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European men's volleyball tournament

2026 Men's European Volleyball League
Tournament details
Dates5 June – 11 July
Teams27
Champions Finland (2nd title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Tournament awards
MVPFinland Luka Marttila
Tournament statistics
Matches played87
Official website
Men's European League 2026

The 2026 Men's European Volleyball League was the 22nd edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from European countries that didn't take part in the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament took place from 5 June to 11 July 2026.

This was the first edition to be used as 2028 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification after CEV announced the change on 8 November 2025.[1][2] The top four teams qualified for the 2028 European Championship joining co-host Montenegro and three yet to be determined hosts.

As the competition was changed to act as European Championship qualification, the golden and silver leagues were merged into one big league. As well as those changes, a final six was introduced to decide the champions. However, since no hosts were found, it was reverted to a home and away final four.

Pools composition

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Teams were seeded according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 12 November 2025. Rankings are shown in brackets.[3]

League phase
 Finland (9)
 Czech Republic (10)
 Netherlands (11)
 Romania (12)
 Greece (15)
 Portugal (16)
 Israel (17)
  Switzerland (18)
 Estonia (19)
 Slovakia (20)
 Spain (21)
 Croatia (22)
 Denmark (23)
 Sweden (24)
 Latvia (25)
 North Macedonia (26)
 Hungary (27)
 Austria (28)
 Montenegro (30)
 Norway (32)
 Luxembourg (33)
 Kosovo (35)
 Azerbaijan (38)
 Iceland (39)
 Georgia (40)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (–)
 Albania (–)

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows:[3]

RoundRound date
Week 15–7 June 2026
Week 212–14 June 2026
Week 319–21 June 2026
Final round27 June – 11 July 2026

Tournament schedule

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Week 1
Tournament 1
Austria Schwechat		 Tournament 2
Hungary Kecskemét		 Tournament 3
North Macedonia Strumica

 Austria (18) (H)
 Finland (1)
 Montenegro (19)

 Hungary (17) (H)
 Czech Republic (2)
 Norway (20)

 North Macedonia (16) (H)
 Netherlands (3)
 Luxembourg (21)

Tournament 4
Latvia Riga		 Tournament 5
Sweden Lund		 Tournament 6
Denmark Odense

 Latvia (15) (H)
 Romania (4)
 Kosovo (22)

 Sweden (14) (H)
 Greece (5)
 Azerbaijan (23)

 Denmark (13) (H)
 Portugal (6)
 Iceland (24)

Tournament 7
Croatia Osijek		 Tournament 8
Spain Torrejón de Ardoz		 Tournament 9
Slovakia Poprad

 Croatia (12) (H)
 Israel (7)
 Georgia (25)

 Spain (11) (H)
  Switzerland (8)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (26)

 Slovakia (10) (H)
 Estonia (9)
 Albania (27)

Week 2
Tournament 10
Finland Helsinki		 Tournament 11
Czech Republic Jihlava		 Tournament 12
Netherlands Doetinchem

 Finland (1) (H)
 Croatia (12)
 Albania (27)

 Czech Republic (2) (H)
 Denmark (13)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (26)

 Netherlands (3) (H)
 Slovakia (10)
 Georgia (25)

Tournament 13
Romania Mioveni		 Tournament 14
Greece Agios Ioannis Renti		 Tournament 15
Portugal Matosinhos

 Romania (4) (H)
 Spain (11)
 Azerbaijan (23)

 Greece (5) (H)
 North Macedonia (16)
 Iceland (24)

 Portugal (6) (H)
 Latvia (15)
 Montenegro (19)

Tournament 16
North Macedonia Strumica[a]		 Tournament 17
Switzerland Kriens		 Tournament 18
Estonia Tallinn

 Israel (7) (H)
 Sweden (14)
 Norway (20)

  Switzerland (8) (H)
 Hungary (17)
 Luxembourg (21)

 Estonia (9) (H)
 Austria (18)
  (22)

 Iceland (24) (H)
 Finland (1)
 Slovakia (10)

 Georgia (25) (H)
 Czech Republic (2)
 Spain (11)

 Bosnia and Herzegovina (26) (H)
 Netherlands (3)
 Croatia (12)

Tournament 22
Albania Tirana		 Tournament 23
Luxembourg Luxembourg City		 Tournament 24
Azerbaijan Baku

 Albania (27) (H)
 Romania (4)
 Denmark (13)

 Luxembourg (21) (H)
 Greece (5)
 Austria (18)

 Azerbaijan (23) (H)
 Portugal (6)
 Hungary (17)

Tournament 25
Kosovo Pristina		 Tournament 26
Norway Volda		 Tournament 27
Montenegro Bijelo Polje

 Kosovo (22) (H)
 Israel (7)
 North Macedonia (16)

 Norway (20) (H)
  Switzerland (8)
 Latvia (15)

 Montenegro (19) (H)
 Estonia (9)
 Sweden (14)

  1. ↑ Due to the Gaza war, Israel's tournament will be held at a neutral venue.

