2024 Women's European Volleyball League

The 2024 Women's European Volleyball League was the 15th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from 22 European countries. This season undergone a new format.

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2024 Men's European Volleyball League.

2024 Women's European Volleyball League
Tournament details
Dates16 May – 16 June
Teams21

The winners and the runners-up qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup.[1]

The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, which featured 12 teams, and the Silver League, which featured 9 teams.

Format change

The CEV announced a change to the format starting this season after a decision was made by the CEV Board of Administration this on 16 September 2023 in Rome. Starting this season, the CEV adjusted the format so that it is similar to the FIVB Volleyball Nations League.[2][3][4] This format change was made with consultation with the participating nations to reduce costs.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 25 September 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets.[3][4]

Golden League

The numbers in brackets indicated their CEV rankings.

League phase
 Ukraine (8)
 Belgium (10)
 Czech Republic (11)
 Slovakia (12)
 Slovenia (13)
 Sweden (14)
 Spain (16)
 Romania (18)
 Croatia (19)
 Azerbaijan (20)
 Austria (21)
 Estonia (29)

Silver League
League phase
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (15)
 Portugal (22)
 Montenegro (23)
 Hungary (25)
 Finland (27)
 Latvia (31)
 Georgia (32)
 Iceland (35)
 Luxembourg (36)
 Faroe Islands (37)

Golden League
2024 Women's European Golden League
Tournament details
Host nation Czech Republic (final four)
Dates16 May – 16 June
Teams12
Champions Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up Czech Republic
Third place Belgium
Fourth place Romania
Tournament awards
MVP Isabelle Haak
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Official website
European Golden League

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[3]

RoundRound date
Week 116–19 May 2024
Week 224–26 May 2024
Week 331 May – 2 June 2024
Final four15–16 June 2024

Tournament schedule
Week 1
Tournament 1
Rakvere		 Tournament 2
Osijek		 Tournament 3
Lund		 Tournament 4
Teplice

 Estonia (12) (H)
 Ukraine (1)
 Slovenia (5)

 Croatia (9) (H)
 Slovakia (4)
 Azerbaijan (10)

 Sweden (6) (H)
 Belgium (2)
 Spain (7)

 Czech Republic (3) (H)
 Romania (8)
 Austria (11)

Week 2
Tournament 5
Schwechat		 Tournament 6
Blaj		 Tournament 7
Maribor		 Tournament 8
Beveren

 Austria (11) (H)
 Ukraine (1)
 Slovakia (4)

 Romania (8) (H)
 Sweden (6)
 Azerbaijan (10)

 Slovenia (5) (H)
 Czech Republic (3)
 Spain (7)

 Belgium (2) (H)
 Croatia (9)
 Estonia (12)

Week 3
Tournament 9
Baku		 Tournament 10
Gijón		 Tournament 11
Bratislava		 Tournament 12
Tarnów[lower-alpha 1]

 Azerbaijan (10) (H)
 Austria (11)
 Estonia (12)

 Spain (7) (H)
 Romania (8)
 Croatia (9)

 Slovakia (4) (H)
 Slovenia (5)
 Sweden (6)

 Ukraine (1) (H)
 Belgium (2)
 Czech Republic (3)

  1. Due to the war in Ukraine, Ukraine's tournament was held at a neutral venue.

Tiebreaker
  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
  • All times are local.

