2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship Pool A

Pool A is one of four pools of the preliminary round of the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship. The pool consists of the Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia and co-hosts Turkey. All games were played at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul from 21 to 28 August 2026. The top four teams will advance to the final round.^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Appearance(s)				Previous best performance^[a]	WR^[b]
Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Total	First	Last	Streak	Previous best performance^[a]	WR^[b]
Turkey^[c]	Top eight in 2023	27 August 2023	17th	1963	2023	12	Champions (2023)	3
Poland	Top eight in 2023	27 August 2023	33rd	1949		16	Champions (2003, 2005)	5
Slovenia	Pool C winner	2 August 2025	4th	2015		2	Round of 16 (2019)	19
Germany	Pool A winner	6 August 2025	18th	1991		18	Runners-up (2011, 2013)	12
Latvia	Five best runner-ups	10 August 2025	4th	1993	1997	1	Eighth place (1997)	65
Hungary	Five best runner-ups	10 August 2025	20th	1949	2023	6	Runners-up (1975)	26

Venue

Turkey's biggest indoor arena, the Sinan Erdem Dome, hosted Pool A. The venue was built in 2010 in preparation for the 2010 FIBA World Championship where, it was the main venue for the tournament, hosting the final phase. The facility was also the main host for EuroBasket 2017. This will be the first major volleyball tournament in this arena.^[2]

Istanbul		Istanbul
		Sinan Erdem Dome
		Capacity: 16,000

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	425	373	1.139	Final round
2	Turkey (H)	5	4	1	13	14	5	2.800	451	370	1.219
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	394	384	1.026
4	Germany	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	379	376	1.008
5	Latvia	5	1	4	3	7	14	0.500	414	485	0.854
6	Hungary	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	339	414	0.819

Source: CEV
(H) Host

Group progression

The table listed the results of teams in each round.

	Win		Loss

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Germany	L	W	W	L	L
Hungary	L	L	L	L	L
Latvia	L	L	L	L	W
Poland	W	W	W	W	W
Slovenia	W	L	L	W	W
Turkey	W	W	W	W	L

Source: CEV

Positions by round

The table listed the positions of teams in each round.

	Advance to the knockout stage

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Germany	5	4	3	3	4
Hungary	6	6	6	6	6
Latvia	6	5	5	5	5
Poland	2	2	2	1	1
Slovenia	2	3	4	4	3
Turkey	1	1	1	2	2

Source: CEV

Matches

All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).

Turkey vs Latvia

21 August 2026 (2026-08-21) 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 17 min	Turkey	3–0	Latvia	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 9,112 Referees: Vanya Parvanova (BUL), Fuad Aghayev (AZE)
	(25–17, 25–16, 25–16) Report
	Scoring leaders
Vargas 19		Total	Levinska 13
Vargas (12/19)		Attack	Levinska (13/39)
Vargas 4		Block	Rīta 2
Vargas (3/9)		Serve	Vagele (2/5)

Germany vs Slovenia

22 August 2026 (2026-08-22) 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 40 min	Germany	0–3	Slovenia	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 281 Referees: Bogdan Stoica (ROU), Predrag Balandžić (SRB)
	(22–25, 21–25, 20–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Grozer 12		Total	Sillah 24
Grozer (10/28)		Attack	Sillah (5/44)
Cekulaev 3		Block	Sillah 4
three players 1		Serve	Godec, Milošič 1

Hungary vs Poland

22 August 2026 (2026-08-22) 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 29 min	Hungary	0–3	Poland	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 233 Referees: Theodora Kyriopoulou (GRE), Vanya Parvanova (BUL)
	(12–25, 24–26, 20–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Németh 22		Total	Stysiak 15
Németh (22/57)		Attack	Lampkowska (13/20)
Csereklye, Kump 2		Block	Koput 5
Bozóki-Szedmák (1/11)		Serve	Koput, Wenerska 1

Latvia vs Germany

23 August 2026 (2026-08-23) 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 55 min	Latvia	1–3	Germany	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 4,102 Referees: Predrag Balandžić (SRB), Theodora Kyriopoulou (GRE)
	(15–25, 18–25, 25–13, 15–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Levinska 24		Total	Alsmeier, Grozer 17
Levinska (23/67)		Attack	Alsmeier (16/36)
three players 2		Block	Grozer 4
three players 1		Serve	Weitzel (3/21)

Slovenia vs Turkey

23 August 2026 (2026-08-23) 19:00 Match duration: 2 hr 1 min	Slovenia	1−3	Turkey	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,628 Referees: Fuad Aghayev (AZE), Bogdan Stoica (ROU)
	(21−25, 25−22, 17−25, 16−25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Pucelj 17		Total	Vargas 19
Pucelj (15/27)		Attack	Vargas (17/28)
Planinšec 3		Block	Güneş 3
Planinšec, Pucelj 2		Serve	Şahin 2

Poland vs Latvia

24 August 2026 (2026-08-24) 16:00 Match duration: 2 hr 16 min	Poland	3–1	Latvia	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 3,364 Referees: Bogdan Laurentiu Stoica (ROU), Theodora Kyriopoulou (GRE)
	(25–19, 23–25, 25–22, 26–24) Report
	Scoring leaders
Lampkowska 18		Total	Levinska 30
Lampkowska (15/28)		Attack	Levinska (24/63)
Piasecka 4		Block	Levinska 4
Lampkowska 2		Serve	Jurdža, Struka 3

