2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship will be the 34th edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, CEV. For the fourth time, the EuroVolley will be held in four countries. Turkey are the defending champions.

2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nations Azerbaijan
 Czech Republic
 Sweden
 Turkey
Teams24
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played76

Year change

On 22 June 2023, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) announced that, starting in 2026, all continental competitions would be played in even-numbered years, rather than odd-numbered.[1]

Host selection

Czech Republic was announced as the first co-host on 6 December 2023, with games at a new arena in Brno,[5][6] while Turkey was selected to host the final stage on 26 September 2023, with games in Ankara.[7][8] On 6 March 2024, Sweden became the third host with games to take place at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.[9][10][11] Finally, on 12 March 2024, Azerbaijan became the fourth host with one group to be held in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku.[12][13]

Qualification
Main article: 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification
Means of qualification Qualifier Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Countries AzerbaijanQualificationPool A
 Czech RepublicPool B
 SwedenPool C
 TurkeyPool D
2023 European Championship  SerbiaPool E
 NetherlandsPool F
 ItalyPool G
 PolandBest runners-up
 France
 Bulgaria
 Ukraine
 Slovakia
Total 24

Venues

Each venue will host a group, while Ankara and Brno will organise the knockout stage, with Ankara hosting the semi-finals and final, just as in 2019.

Ankara
Brno
Ankara Arena
Capacity: 10,400		Arena Brno
Capacity: 13,300
Gothenburg Baku
Scandinavium
Capacity: 10,000		National Gymnastics Arena
Capacity: 9,000

See also

References
  1. "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 Approved By The FIVB Board Of Administration". FIVB. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. "Český volejbal se přihlásil o pořadatelství evropského šampionátu žen 2026". Český Volejbal (in Czech). Czech Volleyball Federation. 22 November 2023.
  3. "Ανανέωσε με την Τσεχία ο Αθανασόπουλος". ERT Sports (in Greek). 22 November 2023.
  4. "Türkiye Set to Host the 2026 CEV Women's European Volleyball Championship Finals". FTN News. 26 September 2023.
  5. "Brno, Czechia to host CEV EuroVolley 2026 Women up to quarterfinals!". CEV. 6 December 2023.
  6. "Český volejbal uspěl se svojí kandidaturou!". Český Volejbal (in Czech). Czech Volleyball Federation. 6 December 2023.
  7. "Türkiye to host 2026 CEV Women's European Volleyball finals". TRT World. 26 September 2023.
  8. "Odbojkarska zveza Slovenije". www.odbojka.si.
  9. "Sweden poised to co-host CEV EuroVolley 2026 Women! | CEV". www.cev.eu.
  10. "Volleyboll-EM 2026 till Sverige – Göteborg blir värdstad". volleyboll.se.
  11. Sport, S. V. T. (March 6, 2024). "Volleyboll: Sverige klart som arrangör för damernas volleyboll-EM 2026". SVT Sport.
  12. "CEV EuroVolley Women returns to Azerbaijan! | CEV". www.cev.eu.
  13. "2026-cı ildə voleybol üzrə Avropa çempionatı Azərbaycanda keçiriləcək". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi. March 12, 2024.
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