2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship Pool D
Pool D is one of four pools of the preliminary round of the 2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship. The pool consists of the France, Germany, Latvia, co-hosts Romania, Switzerland and Turkey. The matches were played at BTarena in Cluj-Napoca from 9 to 16 September 2026. The top four teams will advance to the final round.[1]
Teams
| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance[a] | WR[b] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | Streak | |||||
| Romania | Host nation | 5 December 2022 | 19th | 1950 | 2023 | 2 | Champions (1963) | TBD |
| France | Top eight in 2023 | 8 September 2023 | 32nd | 1948 | 15 | Champions (2015) | TBD | |
| Germany | Ninth in 2023 | 26 February 2024 | 16th | 1991 | 25 | Runners-up (2017) | TBD | |
| Turkey | Five best runner-ups | 13 August 2025 | 13th | 1958 | 5 | Tenth place (2021) | TBD | |
| Switzerland | Pool E winner | 3rd | 1971 | 2 | Nineteenth place (1971) | TBD | ||
| Latvia | Five best runner-ups | 16 August 2025 | 3rd | 1995 | 2021 | 1 | Eleventh place (1995) | TBD |
Venue
The BTarena will organise matches. The venue was built in 2014 but expanded in preparation for EuroBasket 2017. Romania's largest arena would later host the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Basketball team, U-BT Cluj-Napoca, plays their home games here.[2]
| Cluj-Napoca | ||
|---|---|---|
| BTarena | ||
| Capacity: 10,000 | ||
Group standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 2 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Romania (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Group progression
The table listed the results of teams in each round.
| Win | Loss |
Source: CEV
Positions by round
The table listed the positions of teams in each round.
| Advance to the knockout stage |
Source: CEV
Matches
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Romania vs Latvia
| 9 September 2026 20:00 |
Romania | v | Latvia | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
France vs Switzerland
| 10 September 2026 17:00 |
France | v | Switzerland | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Turkey vs Germany
| 10 September 2026 20:00 |
Turkey | v | Germany | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Germany vs Latvia
| 11 September 2026 17:00 |
Germany | v | Latvia | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Switzerland vs Romania
| 11 September 2026 20:00 |
Switzerland | v | Romania | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
France vs Turkey
| 12 September 2026 17:00 |
France | v | Turkey | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Romania vs Germany
| 12 September 2026 20:00 |
Romania | v | Germany | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Switzerland vs Turkey
| 13 September 2026 17:00 |
Switzerland | v | Turkey | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Latvia vs France
| 13 September 2026 20:00 |
Latvia | v | France | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Germany vs Switzerland
| 14 September 2026 17:00 |
Germany | v | Switzerland | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Romania vs Turkey
| 14 September 2026 20:00 |
Romania | v | Turkey | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Latvia vs Switzerland
| 15 September 2026 17:00 |
Latvia | v | Switzerland | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
France vs Germany
| 15 September 2026 20:00 |
France | v | Germany | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
Turkey vs Latvia
| 16 September 2026 17:00 |
Turkey | v | Latvia | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||
France vs Romania
| 16 September 2026 20:00 |
France | v | Romania | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca |
[ Report] | ||||