2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship Pool B

Pool B is one of four pools of the preliminary round of the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship. The pool consists of the Austria, Bulgaria, co-hosts Czech Republic, Greece, Serbia, and Ukraine. All games were played at the Brno Exhibition Centre in Brno from 21 to 27 August 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
 Bulgaria Top eight in 2023 27 August 2023 32nd 1950 2023 31 Champions (1981) TBD
 Serbia 28 August 2023 10th 2007 10 Champions (2011, 2017, 2019) TBD
 Czech Republic[c] 13th 1995 3 Third place (1997) TBD
 Ukraine Ninth in 2023 26 September 2023 11th 1993 5 Third place (1993) TBD
 Greece Pool F winner 6 August 2025 8th 1985 4 Eighth place (1991) TBD
 Hungary Five best runner-ups 10 August 2025 20th 1949 6 Runners-up (1975) TBD

Venue

The currently in construction Arena Brno was supposed to be hosting the Czech's portion of the tournament, but couldn't host it due to time constraints with its construction. The replacement venue is the venue Brno Exhibition Centre, which recently hosted the 2025 Men's European Volleyball League final four and will have 5,000 temporary seats for the tournament.[2]

Brno
Brno Exhibition Centre
Capacity: 5,000

Group standings

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Czech Republic (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2026. Source: CEV
(H) Host

Group progression

The table listed the results of teams in each round.

WinLoss
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 local.

Austria vs Serbia

21 August 2026 (2026-08-21)
14:00
Austria  v  Serbia Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Bulgaria vs Ukraine

21 August 2026 (2026-08-21)
17:00
Bulgaria  v  Ukraine Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Czech Republic vs Greece

21 August 2026 (2026-08-21)
20:00
Czech Republic  v  Greece Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Ukraine vs Greece

22 August 2026 (2026-08-22)
16:00
Ukraine  v  Greece Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Austria vs Poland

22 August 2026 (2026-08-22)
19:00
Austria  v  Poland Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Greece vs Bulgaria

23 August 2026 (2026-08-23)
16:00
Greece  v  Bulgaria Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Czech Republic vs Serbia

23 August 2026 (2026-08-23)
19:00
Czech Republic  v  Serbia Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Ukraine vs Austria

24 August 2026 (2026-08-24)
16:00
Ukraine  v  Austria Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Serbia vs Bulgaria

24 August 2026 (2026-08-24)
19:00
Serbia  v  Bulgaria Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Greece vs Austria

25 August 2026 (2026-08-25)
16:00
Greece  v  Austria Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Czech Republic vs Ukraine

25 August 2026 (2026-08-25)
19:00
Czech Republic  v  Ukraine Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Austria vs Bulgaria

26 August 2026 (2026-08-26)
16:00
Austria  v  Bulgaria Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Serbia vs Greece

26 August 2026 (2026-08-26)
19:00
Serbia  v  Greece Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Ukraine vs Serbia

27 August 2026 (2026-08-27)
16:00
Ukraine  v  Serbia Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Czech Republic vs Bulgaria

27 August 2026 (2026-08-27)
19:00
Czech Republic  v  Bulgaria Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno

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Notes

  1. ^ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
  2. ^ World ranking at start of tournament.
  3. ^ Czech Republic also belatedly qualified as a 2026 host nation.

References

  1. ^ "Familiar faces to meet at the CEV EuroVolley 2026 Women, after exciting drawing of lots | CEV".
  2. ^ "Host Venues Brno". eurovolley.cev.eu.