2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Volleyball competition

2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details

Host nations	Belgium Estonia Germany Italy
Dates	15 August – 3 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Champions	Turkey (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Melissa Vargas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Attendance	193,864 (2,551 per match)
Official website
Official website
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The 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 33rd edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. For the third consecutive time, it was held in four countries: Belgium, Estonia, Germany and Italy. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the CEV representative, except Serbia who had already qualified as the defending world champions.

Qualification

Main article: 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries	Belgium	Qualification	Pool A	Romania
	Italy		Pool A	Croatia
	Estonia		Pool B	Czech Republic
	Germany		Pool B	Finland
2021 European Championship	Serbia		Pool C	Ukraine
	Turkey		Pool C	Hungary
	Netherlands		Pool D	Slovenia
	Poland		Pool D	Azerbaijan
	France		Pool E	Slovakia
	Sweden		Pool E	Spain
	Bulgaria		Pool F	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Reallocation	Switzerland		Pool F	Greece
Total 24

Pools composition

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

The four organizers were seeded in Preliminary pools. Belgium in Pool A, Italy in Pool B, Germany in Pool C and Estonia in Pool D.
The finalists from the previous edition were drawn in different Preliminary pools, meaning that Italy could not be paired with Serbia.
The organizers could select one team to join their pools, as a result, Slovenia joined Belgium in Pool A, Romania joined Italy in Pool B, Azerbaijan joined Germany in Pool C and Finland joined Estonia in Pool D.
According to the CEV National Team ranking list, the 16 remaining teams were seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Serbia Turkey Netherlands Bulgaria	Poland Croatia Czech Republic France	Ukraine Slovakia Bosnia and Herzegovina Sweden	Greece Spain Hungary Switzerland

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 16 November 2022 in Naples, Italy.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Belgium	Italy	Germany	Estonia
Slovenia	Romania	Azerbaijan	Finland
Serbia	Bulgaria	Turkey	Netherlands
Poland	Croatia	Czech Republic	France
Ukraine	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sweden	Slovakia
Hungary	Switzerland	Greece	Spain

Squads

Further information: 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Ghent (Pool A)	Brussels (All knockout rounds)	Tallinn (Pool D)	Düsseldorf (Pool C)
Flanders Sports Arena	Palais 12	Unibet Arena	Castello Düsseldorf
Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 8,600	Capacity: 4,900	Capacity: 3,163

GhentBrusselsTallinnDüsseldorfVeronaMonzaTurinFlorence
Verona (Pool B) (15 August)	Monza (Pool B) (16-19 August)	Turin (Pool B) (21-23 August)	Florence (Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)
Verona Arena	Monza Arena	PalaRuffini	Palazzo Wanny
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 6,000

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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

Preliminary round

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	414	285	1.453	Final round
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	422	362	1.166
3	Ukraine	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	371	383	0.969
4	Belgium (H)	5	2	3	6	6	10	0.600	355	370	0.959
5	Slovenia	5	1	4	3	5	12	0.417	357	403	0.886
6	Hungary	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	302	418	0.722

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
17 Aug	20:00	Hungary	0–3	Belgium	16–25	15–25	19–25		50–75	Report
18 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Ukraine	25–14	25–19	25–16		75–49	Report
18 Aug	20:00	Slovenia	0–3	Poland	19–25	14–25	19–25		52–75	Report
19 Aug	17:00	Ukraine	3–0	Hungary	25–17	26–24	25–17		76–58	Report
19 Aug	20:00	Slovenia	1–3	Belgium	18–25	20–25	25–21	32–34	95–105	Report
20 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Slovenia	25–20	25–11	25–15		75–46	Report
20 Aug	20:00	Hungary	1–3	Poland	22–25	12–25	25–21	16–25	75–96	Report
21 Aug	17:00	Poland	1–3	Serbia	25–18	13–25	23–25	18–25	79–93	Report
21 Aug	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Ukraine	18–25	23–25	23–25		64–75	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Slovenia	3–0	Hungary	25–19	25–18	25–16		75–53	Report
22 Aug	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Poland	22–25	23–25	21–25		66–75	Report
23 Aug	17:00	Ukraine	3–1	Slovenia	19–25	25–23	26–24	25–17	95–89	Report
23 Aug	20:00	Hungary	1–3	Serbia	25–21	12–25	14–25	15–25	66–96	Report
24 Aug	17:00	Poland	3–1	Ukraine	25–17	22–25	25–17	25–17	97–76	Report
24 Aug	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Belgium	25–13	25–13	25–19		75–45	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	375	261	1.437	Final round
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	11	12	8	1.500	440	424	1.038
3	Romania	5	2	3	7	10	12	0.833	458	478	0.958
4	Switzerland	5	2	3	6	9	12	0.750	417	472	0.883
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	3	5	9	13	0.692	456	463	0.985
6	Croatia	5	0	5	1	5	15	0.333	420	468	0.897

