2021 Men's European Volleyball League
# 2021 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2021 Men's European Volleyball League was the 17th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from 20 European countries.

The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, which featured twelve teams, and the Silver League with eight teams.

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of January 2020. Rankings are shown in brackets. Netherlands withdrew on 26 April after it was chosen by the FIVB to replace China in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League leaving Pool B with three teams.

### Golden league

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
| - | - | - |
| Belgium (3) | Netherlands (8) | Turkey (11) |
| Spain (14) | Ukraine (14) | Czech Republic (11) |
| Estonia (16) | Slovakia (17) | Belarus (19) |
| Latvia (23) | Romania (22) | Portugal (20) |

### Silver league

| Pool A | Pool B |
| - | - |
| North Macedonia (24) | Austria (25) |
| Israel (28) | Croatia (27) |
| Denmark (29) | Hungary (34) |
| Cyprus (41) | Luxembourg (35) |

## 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.

### Golden league

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Estonia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 4.500 | 538 | 442 | 1.217 | Golden League Final round |
| 2 | Belgium (H) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 1.667 | 593 | 556 | 1.067 | Golden League Final round |
| 3 | Spain | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 472 | 518 | 0.911 | |
| 4 | Latvia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0.167 | 427 | 514 | 0.831 | Relegated position |

* ↑ Qualified as hosts

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 May | 17:00 | Estonia | 3–0 | Spain | 25–23 | 25–16 | 25–18 | | | 75–57 | Report |
| 28 May | 20:00 | Latvia | 1–3 | Belgium | 25–19 | 16–25 | 14–25 | 21–25 | | 76–94 | Report |
| 29 May | 16:00 | Spain | 1–3 | Belgium | 23–25 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 33–35 | | 103–106 | Report |
| 29 May | 19:00 | Estonia | 3–0 | Latvia | 25–23 | 25–13 | 25–11 | | | 75–47 | Report |
| 30 May | 16:00 | Spain | 3–1 | Latvia | 26–24 | 25–23 | 19–25 | 26–24 | | 96–96 | Report |
| 30 May | 19:00 | Belgium | 2–3 | Estonia | 25–20 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 21–25 | 16–18 | 106–108 | Report |
| 4 Jun | 16:00 | Estonia | 3–1 | Spain | 22–25 | 25–13 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | 97–72 | Report |
| 4 Jun | 19:40 | Latvia | 1–3 | Belgium | 28–30 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 16–25 | | 92–99 | Report |
| 5 Jun | 15:45 | Spain | 3–0 | Latvia | 25–21 | 25–23 | 25–19 | | | 75–63 | Report |
| 5 Jun | 19:00 | Belgium | 1–3 | Estonia | 25–20 | 26–28 | 30–32 | 26–28 | | 107–108 | Report |
| 6 Jun | 15:00 | Spain | 0–3 | Belgium | 23–25 | 17–25 | 29–31 | | | 69–81 | Report |
| 6 Jun | 17:30 | Estonia | 3–0 | Latvia | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–16 | | | 75–53 | Report |

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4.000 | 374 | 332 | 1.127 | Golden League Final round |
| 2 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0.700 | 396 | 401 | 0.988 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0.455 | 344 | 381 | 0.903 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jun | 18:00 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Romania | 22–25 | 34–32 | 25–23 | 25–19 | | 106–99 | Report |
| 2 Jun | 18:00 | Romania | 2–3 | Slovakia | 29–27 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 24–26 | 12–15 | 111–115 | Report |
| 3 Jun | 18:00 | Slovakia | 0–3 | Ukraine | 21–25 | 8–25 | 21–25 | | | 50–75 | Report |
| 4 Jun | 18:00 | Romania | 1–3 | Ukraine | 25–15 | 20–25 | 18–25 | 27–29 | | 90–94 | Report |
| 5 Jun | 18:00 | Slovakia | 1–3 | Romania | 25–21 | 20–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | | 86–96 | Report |
| 6 Jun | 19:30 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Slovakia | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–21 | 26–24 | | 99–93 | Report |

