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
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
| 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
Medal summary
| 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
- ^ 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.