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[edit]

History[edit]

Year	Host	Final			3rd place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
1948 Details	Rome	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	France	Italy	Round-robin	Portugal	6
1950 Details	Sofia	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia	Hungary	Round-robin	Bulgaria	6
1951 Details	Paris	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Bulgaria	France	Round-robin	Romania	10
1955 Details	Bucharest	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	Auderghem / Ghent	Soviet Union	3–1	France	Greece	3–2	Sweden	12
1989 Details	Örebro / Stockholm	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	Oulu / Turku	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	Russia	3–1	Germany	12
1995 Details	Athens / Patras	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	3–0	Bulgaria	12
1997 Details	Eindhoven / 's-Hertogenbosch	Netherlands	3–1	Yugoslavia	Italy	3–1	France	12
1999 Details	Vienna / Wiener Neustadt	Italy	3–1	Russia	Yugoslavia	3–0	Czech Republic	8
2001 Details	Ostrava	Yugoslavia	3–0	Italy	Russia	3–2	Czech Republic	12
2003 Details	Berlin	Italy	3–2	France	Russia	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	12
2005 Details	Rome / Belgrade	Italy	3–2	Russia	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Spain	12
2007 Details	Moscow / Saint Petersburg	Spain	3–2	Russia	Serbia	3–1	Finland	16
2009 Details	Istanbul / İzmir	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[edit]

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[edit]

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
7	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
12	Sweden	0	1	0	1
14	Greece	0	0	1	1
Total		29	29	29	85

Best scores[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

History[edit]

Year	Host	Final			3rd place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
1949 Details	Prague	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia	Poland	Round-robin	Romania	7
1950 Details	Sofia	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Bulgaria	6
1951 Details	Paris	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland	Yugoslavia	Round-robin	France	6
1955 Details	Bucharest	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	Bulgaria	12
1991 Details	Italy	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	Germany	3–1	Italy	12
1993 Details	Brno / Zlín	Russia	3–0	Czechoslovakia	Ukraine	3–1	Italy	12
1995 Details	Arnhem / Groningen	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	Russia	3–0	Germany	12
1997 Details	Brno	Russia	3–0	Croatia	Czech Republic	3–0	Bulgaria	12
1999 Details	Perugia / Rome	Russia	3–0	Croatia	Italy	3–0	Germany	8
2001 Details	Sofia / Varna	Russia	3–2	Italy	Bulgaria	3–1	Ukraine	12
2003 Details	Ankara	Poland	3–0	Turkey	Germany	3–2	Netherlands	12
2005 Details	Pula / Zagreb	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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b FIVB considers Russia (since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992).
^ ^a ^b FIVB considers Czech Republic (since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948–1993).
^ ^a ^b FIVB considers Serbia (since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991), FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).
^ After German reunification, West Germany (1949–1990) was renamed Germany (since 1991) and they absorbed East Germany (1949–1990) with the records.

[RUS-1] FIVB considers Russia (since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992).

[CZE-2] FIVB considers Czech Republic (since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948–1993).

[SRB-3] FIVB considers Serbia (since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991), FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).

[GER-4] After German reunification, West Germany (1949–1990) was renamed Germany (since 1991) and they absorbed East Germany (1949–1990) with the records.

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Medal summary[edit]

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