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  Belgium 6 6 0 18 18 4 4.500 542 418 1.297 Golden League Final four
2  Czech Republic[lower-alpha 1] 6 5 1 15 16 5 3.200 504 425 1.186
3  Romania 6 4 2 12 14 6 2.333 467 408 1.145
4  Sweden 6 4 2 11 12 8 1.500 452 433 1.044
5  Ukraine 6 4 2 11 13 9 1.444 505 444 1.137
6  Spain 6 3 3 9 12 12 1.000 509 515 0.988
7  Slovakia 6 3 3 9 9 11 0.818 443 457 0.969
8  Azerbaijan 6 2 4 7 9 12 0.750 428 465 0.920
9  Croatia 6 2 4 7 9 13 0.692 469 494 0.949
10  Slovenia 6 1 5 4 6 15 0.400 433 491 0.882
11  Estonia 6 1 5 3 4 16 0.250 371 489 0.759
12  Austria 6 1 5 2 6 17 0.353 447 531 0.842 Relegation to Silver League
Source: CEV
Notes:
  1. Qualified as final four host
    Tournament 1
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    17 May18:00Slovenia 3–0 Estonia25–2325–1825–18  75–59Report
    18 May16:00Ukraine 3–2 Slovenia23–2525–1520–2525–1715–11108–93Report
    19 May17:00Estonia 0–3 Ukraine11–2514–2513–25  38–75Report
    Tournament 2
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    17 May19:00Azerbaijan 3–0 Croatia25–1925–1925–22  75–60Report
    18 May15:00Slovakia 3–1 Azerbaijan21–2525–2025–1625–19 96–80Report
    19 May19:00Croatia 3–0 Slovakia25–2125–1725–21  75–59Report
    Tournament 3
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    17 May18:00Spain 2–3 Sweden28–2622–2525–2218–2512–15105–113Report
    18 May16:00Belgium 3–1 Spain28–3025–1625–1825–16 103–80Report
    19 May15:00Sweden 0–3 Belgium17–2519–2514–25  50–75Report
    Tournament 4
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    16 May17:00Austria 0–3 Czech Republic10–259–2519–25  38–75Report
    17 May17:00Romania 3–0 Austria25–1325–2025–19  75–52Report
    18 May17:00Czech Republic 3–1 Romania25–1822–2525–2325–23 97–89Report
    Tournament 5
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    24 May16:00Slovakia 3–1 Austria22–2525–1525–1925–23 97–82Report
    25 May18:00Ukraine 3–0 Slovakia25–2025–2125–11  75–52Report
    26 May18:00Austria 1–3 Ukraine22–2525–2014–2524–26 85–96Report
    Tournament 6
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    24 May16:30Azerbaijan 0–3 Romania19–2515–2510–25  44–75Report
    25 May16:30Sweden 3–0 Azerbaijan25–1925–1925–19  75–57Report
    26 May16:30Romania 3–0 Sweden25–2325–2325–18  75–64Report
    Tournament 7
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    24 May19:00Spain 3–0 Slovenia25–1625–2225–13  75–51Report
    25 May19:00Czech Republic 3–0 Spain25–1925–1925–17  75–55Report
    26 May19:00Slovenia 1–3 Czech Republic16–2525–2021–2521–25 83–95Report
    Tournament 8
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    24 May20:30Estonia 0–3 Belgium9–2519–2510–25  38–75Report
    25 May20:30Croatia 3–1 Estonia25–2325–2725–1430–28 105–92Report
    26 May18:00Belgium 3–1 Croatia25–1925–1414–2525–15 89–73Report
    Tournament 9
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    31 May18:00Estonia 0–3 Azerbaijan21–2512–2520–25  53–75Report
    1 Jun18:00Austria 1–3 Estonia25–1623–2521–2515–25 84–91Report
    2 Jun17:00Azerbaijan 2–3 Austria25–2225–1923–2516–258–1597–106Report
    Tournament 10
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    31 May20:00Croatia 2–3 Spain17–2525–1620–2525–238–1595–104Report
    1 Jun17:00Romania 3–0 Croatia25–1825–2225–21  75–61Report
    2 Jun12:00Spain 3–1 Romania15–2525–1925–1625–18 90–78Report
    Tournament 11
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    31 May19:00Sweden 3–0 Slovakia25–1925–2325–18  75–60Report
    1 Jun18:00Slovenia 0–3 Sweden18–2520–2523–25  61–75Report
    2 Jun18:00Slovakia 3–0 Slovenia25–2129–2725–22  79–70Report
    Tournament 12
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    31 May17:00Czech Republic 3–0 Ukraine25–2025–1925–22  75–61Report
    1 Jun17:00Belgium 3–1 Czech Republic23–2526–2425–1825–20 99–87Report
    2 Jun17:00Ukraine 1–3 Belgium21–2528–2618–2523–25 90–101Report

    Results by round

    The table listed the results of teams in each round.

