2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship Pool C

Pool C is one of four pools of the preliminary round of the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship. The pool consists of the co-hosts Azerbaijan, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Romania, and Spain. All games were played at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku 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]
Netherlands	Top eight in 2023	27 August 2023	31st	1949	2023	18	Champions (1995)	TBD
Azerbaijan	Host nation	12 March 2024	11th	2005		11	Fourth place (2005, 2017)	TBD
Romania	Five best runner-ups	6 August 2025	28th	1949		4	Third place (1963)	TBD
Spain	Pool E winner		9th	2005		4	Ninth place (2009)	TBD
Belgium	Pool B winner		13th	1967		7	Third place (2013)	TBD
Portugal	Five best runner-ups	10 August 2025	2nd	2019		1	24th place (2019)	TBD

Venue

Azerbaijan's National Gymnastics Arena organised Pool C. It was constructed in 2009 and has hosted numerous Gymnastics championships, most notably, the 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. The venue has also played host to the 2018 World Judo Championships and events at the 2015 European Games and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.^[2]

Baku		Baku
		National Gymnastics Arena
		Capacity: 9,000

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgium (Q)	4	4	0	11	12	2	6.000	331	261	1.268	Final round
2	Netherlands (Q)	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	263	200	1.315
3	Azerbaijan (H, Q)	4	3	1	8	9	6	1.500	341	322	1.059
4	Portugal	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	302	338	0.893
5	Romania	3	0	3	2	4	9	0.444	258	290	0.890
6	Spain	4	0	4	1	3	12	0.250	271	355	0.763

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2026. Source: CEV
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group progression

The table listed the results of teams in each round.

	Win		Loss

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4
Team ╲ Round
Azerbaijan	W	W	W	L
Belgium	W	W	W	W
Netherlands	W	W	W
Portugal	L	L	L	W
Romania	L	L	L
Spain	L	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2026. 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
Team ╲ Round
Azerbaijan	1	1	1
Belgium	2	2
Netherlands	3	3
Romania	4	4
Spain	5	5
Portugal	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2026. Source: CEV

Matches

All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) (UTC+04:00).

Azerbaijan vs Portugal

21 August 2026 (2026-08-21) 19:00 Match duration: 2 hr 7 min	Azerbaijan	3–1	Portugal	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 5,550 Referees: Erdal Akinci (TUR), Bartlomiej Adamczyk (POL)
	(25–22, 23–25, 27–25, 25–20) Report
	Scoring leaders
Ruban 25		Total	Maia 16
Ruban (21/44)		Attack	Maia (16/32)
four players 3		Block	Clemente 4
Abdulazimova (2/22)		Serve	Garcez (2/14)

Belgium vs Spain

22 August 2026 (2026-08-22) 15:30 Match duration: 2 hr 5 min	Belgium	3–2	Spain	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 200 Referees: Bartlomiej Adamczyk (POL), Dominik Biegajlo (ENG)
	(25–15, 18–25, 23–25, 25–17, 15–8) Report
	Scoring leaders
Herbots 25		Total	De Paula 25
Martin (22/52)		Attack	De Paula (24/57)
Fransen, Radovic 4		Block	Varela 3
Fransen (2/12)		Serve	Varela (3/14)

Romania vs Netherlands

22 August 2026 (2026-08-22) 18:30 Match duration: 2 hr 9 min	Romania	2–3	Netherlands	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 250 Referees: Michele Brunelli (ITA), Helena Persson (SWE)
	(21–25, 28–26, 15–25, 25–22, 9–15) Report
	Scoring leaders
Baciu 19		Total	Dambrink 24
Baciu (17/40)		Attack	Dambrink (21/36)
three players 2		Block	Baijens 4
Buterez (2/21)		Serve	Dambrink (2/10)

Portugal vs Belgium

23 August 2026 (2026-08-23) 15:30	Portugal	0–3	Belgium	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 300 Referees: Dominik Biegajlo (ENG), Michele Brunelli (ITA)
	(16–25, 21–25, 11–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Cassama, Monteiro 9		Total	Martin 16
Cassama (9/14)		Attack	Martin (15/28)
Monteiro 3		Block	Fransen, Koulberg 3
Garcez, Kavalenka 1		Serve	Herbots (2/16)