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–19	25–15			75–53	Report
16 Aug	18:00	Switzerland	2–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–16	15–25	25–23	17–25	15–17	97–106	Report
16 Aug	21:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Croatia	23–25	25–23	25–20	25–18		98–86	Report
17 Aug	18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Bulgaria	20–25	19–25	25–19	18–25		82–94	Report
17 Aug	21:00	Romania	3–1	Croatia	25–22	25–21	23–25	25–19		98–87	Report
18 Aug	18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Croatia	19–25	25–18	20–25	26–24	15–6	105–98	Report
18 Aug	21:15	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	25–14	25–19	25–13			75–46	Report
19 Aug	18:00	Romania	2–3	Switzerland	21–25	25–18	25–27	25–19	9–15	105–104	Report
19 Aug	21:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	16–25	17–25	13–25			46–75	Report
21 Aug	18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3	Romania	25–12	24–26	21–25	25–21	11–15	106–99	Report
21 Aug	21:00	Croatia	1–3	Switzerland	19–25	25–16	22–25	24–26		90–92	Report
22 Aug	18:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Romania	26–24	18–25	25–17	22–25	15–12	106–103	Report
22 Aug	21:15	Italy	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–21	25–17	25–19			75–57	Report
23 Aug	18:00	Switzerland	1–3	Bulgaria	25–21	23–25	17–25	13–25		78–96	Report
23 Aug	21:00	Italy	3–0	Croatia	25–23	25–19	25–17			75–59	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	402	304	1.322	Final round
2	Czech Republic	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	395	405	0.975
3	Germany (H)	5	2	3	7	9	10	0.900	414	421	0.983
4	Sweden	5	2	3	6	7	11	0.636	393	404	0.973
5	Azerbaijan	5	2	3	5	8	11	0.727	383	403	0.950
6	Greece	5	1	4	4	5	13	0.385	392	442	0.887

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Aug	20:00	Greece	0–3	Germany	19–25	21–25	27–29			67–79	Report
18 Aug	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Sweden	25–22	25–18	25–13			75–53	Report
18 Aug	20:00	Azerbaijan	3–0	Czech Republic	25–21	25–10	25–15			75–46	Report
19 Aug	17:00	Sweden	1–3	Greece	23–25	25–19	25–27	22–25		95–96	Report
19 Aug	20:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Germany	13–25	22–25	25–12	14–25		74–87	Report
20 Aug	17:00	Greece	0–3	Czech Republic	21–25	22–25	17–25			60–75	Report
20 Aug	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–13	25–13	25–13			75–39	Report
21 Aug	17:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Turkey	23–25	20–25	25–20	17–25		85–95	Report
21 Aug	20:00	Germany	1–3	Sweden	25–13	16–25	18–25	18–25		77–88	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Azerbaijan	3–2	Greece	22–25	25–19	27–29	25–18	15–12	114–103	Report
22 Aug	20:00	Germany	2–3	Czech Republic	25–22	25–23	24–26	20–25	16–18	110–114	Report
23 Aug	17:00	Greece	0–3	Turkey	24–26	16–25	26–28			66–79	Report
23 Aug	20:00	Sweden	3–1	Azerbaijan	25–17	17–25	25–21	25–18		92–81	Report
24 Aug	17:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Sweden	25–23	25–20	25–22			75–65	Report
24 Aug	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Germany	25–15	25–20	28–26			78–61	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	401	326	1.230	Final round
2	France	5	4	1	11	13	5	2.600	432	352	1.227
3	Slovakia	5	3	2	9	9	7	1.286	361	346	1.043
4	Spain	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	410	435	0.943
5	Finland	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	373	429	0.869
6	Estonia (H)	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	363	452	0.803

