2013 CEV Volleyball European Championship will be held in Poland and Denmark. Pools division was completed on Monday afternoon at Parken. This event was chaired by CEV Vice President and Jury President Philip Berben and attended by many prominent guests, including the Mayor of Culture and Sports of Copenhagen, Mrs. Pia Allerslev, and the President of the Danish Olympic Committee, Niels Nygaard. Erik Jacobsen and Miroslaw Przedpelski, the chairmen of the Danish and Polish Volleyball Federation respectively, were quite evidently also in attendance as their countries are getting ready to host this amazing Volleyball “fiesta”.

The 16 participating teams were assigned to the four preliminary Pools as follows (matches to be played through September 20-22, 2013):    

Pool A in Odense (DEN): Denmark, Italy, Belarus, Greece/Belgium
Pool B in Gdansk (POL): Poland, Slovakia, France, Turkey/Latvia
Pool C in Herning (DEN): Finland, Serbia, Netherlands, Croatia/Slovenia
Pool D in Gdynia (POL): Russia, Bulgaria, Germany and Czech Republic  

The hosting countries, Denmark and Poland, were set as Pool headers together with 2012 Olympic champion Russia and Finland before the start of the draw performed by ESOC Coordinator Willy Bruninx. The starting field of the European Championship will be completed next June via the third qualification round starring a series of home and away matches that will assign the last three spots available for the competition.