Men's European Volleyball League

Men's European Volleyball League
Most recent season or competition:
2025 Men's European Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Founded2004 (2004)
First season2004
ContinentEurope (CEV)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Finland
(1st title)
Most titles Turkey
(3 titles)

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 Third place match
(or losing semi-finalists)
Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
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 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
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
2025
Details

Brno

Finland
3–1
Czech Republic

Israel
3–1
Greece
20

Medals summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Turkey3238
2 Czech Republic2226
3 Ukraine2204
4 Netherlands2125
5 Estonia2013
 Slovakia2013
7 Spain1326
8 Portugal1113
9 Finland1102
 Russia1102
11 Slovenia1023
12 Belgium1001
 Germany1001
 Montenegro1001
15 Croatia0325
16 North Macedonia0314
17 Greece0112
18 Belarus0101
19 Austria0011
 Israel0011
 Poland0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (22 entries)21212264

MVP by edition

See also

References