    WinLoss
    Team ╲ Round123456
     UkraineWWWWLL
     BelgiumWWWWWW
     Czech RepublicWWWWWL
     SlovakiaWLWLLW
     SloveniaWLLLLL
     SwedenWLWLWW
     SpainLLWLWW
     RomaniaWLWWWL
     CroatiaLWWLLL
     AzerbaijanWLLLWL
     AustriaLLLLLW
     EstoniaLLLLLW
    Source: CEV

    Final four

    The Final four was held in the Czech Republic.[5][6][7]

     
    		SemifinalsFinal
     
    		      
     
    		15 June
     
     
    		 Belgium2
     
    		16 June
     
    		 Sweden3
     
    		 Sweden3
     
    		15 June
     
    		 Czech Republic2
     
    		 Czech Republic3
     
     
    		 Romania1
     
    		3rd place match
     
     
    		16 June
     
     
    		 Belgium3
     
     
    		 Romania0

    Semifinals
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    15 Jun15:00Belgium 2–3 Sweden25–1622–2522–2525–2212–15106–103Report
    15 Jun18:00Czech Republic 3–1 Romania19–2525–1325–1830–28 99–84Report

    3rd place match
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    16 Jun15:00Belgium 3–0 Romania25–1425–1225–19  75–45Report

    Final
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    16 Jun18:00Sweden 3–2 Czech Republic25–2221–2518–2525–2015–11104–103Report

    Silver League
    2024 Women's European Silver League
    Tournament details
    Host nation Finland /  Portugal (final)
    Dates16 May – 16 June
    Teams9
    Champions Portugal (1st title)
    Runners-up Finland
    Third place Hungary
    Fourth place Montenegro
    Tournament statistics
    Matches played25
    Official website
    European Silver League

    Schedule

    The schedule was as follows:[4]

    RoundRound date
    Week 116–19 May 2024
    Week 224–26 May 2024
    Week 331 May – 2 June 2024
    Week 47–9 June 2024
    Final13 & 16 June 2024

    Tournament schedule
    Week 1
    Tournament 1
    Kópavogur    		 Tournament 2
    Tampere    		 Tournament 3
    Podgorica

     Iceland (8) (H)
     Hungary (4)
     Latvia (6)

     Finland (5) (H)
     Portugal (2)
     Luxembourg (9)

     Montenegro (3) (H)
     Georgia (7)
     Faroe Islands (10)

    Week 2
    Tournament 4
    Luxembourg    		 Tournament 5
    Riga    		 Tournament 6
    Santo Tirso

     Luxembourg (9) (H)
     Hungary (4)
     Faroe Islands (10)

     Latvia (6) (H)
     Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
     Georgia (7)

     Portugal (2) (H)
     Montenegro (3)
     Iceland (8)

    Week 3
    Tournament 7
    Tbilisi    		 Tournament 8
    Érd    		 Tournament 9
    Sarajevo

     Georgia (7) (H)
     Iceland (8)
     Luxembourg (9)

     Hungary (4) (H)
     Finland (5)
     Latvia (6)

     Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) (H)
     Portugal (2)
     Montenegro (3)

    Week 4
    Tournament 10
    Tórshavn

     Faroe Islands (10) (H)
     Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
     Finland (5)

    Tiebreaker
    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
    • All times are local.
    Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
    1  Finland 6 6 0 18 18 3 6.000 517 341 1.516 Silver League Final
    2  Hungary 6 5 1 15 16 4 4.000 495 365 1.356
    3  Portugal[lower-alpha 1] 5 4 1 12 13 3 4.333 385 243 1.584 Silver League Final
    4  Montenegro 5 4 1 12 12 5 2.400 402 263 1.529
    5  Georgia 6 4 2 12 13 7 1.857 441 353 1.249
    6  Latvia 6 3 3 9 11 10 1.100 451 402 1.122
    7  Luxembourg 6 2 4 5 6 14 0.429 368 468 0.786
    8  Faroe Islands 6 1 5 3 3 15 0.200 302 375 0.805
    9  Iceland 6 0 6 1 5 18 0.278 444 545 0.815
    10  Bosnia and Herzegovina[lower-alpha 2] 6 0 6 0 0 18 0.000 0 450 0.000 Withdrew
    Source: CEV
    Notes:
    1. Portugal advanced to the final after the results against the worst-ranked team were not counted towards the final standings.[8]
    2. Right before the tournament started, Bosnia and Herzegovina abruptly withdrew. All games involving Bosnia and Herzegovina were deemed as 3–0 forfeit wins for the opposing team.

