# 2024 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2024 Men's European Volleyball League was the 20th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from 16 European countries. This season undergone a new format.
The winners and runners-up qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup.
The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, which featured 12 teams, and the Silver League, which featured 4 teams.

## Format changes

The CEV announced a change to the format starting this season after a decision was made by the CEV Board of Administration on 16 September 2023 in Rome. Starting this season, the CEV adjusted the format similar to FIVB Volleyball Nations League. This format change was made with consultation with the participating nations to reduce costs.

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 9 October 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets.

### Golden League

The numbers in brackets indicated their CEV rankings.
* League phase
* Ukraine (9)
* Belgium (11)
* Portugal (12)
* Czech Republic (13)
* Romania (14)
* Finland (15)
* Croatia (16)
* Spain (17)
* North Macedonia (21)
* Estonia (23)
* Luxembourg (25)
* Azerbaijan (26)

### Silver League

* League phase
* Austria (29)
* Israel (34)
* Faroe Islands (36)
* Iceland (38)

## Golden League
### Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Round | Round date |
| Week 1 | 17–19 May 2024 |
| Week 2 | 24–26 May 2024 |
| Week 3 | 30 May – 2 June 2024 |
| Final four | 15–16 June 2024 |

### Tournament schedule

Week 1 :
| Tournament 1 Baku | Tournament 2 Strumica | Tournament 3 Tampere | Tournament 4 Loulé |
| Azerbaijan (12) (H)  Ukraine (1)  Romania (5) | North Macedonia (9) (H)  Czech Republic (4)  Estonia (10) | Finland (6) (H)  Belgium (2)  Croatia (7) | Portugal (3) (H)  Spain (8)  Luxembourg (11) |
| Week 2 ||||
| Tournament 5 Luxembourg | Tournament 6 Gijón | Tournament 7 Râmnicu Vâlcea | Tournament 8 Beveren |
| Luxembourg (11) (H)  Ukraine (1)  Czech Republic (4) | Spain (8) (H)  Finland (6)  Estonia (10) | Romania (5) (H)  Portugal (3)  Croatia (7) | Belgium (2) (H)  North Macedonia (9)  Azerbaijan (12) |
| Week 3 ||||
| Tournament 9 Rakvere | Tournament 10 Osijek | Tournament 11 Karlovy Vary | Tournament 12 Tarnów |
| Estonia (10) (H)  Luxembourg (11)  Azerbaijan (12) | Croatia (7) (H)  Spain (8)  North Macedonia (9) | Czech Republic (4) (H)  Romania (5)  Finland (6) | Ukraine (1) (H)  Belgium (2)  Portugal (3) |
* ↑ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's tournament was held at a neutral venue.

### Tiebreaker

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
** Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
** Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
* If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
** Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
** Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
** If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

### League round

* All times are local.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Croatia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3.000 | 582 | 554 | 1.051 | Golden League Final four |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2.833 | 547 | 456 | 1.200 | Golden League Final four |
| 3 | Ukraine | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 527 | 485 | 1.087 | Golden League Final four |
| 4 | Estonia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1.444 | 502 | 463 | 1.084 | Golden League Final four |
| 5 | Belgium | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 1.083 | 563 | 544 | 1.035 | |
| 6 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1.091 | 552 | 542 | 1.018 | |
| 7 | Finland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 1.083 | 572 | 563 | 1.016 | |
| 8 | Portugal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 1.083 | 572 | 568 | 1.007 | |
| 9 | Romania | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 0.857 | 577 | 565 | 1.021 | |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 0.600 | 525 | 538 | 0.976 | |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0.176 | 361 | 473 | 0.763 | |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0.111 | 354 | 483 | 0.733 | Relegation to Silver League |
* ↑ Qualified as final four host

