2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship

In May 2022, the three countries — Bulgaria, Italy and North Macedonia — have been confirmed their participation to co-hosts the men's EuroVolley 2023 edition.[1]

Ukraine was supposed to be one of the hosts of the EuroVolley 2023 edition but because of the ongoing invasion they lost the right to host the tournament.[3] The only arena that was suitable for the championships was Yunist in Zaporizhzhia.[4]

On 5 October 2022, CEV announced that Israel is the new hosts of the tournament replacing Ukraine.[5]

On 9 February 2023, CEV announced that Rome will host semifinals and medal matches, while Bologna will be hosting opening match between Belgium and Italy.[6]

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Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries	Italy	Qualification	Pool A	Turkey
	North Macedonia		Pool B	Finland
	Bulgaria		Pool C	Belgium
	Israel		Pool D	Portugal
2021 European Championship	Slovenia		Pool E	Greece
	Poland		Pool F	Spain
	Serbia		Pool G	Romania
	Netherlands		Best runners-up	Switzerland
	Germany			Denmark
	Czech Republic			Montenegro
	France			Estonia
Reallocation	Ukraine			Croatia
Total 24

The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:

1. The 4 Organisers are seeded in Preliminary pools. Italy in Pool A, Bulgaria in Pool B, North Macedoniain Pool C and Israel in Pool D.
2. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools,
3. The organizers could select one team to join their pools, as a result, Switzerland joined Italy in Pool A, Finland joined Bulgaria in Pool B, Montenegro joined North Macedonia in Pool C and Romania joined Isarael in Pool D.
4. According to the CEV National Team rankings as of 01 January 2022, the 16 remaining teams are seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Poland  France  Serbia  Slovenia	Germany  Netherlands  Turkey  Ukraine	Czech Republic  Belgium  Portugal  Croatia	Spain  Greece  Estonia  Denmark

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 16 November 2022 in Naples, Italy.[8][9]

CEV EuroVolley 2023 – Drawing of Lots

Drawing of Lots Live Streaming

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Italy	Bulgaria	North Macedonia	Israel
Switzerland	Finland	Montenegro	Romania
Serbia	Slovenia	Poland	France
Germany	Ukraine	Netherlands	Turkey
Belgium	Croatia	Czech Republic	Portugal
Estonia	Spain	Denmark	Greece

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

• All time are local.
• The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the final round.

Pool A

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Belgium	–	Italy	–	–	–			0–0
30 Aug	18:00	Germany	–	Estonia	–	–	–			0–0
30 Aug	21:00	Switzerland	–	Serbia	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug	18:00	Serbia	–	Belgium	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug	21:00	Estonia	–	Italy	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep	18:00	Germany	–	Switzerland	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep	21:00	Serbia	–	Italy	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep	18;00	Estonia	–	Switzerland	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep	21:00	Belgium	–	Germany	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep	18:00	Serbia	–	Estonia	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep	21:00	Italy	–	Switzerland	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep	18:00	Belgium	–	Estonia	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep	21:00	Germany	–	Serbia	–	–	–			0–0
6 Sep	18:00	Switzerland	–	Belgium	–	–	–			0–0
6 Sep	21:00	Germany	–	Italy	–	–	–			0–0

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug		Spain	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–			0–0
30 Aug		Slovenia	–	Ukraine	–	–	–			0–0
30 Aug		Finland	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug		Ukraine	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug		Finland	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep		Finland	–	Slovenia	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep		Croatia	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0
2 Sep		Slovenia	–	Spain	–	–	–			0–0
2 Sep		Bulgaria	–	Ukraine	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep		Spain	–	Finland	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep		Bulgaria	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep		Ukraine	–	Finland	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep		Croatia	–	Slovenia	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep		Spain	–	Ukraine	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep		Slovenia	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–			0–0

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug		North Macedonia	–	Denmark	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug		Montenegro	–	Netherlands	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug		Poland	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep		Netherlands	–	Poland	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep		Denmark	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
2 Sep		Netherlands	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
2 Sep		North Macedonia	–	Montenegro	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep		Denmark	–	Montenegro	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep		Poland	–	North Macedonia	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep		Denmark	–	Netherlands	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep		Czech Republic	–	Montenegro	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep		Poland	–	Denmark	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep		North Macedonia	–	Netherlands	–	–	–			0–0
6 Sep		Montenegro	–	Poland	–	–	–			0–0
6 Sep		North Macedonia	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug		Greece	–	Israel	–	–	–			0–0
30 Aug		Turkey	–	France	–	–	–			0–0
30 Aug		Romania	–	Portugal	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug		France	–	Portugal	–	–	–			0–0
31 Aug		Romania	–	Israel	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep		Romania	–	Turkey	–	–	–			0–0
1 Sep		Portugal	–	Greece	–	–	–			0–0
2 Sep		Turkey	–	Greece	–	–	–			0–0
2 Sep		Israel	–	France	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep		Greece	–	Romania	–	–	–			0–0
3 Sep		Israel	–	Portugal	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep		France	–	Romania	–	–	–			0–0
4 Sep		Portugal	–	Turkey	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep		Greece	–	France	–	–	–			0–0
5 Sep		Turkey	–	Israel	–	–	–			0–0

• All times are local.

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