**Pool C**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Turkey | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 9.000 | 497 | 402 | 1.236 | Golden League Final round |
| 2 | Belarus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0.714 | 509 | 544 | 0.936 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 0.846 | 546 | 549 | 0.995 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | 511 | 568 | 0.900 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 May | 16:00 | Czech Republic | 1–3 | Turkey | 19–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 21–25 | | 86–97 | Report |
| 29 May | 16:00 | Portugal | 0–3 | Turkey | 19–25 | 24–26 | 17–25 | | | 60–76 | Report |
| 29 May | 19:00 | Belarus | 3–1 | Czech Republic | 25–21 | 18–25 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | 93–86 | Report |
| 30 May | 16:00 | Czech Republic | 2–3 | Portugal | 25–20 | 25–27 | 37–39 | 25–22 | 12–15 | 124–123 | Report |
| 30 May | 19:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Belarus | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–16 | | | 75–57 | Report |
| 31 May | 14:00 | Belarus | 3–2 | Portugal | 25–22 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 16–25 | 15–10 | 104–102 | Report |
| 4 Jun | 16:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Belarus | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–19 | | | 75–62 | Report |
| 4 Jun | 19:00 | Czech Republic | 3–0 | Portugal | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–18 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 5 Jun | 15:00 | Belarus | 1–3 | Czech Republic | 20–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 17–25 | | 84–98 | Report |
| 5 Jun | 18:00 | Portugal | 0–3 | Turkey | 28–30 | 16–25 | 16–25 | | | 60–80 | Report |
| 6 Jun | 15:00 | Czech Republic | 1–3 | Turkey | 18–25 | 14–25 | 25–19 | 20–25 | | 77–94 | Report |
| 6 Jun | 18:00 | Belarus | 3–2 | Portugal | 17–25 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–20 | 20–18 | 109–108 | Report |

### Silver league

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | North Macedonia (H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2.500 | 517 | 493 | 1.049 | Silver League Final round |
| 2 | Denmark | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 455 | 437 | 1.041 | Silver League Final round |
| 3 | Israel | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0.714 | 572 | 554 | 1.032 | |
| 4 | Cyprus | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0.400 | 439 | 499 | 0.880 | |

* ↑ Qualified as hosts

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 May | 17:00 | Denmark | 3–2 | Israel | 21–25 | 26–24 | 17–25 | 26–24 | 15–12 | 105–110 | Report |
| 21 May | 20:00 | Cyprus | 0–3 | North Macedonia | 21–25 | 21–25 | 21–25 | | | 63–75 | Report |
| 22 May | 17:00 | Denmark | 3–0 | Cyprus | 25–23 | 25–22 | 25–20 | | | 75–65 | Report |
| 22 May | 20:00 | Israel | 1–3 | North Macedonia | 25–21 | 22–25 | 23–25 | 29–31 | | 99–102 | Report |
| 23 May | 17:00 | Israel | 3–2 | Cyprus | 25–14 | 25–27 | 25–27 | 25–21 | 18–16 | 118–105 | Report |
| 23 May | 20:00 | North Macedonia | 0–3 | Denmark | 21–25 | 23–25 | 24–26 | | | 68–76 | Report |
| 28 May | 16:00 | Israel | 0–3 | Cyprus | 23–25 | 23–25 | 17–25 | | | 63–75 | Report |
| 28 May | 19:00 | North Macedonia | 3–0 | Denmark | 25–23 | 25–17 | 25–21 | | | 75–61 | Report |
| 29 May | 16:00 | Israel | 1–3 | North Macedonia | 25–16 | 30–32 | 29–31 | 23–25 | | 107–104 | Report |
| 29 May | 19:00 | Denmark | 3–0 | Cyprus | 25–11 | 25–20 | 25–13 | | | 75–44 | Report |
| 30 May | 16:00 | Cyprus | 1–3 | North Macedonia | 22–25 | 18–25 | 25–18 | 22–25 | | 87–93 | Report |
| 30 May | 19:00 | Denmark | 0–3 | Israel | 22–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | | | 63–75 | Report |

