2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Montenegro and North Macedonia made their first appearance, whilst Russia was the defending champions. 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. France in Pool A, Belgium in Pool B, Slovenia in Pool C and Netherlands 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. According to the CEV National Team ranking list as per 4 September 2017, National Federations 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	Pot 5
Russia  Serbia  Poland  Italy	Bulgaria  Germany  Finland  Czech Republic	Estonia  Slovakia  Turkey  Portugal	Spain  Ukraine  Greece  North Macedonia	Belarus  Montenegro  Romania  Austria

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 16 January 2019 at the Atomium, Brussels, Belgium.[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
France	Belgium	Slovenia	Netherlands
Italy	Serbia	Russia	Poland
Bulgaria	Germany	Finland	Czech Republic
Portugal	Slovakia	Turkey	Estonia
Greece	Spain	North Macedonia	Ukraine
Romania	Austria	Belarus	Montenegro

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 times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• The top four teams in each pool qualified for the final round.

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	398	303	1.314
2	Italy	4	1	12	13	6	2.167	452	389	1.162
3	Bulgaria	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	396	394	1.005
4	Greece	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	386	432	0.894
5	Portugal	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	386	433	0.891
6	Romania	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	372	439	0.847

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:15	Bulgaria	3–0	Greece	25–22	25–16	25–20			75–58	Report
12 Sep	17:15	Portugal	0–3	Italy	21–25	10–25	22–25			53–75	Report
12 Sep	20:45	France	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–14	25–16			75–49	Report
13 Sep	17:15	Bulgaria	3–0	Romania	28–26	25–20	25–20			78–66	Report
13 Sep	20:45	Italy	3–1	Greece	17–25	25–23	25–19	25–18		92–85	Report
14 Sep	17:15	Greece	0–3	France	14–25	18–25	24–26			56–76	Report
14 Sep	20:45	Bulgaria	3–1	Portugal	25–23	28–30	25–23	25–22		103–98	Report
15 Sep	14:00	Romania	1–3	Italy	15–25	14–25	25–23	14–25		68–98	Report
15 Sep	17:30	Portugal	0–3	France	11–25	20–25	23–25			54–75	Report
16 Sep	17:15	Romania	1–3	Greece	25–23	24–26	25–27	21–25		95–101	Report
16 Sep	20:45	France	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–21	25–14			75–54	Report
17 Sep	14:00	Greece	1–3	Portugal	25–19	21–25	23–25	17–25		86–94	Report
17 Sep	19:30	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	22–25	25–23	25–21	25–17		97–86	Report
18 Sep	14:00	Portugal	1–3	Romania	21–25	25–19	18–25	23–25		87–94	Report
18 Sep	20:30	France	3–1	Italy	25–22	22–25	25–21	25–22		97–90	Report

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	396	313	1.265
2	Belgium	4	1	11	12	5	2.400	386	345	1.119
3	Germany	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	397	394	1.008
4	Spain	2	3	6	9	12	0.750	454	471	0.964
5	Slovakia	2	3	5	6	12	0.500	386	423	0.913
6	Austria	0	5	1	3	15	0.200	360	433	0.831

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Germany	25–21	25–17	25–15			75–53	Report
13 Sep	17:30	Slovakia	3–2	Spain	25–23	25–23	20–25	16–25	18–16	104–112	Report
13 Sep	20:30	Belgium	3–0	Austria	25–17	25–23	25–17			75–57	Report
14 Sep	17:30	Germany	2–3	Belgium	23–25	17–25	25–22	25–15	13–15	103–102	Report
14 Sep	20:30	Slovakia	3–1	Austria	19–25	25–20	25–21	25–15		94–81	Report
15 Sep	15:30	Spain	0–3	Belgium	17–25	21–25	14–25			52–75	Report
15 Sep	18:30	Serbia	3–0	Slovakia	25–19	25–20	25–21			75–60	Report
16 Sep	17:30	Austria	0–3	Germany	23–25	15–25	16–25			54–75	Report
16 Sep	20:30	Spain	1–3	Serbia	25–21	19–25	19–25	20–25		83–96	Report
17 Sep	17:30	Austria	2–3	Spain	23–25	28–26	23–25	25–23	11–15	110–114	Report
17 Sep	20:30	Slovakia	0–3	Belgium	23–25	20–25	15–25			58–75	Report
18 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–0	Slovakia	25–23	30–28	25–19			80–70	Report
18 Sep	20:30	Belgium	0–3	Serbia	19–25	21–25	19–25			59–75	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Spain	3–1	Germany	25–22	25–20	18–25	25–19		93–86	Report
19 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Austria	25–16	25–22	25–20			75–58	Report

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	427	329	1.298
2	Slovenia	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	419	376	1.114
3	Turkey	2	3	7	9	10	0.900	413	421	0.981
4	Finland	2	3	6	9	12	0.750	455	472	0.964
5	North Macedonia	2	3	6	7	11	0.636	409	445	0.919
6	Belarus	1	4	2	6	14	0.429	404	484	0.835

