlands
3–0
Germany
12
1993
Details
Finland
Finland

Italy
3–2
Netherlands

Russia
3–1
Germany
12
1995
Details
Greece
Greece

Italy
3–2
Netherlands

Yugoslavia
3–0
Bulgaria
12
1997
Details
Netherlands
Netherlands

Netherlands
3–1
Yugoslavia

Italy
3–1
France
12
1999
Details
Austria
Austria

Italy
3–1
Russia

Yugoslavia
3–0
Czech Republic
8
2001
Details
Czech Republic
Czech Republic

Yugoslavia
3–0
Italy

Russia
3–2
Czech Republic
12
2003
Details
Germany
Germany

Italy
3–2
France

Russia
3–1
Serbia and Montenegro
12
2005
Details
Italy Serbia and Montenegro
Italy / Serbia and Montenegro

Italy
3–2
Russia

Serbia and Montenegro
3–0
Spain
12
2007
Details
Russia
Russia

Spain
3–2
Russia

Serbia
3–1
Finland
16
2009
Details
Turkey
Turkey

Poland
3–1
France

Bulgaria
3–0
Russia
16
2011
Details
Austria Czech Republic
Austria / Czech Republic

Serbia
3–1
Italy

Poland
3–1
Russia
16
2013
Details
Denmark Poland
Denmark / Poland

Russia
3–1
Italy

Serbia
3–0
Bulgaria
16
2015
Details
Bulgaria Italy
Bulgaria / Italy

France
3–0
Slovenia

Italy
3–1
Bulgaria
16
2017
Details
Poland
Poland
16

Total hosts

HostsNations (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.

Medals Summary

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Russia[upper-alpha 1]133521
2 Italy64313
3 Czech Republic[upper-alpha 2]3407
4 Serbia[upper-alpha 3]21710
5 Poland1528
6 France1427
7 Netherlands1225
 Romania1225
9 Spain1001
10 Bulgaria0145
11 Hungary0112
12 Slovenia0101
 Sweden0101
14 Greece0011
Total29292987

Best scores

Participation Details

Team Italy
1948
(6)
Bulgaria
1950
(6)
France
1951
(10)
Romania
1955
(14)
Czechoslovakia
1958
(20)
Romania
1963
(17)
Turkey
1967
(20)
Italy
1971
(22)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1975
(12)
Finland
1977
(12)
France
1979
(12)
Bulgaria
1981
(12)
East Germany
1983
(12)
Netherlands
1985
(12)
Belgium
1987
(12)
Sweden
1989
(12)
Germany
1991
(12)
Finland
1993
(12)
Greece
1995
(12)
Netherlands
1997
(12)
Austria
1999
(8)
Czech Republic
2001
(12)
Germany
2003
(12)
Italy
Serbia and Montenegro
2005
(12)
 Albania10th11th13th
 Austria13th18th16th19th21st8th
 Belgium5th6th12th17th13th12th10th12th11th7th
 Bulgaria4th2nd3rd4th4th9th7th5th5th10th3rd3rd5th11th6th5th5th4th9th7th6th9th
 Czech RepublicSee  Czechoslovakia10th6th4th4th10th9th
 CroatiaPart of  Yugoslavia8th
 Denmark20th17th20th
 Egypt14th15th
 Finland11th14th14th17th13th11th9th7th8th10th12th
 France2nd3rd8th8th8th10th14th8th10th4th8th12th3rd2nd5th9th9th4th6th7th2nd7th
 GermanySee  East Germany and  West Germany4th4th8th10th11th7th
 Greece20th18th12th9th8th3rd10th11th7th11th11th6th
 Hungary3rd7th5th2nd6th5th11th4th8th11th9th
 Israel10th11th12th
 Italy3rd8th9th10th10th8th8th10th8th5th7th4th6th9th1st2nd1st1st3rd1st2nd1st1st
 LatviaPart of  Soviet Union11th
 Netherlands6th9th13th12th15th9th9th12th10th10th5th3rd3rd2nd2nd1st5th8th6th11th
 Poland6th6th6th6th3rd6th2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd4th7th7th7th6th5th5th5th
 Portugal4th7th10th
 Romania5th4th2nd2nd1st5th3rd4th3rd7th5th8th7th10th12th12th
 RussiaSee  Soviet Union3rd5th5th2nd3rd3rd2nd
 Scotland22nd
 SlovakiaPart of  Czechoslovakia8th10th12th
 SloveniaPart of  Yugoslavia12th
 Spain12th12th12th11th8th4th
 Sweden16th17th9th4th2nd10th12th
  Switzerland19th
 Tunisia16th
 Turkey12th11th14th15th
 UkrainePart of  Soviet Union6th9th7th12th
Discontinued nations
 Czechoslovakia1st2nd1st1st5th2nd2nd6th6th6th4th5th2nd6th12th8thSee  Czech Republic
 East Germany9th9th4th4th7th9th9th6th6th9thSee  Germany
 Serbia and MontenegroSee  Yugoslavia3rd2nd3rd1st4th3rd
 Soviet Union1st1st4th3rd3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st4th1stSee  Russia
 West Germany19th15th18th16th11th11thSee  Germany
 Yugoslavia5th5th7th7th7th11th3rd7th3rd10th11th8th8th6thSee  Serbia and Montenegro
Team Russia
2007
(16)
Turkey
2009
(16)
Austria
Czech Republic
2011
(16)
Denmark
Poland
2013
(16)
Bulgaria
Italy
2015
(16)
Poland
2017
(16)
Total
 Albania3
 Austria16th7
 Belarus15th16th2
 Belgium10th13th7th10thQ15
 Bulgaria8th3rd6th4th4thQ28
 Croatia14th15th3
 Czech Republic16th10th16th13thQ11
 Denmark12th4
 Estonia14th12th11thQ4
 Finland4th12th8th8th12thQ17
 France9th2nd7th5th1stQ28
 Germany5th6th15th6th8thQ12
 Greece13th8th14
 Hungary11
 Israel3
 Italy6th10th2nd2nd3rdQ29
 Latvia1
 Netherlands7th7th10th9thQ25
 Poland11th1st3rd9th5thQ25
 Portugal14th4
 Romania16
 Russia2nd4th4th1st6thQ13
 Scotland1
 Serbia3rd5th1st3rd7thQ6
 Slovenia16th15th9th13th2ndQ7
 Slovakia12th11th5th11th14thQ9
 Spain1st9thQ9
 Sweden7
  Switzerland1
 Turkey15th13th11th14thQ9
 Ukraine4

MVP by edition

See also

Notes

  1. FIVB considers Russia (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992).
  2. FIVB considers Czech Republic (Since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948–1993).
  3. FIVB considers Serbia (Since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1948–1991), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).

References

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