#### Week 1
##### Tournament 1

* Venue: Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex, Baku, Azerbaijan
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 17 May | 18:00 | Romania | 3–0 | Azerbaijan | 25–16 | 25–16 | 25–19 | | 75–51 | Report |
| 18 May | 18:00 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Romania | 20–25 | 25–21 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 95–88 | Report |
| 19 May | 18:00 | Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Ukraine | 16–25 | 16–25 | 23–25 | | 55–75 | Report |

##### Tournament 2

* Venue: Arena Park Sports Hall, Strumica, North Macedonia
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 17 May | 20:15 | Estonia | 3–1 | North Macedonia | 25–23 | 14–25 | 25–19 | 25–22 | 89–89 | Report |
| 18 May | 20:15 | Czech Republic | 3–0 | Estonia | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–16 | | 75–58 | Report |
| 19 May | 20:15 | North Macedonia | 0–3 | Czech Republic | 16–25 | 15–25 | 16–25 | | 47–75 | Report |

##### Tournament 3

* Venue: Hakametsä Arena, Tampere, Finland
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 17 May | 19:30 | Croatia | 3–1 | Finland | 21–25 | 26–24 | 25–15 | 25–22 | 97–86 | Report |
| 18 May | 18:00 | Belgium | 1–3 | Croatia | 25–21 | 24–26 | 22–25 | 24–26 | 95–98 | Report |
| 19 May | 17:00 | Finland | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–23 | 25–17 | 26–24 | | 76–64 | Report |

##### Tournament 4

* Venue: Pavilhão Municipal Professor Joaquim Vairinhos, Loulé, Portugal
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 17 May | 21:00 | Luxembourg | 0–3 | Portugal | 22–25 | 19–25 | 16–25 | | 57–75 | Report |
| 18 May | 17:00 | Spain | 3–0 | Luxembourg | 25–15 | 25–17 | 25–21 | | 75–53 | Report |
| 19 May | 16:00 | Portugal | 3–1 | Spain | 23–25 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 35–33 | 108–101 | Report |

#### Week 2
##### Tournament 5

* Venue: d'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 24 May | 20:30 | Czech Republic | 3–0 | Luxembourg | 25–17 | 25–13 | 25–22 | | 75–52 | Report |
| 25 May | 20:30 | Ukraine | 1–3 | Czech Republic | 22–25 | 25–23 | 15–25 | 22–25 | 84–98 | Report |
| 26 May | 18:30 | Luxembourg | 0–3 | Ukraine | 16–25 | 19–25 | 20–25 | | 55–75 | Report |

##### Tournament 6

* Venue: Palacio de Deportes de Gijón, Gijón, Spain
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 May | 20:00 | Estonia | 3–2 | Spain | 25–22 | 23–25 | 31–29 | 25–27 | 18–16 | 122–119 | Report |
| 25 May | 17:00 | Finland | 3–1 | Estonia | 23–25 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | 98–83 | Report |
| 26 May | 12:00 | Spain | 3–1 | Finland | 25–21 | 19–25 | 26–24 | 25–21 | | 95–91 | Report |

##### Tournament 7

* Venue: Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 May | 19:30 | Croatia | 3–1 | Romania | 25–23 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 25–22 | | 95–92 | Report |
| 25 May | 19:30 | Portugal | 1–3 | Croatia | 24–26 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 22–25 | | 93–98 | Report |
| 26 May | 19:30 | Romania | 2–3 | Portugal | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–16 | 22–25 | 12–15 | 107–103 | Report |

##### Tournament 8

* Venue: Topsporthal, Beveren, Belgium
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 May | 17:30 | Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Belgium | 19–25 | 16–25 | 17–25 | | | 52–75 | Report |
| 25 May | 17:30 | North Macedonia | 3–0 | Azerbaijan | 25–17 | 25–17 | 25–18 | | | 75–52 | Report |
| 26 May | 15:00 | Belgium | 3–2 | North Macedonia | 25–22 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 24–26 | 17–15 | 113–105 | Report |