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:30	Turkey	1–3	Russia	13–25	25–23	17–25	15–25		70–98	Report
12 Sep	17:30	Finland	3–1	North Macedonia	25–23	25–22	23–25	25–21		98–91	Report
12 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	3–0	Belarus	25–17	25–14	25–19			75–50	Report
13 Sep	17:30	North Macedonia	0–3	Turkey	20–25	23–25	13–25			56–75	Report
13 Sep	20:30	Belarus	1–3	Russia	25–23	17–25	22–25	10–25		74–98	Report
14 Sep	17:30	North Macedonia	0–3	Russia	15–25	16–25	28–30			59–80	Report
14 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	3–1	Finland	25–18	26–24	24–26	25–15		100–83	Report
15 Sep	17:30	Belarus	3–2	Finland	13–25	17–25	30–28	25–22	15–13	100–113	Report
15 Sep	20:30	Turkey	0–3	Slovenia	28–30	16–25	23–25			67–80	Report
16 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Finland	25–17	26–24	25–22			76–63	Report
16 Sep	20:30	Belarus	1–3	North Macedonia	25–23	19–25	27–29	20–25		91–102	Report
17 Sep	17:30	Slovenia	1–3	North Macedonia	24–26	28–30	25–19	24–26		101–101	Report
17 Sep	20:30	Turkey	3–1	Belarus	25–21	26–24	20–25	25–19		96–89	Report
18 Sep	17:30	Slovenia	0–3	Russia	21–25	21–25	21–25			63–75	Report
18 Sep	20:30	Finland	3–2	Turkey	25–20	15–25	18–25	25–23	15–12	98–105	Report

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	400	283	1.413
2	Netherlands	3	2	10	11	7	1.571	412	383	1.076
3	Ukraine	3	2	9	9	8	1.125	385	367	1.049
4	Czech Republic	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	433	447	0.969
5	Montenegro	2	3	5	7	11	0.636	348	426	0.817
6	Estonia	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	367	439	0.836

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	14:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Ukraine	21–25	19–25	25–19	22–25		87–94	Report
13 Sep	17:00	Estonia	1–3	Poland	22–25	27–25	22–25	17–25		88–100	Report
13 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Montenegro	25–13	25–17	25–15			75–45	Report
14 Sep	16:00	Ukraine	0–3	Netherlands	26–28	27–29	21–25			74–82	Report
14 Sep	19:00	Estonia	0–3	Montenegro	23–25	28–30	23–25			74–80	Report
15 Sep	16:00	Netherlands	0–3	Poland	19–25	18–25	19–25			56–75	Report
15 Sep	19:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Estonia	25–18	34–32	28–26			87–76	Report
16 Sep	17:00	Montenegro	1–3	Ukraine	25–19	18–25	15–25	19–25		77–94	Report
16 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–12	25–15			75–45	Report
17 Sep	17:00	Montenegro	0–3	Poland	10–25	17–25	19–25			46–75	Report
17 Sep	20:00	Estonia	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	19–25	19–25	20–25		83–97	Report
18 Sep	16:00	Ukraine	3–0	Estonia	25–17	25–15	25–14			75–46	Report
18 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	2–3	Czech Republic	18–25	25–18	20–25	25–22	14–16	102–106	Report
19 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	25–14	22–25	25–21	13–15	108–100	Report
19 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	25–17	25–16	25–15			75–48	Report

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

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

21 September – Antwerp

Serbia

3

24 September – Antwerp

Czech Republic

0

Serbia

3

21 September – Antwerp

Ukraine

2

Belgium

2

27 September – Paris

Ukraine

3

Serbia

3

21 September – Nantes

France

2

France

3

24 September – Nantes

Finland

0

France

3

22 September – Nantes

Italy

0

Italy

3

29 September – Paris

Turkey

0

Serbia

3

21 September – Apeldoorn

Slovenia

1

Poland

3

23 September – Apeldoorn

Spain

0

Poland

3

21 September – Apeldoorn

Germany

0

Netherlands

1

26 September – Ljubljana

Germany

3

Poland

1

21 September – Ljubljana

Slovenia

3

3rd place match

Russia

3

23 September – Ljubljana

28 September – Paris

Greece

0

Russia

1

France

0

21 September – Ljubljana

Slovenia

3

Poland

3

Slovenia

3

Bulgaria

1

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Netherlands	1–3	Germany	17–25	22–25	32–30	23–25		94–105	Report
21 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Greece	25–16	25–15	25–16			75–47	Report
21 Sep	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	31–29	25–21	25–18			81–68	Report
21 Sep	19:30	France	3–0	Finland	25–16	25–23	25–21			75–60	Report
21 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Spain	25–18	25–13	25–16			75–47	Report
21 Sep	20:30	Belgium	2–3	Ukraine	22–25	25–21	25–14	18–25	10–15	100–100	Report
21 Sep	20:30	Slovenia	3–1	Bulgaria	25–27	25–17	25–16	25–17		100–77	Report
22 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–22	25–18	25–21			75–61	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–21	25–18			75–58	Report
23 Sep	20:30	Russia	1–3	Slovenia	23–25	22–25	25–21	21–25		91–96	Report
24 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–2	Ukraine	21–25	25–23	25–22	19–25	15–9	105–104	Report
24 Sep	21:00	France	3–0	Italy	25–16	27–25	25–14			77–55	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	20:30	Poland	1–3	Slovenia	23–25	26–24	22–25	23–25		94–99	Report
27 Sep	21:00	Serbia	3–2	France	23–25	25–23	25–21	17–25	15–7	105–101	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	18:00	France	0–3	Poland	24–26	22–25	21–25			67–76	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:30	Serbia	3–1	Slovenia	19–25	25–16	25–18	25–20		94–79	Report

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