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. 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
  3. 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

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  • All times are local.

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Netherlands 6 6 0 18 18 0 MAX 451 330 1.367 Final round
2  Finland 6 6 0 18 18 3 6.000 530 395 1.342
3  Denmark 6 6 0 17 18 3 6.000 501 401 1.249
4  Israel 6 6 0 17 18 5 3.600 545 427 1.276
5  Greece 6 5 1 16 17 4 4.250 512 415 1.234
6  Estonia 6 5 1 16 17 4 4.250 501 429 1.168
7  Czech Republic 6 5 1 16 17 5 3.400 529 409 1.293
8   Switzerland 6 5 1 14 16 5 3.200 499 443 1.126
9  Sweden 6 5 1 13 16 9 1.778 554 515 1.076
10  Spain 6 4 2 13 15 7 2.143 505 452 1.117
11  Hungary 6 4 2 12 12 7 1.714 434 418 1.038
12  Portugal 6 4 2 12 13 8 1.625 487 426 1.143
13  Latvia 6 3 3 10 13 10 1.300 523 496 1.054
14  Slovakia 6 3 3 9 10 9 1.111 443 395 1.122
15  Croatia 6 3 3 9 10 9 1.111 434 406 1.069
16  North Macedonia 6 3 3 9 9 10 0.900 425 423 1.005
17  Romania 6 3 3 8 10 11 0.909 458 430 1.065
18  Austria 6 2 4 6 10 12 0.833 476 478 0.996
19  Montenegro 6 2 4 6 8 14 0.571 452 512 0.883
20  Albania 6 1 5 3 3 16 0.188 392 474 0.827
21  Norway 6 0 6 1 5 18 0.278 471 551 0.855
22  Azerbaijan 6 0 6 0 2 18 0.111 354 497 0.712
23  Luxembourg 6 0 6 0 1 18 0.056 372 481 0.773
24  Kosovo 6 0 6 0 1 18 0.056 318 476 0.668
25  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 0 6 0 0 18 0.000 345 452 0.763
26  Iceland 6 0 6 0 0 18 0.000 273 450 0.607
27  Georgia 6 0 6 0 0 18 0.000 247 450 0.549
Source: CEV

Week 1

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Tournament 1

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun20:20Finland 3–1 Austria21–2525–1225–1725–16 96–70907Report
6 Jun20:20Montenegro 1–3 Finland15–2525–2018–2516–25 74–95113Report
7 Jun17:50Austria 1–3 Montenegro19–2525–2018–2520–25 82–95561Report

Tournament 2

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun17:30Czech Republic 3–0 Hungary25–1225–2125–17  75–50300Report
6 Jun17:00Norway 1–3 Czech Republic25–2319–2514–2518–25 76–98100Report
7 Jun17:00Hungary 3–0 Norway25–1825–2225–18  75–58500Report

Tournament 3

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun19:00Netherlands 3–0 North Macedonia25–1925–2125–21  75–61600Report
6 Jun19:00Luxembourg 0–3 Netherlands17–2522–2516–25  55–75120Report
7 Jun19:00North Macedonia 3–1 Luxembourg23–2525–2125–2025–13 98–79800Report

Tournament 4

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun19:30Romania 0–3 Latvia22–2521–2522–25  65–751,275Report
6 Jun18:00Kosovo 0–3 Romania19–2518–2514–25  51–7520Report
7 Jun16:30Latvia 3–0 Kosovo25–1225–2125–13  75–461,535Report

Tournament 5

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun18:00Greece 2–3 Sweden25–1925–2325–2718–2513–15106–109631Report
6 Jun16:00Azerbaijan 0–3 Greece20–2522–257–25  49–7587Report
7 Jun16:00Sweden 3–0 Azerbaijan25–1425–1725–20  75–51568Report

Tournament 6

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun19:00Portugal 1–3 Denmark17–2525–2022–2519–25 83–95512Report
6 Jun16:00Iceland 0–3 Portugal19–2518–2513–25  50–7546Report
7 Jun16:00Denmark 3–0 Iceland25–1625–1225–14  75–42317Report

