# 2017 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2017 Men's European Volleyball League is the 14th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which features men's national volleyball teams from eight European countries.
A preliminary league round is played from 9 to 25 June 2017, and the final four tournament from 1 to 2 July 2017 at the Gentofte Sportspark in Gentofte, Denmark.

## Teams

* Albania
* Azerbaijan
* Denmark
* Hungary
* Israel
* Macedonia
* Sweden
* Ukraine

## League round

* All times are local.

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Macedonia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 6.000 | 511 | 436 | 1.172 | Final Four |
| 2 | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1.000 | 534 | 512 | 1.043 | Final Four |
| 3 | Albania | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1.000 | 514 | 518 | 0.992 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0.167 | 347 | 425 | 0.816 | |

#### Week 1

* Venue: SRC Kale, Skopje, Macedonia
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Jun | 17:00 | Albania | 3–2 | Sweden | 15–25 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 26–24 | 15–9 | 104–106 | Report |
| 16 Jun | 19:30 | Macedonia | 3–0 | Azerbaijan | 25–19 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 17 Jun | 17:00 | Sweden | 3–2 | Azerbaijan | 19–25 | 23–25 | 26–24 | 25–9 | 15–12 | 108–95 | Report |
| 17 Jun | 19:30 | Albania | 0–3 | Macedonia | 21–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | | | 59–75 | Report |
| 18 Jun | 17:00 | Azerbaijan | 1–3 | Albania | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 10–25 | | 79–92 | Report |
| 18 Jun | 19:30 | Sweden | 1–3 | Macedonia | 26–24 | 17–25 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | 79–99 | Report |

#### Week 2

* Venue: Tirana Olympic Park, Tirana, Albania
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Jun | 15:00 | Sweden | 0–3 | Macedonia | 16–25 | 22–25 | 30–32 | | | 68–82 | Report |
| 23 Jun | 18:00 | Albania | 3–0 | Azerbaijan | 25–15 | 25–21 | 25–19 | | | 75–55 | Report |
| 24 Jun | 15:00 | Macedonia | 3–0 | Azerbaijan | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | | 75–60 | Report |
| 24 Jun | 18:00 | Sweden | 3–1 | Albania | 25–22 | 25–12 | 23–25 | 25–23 | | 98–82 | Report |
| 25 Jun | 15:00 | Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Sweden | 18–25 | 16–25 | 16–25 | | | 50–75 | Report |
| 25 Jun | 18:00 | Macedonia | 3–2 | Albania | 25–21 | 17–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 15–10 | 105–102 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2.143 | 519 | 446 | 1.164 | Final Four |
| 2 | Denmark (H) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 497 | 468 | 1.062 | Final Four |
| 3 | Hungary | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 0.643 | 502 | 512 | 0.980 | |
| 4 | Israel | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 0.375 | 434 | 526 | 0.825 | |
* ↑ Qualified as hosts

#### Week 1

* Venue: Physical Education College, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 9 Jun | 16:00 | Denmark | 3–0 | Hungary | 25–19 | 26–24 | 25–21 | | 76–64 | Report |
| 9 Jun | 19:00 | Ukraine | 3–0 | Israel | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–19 | | 75–61 | Report |
| 10 Jun | 16:00 | Hungary | 3–1 | Israel | 22–25 | 25–15 | 25–16 | 25–22 | 97–78 | Report |
| 10 Jun | 19:00 | Denmark | 3–0 | Ukraine | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | 75–67 | Report |
| 11 Jun | 16:00 | Israel | 3–1 | Denmark | 18–25 | 25–22 | 25–23 | 25–20 | 93–90 | Report |
| 11 Jun | 19:00 | Hungary | 1–3 | Ukraine | 25–21 | 19–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | 82–96 | Report |

#### Week 2

* Venue: Continental Aréna, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Jun | 16:00 | Israel | 0–3 | Ukraine | 16–25 | 13–25 | 15–25 | | | 44–75 | Report |
| 16 Jun | 18:30 | Hungary | 0–3 | Denmark | 23–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | | 67–75 | Report |
| 17 Jun | 15:00 | Israel | 1–3 | Hungary | 19–25 | 25–20 | 13–25 | 22–25 | | 79–95 | Report |
| 17 Jun | 17:30 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Denmark | 23–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–22 | | 98–87 | Report |
| 18 Jun | 16:00 | Ukraine | 3–2 | Hungary | 25–15 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 15–11 | 108–97 | Report |
| 18 Jun | 18:30 | Denmark | 3–1 | Israel | 19–25 | 25–18 | 25–18 | 25–18 | | 94–79 | Report |

## Final four

The top placed team from each group and the best second-placed team will qualify for the final four. The fourth participant will be the organizer of the tournament.

### Qualified teams

* Denmark (Host)
* Macedonia
* Ukraine
* Sweden

### Bracket

* All times are local
* Venue: Gentoftehallen, Gentofte, Denmark
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 July | 1 July |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 | 2 July | 2 July |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 July | 2 July |
| Ukraine | 3 | Ukraine | 3 |
| 1 July | 1 July | | Ukraine | 3 |
| 1 July | 1 July | Macedonia | 1 |
| Denmark | 2 | Macedonia | 1 |
| Macedonia | 3 | | |
| Macedonia | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 July | 2 July |
| | | Sweden | 3 |
| | | Denmark | 1 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jul | 16:00 | Sweden | 2–3 | Ukraine | 25–23 | 19–25 | 16–25 | 25–22 | 16–18 | 101–113 | Report |
| 1 Jul | 19:00 | Denmark | 2–3 | Macedonia | 25–19 | 25–20 | 14–25 | 20–25 | 11–15 | 95–104 | Report |

### Third place game

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 2 Jul | 16:00 | Sweden | 3–1 | Denmark | 25–23 | 16–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | 91–88 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 2 Jul | 19:00 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Macedonia | 25–15 | 25–22 | 24–26 | 25–13 | | 99–76 | Report |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Ukraine |
| | Macedonia |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Albania |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Israel |
| 8 | Azerbaijan |
* 2017 European League champions
* Ukraine 1st title
* 14-man roster for Final Round
* Yevhenii Kisiliuk, Dmytro Storozhylov, Oleksiy Klyamar, Maksym Drozd, Gorden Brova, Volodymyr Kovalchuk, Yuriy Semenyuk, Yuriy Tomyn, Denys Fomin, Oleg Shevchenko, Volodymyr Tevkun, Andriy Levchenko, Kostiantyn Riabukha
* Head coach
* Uģis Krastiņš

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Maksym Drozd
* Best setter
    Volodymyr Kovalchuk
* Best outside spikers
    Oleksiy Klyamar
    Rasmus Breuning Nielsen
* Best middle blockers
    Maksym Drozd
    Gjoko Josifov
* Best opposite spiker
    Nikola Gjorgiev
* Best libero
    Anton Wijk Tegenrot