The 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship will be the 33rd edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship, organised by CEV.
The 2023 Men’s European Volleyball Championship will be the 33rd edition of the Men’s European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe’s governing volleyball body, CEV. For the third time, the EuroVolley will be held in four countries: Italy, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Israel. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship as the CEV representative. The only exception was Italy who had already qualified as the current World champion.
Saturday will see Bulgaria take on Ukraine in the preliminary round of the CEV Men’s European Volleyball 2023. In the world rankings, Bulgaria is placed in the thirty-first position. On the other hand, Ukraine is placed in the fifteenth position. Heading into Saturday’s match Bulgaria is coming after showing a dominant display of performance against Finland (3-1). While Ukraine is coming with a defeat in a closely fought match against Croatia (2-3). The Ukrainians had shown tremendous resilience when they faced Croatia. Naturally, Saturday’s match can be broken down as the match between resilient Ukrainians and the dominant Bulgarians.
The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed. The four organizers of the tournament were seeded in the Preliminary pools. However, the finalists from the previous edition were drawn into different Preliminary pools. This ensured that the top teams would be separated from competing in the same groups. The organizers could select one team to join their pools. On the other hand, the 16 remaining teams were seeded in descending order in the number of cups which equals the number of Preliminary pools. The pointing system of the Men’s Euro Volleyball 2023 is a little different. For a 3-0 or 3-1 win the winner gets 3 points while the loser gets 0 points. However, in case of a 3-2 win, the winner will get 2 points while the loser will get 1 point. This has ensured an equitable distribution of points.
Bratoev Georgi (S), Kolev Nikolay (MB), Atanasov Martin (OS), Gotsev Svetoslav (MB), Asparuhov Asparuh (OS), Seganov Georgi (S), Grozdanov Aleks (MB), Salparov Teodor (L), Penchev Nikolay (OS), Sokolov Tsvetan (O), Karyagin Denis (OS), Dobrev Simeon (L), Nikolov Aleksandar (MB),
Tymofii Poluian (OS), Maksym Drozd (MB), Dmytro Viietskyi (O), Oleh Shevchenko (OS), Oleh Plotnytskyi (OS), Oleksii Holoven (S), Horden Brova (L), Dmytro Teryomenko (MB), Yurii Semeniuk (MB), Vladyslav Didenko (S), Serhii Yevstratov (S), Vasyl Tupchii (OS), Dmytro Dolgopolov (S), Vitalii Kucher (O), Oleksandr Boiko (L), Ian Iereshchenko (OS), Yevhenii Kisiliuk (OS), Vladyslav Shchurov (MB), Bohdan Mazenko (MB)
| Schedule (2.09.23) | Timings (IST) |
| Serbia vs Italy | 00:30 |
| Turkey vs Greece | 20:00 |
| Slovenia vs Spain | 20:00 |
| Netherlands vs Czech Republic | 20:30 |
| Israel vs France | 23:00 |
| Bulgaria vs Ukraine | 23:00 |
| North Macedonia vs Montenegro | 23:30 |
| Schedule | Scoreline | Set |
| Romania vs Turkey | 25-22, 18-25, 25-21, 23-25 & 17-15 | 3-2 |
| Finland vs Slovenia | 21-25, 19-25 & 22-25 | 0-3 |
| Denmark vs Czech Republic | 15-25, 25-23, 27-29 & 22-25 | 1-3 |
| Germany vs Switzerland | 25-14, 25-16 & 25-21 | 3-0 |
| Portugal vs Greece | 25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 16-25 & 12-15 | 2-3 |
| Croatia vs Spain | 25-19, 25-20, 25-22 | 3-0 |
| Netherlands vs Poland | 25-23, 13-25, 19-25 & 22-25 | 1-3 |
The CEV Men’s European Volleyball 2023 starts on August 28 and ends on September 16, 2023.
The LIVE Streaming of the CEV Men’s EuroVolley 2023 will be available on Eurovolley.tv. To access the streaming, one has to subscribe to Euro Volley TV. One can also watch the championship on the YouTube channel of European Volleyball.
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