# Men's European Volleyball League

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 since 2018.
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 | Final | Final | | Third place match (or losing semi-finalists) | Third place match (or losing semi-finalists) | Third place match (or losing semi-finalists) | | Teams |
| Year | Finals hosts | | Champions | Score | Runners-up | | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | | Teams |
| 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 | Two-legged tie | | Montenegro | 5–1 (agg.) (3–2, 3–1) | Greece | | Slovenia and North Macedonia | Slovenia and North Macedonia | Slovenia and North Macedonia | | 10 |
| 2015 Details | Wałbrzych | | Slovenia | 3–0 | North Macedonia | | Poland | 3–0 | Estonia | | 12 |
| 2016 Details | Varna | | Estonia | 3–0 | North Macedonia | | Austria | 3–0 | Bulgaria | | 8 |
| 2017 Details | Gentofte | | Ukraine | 3–1 | North 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 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 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 |

## Medals summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Estonia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Croatia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 20 | 20 | 21 | 61 |

## 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