Men's European Volleyball League

Men's European Volleyball League

Most recent season or competition: 2026 Men's European Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2004 (2004)
First season	2004
Continent	Europe (CEV)
Most recent champions	Finland (2nd title)
Most titles	Turkey (3 titles)

The Men's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). Created in 2004, the competition serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIVB World League (until 2016) and its successor the FIVB Challenger Cup from 2018 to 2024.

This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious, continental competition for European national volleyball teams, the European Volleyball Championship.

Results summary

Year	Finals hosts		Final				Third place match (or losing semi-finalists)				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2004 Details	Opava		Czech Republic	3–1	Russia		Netherlands	3–1	Germany		8
2005 Details	Kazan		Russia	3–0	Finland		Spain	3–1	Turkey		8
2006 Details	İzmir		Netherlands	3–1	Croatia		Greece	3–2	Turkey		8
2007 Details	Portimão		Spain	3–2	Portugal		Slovakia	3–1	Slovenia		12
2008 Details	Bursa		Slovakia	3–1	Netherlands		Turkey	3–2	Germany		9
2009 Details	Portimão		Germany	3–2	Spain		Portugal	3–0	Slovakia		12
2010 Details	Guadalajara		Portugal	3–1	Spain		Turkey	3–2	Romania		8
2011 Details	Košice		Slovakia	3–2	Spain		Slovenia	3–0	Romania		12
2012 Details	Ankara		Netherlands	3–2	Turkey		Spain	3–1	Slovakia		10
2013 Details	Marmaris		Belgium	3–0	Croatia		Czech Republic	3–1	Turkey		12
2014 Details	Evosmos Budva		Montenegro	5–1 (agg.) (3–2, 3–1)	Greece		Slovenia and Macedonia				10
2015 Details	Wałbrzych		Slovenia	3–0	Macedonia		Poland	3–0	Estonia		12
2016 Details	Varna		Estonia	3–0	Macedonia		Austria	3–0	Bulgaria		8
2017 Details	Gentofte		Ukraine	3–1	Macedonia		Sweden	3–1	Denmark		8
2018 Details	Karlovy Vary		Estonia	3–0	Czech Republic		Turkey	3–2	Portugal		20
2019 Details	Tallinn		Turkey	3–0	Belarus		Netherlands	3–0	Estonia		20
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details	Kortrijk		Turkey	3–1	Ukraine		Estonia	3–0	Belgium		19
2022 Details	Varaždin		Czech Republic	3–1	Turkey		Croatia	3–2	Ukraine		17
2023 Details	Zadar		Turkey	3–2	Ukraine		Croatia	3–0	Czech Republic		18
2024 Details	Osijek		Ukraine	3–1	Croatia		Czech Republic	3–2	Estonia		16
2025 Details	Brno		Finland	3–1	Czech Republic		Israel	3–1	Greece		20
2026 Details	Nokia Den Haag		Finland	2–0 (agg.) (3–1, 3–1)	Netherlands		Denmark		Israel		27

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	3	2	3	8
2	Czech Republic	2	2	2	6
	Netherlands	2	2	2	6
4	Ukraine	2	2	0	4
5	Finland	2	1	0	3
6	Estonia	2	0	1	3
	Slovakia	2	0	1	3
8	Spain	1	3	2	6
9	Portugal	1	1	1	3
10	Russia	1	1	0	2
11	Slovenia	1	0	2	3
12	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Montenegro	1	0	0	1
15	Croatia	0	3	2	5
16	North Macedonia	0	3	1	4
17	Greece	0	1	1	2
18	Belarus	0	1	0	1
19	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		22	22	23	67

MVP by edition

• 2004 – Petr Pláteník
• 2005 – Pavel Abramov
• 2006 – Guido Görtzen
• 2007 – Guillermo Falasca
• 2008 – Martin Sopko
• 2009 – Jochen Schöps
• 2010 – Valdir Sequeira
• 2011 – Tomas Kmet
• 2012 – Emre Batur
• 2013 – Bram Van den Dries
• 2014 – Miloš Ćulafić
• 2015 – Dejan Vinčič
• 2016 – Robert Täht
• 2017 – Maksym Drozd
• 2018 – Renee Teppan
• 2019 – Arslan Ekşi
• 2021 – Adis Lagumdzija
• 2022 – Jan Galabov
• 2023 – Kaan Gürbüz
• 2024 – Yevhenii Kisiliuk
• 2025 – Joonas Jokela
• 2026 – Luka Marttila

See also

• Women's European Volleyball League
• Men's European Volleyball Championship
• FIVB Volleyball World League
• FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

External links

• Official website