#### Week 3
##### Tournament 9

* Venue: Rakvere Sports Hall, Rakvere, Estonia
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 31 May | 18:00 | Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Estonia | 14–25 | 15–25 | 17–25 | | | 46–75 | Report |
| 1 Jun | 16:00 | Luxembourg | 3–2 | Azerbaijan | 25–20 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 25–17 | 15–11 | 108–98 | Report |
| 2 Jun | 17:00 | Estonia | 3–0 | Luxembourg | 25–9 | 25–16 | 25–11 | | | 75–36 | Report |

##### Tournament 10

* Venue: Gradski vrt Hall Smaller Hall, Osijek, Croatia
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 31 May | 19:00 | North Macedonia | 2–3 | Croatia | 31–33 | 25–17 | 29–27 | 21–25 | 12–15 | 118–117 | Report |
| 1 Jun | 19:00 | Spain | 3–1 | North Macedonia | 17–25 | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | 92–91 | Report |
| 2 Jun | 19:00 | Croatia | 3–0 | Spain | 27–25 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | | 77–70 | Report |

##### Tournament 11

* Venue: Sport Hall for Indoor Games, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 May | 17:30 | Finland | 3–2 | Czech Republic | 16–25 | 25–23 | 30–32 | 25–22 | 15–11 | 111–113 | Report |
| 31 May | 17:00 | Romania | 3–2 | Finland | 23–25 | 21–25 | 26–24 | 26–24 | 15–12 | 111–110 | Report |
| 1 Jun | 15:30 | Czech Republic | 3–2 | Romania | 24–26 | 25–20 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 15–13 | 111–104 | Report |

##### Tournament 12

* Venue: Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 31 May | 20:00 | Portugal | 1–3 | Ukraine | 16–25 | 25–17 | 22–25 | 23–25 | | 86–92 | Report |
| 1 Jun | 20:00 | Belgium | 3–2 | Portugal | 25–22 | 29–31 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 15–11 | 113–107 | Report |
| 2 Jun | 20:00 | Ukraine | 2–3 | Belgium | 20–25 | 25–15 | 25–21 | 25–27 | 11–15 | 106–103 | Report |

### Results by round

The table listed the results of teams in each round.
| Win | Loss |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ukraine | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Belgium | L | L | W | W | W | W |
| Portugal | W | W | L | W | L | L |
| Czech Republic | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Romania | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Finland | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Croatia | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Spain | W | L | L | W | W | L |
| North Macedonia | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Estonia | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Luxembourg | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Azerbaijan | L | L | L | L | L | L |

### Final four

The Final four was held in Croatia.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 15 June | 15 June |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Croatia | 3 | 16 June | 16 June |
| Estonia | 2 | 16 June | 16 June |
| Estonia | 2 | Croatia | 1 |
| 15 June | 15 June | | Croatia | 1 |
| 15 June | 15 June | Ukraine | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | Ukraine | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | | |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 16 June | 16 June |
| | | Estonia | 2 |
| | | Czech Republic | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Jun | 16:00 | Croatia | 3–2 | Estonia | 25–20 | 24–26 | 25–21 | 19–25 | 15–13 | 108–105 | Report |
| 15 Jun | 19:00 | Czech Republic | 0–3 | Ukraine | 24–26 | 16–25 | 20–25 | | | 60–76 | Report |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Jun | 16:00 | Estonia | 2–3 | Czech Republic | 25–20 | 22–25 | 33–31 | 25–27 | 12–15 | 117–118 | Report |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Jun | 19:00 | Croatia | 1–3 | Ukraine | 25–23 | 19–25 | 26–28 | 19–25 | | 89–101 | Report |

## Silver League
### Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Round | Round date |
| Week 1 | 17–19 May 2024 |
| Week 2 | 24–26 May 2024 |
| Week 3 | 31 May – 2 June 2024 |
| Week 4 | 7–9 June 2024 |
| Final | 13 June 2024 |

### Tournament schedule

| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
| Tournament 1 Kópavogur | Tournament 2 Tórshavn | Tournament 3 Strumica | Tournament 4 Amstetten |
| Iceland (4) (H)  Israel (2)  Faroe Islands (3) | Faroe Islands (3) (H)  Austria (1)  Iceland (4) | Israel (2) (H)  Austria (1)  Iceland (4) | Austria (1) (H)  Israel (2)  Faroe Islands (3) |
* ↑ Due to security reasons, Israel's tournament was held at a neutral venue.