Spain vs Azerbaijan

23 August 2026 (2026-08-23) 18:30	Spain	0–3	Azerbaijan	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 4,250 Referees: Erdal Akinci (TUR), Helena Persson (SWE)
	(16–25, 22–25, 15–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
De Paula 15		Total	Ruban 20
De Paula (12/41)		Attack	Ruban (19/37)
Escamilla 2		Block	three players 2
De Paula (2/11)		Serve	Besman (2/16)

Netherlands vs Portugal

24 August 2026 (2026-08-24) 15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Portugal	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 300 Referees: Helena Persson (SWE), Erdal Akinci (TUR)
	(25–21, 25–18, 25–23) Report
	Scoring leaders
Van de Vosse 25		Total	Cavalcanti 11
Van de Vosse (19/32)		Attack	Lopes (7/28)
Van de Vosse 4		Block	Cavalcanti 4
Baijens (3/19)		Serve	four players 1

Azerbaijan vs Romania

24 August 2026 (2026-08-24) 18:30	Azerbaijan	3−2	Romania	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Bartlomiej Adamczyk (POL), Dominik Biegajlo (POL)
	(25−21, 25−23, 15−25, 22−25, 15−8) Report
	Scoring leaders
Rahimova 26		Total	Zadorojnai 19
Rahimova (19/51)		Attack	Zadorojnai (15/44)
Rahimova 4		Block	Buterez 3
Rahimova 3		Serve	Cimpu 3

Romania vs Belgium

25 August 2026 (2026-08-25) 15:30	Romania	0–3	Belgium	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 200 Referees: Michele Brunelli (ITA), Bartlomiej Adamczyk (POL)
	(21–25, 20–25, 17–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Buterez, Miclaus 9		Total	Martin 18
Buterez (9/31)		Attack	Herbots (17/30)
Ariton, Cristea 2		Block	Martin 3
Axinte (1/8)		Serve	Nagels (1/12)

Netherlands vs Spain

25 August 2026 (2026-08-25) 18:30	Netherlands	3–0	Spain	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 100 Referees: Dominik Biegajlo (ENG), Erdal Akinci (TUR)
	(25–13, 25–11, 25–16) Report
	Scoring leaders
Jasper 12		Total	De Paula 10
Jansen (7/19)		Attack	De Paula (9/32)
Jasper 5		Block	Hernández 3
Stuut (5/17)		Serve	De Paula (1/8)

Spain vs Portugal

26 August 2026 (2026-08-26) 15:30	Spain	1–3	Portugal	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Attendance: 300 Referees: Helena Persson (SWE), Michele Brunelli (ITA)
	(26–24, 23–25, 19–25, 20–25) Report
	Scoring leaders
Escamilla 22		Total	Kavalenka, Monteiro 19
Escamilla (21/48)		Attack	Monteiro (18/43)
Hernández 2		Block	Cavalcanti 4
De Paula, Varela 2		Serve	J. Garcez (2/11)

Belgium vs Azerbaijan

26 August 2026 (2026-08-26) 18:30	Belgium	v	Azerbaijan	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku
	Report
	Scoring leaders

(0/0)		Attack	(0/0)

(0/0)		Serve	(0/0)

Netherlands vs Belgium

27 August 2026 (2026-08-27) 15:30	Netherlands	v	Belgium	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku
	Report
	Scoring leaders

(0/0)		Attack	(0/0)

(0/0)		Serve	(0/0)

Portugal vs Romania

27 August 2026 (2026-08-27) 18:30	Portugal	v	Romania	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku
	Report
	Scoring leaders

(0/0)		Attack	(0/0)

(0/0)		Serve	(0/0)

Spain vs Romania

28 August 2026 (2026-08-28) 15:30	Spain	v	Romania	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku
	Report
	Scoring leaders

(0/0)		Attack	(0/0)

(0/0)		Serve	(0/0)

Azerbaijan vs Netherlands

28 August 2026 (2026-08-28) 18:30	Azerbaijan	v	Netherlands	National Gymnastics Arena, Baku
	Report
	Scoring leaders

(0/0)		Attack	(0/0)

(0/0)		Serve	(0/0)

Notes

↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
↑ World ranking at start of tournament.

References

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

External links

[2] Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.

[3] World ranking at start of tournament.

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

[4] "Host Venues Baku". 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