2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2013 Men's European Championship
Official website
	CEV
Tournament details
Host nation	Denmark & Poland
Dates	20–29 September
Teams	16
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Russia (13th title)
MVP	Dmitriy Muserskiy
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The 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. It was held in Denmark and Poland from 20 to 29 September 2013.

The championship was won by Russia with Italy as runners-up and Serbia on the 3rd place.

Qualification

Hosts
- Denmark
- Poland
Top 5 teams of the 2011 edition directly qualified.
- Serbia
- Italy
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Bulgaria
Qualified through the qualification.
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Slovenia
- Turkey

Pools composition

The draw was held on 15 October 2012.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Denmark (Hosts)	Poland (Hosts)	Finland	Russia
Italy	Slovakia	Serbia	Bulgaria
Belarus	France	Netherlands	Germany
Belgium	Turkey	Slovenia	Czech Republic

Squads

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Venues

Pool A	Pool B, Playoffs and Quarterfinals	Pool C
Odense, Denmark	Gdańsk / Sopot, Poland	Herning, Denmark
Arena Fyn	Ergo Arena	Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 11,409	Capacity: 12,000

Pool D	Playoffs and Quarterfinals	Semifinals, 3rd place match and Final
Gdynia, Poland	Aarhus, Denmark	Copenhagen, Denmark
Gdynia Sports Arena	NRGi Arena	Parken Stadium
Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 4,740	Capacity: 10,000

Pool standing procedure

Match points
Number of matches won
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the Playoffs

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belgium	8	3	0	9	3	3.000	284	251	1.131
2	Italy	7	2	1	8	4	2.000	274	238	1.151
3	Denmark	2	1	2	4	8	0.500	249	278	0.896
4	Belarus	1	0	3	3	9	0.333	236	276	0.855

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Belarus	25–22	25–20	25–16			75–58	Report
20 Sep	20:45	Denmark	0–3	Italy	22–25	17–25	15–25			54–75	Report
21 Sep	15:00	Belarus	1–3	Italy	25–21	13–25	21–25	17–25		76–96	Report
21 Sep	18:00	Belgium	3–1	Denmark	23–25	25–23	25–16	28–26		101–90	Report
22 Sep	15:00	Belarus	2–3	Denmark	21–25	25–17	25–23	20–25	11–15	102–105	Report
22 Sep	18:00	Italy	2–3	Belgium	23–25	19–25	25–18	27–25	9–15	103–108	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	9	3	0	9	2	4.500	276	261	1.057
2	Poland	6	2	1	7	5	1.400	283	268	1.056
3	Slovakia	2	1	2	4	8	0.500	272	292	0.932
4	Turkey	1	0	3	4	9	0.444	283	293	0.966

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:00	France	3–0	Slovakia	25–20	35–33	28–26			88–79	Report
20 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–1	Turkey	25–22	25–15	22–25	25–21		97–83	Report
21 Sep	17:00	Slovakia	3–2	Turkey	18–25	16–25	25–20	25–21	19–17	103–108	Report
21 Sep	20:00	France	3–1	Poland	25–22	25–23	20–25	25–20		95–90	Report
22 Sep	17:00	Turkey	1–3	France	21–25	23–25	25–18	23–25		92–93	Report
22 Sep	20:00	Slovakia	1–3	Poland	24–26	25–20	19–25	22–25		90–96	Report

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Finland	6	2	1	6	5	1.200	258	260	0.992
2	Serbia	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	266	247	1.077
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	280	291	0.962
4	Slovenia	3	1	2	5	7	0.714	277	283	0.979

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:00	Slovenia	3–1	Serbia	20–25	25–23	25–22	25–19		95–89	Report
20 Sep	20:00	Finland	3–1	Netherlands	23–25	25–22	27–25	25–20		100–92	Report
21 Sep	15:00	Serbia	3–2	Netherlands	19–25	18–25	25–15	25–17	15–12	102–94	Report
21 Sep	18:00	Slovenia	1–3	Finland	27–25	23–25	22–25	21–25		93–100	Report
22 Sep	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Slovenia	19–25	25–19	25–22	25–23		94–89	Report
22 Sep	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Finland	25–20	25–23	25–15			75–58	Report

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	267	232	1.151
2	Russia	6	2	1	6	4	1.500	235	201	1.169
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	288	294	0.980
4	Czech Republic	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	203	247	0.822

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:00	Russia	0–3	Germany	20–25	23–25	19–25			62–75	Report
20 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Bulgaria	15–25	18–25	25–22	21–25		79–97	Report
21 Sep	15:00	Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	36–34	20–25	21–25	25–21	15–9	117–114	Report
21 Sep	18:00	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	25–17	25–10			75–49	Report
22 Sep	15:00	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	25–13	25–23	25–20			75–56	Report
22 Sep	18:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Russia	18–25	25–23	14–25	19–25		77–98	Report

Final round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

25 September – Aarhus

24 September – Aarhus

Belgium

1

Serbia

3

28 September – Copenhagen

Serbia

3

Denmark

0

Serbia

1

25 September – Gdańsk / Sopot

24 September – Gdańsk / Sopot

Russia

3

France

1

Russia

3

29 September – Copenhagen

Russia

3

Slovakia

0

Russia

3

25 September – Aarhus

24 September – Aarhus

Italy

1

Finland

1

Italy

3

28 September – Copenhagen

Italy

3

Netherlands

1

Italy

3

3rd place match

25 September – Gdańsk / Sopot

24 September – Gdańsk / Sopot

Bulgaria

1

29 September – Copenhagen

Germany

1

Poland

2

Serbia

3

Bulgaria

3

Bulgaria

3

Bulgaria

0

Playoffs

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	17:00	NRA	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	24–26	25–18	25–21	25–18		99–83	Report
24 Sep	17:00	ERA	Russia	3–0	Slovakia	25–20	25–14	25–21			75–55	Report
24 Sep	20:00	NRA	Serbia	3–0	Denmark	25–17	25–17	25–22			75–56	Report
24 Sep	20:00	ERA	Poland	2–3	Bulgaria	25–22	25–22	20–25	24–26	16–18	110–113	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:00	ERA	France	1–3	Russia	17–25	25–17	22–25	21–25	85–92	Report
25 Sep	17:00	NRA	Finland	1–3	Italy	25–23	20–25	22–25	22–25	89–98	Report
25 Sep	20:00	NRA	Belgium	1–3	Serbia	22–25	25–22	28–30	18–25	93–102	Report
25 Sep	20:00	ERA	Germany	1–3	Bulgaria	30–28	25–27	22–25	20–25	97–105	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	15:00	PAS	Serbia	1–3	Russia	19–25	26–24	23–25	15–25		83–99	Report
28 Sep	18:00	PAS	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	19–25	25–22	25–15	25–22		94–84	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	15:00	PAS	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–22	32–30	27–25			84–77	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	18:00	PAS	Russia	3–1	Italy	25–20	25–22	22–25	25–17		97–84	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Italy
	Serbia
4	Bulgaria
5	France
6	Germany
7	Belgium
8	Finland
9	Poland
10	Netherlands
11	Slovakia
12	Denmark
13	Slovenia
14	Turkey
15	Belarus
16	Czech Republic

	Qualified for the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship
	Qualified for the Wild Card 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship
	Qualified as hosts for the 2014 World Championship