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.
The winners and the runners-up qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup.
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. 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.
Golden League The numbers in brackets indicated their CEV rankings. League phase (8) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (16) (18) (19) (20) (21) (29)
Silver League League phase (15) (22) (23) (25) (27) (31) (32) (35) (36) (37)
Golden League
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Round Round date Week 1 16–19 May 2024 Week 2 24–26 May 2024 Week 3 31 May – 2 June 2024 Final four 15–16 June 2024
Tournament schedule Week 1Tournament 1 RakvereTournament 2 OsijekTournament 3 LundTournament 4 Teplice (12) (H) (1) (5) (9) (H) (4) (10) (6) (H) (2) (7) (3) (H) (8) (11)Week 2Tournament 5 SchwechatTournament 6 BlajTournament 7 MariborTournament 8 Beveren (11) (H) (1) (4) (8) (H) (6) (10) (5) (H) (3) (7) (2) (H) (9) (12)Week 3Tournament 9 BakuTournament 10 GijónTournament 11 BratislavaTournament 12 Tarnów (10) (H) (11) (12) (7) (H) (8) (9) (4) (H) (5) (6) (1) (H) (2) (3)
Tiebreaker Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) 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 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.
Week 1 Tournament 1 Venue: Rakvere Sports Hall, Rakvere, Estonia
Tournament 2 Venue: Gradski vrt Hall Smaller Hall, Osijek, Croatia
Tournament 3 Venue: Sparbanken Skåne Arena, Lund, Sweden
Tournament 4 Venue: Sportarena, Teplice, Czech Republic
Week 2 Tournament 5 Venue: Multiversum, Schwechat, Austria
Tournament 6 Venue: Sala Polivalentă, Blaj, Romania
Tournament 7 Venue: Lukna Sports Hall, Maribor, Slovenia
Tournament 8 Venue: Topsporthal, Beveren, Belgium
Week 3 Tournament 9 Venue: Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex, Baku, Azerbaijan
Tournament 10 Venue: Palacio de Deportes de Gijón, Gijón, Spain
Tournament 11 Venue: Hala Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia
Tournament 12 Venue: Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland
Results by round The table listed the results of teams in each round.
Final four The Final four was held in the Czech Republic.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Silver League
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Round Round date Week 1 16–19 May 2024 Week 2 24–26 May 2024 Week 3 31 May – 2 June 2024 Week 4 7–9 June 2024 Final 13 & 16 June 2024
Tournament schedule Week 1Tournament 1 KópavogurTournament 2 TampereTournament 3 Podgorica (8) (H) (4) (6) (5) (H) (2) (9) (3) (H) (7) (10)Week 2Tournament 4 LuxembourgTournament 5 RigaTournament 6 Santo Tirso (9) (H) (4) (10) (6) (H) (1) (7) (2) (H) (3) (8)Week 3Tournament 7 TbilisiTournament 8 ÉrdTournament 9 Sarajevo (7) (H) (8) (9) (4) (H) (5) (6) (1) (H) (2) (3)Week 4Tournament 10 Tórshavn (10) (H) (1) (5)
Tiebreaker Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) 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 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.
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.
Week 1 Tournament 1 Venue: Digranes Sports Hall, Kópavogur, Iceland
Tournament 2 Venue: Hakametsä Arena, Tampere, Finland
Tournament 3 Venue: Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro
Week 2 Tournament 4 Venue: d'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Tournament 5 Venue: Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia
Tournament 6 Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal, Santo Tirso, Portugal
Week 3 Tournament 7 Venue: Tbilisi Sports Palace Small Hall, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tournament 8 Venue: Érd Aréna, Érd, Hungary
Tournament 9 Venue: Sportska dvorana Goran Čengić, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Week 4 Tournament 10 Venue: Ittrottar - og Samkomuholl Hall, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Results by round The table listed the results of teams in each round.
Final The Final was held in Finland and Portugal.
Final standing
RankTeam456789101112131415161718192021– Qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup Qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup via FIVB World Ranking
See also 2024 Men's European Volleyball League
References
External links Golden League official page Silver League official page