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hungary | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2.500 | 493 | 436 | 1.131 | Silver League Final round |
| 2 | Croatia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1.667 | 549 | 485 | 1.132 | Silver League Final round |
| 3 | Austria | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0.714 | 492 | 526 | 0.935 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 384 | 471 | 0.815 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 May | 17:30 | Croatia | 3–1 | Luxembourg | 29–31 | 25–12 | 25–16 | 25–20 | | 104–79 | Report |
| 21 May | 20:25 | Austria | 2–3 | Hungary | 25–23 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 15–25 | 13–15 | 98–106 | Report |
| 22 May | 17:30 | Hungary | 3–0 | Luxembourg | 25–16 | 25–23 | 25–19 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 22 May | 20:25 | Croatia | 3–2 | Austria | 23–25 | 25–21 | 25–16 | 20–25 | 15–10 | 108–97 | Report |
| 23 May | 17:50 | Hungary | 3–1 | Croatia | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 25–20 | | 96–86 | Report |
| 23 May | 15:00 | Luxembourg | 0–3 | Austria | 19–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | | 62–75 | Report |
| 27 May | 17:30 | Austria | 0–3 | Hungary | 21–25 | 21–25 | 18–25 | | | 60–75 | Report |
| 27 May | 20:00 | Croatia | 3–0 | Luxembourg | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–17 | | | 75–52 | Report |
| 28 May | 20:00 | Hungary | 0–3 | Croatia | 21–25 | 24–26 | 21–25 | | | 66–76 | Report |
| 29 May | 17:30 | Croatia | 2–3 | Austria | 17–25 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–10 | 10–15 | 100–95 | Report |
| 29 May | 20:00 | Hungary | 3–0 | Luxembourg | 25–20 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 30 May | 20:00 | Luxembourg | 3–0 | Austria | 25–23 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | | 75–67 | Report |

## Final round

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

### Silver League

* Venue: Strumica Park, Strumica, North Macedonia

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 June | 5 June |
| North Macedonia | 3 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 6 June | 6 June |
| Croatia | 2 | 6 June | 6 June |
| Croatia | 2 | North Macedonia | 1 |
| 5 June | 5 June | | North Macedonia | 1 |
| 5 June | 5 June | Denmark | 3 |
| Hungary | 1 | Denmark | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 | | |
| Denmark | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 6 June | 6 June |
| | | Croatia | 2 |
| | | Hungary | 3 |

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Jun | 17:00 | North Macedonia | 3–2 | Croatia | 15–25 | 25–19 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 15–12 | 101–103 | Report |
| 5 Jun | 20:00 | Hungary | 1–3 | Denmark | 26–24 | 17–25 | 11–25 | 27–29 | | 81–103 | Report |

**3rd place**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Jun | 17:00 | Croatia | 2–3 | Hungary | 18–25 | 25–18 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 13–15 | 104–102 | Report |

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Jun | 20:00 | North Macedonia | 1–3 | Denmark | 25–23 | 19–25 | 25–27 | 19–25 | | 88–100 | Report |

### Golden League

* Venue: SC Lange Munte, Kortrijk, Belgium

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 19 June | 19 June |
| Estonia | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 | 20 June | 20 June |
| Turkey | 3 | 20 June | 20 June |
| Turkey | 3 | Turkey | 3 |
| 19 June | 19 June | | Turkey | 3 |
| 19 June | 19 June | Ukraine | 1 |
| Ukraine | 3 | Ukraine | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | | |
| Belgium | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 20 June | 20 June |
| | | Estonia | 3 |
| | | Belgium | 0 |

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 Jun | 17:00 | Estonia | 2–3 | Turkey | 25–20 | 25–13 | 22–25 | 23–25 | 13–15 | 108–98 | Report |
| 19 Jun | 20:00 | Ukraine | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | | 75–56 | Report |

**3rd place**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 Jun | 17:00 | Estonia | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–22 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–60 | Report |

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 Jun | 20:00 | Turkey | 3–1 | Ukraine | 25–11 | 25–20 | 18–25 | 25–21 | | 93–77 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Turkey |
| | Ukraine |
| | Estonia |
| 4 | Belgium |
| 5 | Belarus |
| 5 | Romania |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 7 | Spain |
| 10 | Latvia |
| 10 | Portugal |
| 12 | Denmark |
| 13 | North Macedonia |
| 14 | Hungary |
| 15 | Croatia |
| 16 | Austria |
| 16 | Israel |
| 18 | Cyprus |
| 18 | Luxembourg |

* Qualified for the 2022 Challenger Cup
* 2021 European League champions
* Turkey 2nd title
* 14-man Roster for Golden League Final Round
* Ramazan Mandiraci, Baturalp Burak Güngör, Bedirhan Bülbül, Mirza Lagumdzija, Murat Yenipazar, Yiğit Gülmezoğlu, Adis Lagumdzija, Oğuzhan Karasu, Kaan Gürbüz, Mustafa Cengiz, Ahmet Tümer, Caner Ergül, Arda Bostan, Beytullah Hatipoğlu
* Head coach
* Nedim Özbey

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player

    Adis Lagumdzija
