Women's European Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Finals) |
| Continent | Europe (CEV) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Russia (19th title) |
| Most titles |
Russia (19 titles) |
The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1975 they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is Russia, which won its nineteenth title at the 2015 tournament in Netherlands.
The current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding two years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the European Championship Finals. 16 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about two weeks.
The 29 European Championship tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Russia have won nineteen times (thirteen as Soviet Union). The other European Championship winners are Germany (as East Germany), Italy and Poland, with two titles each; and Bulgaria, Czech Republic as (Czechoslovakia), Netherlands and Serbia, with one title each.
The 2015 European Championship took place in Belgium and Netherlands. The next European Championship will be co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2017.
History
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Medals Summary
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia[upper-alpha 1] | 19 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 |  Germany[upper-alpha 2] | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |  Poland | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 |  Italy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Czech Republic[upper-alpha 3] | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |  Serbia[upper-alpha 4] | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Croatia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
Participation Details
| Team | 1949 (7) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1950 (6) |
 1951 (6) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1955 (6) |
1958 (12) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (15) |
1971 (18) |
 1975 (12) |
 1977 (12) |
1979 (12) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1981 (12) |
 1983 (12) |
1985 (12) |
1987 (12) |
1989 (12) |
1991 (12) |
1993 (12) |
1995 (12) |
1997 (12) |
1999 (8) |
2001 (12) |
2003 (12) |
2005 (12) |
 Albania | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Azerbaijan | Part of  Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
 Austria | • | • | • | • | 12th | 12th | • | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Belarus | Part of Soviet Union | 8th | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | 12th | • | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bulgaria | • | 4th | • | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 10th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 9th |
| Czech Republic | See Czechoslovakia | 10th | 3rd | • | 10th | 11th | • | |||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | • | 8th | ||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 England | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Finland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| France | 5th | • | 4th | • | 9th | • | • | 13th | • | • | 11th | • | 10th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 9th | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • |
| Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 10th | 4th | 11th | 3rd | 11th | |||||||||||||||
 Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 8th | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • |
| Hungary | 6th | 6th | • | 6th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Israel | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Italy | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | 11th | 8th | 9th | 11th | • | 8th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd |
 Latvia | Part of Soviet Union | 11th | 12th | 8th | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 7th | • | 5th | • | 10th | 9th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 10th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 3rd | 5th | • | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 9th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th |
| Poland | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 8th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 11th | 9th | 10th | • | 9th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 1st | 1st |
| Romania | 4th | 5th | • | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 10th | • | 12th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 10th |
| Russia | See Soviet Union | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||
 Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Spain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th |
 Sweden | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Switzerland | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 12th | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 2nd | 6th |
| Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | 3rd | 7th | 7th | • | 4th | 9th | • | ||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued nations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 2nd | 3rd | • | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | See Czech Republic | |||||
| East Germany | • | • | • | • | 8th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | See Germany | |||||||
 Serbia and Montenegro | See Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | See Russia | ||||||
| West Germany | • | • | • | • | 11th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 6th | See Germany | |||||||
| Yugoslavia | • | • | 3rd | • | 7th | 8th | • | 14th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | 8th | 12th | See Serbia and Montenegro | ||||||
| Team |  2007 (16) |
2009 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2013 (16) |
2015 (16) |
 2017 (16) |
Total |
| Albania | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 12th | 12th | 9th | 15th | 14th | Q | 7 |
| Austria | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Belarus | 16th | 15th | • | 12th | 9th | Q | 8 |
| Belgium | 7th | 11th | • | 3rd | 6th | Q | 9 |
| Bulgaria | 11th | 8th | 14th | 13th | 13th | Q | 28 |
| Czech Republic | 9th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 11th | Q | 10 |
| Croatia | 14th | 16th | 12th | 5th | 10th | Q | 12 |
| Denmark | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| England | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Finland | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| France | 8th | 14th | 10th | 8th | • | • | 15 |
| Georgia | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
| Germany | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | Q | 14 |
| Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
| Hungary | • | • | • | • | 12th | Q | 16 |
| Israel | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | 3 |
| Italy | 1st | 1st | 4th | 6th | 7th | Q | 24 |
| Latvia | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Netherlands | 5th | 2nd | 7th | 9thc | 2nd | Q | 27 |
| Poland | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 11th | 8th | Q | 29 |
| Romania | • | • | 12th | • | 15th | • | 24 |
| Russia | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 1st | 1st | Q | 13 |
| Serbia | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | Q | 6 |
| Slovakia | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | • | 3 |
 Slovenia | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | 1 |
| Spain | 15th | 9th | 11th | 16th | • | • | 5 |
| Sweden | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Switzerland | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | 3 |
| Turkey | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | Q | 13 |
| Ukraine | • | • | 15th | • | • | Q | 7 |
MVP by edition
- 1949–1997 – Not awarded
- 1999 – Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
- 2001 – Antonina Zetova (BUL)
- 2003 – Małgorzata Glinka (POL)
- 2005 – Dorota Świeniewicz (POL)
- 2007 – Taismary Agüero (ITA)
- 2009 – Manon Flier (NED)
- 2011 – Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
- 2013 – Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS)
- 2015 – Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS)
- 2017 –
See also
- Men's European Volleyball Championship
- European Women's Volleyball League
- Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship
- Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship
Notes
- ↑ FIVB considers Russia (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992).
- ↑ After German reunification, West Germany (1949–1990) was renamed Germany (since 1991) and they absorbed East Germany (1949–1990) with the records.
- ↑ FIVB considers Czech Republic (Since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948–1993).
- ↑ FIVB considers Serbia (Since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1948–1991), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).