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Aug	20:00	Estonia	0–3	France	8–25	19–25	21–25			48–75	Report
17 Aug	17:00	Finland	0–3	Slovakia	20–25	23–25	16–25			59–75	Report
17 Aug	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Spain	25–23	25–19	25–21			75–63	Report
18 Aug	17:00	Slovakia	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	19–25	19–25			58–75	Report
18 Aug	20:00	France	3–2	Spain	22–25	25–18	23–25	25–17	15–10	110–95	Report
19 Aug	16:00	Slovakia	3–0	Spain	25–17	26–24	25–19			76–60	Report
19 Aug	19:00	Estonia	2–3	Finland	25–21	20–25	25–23	20–25	13–15	103–109	Report
20 Aug	16:00	France	3–0	Finland	25–22	25–22	25–14			75–58	Report
20 Aug	19:00	Netherlands	3–0	Estonia	25–8	27–25	25–19			77–52	Report
21 Aug	17:00	France	3–0	Slovakia	25–21	25–19	25–12			75–52	Report
21 Aug	20:00	Spain	3–1	Finland	25–17	24–26	26–24	26–24		101–91	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Netherlands	3–1	France	25–23	27–25	21–25	26–24		99–97	Report
22 Aug	20:00	Estonia	1–3	Slovakia	26–24	24–26	9–25	18–25		77–100	Report
23 Aug	17:00	Finland	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	21–25	17–25			56–75	Report
23 Aug	20:00	Estonia	1–3	Spain	25–16	21–25	20–25	17–25		83–91	Report

Final round

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

28 August – Brussels

Serbia

30 August – Brussels

Sweden

Serbia

28 August – Brussels

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

1 September – Brussels

Ukraine

Serbia

27 August – Florence

Netherlands

Netherlands

29 August – Florence

Switzerland

Netherlands

27 August – Florence

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

3 September – Brussels

Slovakia

Serbia

27 August – Brussels

Turkey

30 August – Brussels

Belgium

Turkey

27 August – Brussels

Poland

Poland

1 September – Brussels

Germany

Turkey

26 August – Florence

Italy

3rd place match

Italy

29 August – Florence

3 September – Brussels

Spain

Italy

Netherlands

26 August – Florence

France

Italy

France

Romania

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	18:00	France	3–1	Romania	25–23	25–16	21–25	25–23		96–87	Report
26 Aug	21:15	Italy	3–0	Spain	25–23	25–22	25–19			75–64	Report
27 Aug	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Belgium	25–22	16–25	25–15	32–30		98–92	Report
27 Aug	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Switzerland	25–17	25–19	25–12			75–48	Report
27 Aug	20:00	Poland	3–0	Germany	25–22	25–20	26–24			76–66	Report
27 Aug	21:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Slovakia	16–25	17–25	25–19	25–20	15–9	98–98	Report
28 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Sweden	25–17	25–13	25–16			75–46	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Czech Republic	3–2	Ukraine	25–22	25–22	20–25	10–25	15–12	95–106	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
29 Aug	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria	25–11	25–13	25–19		75–43	Report
29 Aug	21:15	Italy	3–0	France	25–14	29–27	25–13		79–54	Report
30 Aug	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Poland	25–23	25–22	25–18		75–63	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Serbia	3–1	Czech Republic	24–26	25–17	25–11	25–14	99–68	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–2	Italy	18–25	25–23	15–25	25–22	15–6	98–101	Report
1 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–1	Netherlands	25–21	15–25	25–22	25–21		90–89	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	16:30	Netherlands	3–0	Italy	25–23	28–26	25–20			78–69	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Serbia	2–3	Turkey	27–25	21–25	25–22	22–25	13–15	108–112	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	Serbia
	Netherlands
4	Italy
5	Poland
6	France
7	Bulgaria
8	Czech Republic
9	Ukraine
10	Slovakia
11	Romania
12	Germany
13	Spain
14	Switzerland
15	Belgium
16	Sweden
17	Azerbaijan
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina
19	Greece
20	Slovenia
21	Finland
22	Croatia
23	Estonia
24	Hungary

	Qualified for the 2025 World Championship
	Qualified for the 2025 World Championship as defending champions
	Qualified for the 2025 World Championship via FIVB World Ranking

2023 Women's Volleyball European champions
Turkey 1st title

14–woman roster

Gizem Örge, Simge Şebnem Aköz, Cansu Özbay, Melissa Vargas, Ayça Aykaç, Kübra Akman, Hande Baladın, Derya Cebecioğlu, Elif Şahin, Eda Erdem (C), Zehra Güneş, Aslı Kalaç, İlkin Aydın, Ebrar Karakurt

Head coach

Daniele Santarelli

References

"Belgium, Italy, Estonia, Germany the 'fabulous four' to host EuroVolley Women in 2023". CEV. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
CEV EuroVolley 2023 Official Communications No. 1 (PDF). CEV. 4 November 2021.
FS (16 November 2022). "Drawing of Lots for CEV EuroVolley 2023 Women Sets Up Exciting Tournament". eurovolley.cev.eu. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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