2028 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2028 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Spain
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Dates2028
Teams24
VenueTBD (in TBD host cities)
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The 2028 Women's European Volleyball Championship, commonly referred to as EuroVolley Women 2028, will be the 35th edition of the biannual continental tournament for women's national volleyball teams, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, CEV. The tournament will be held in 2028. It will be organised in Spain and three yet to be known countries, marking the fifth consecutive time EuroVolley will be held in four countries, after the multi-country hosting system was first used in 2019.[1]

24 teams will participate for the fifth time as well. Qualification took place in May 2026 to July 2027. The four co-hosts qualified automatically.

This will be the second European Championship after 2026 to be held in an even-numbered year.

The top three finishers will also qualify for the 2029 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup in the Philippines.

Bidding process

On 4 July 2025, the bidding process was started.[2]

Hosting requirements

Venue requirements

Rounds[3] Capacity
Group stage, Eight-finals & Quarterfinals 5,000
Semifinals & Final 10,000

Organisation fees

Rounds[4] Price
Group stage €650,000
Group stage, Eight-finals & Quarterfinals €1,2 million
Group stage, Eight-finals, Quarterfinals, Semifinals & Final €2 million

Host selection

  •  Spain – On 6 November 2024, CEV president, Roko Sikirić, said he would like to see Spain host EuroVolley in 2028.[5] Later in the month, new president of the Real Federación Española de Voleibol, Felipe Pascual Bernáldez, said he also intended to bid for EuroVolley, touting Madrid and the Canary Islands as possible host venues.[6][7] In April 2026, Sikirić encouraged Spain to organise major events.[8] On 16 July 2026, Spain became the first hosts of the tournament, with games to take place at the Centro Insular de Deportes in Las Palmas.[9][10] This is Spain's first time ever organizing the event.

Interested applicants

  •  France – In October 2025, president of the Real Federación Española de Voleibol, Felipe Pascual Bernáldez, said he encourages Spain neighbours, France and Portugal, to co-host the event with them and is optimistic they will join.[11][12] This would be France's third time hosting after 1951 and 1979.
  •  Portugal – In October 2025, president of the Real Federación Española de Voleibol, Felipe Pascual Bernáldez, said he encourages Spain neighbours, France and Portugal, to co-host the event with them and is optimistic they will join.[11][12] Portugal have never hosted the event before.
  •  Slovakia – On 13 June 2026, after hosting the 2026 Women's European League in Poprad, president of the Slovak Volleyball Federation, Marek Rojko, stated that they have decided to bid for the competition.[13][12] This would be Slovakia's second time hosting after 2019.

Qualification

24 teams qualify for the championship. For the first time since the 1971 edition, there will be no qualification tournament and teams will earn slots in the tournament through different methods. The four co-hosts and the defending champions from the 2026 edition automatically progress (in the event that a host nation has already qualified via another pathway, its host slot cascades to the European Ranking for national teams as of 2027, and in case the defending champions has already qualified via another pathway, its slot goes to the next best team not yet qualified from the 2026 edition).

For the first time, Women's European Volleyball League will serve as a qualifier for the tournament. The semifinalists from the 2026 and 2027 editions will qualify for the tournament (in case a qualified team occupies a slot, it goes to the next best team not yet qualified from the European League).

The remaining 11 slots will be allocated to the highest-ranked teams not yet qualified according to the European Ranking for national teams at the end of the 2027 European League and 2027 FIVB Nations League.[14][15]

Means of qualification Qualifier Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Countries SpainDefending championsN/A
N/AEuropean RankingN/A
N/AN/A
N/AN/A
2026 European League  SwedenN/A
 SloveniaN/A
 HungaryN/A
 SlovakiaN/A
2027 European League N/AN/A
N/AN/A
N/AN/A
N/AN/A
Total 24

Summary of qualified teams

Team Qualification method Date of qualification Appearance(s) Previous best performance WR
Total First Last Streak
 Spain Host nation 16 July 2026 4th 2005 2026 5 9th place (2009) TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
 Sweden 2026 European League semifinalists 20 June 2026 6th 1967 2026 4 8th place (2021) TBD
 Hungary 21st 1949 7 Runners-up (1975) TBD
 Slovenia 5th 2015 3 16th place (2015, 2019) TBD
 Slovakia 21 June 2026 8th 2003 5 10th place (2023) TBD
N/A Defending champions 6 September 2026 TBD
N/A 2027 European League semifinalists TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A European highest-ranked non-qualified team TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD
N/A TBD

Venues

So far one venue in one cities has been revealed to host the tournament.

Overview of venues

Spain

Final standing

References

  1. ↑ Moragón, Jorge (July 16, 2026). "España será sede del EuroVolley 2028 femenino por primera vez en la historia". MARCA.
  2. ↑ "CEV opens bidding process for EuroVolley 2028 | CEV". www.cev.eu.
  3. ↑ EuroVolley 2028 hosting guidelines Page 13
  4. ↑ EuroVolley 2028 hosting guidelines Page 8
  5. ↑ Moragón, Jorge (November 6, 2024). "Roko Sikiric: "Tenemos muchas ganas de organizar un EuroVolley en España para 2028"". MARCA.
  6. ↑ Moragón, Jorge (November 26, 2024). "Felipe Pascual: "Lucharemos por tener un EuroVolley en 2028"". MARCA.
  7. ↑ MARCA, REDACCIÓN (November 26, 2024). "Felipe Pascual y el proyecto de albergar EuroVolley 2028 en España". MARCA.
  8. ↑ "CEV President expresses full support to Spanish Volleyball family, encourages Iberian country to pursue organisation of major events | InsideCEV". inside.cev.eu.
  9. ↑ "History made with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, confirmed as CEV EuroVolley 2028 Women co-host". CEV. 16 July 2026.
  10. ↑ says, Editor (July 16, 2026). "Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will host the 2028 Women's Volleyball European Championship – The Observatorial". {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  11. 1 2 "España planea organizar el Europeo de voleibol femenino en 2028 con Francia y Portugal". Diario ABC. October 9, 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 Gärtig, Christian (July 16, 2026). "EuroVolley 2028: Gran Canaria wird Ausrichter".
  13. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com.
  14. ↑ "Revamped European League to provide pathway to qualify for EuroVolley 2028". cev.eu. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "CEV Volleyball European League 2026 Official Communication (Page 3: Qualification pathway to EuroVolley 2028)" (PDF). cev.eu. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
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