### Tiebreaker

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
** Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
** Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
* If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
** Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
** Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
** If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

### League round

* All times are local.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 9.000 | 490 | 320 | 1.531 | Silver League Final |
| 2 | Austria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2.333 | 472 | 404 | 1.168 | Silver League Final |
| 3 | Faroe Islands | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 341 | 467 | 0.730 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0.188 | 367 | 479 | 0.766 | |

#### Week 1
##### Tournament 1

* Venue: Digranes Sports Hall, Kópavogur, Iceland
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 17 May | 20:00 | Faroe Islands | 1–3 | Iceland | 21–25 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 25–27 | 94–101 | Report |
| 18 May | 16:00 | Israel | 3–0 | Faroe Islands | 25–11 | 25–12 | 25–13 | | 75–36 | Report |
| 19 May | 15:00 | Iceland | 0–3 | Israel | 15–25 | 11–25 | 12–25 | | 38–75 | Report |

#### Week 2
##### Tournament 2

* Venue: Ittrottar - og Samkomuholl Hall, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 24 May | 19:00 | Iceland | 0–3 | Faroe Islands | 24–26 | 23–25 | 19–25 | 66–76 | Report |
| 25 May | 17:00 | Austria | 3–0 | Iceland | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 75–62 | Report |
| 26 May | 17:00 | Faroe Islands | 0–3 | Austria | 18–25 | 16–25 | 13–25 | 47–75 | Report |

#### Week 3
##### Tournament 3

* Venue: Arena Park Sports Hall, Strumica, North Macedonia
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 31 May | 18:00 | Iceland | 0–3 | Israel | 14–25 | 14–25 | 10–25 | | | 38–75 | Report |
| 1 Jun | 18:00 | Austria | 3–0 | Iceland | 25–16 | 34–32 | 25–14 | | | 84–62 | Report |
| 2 Jun | 18:00 | Israel | 3–2 | Austria | 25–23 | 25–17 | 26–28 | 23–25 | 16–14 | 115–107 | Report |

#### Week 4
##### Tournament 4

* Venue: Johann Pölz Halle, Amstetten, Austria
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jun | 16:00 | Faroe Islands | 0–3 | Austria | 14–25 | 14–25 | 15–25 | 43–75 | Report |
| 8 Jun | 16:00 | Israel | 3–0 | Faroe Islands | 25–17 | 25–9 | 25–19 | 75–45 | Report |
| 9 Jun | 16:00 | Austria | 0–3 | Israel | 20–25 | 21–25 | 15–25 | 56–75 | Report |

### Results by round

The table listed the results of teams in each round.
| Win | Loss |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Austria | W | W | W | L | W | L |
| Israel | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Iceland | W | L | L | L | L | L |
| Faroe Islands | L | L | W | L | L | L |

### Final

The Final was held in Austria.
| Final | Final |
| 13 June | 13 June |
| Israel | 3 |
| Austria | 2 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Jun | 20:30 | Israel | 3–2 | Austria | 22–25 | 25–27 | 25–19 | 29–27 | 16–14 | 117–112 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Ukraine |
| | Croatia |
| | Czech Republic |
| 4 | Estonia |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | Finland |
| 8 | Portugal |
| 9 | Romania |
| 10 | North Macedonia |
| 11 | Luxembourg |
| 12 | Azerbaijan |
| 13 | Israel |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Faroe Islands |
| 16 | Iceland |
* Qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup
* Qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup via FIVB World Ranking
* 2024 European League champions
* Ukraine 2nd title