Women's European Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Finals) |
| Continent | Europe (CEV) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
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| Most titles |
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The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1975 they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is Serbia, which won its second title at the 2017 tournament in Azerbaijan.
The current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding two years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the European Championship Finals. 16 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about two weeks. For the 2019 edition the number of participants in the Finals was increased from 16 to 24.
The 30 European Championship tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Russia have won nineteen times (thirteen as Soviet Union). The other European Championship winners are Germany (as East Germany), Italy, Poland and Serbia, with two titles each; and Bulgaria, Czech Republic as (Czechoslovakia) and Netherlands, with one title each.
The 2017 European Championship took place in Azerbaijan and Georgia. The next European Championship will be co-hosted by Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Turkey in 2019.
Results summary
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Medals summary
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 19 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 |  | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |  | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 |  | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 |  | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 |  | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 nations) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 | |
Participating nations
| Team | 1949 (7) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1950 (6) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1951 (6) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1955 (6) |
1958 (12) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (15) |
1971 (18) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1975 (12) |
 1977 (12) |
 1979 (12) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1981 (12) |
 1983 (12) |
1985 (12) |
1987 (12) |
1989 (12) |
1991 (12) |
1993 (12) |
1995 (12) |
1997 (12) |
1999 (8) |
2001 (12) |
2003 (12) |
2005 (12) |
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 | • | • | • | • | 12th | 12th | • | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 | Part of  | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
 | Part of | 8th | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | 12th | • | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| • | 4th | • | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 10th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 9th |
| See | 10th | 3rd | • | 10th | 11th | • | |||||||||||||||||
| Part of | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | • | 8th | ||||||||||||||||
 | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5th | • | 4th | • | 9th | • | • | 13th | • | • | 11th | • | 10th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 9th | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • |
| See | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 10th | 4th | 11th | 3rd | 11th | |||||||||||||||
 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 8th | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • |
| 6th | 6th | • | 6th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| • | • | 6th | • | • | • | 11th | 8th | 9th | 11th | • | 8th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd |
 | Part of | 11th | 12th | 8th | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | • | 5th | • | 10th | 9th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 10th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 3rd | 5th | • | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 9th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th |
| 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 8th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 11th | 9th | 10th | • | 9th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 1st | 1st |
| 4th | 5th | • | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 10th | • | 12th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 10th |
| See | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||
 | Part of | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | |||||||||||||||||
 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th |
 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 12th | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 2nd | 6th |
| Part of | 3rd | 7th | 7th | • | 4th | 9th | • | ||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued nations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | • | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | See | |||||
| • | • | • | • | 8th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | See | |||||||
 | See | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | See | ||||||
| • | • | • | • | 11th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 6th | See | |||||||
| • | • | 3rd | • | 7th | 8th | • | 14th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | 8th | 12th | See | ||||||
| Team |  2007 (16) |
2009 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2013 (16) |
2015 (16) |
 2017 (16) |
Total |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| 12th | 12th | 9th | 15th | 14th | 4th | 7 |
| 16th | 15th | • | 12th | 9th | 7th | 8 |
| 7th | 11th | • | 3rd | 6th | 14th | 9 |
| 11th | 8th | 14th | 13th | 13th | 9th | 28 |
| 9th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 10 |
| 14th | 16th | 12th | 5th | 10th | 11th | 12 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| 8th | 14th | 10th | 8th | • | • | 15 |
| • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 1 |
| 6th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 14 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
| • | • | • | • | 12th | 15th | 16 |
| • | • | 16th | • | • | • | 3 |
| 1st | 1st | 4th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 24 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| 5th | 2nd | 7th | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 27 |
| 4th | 3rd | 5th | 11th | 8th | 10th | 29 |
| • | • | 12th | • | 15th | • | 24 |
| 3rd | 6th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 6th | 13 |
| 2nd | 7th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 6 |
| 13th | 13th | • | • | • | • | 3 |
 | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | 1 |
| 15th | 9th | 11th | 16th | • | • | 5 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| • | • | • | 14th | • | • | 3 |
| 10th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 13 |
| • | • | 15th | • | • | 13th | 7 |
MVP by edition
- 1949–1983 : Not Awarded
- 1985 –
- 1987 –
- 1989 –
- 1991 –
- 1993 –
- 1995 –
- 1997 –
- 1999 –
- 2001 –
- 2003 –
- 2005 –
- 2007 –
- 2009 –
- 2011 –
- 2013 –
- 2015 –
- 2017 –
See also
Notes
- ↑ FIVB considers Russia (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948-1991) and CIS (1992).
- ↑ After German reunification, West Germany (1949-1990) was renamed Germany (since 1991) and they absorbed East Germany (1949-1990) with the records.
- ↑ FIVB considers Serbia (Since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1948-1991), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).
- ↑ FIVB considers Czech Republic (Since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948-1993).