Turkey vs Hungary

24 August 2026 (2026-08-24) 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 28 min	Turkey	3–0	Hungary	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 13,499 Referees: Vanya Parvanova (BUL), Fuad Aghayev (AZE)
	(26–24, 25–21, 25–14) Report
	Scoring leaders
Vargas 24		Total	Németh 15
Vargas (17/26)		Attack	Németh (12/41)
Vargas, Uyanık 2		Block	Németh 3
Vargas 5		Serve	Petrenkó, Csereklye 2

Hungary vs Germany

25 August 2026 (2026-08-25) 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 26 min	Hungary	0–3	Germany	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 286 Referees: Theodora Kyriopoulou (GRE), Vanya Parvanova (BUL)
	(17–25, 21–25, 14–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Németh 16		Total	Alsmeier 13
Németh (15/35)		Attack	Alsmeier (11/28)
three players 1		Block	three players 2
Németh, Petrenkó 1		Serve	Alsmeier, Cekulaev 1

Poland vs Slovenia

25 August 2026 (2026-08-25) 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 32 min	Poland	3–0	Slovenia	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 247 Referees: Predrag Balandžić (SRB), Bogdan Laurentiu Stoica (ROU)
	(25–14, 28–26, 25–18) Report
	Scoring leaders
Stysiak 24		Total	Sillah 19
Stysiak (24/37)		Attack	Sillah (18/36)
three players 2		Block	Milošič 3
Wenerska (1/15)		Serve	Lorber Fijok, Mori 2

Slovenia vs Latvia

26 August 2026 (2026-08-26) 16:00 Match duration: 2 hr 10 min	Slovenia	3–2	Latvia	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 3,282 Referees: Bogdan Stoica (ROU), Theodora Kyriopoulou (GRE)
	(23–25, 19–25, 25–15, 25–13, 15–12) Report
	Scoring leaders
Pucelj 20		Total	Ņečiporuka 20
Pucelj (18/49)		Attack	Levinska (17/55)
Milošič, Planinšec 4		Block	Struka 5
Lorber Fijok, Sillah 1		Serve	Jurdža, Ņečiporuka 3

Germany vs Turkey

26 August 2026 (2026-08-26) 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 57 min	Germany	1–3	Turkey	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,713 Referees: Fuad Aghayev (AZE), Predrag Balandžić (SRB)
	(21–25, 27–25, 20–25, 19–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Alsmeier 18		Total	Vargas 23
Alsmeier (18/43)		Attack	Vargas (17/31)
Cekulaev, Weitzel 3		Block	four players 3
Grozer (2/22)		Serve	Vargas (3/23)

Poland vs Germany

27 August 2026 (2026-08-27) 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 35 min	Poland	3–0	Germany	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 371 Referees: Vanya Parvanova (BUL), Predrag Balandžić (SRB)
	(25–19, 25–23, 26–24) Report
	Scoring leaders
Stysiak 25		Total	Alsmeier 13
Stysiak (22/40)		Attack	Alsmeier (13/30)
Jurczyk, Koput 3		Block	Grozer, Weitzel 3
three players 1		Serve	Grozer (2/12)

Latvia vs Hungary

27 August 2026 (2026-08-27) 19:00 Match duration: 2 hr 39 min	Latvia	3–2	Hungary	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 325 Referees: Theodora Kyriopoulou (GRE), Fuad Aghayev (AZE)
	(25–22, 18–25, 21–25, 33–31, 15–13) Report
	Scoring leaders
Levinska 33		Total	Németh 34
Levinska (30/85)		Attack	Németh (30/74)
Struka 5		Block	Csereklye 4
Ņečiporuka (2/24)		Serve	Csereklye, Petrenkó 3

Slovenia vs Hungary

28 August 2026 (2026-08-28) 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 15 min	Slovenia	3–0	Hungary	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 1,379 Referees: Predrag Balandžić (SRB), Bogdan Stoica (ROU)
	(25–21, 25–19, 25–16) Report
	Scoring leaders
Milošič 11		Total	Németh 13
Sillah (7/27)		Attack	Németh (11/32)
Milošič 4		Block	four players 1
three players 1		Serve	Németh (1/4)

Turkey vs Poland

28 August 2026 (2026-08-28) 19:00 Match duration: 2 hr 9 min	Turkey	2–3	Poland	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,814 Referees: Fuad Aghayev (AZE), Vanya Parvanova (BUL)
	(25–15, 21–25, 22–25, 25-16, 10-15) Report
	Scoring leaders
Vargas 21		Total	Szczurowska 26
Vargas (18/49)		Attack	Szczurowska (23/42)
Güneş, Vargas 3		Block	Damaske, Koput 2
Güneş (2/18)		Serve	Stefanik, Szczurowska 2

Notes

↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
↑ World ranking at start of tournament.
↑ Turkey also belatedly qualified as a 2026 host nation.

References

↑ "Familiar faces to meet at the CEV EuroVolley 2026 Women, after exciting drawing of lots | CEV".
↑ "Host Venues Istanbul". eurovolley.cev.eu.

External links

[2] Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.

[3] World ranking at start of tournament.

[4] Turkey also belatedly qualified as a 2026 host nation.

[1] "Familiar faces to meet at the CEV EuroVolley 2026 Women, after exciting drawing of lots | CEV".

[5] "Host Venues Istanbul". eurovolley.cev.eu.

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2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Rounds	Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Final round Final
General	Squads Qualification Final
Venues	National Gymnastics Arena (Baku) Arena Brno (Brno) Scandinavium (Gothenburg) Sinan Erdem Dome (Istanbul)
Teams	Austria Azerbaijan (Co-hosts) Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic (Co-hosts) France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden (Co-hosts) Turkey (Co-hosts) Ukraine