Tournament 7

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun20:00Israel 3–1 Croatia19–2525–2025–1725–19 94–81500Report
6 Jun20:00Georgia 0–3 Israel14–2517–2515–25  46–7535Report
7 Jun20:00Croatia 3–0 Georgia25–1425–1025–20  75–44500Report

Tournament 8

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun19:30Switzerland 1–3 Spain25–1925–2724–2622–25 96–972,100Report
6 Jun18:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3  Switzerland21–2523–2519–25  63–75350Report
7 Jun18:00Spain 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina27–2525–1925–13  77–573,123Report

Tournament 9

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
5 Jun19:00Estonia 3–0 Slovakia26–2428–2625–22  79–721,070Report
6 Jun15:00Albania 0–3 Estonia17–2523–2526–28  66–78250Report
7 Jun16:00Slovakia 3–0 Albania25–2329–2725–15  79–651,250Report

Week 2

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Tournament 10

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun18:00Albania 0–3 Finland32–3418–2511–25  61–846,113Report
13 Jun16:00Croatia 3–0 Albania25–1725–1625–19  75–5264Report
14 Jun15:30Finland 3–0 Croatia25–2032–3025–19  82–691,231Report

Tournament 11

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun18:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Czech Republic16–2522–2515–25  53–753,253Report
13 Jun17:00Denmark 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina25–2025–2125–19  75–601,251Report
14 Jun16:00Czech Republic 2–3 Denmark25–1520–2523–2528–2613–15109–1063,547Report

Tournament 12

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun19:30Georgia 0–3 Netherlands18–2511–2511–25  40–751,900Report
13 Jun16:30Slovakia 3–0 Georgia25–1125–1225–16  75–3945Report
14 Jun16:00Netherlands 3–0 Slovakia26–2425–2025–18  76–621,950Report

Tournament 13

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun19:00Azerbaijan 0–3 Romania23–2512–257–25  42–75150Report
13 Jun19:00Spain 3–0 Azerbaijan25–1725–1625–20  75–5350Report
14 Jun19:00Romania 3–2 Spain25–1823–2521–2525–1815–9109–95300Report

Tournament 14

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun20:00Iceland 0–3 Greece14–2513–2512–25  39–751,050Report
13 Jun19:00North Macedonia 3–0 Iceland25–2125–2325–19  75–63100Report
14 Jun19:00Greece 3–0 North Macedonia25–1925–2025–23  75–621,900Report

Tournament 15

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun21:00Montenegro 0–3 Portugal16–2519–2514–25  49–751,050Report
13 Jun17:00Latvia 1–3 Montenegro25–2122–2519–2522–25 88–9646Report
14 Jun16:30Portugal 3–1 Latvia25–1920–2525–2325–18 95–851,570Report

Tournament 16

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun18:00Norway 2–3 Israel18–2517–2525–1725–2310–1595–105 Report
13 Jun18:00Sweden 3–1 Norway26–2422–2525–1825–21 98–88 Report
14 Jun18:00Israel 3–1 Sweden25–1625–2022–2525–11 97–72 Report

Tournament 17

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun18:30Luxembourg 0–3  Switzerland22–2520–2520–25  62–75940Report
13 Jun18:30Hungary 3–0 Luxembourg25–2125–1825–21  75–60190Report
14 Jun18:30Switzerland 3–0 Hungary25–1625–2125–21  75–582,500Report

Tournament 18

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
12 Jun18:00Kosovo 0–3 Estonia13–2513–259–25  35–75685Report
13 Jun16:00Austria 3–0 Kosovo25–1925–1825–12  75–4950Report
14 Jun16:00Estonia 3–1 Austria25–2223–2526–2425–22 99–931,667Report

Week 3

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Tournament 19

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun19:00Slovakia 3–0 Iceland25–1025–1225–16  75–38132Report
20 Jun19:00Finland 3–1 Slovakia25–1823–2525–1725–20 98–8097Report
21 Jun19:00Iceland 0–3 Finland14–2515–2512–25  41–75165Report

Tournament 20

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun16:00Spain 3–0 Georgia25–1825–1425–8  75–40150Report
20 Jun16:00Czech Republic 3–1 Spain25–1925–2022–2525–22 97–8636Report
21 Jun16:00Georgia 0–3 Czech Republic5–2513–2520–25  38–75150Report