    Due to the last-minute withdrawal of Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly before the start of the competition, a provision was added to the rules governing this year’s European Silver League. To compare the results achieved by the participating teams according to the same number of matches (5) and compile a final standing of the League Round accordingly, it was decided to remove the results from the matches played with the lowest-ranked opponent for each of the participating teams. Based on these criteria, the two teams due to contest the final matches are Finland and Portugal.

    Tournament 1
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    17 May16:00Latvia 3–1 Iceland20–2525–1825–1425–19 95–76Report
    18 May20:00Hungary 3–1 Latvia25–2128–3025–925–18 103–78Report
    19 May19:00Iceland 0–3 Hungary20–2515–2515–25  50–75Report
    Tournament 2
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    16 May18:30Luxembourg 0–3 Finland7–2519–259–25  35–75Report
    17 May16:30Portugal 3–0 Luxembourg25–1025–1325–21  75–44Report
    18 May15:00Finland 3–1 Portugal15–2528–2625–1425–20 93–85Report
    Tournament 3
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    17 May18:00Faroe Islands 0–3 Montenegro13–2510–2515–25  38–75Report
    18 May18:00Georgia 3–0 Faroe Islands25–1625–1325–19  75–48Report
    19 May18:00Montenegro 3–1 Georgia25–1323–2525–1425–16 98–68Report
    Tournament 4
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    24 May18:00Faroe Islands 0–3 Luxembourg21–2517–2517–25  55–75Report
    25 May18:00Hungary 3–0 Faroe Islands25–1825–825–10  75–36Report
    26 May16:00Luxembourg 0–3 Hungary17–2514–2519–25  50–75Report
    Tournament 5
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    24 May19:30Georgia 0–3 Latvia23–2514–2514–25  51–75Report
    25 May17:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Georgia0–250–250–25  0–75Report
    26 May17:00Latvia 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina25–025–025–0  75–0Report
    Tournament 6
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    24 May21:00Iceland 0–3 Portugal19–2518–2512–25  49–75Report
    25 May21:00Montenegro 3–1 Iceland25–1427–2520–2525–18 97–82Report
    26 May21:00Portugal 3–0 Montenegro25–2325–2025–14  75–57Report
    Tournament 7
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    31 May20:00Luxembourg 0–3 Georgia24–2618–2515–25  57–76Report
    1 Jun20:00Iceland 2–3 Luxembourg25–2125–1823–2525–2714–16112–107Report
    2 Jun20:00Georgia 3–1 Iceland25–1621–2525–1925–15 96–75Report
    Tournament 8
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    31 May18:00Latvia 0–3 Hungary17–2516–2516–25  49–75Report
    1 Jun18:00Finland 3–1 Latvia25–1425–1822–2525–22 97–79Report
    2 Jun18:00Hungary 1–3 Finland17–2524–2627–2524–26 92–102Report
    Tournament 9
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    31 May20:00Montenegro 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina25–025–025–0  75–0Report
    1 Jun20:00Portugal 0–0^ Montenegro–––  0–0Report
    2 Jun20:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Portugal0–250–250–25  0–75Report

    ^ The match was not played due to the cancellation of Tournament 9.

    Tournament 10
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    7 Jun19:00Finland 3–0 Faroe Islands25–1425–1925–17  75–50Report
    8 Jun17:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Finland0–250–250–25  0–75Report
    9 Jun17:00Faroe Islands 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina25–025–025–0  75–0Report

    Results by round

    The table listed the results of teams in each round.

    WinLoss
    Team ╲ Round123456
     PortugalWLWW–W
     MontenegroWWWLW–
     HungaryWWWWWL
     FinlandWWWWWW
     LatviaWLWWLL
     GeorgiaWLLWWW
     IcelandLLLLLL
     LuxembourgLLWLLW
     Faroe IslandsLLLLLW
     Bosnia and Herzegovina––––––
    Source: CEV

    Final

    The Final was held in Finland and Portugal.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legGolden Set
    Finland  1–2  Portugal 3–0 1–321–23
    Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
    13 Jun21:00Portugal 0–3 Finland17–2521–2511–25  49–75Report
    16 Jun15:00Finland 1–3 Portugal25–2122–2523–2524–26 94–97Report
    Golden set Finland  21–23  Portugal

    Final standing

    See also

    References
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    3. "CEV Volleyball European Golden League 2024" (PDF). CEV. 13 November 2023.
    4. "CEV Volleyball European Silver League 2024" (PDF). CEV. 13 November 2023.
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