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Competition Format
COMPETITION FORMAT
General Information

10 National Federations have entered the 2014 CEV Volleyball European League - Men.

League Round

The 10 participating National Federations were split into two Pools using the serpentine system, according to the CEV European Ranking (as at 18-10-2014). 

POOL A: POL, GRE, MNE, ROU, AZE
POOL B: TUR, SLO, AUT, DEN, MKD

Both of these pools will play a single round robin (2 matches at Home and 2 matches Away), playing two matches in each Leg.

Final Round

QUALIFICATION AND FORMAT

As no competing National Federation applied to organise the Men’s Final Round, Home and Away Matches will be played for the Semi Final (SF 1 and SF 2) and Final (F1 and F2).  

The first two ranked teams of each pool (A1 & A2 and B1 & B2) will be qualified for the semi-finals (SF1 and SF2):

•    SF1   
1st match: B2 vs A1
2nd match: A1 vs. B2

•    SF2
1st match: A2 vs. B1
2nd match: B1 vs. A2

A draw has been done to see which team plays the second match (F2) at home:

•    F1 = winner of SF2 vs. winner of SF1
•    F2 = winner of SF1 vs winner of SF2

COMPETITION DATES

The Semi Final match 1st Leg: Saturday or Sunday 12th/13th July (organised by A2 and B2)

The Semi Final match 2nd Leg: Wednesday 16th July (organised by A1 and B1)

Final 1st Leg: Tuesday or Wednesday 22nd/23rd July (organised by the winner of SF 2)

Final 2nd Leg: Saturday or Sunday 26th/27th July (organised by the winner of SF1)

World League Qualification

The winners of the 2014 European League are automatically granted a spot in the next edition of the FIVB World League (Men) or FIVB World Grand Prix (Women), directly replacing the lowest placed European team (assuming that the qualifying team can fulfil all of the requirements set out by the FIVB).

Useful e-books:

To see the full 2014 CEV Volleyball European League Official Regulations: CLICK HERE

To see the full 2014 CEV Volleyball European League Official Communications: CLICK HERE

To see the CEV Organisers Regulations and Guidelines for National Federations: CLICK HERE

To see the applicable CEV European National Team Ranking Lists: CLICK HERE



If you have any questions please contact the CEV Competitions Department (championships@cev.lu)
 
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Competition Overview
Format
League Round
From 06/06/2014 to 06/07/2014
Final Round
From 10/07/2014 to 27/07/2014
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