Tournament 21

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun17:00Croatia 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina25–1625–2325–20  75–59350Report
20 Jun17:00Netherlands 3–0 Croatia25–1725–1925–23  75–5955Report
21 Jun17:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Netherlands16–2518–2519–25  53–75135Report

Tournament 22

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun19:00Denmark 3–0 Albania25–1725–1825–21  75–56368Report
20 Jun19:00Romania 0–3 Denmark19–2517–2515–25  51–7559Report
21 Jun19:00Albania 3–1 Romania25–2325–1917–2525–16 92–83164Report

Tournament 23

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun19:30Austria 3–0 Luxembourg25–1425–1225–15  75–41320Report
20 Jun18:30Greece 3–1 Austria25–1623–2525–2225–18 98–81235Report
21 Jun17:30Luxembourg 0–3 Greece22–2522–2531–33  75–83820Report

Tournament 24

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun18:00Hungary 3–1 Azerbaijan25–1922–2529–2725–16 101–87900Report
20 Jun18:00Portugal 0–3 Hungary18–2523–2522–25  63–7570Report
21 Jun18:00Azerbaijan 1–3 Portugal25–2116–2512–2519–25 72–96400Report

Tournament 25

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun20:00North Macedonia 3–0 Kosovo25–1225–1927–25  77–56600Report
20 Jun20:00Israel 3–0 North Macedonia25–1925–1925–14  75–52100Report
21 Jun20:00Kosovo 1–3 Israel26–2418–2521–2516–25 81–99250Report

Tournament 26

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun19:00Latvia 3–1 Norway21–2529–2725–1825–21 100–91720Report
20 Jun17:00Switzerland 3–2 Latvia17–2525–2025–1821–2515–12103–100125Report
21 Jun16:00Norway 0–3  Switzerland20–2523–2520–25  63–75755Report

Tournament 27

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
19 Jun18:00Sweden 3–1 Montenegro22–2525–2025–1925–14 97–78170Report
20 Jun18:00Estonia 2–3 Sweden17–2525–2218–2525–1610–1595–10350Report
21 Jun20:00Montenegro 0–3 Estonia22–2520–2518–25  60–7570Report

Results by round

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The table listed the results of teams in each round.

WinLoss
Team ╲ Round123456
 FinlandWWWWWW
 Czech RepublicWWWLWW
 NetherlandsWWWWWW
 RomaniaLWWWLL
 GreeceLWWWWW
 PortugalLWWWLW
 IsraelWWWWWW
  SwitzerlandLWWWWW
 EstoniaWWWWLW
 SlovakiaLWWLWL
 SpainWWWLWL
 CroatiaLWWLWL
 DenmarkWWWWWW
 SwedenWWWLWW
 LatviaWWLLWL
 North MacedoniaLWWLWL
 HungaryLWWLWW
 AustriaLLWLWL
 MontenegroLWLWLL
 NorwayLLLLLL
 LuxembourgLLLLLL
 KosovoLLLLLL
 AzerbaijanLLLLLL
 IcelandLLLLLL
 GeorgiaLLLLLL
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaLLLLLL
 AlbaniaLLLLLW
Source: CEV

Final round

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  • All times are local.
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
27 June & 28 June
 
 
 Netherlands33
 
8 July & 11 July
 
 Israel11
 
 Netherlands11
 
28 June & 1 July
 
 Finland33
 
 Finland33
 
 
 Denmark11
 

Semifinals

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Venues
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Netherlands  2–0  Israel 3–1 3–1
Finland  2–0  Denmark 3–1 3–1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
27 Jun15:00Israel 1–3 Netherlands23–2530–2823–2519–25 95–103550Report
28 Jun13:00Netherlands 3–1 Israel25–1418–2525–2225–19 93–80850Report
28 Jun17:00Denmark 1–3 Finland25–1620–2522–2520–25 87–91565Report
1 Jul18:15Finland 3–1 Denmark22–2525–2225–1925–22 97–882,016Report

Final

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Venues
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Netherlands  0–2  Finland 1–3 1–3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
8 Jul18:15Finland 3–1 Netherlands27–2523–2525–2325–13 100–862,112Report
11 Jul19:30Netherlands 1–3 Finland15–2525–2018–2521–25 79–951,988Report

Final standing

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "CEV General Assembly celebrates dawn of new era for European Volleyball". cev.eu. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Revamped European League to provide pathway to qualify for EuroVolley 2028". cev.eu. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "CEV Volleyball European League 2026 Official Communication" (PDF). cev.eu. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
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