A total prize money of € 150,000 is available for the teams participating in the 2017 CEV Volleyball European League.
The pool composition for the League Round was announced on Thursday morning after the participating teams were positioned based on the latest CEV European Ranking for women’s and men’s ‘senior’ national teams and distributed using the serpentine system.
Men
Pool A: Former Y.R. of Macedonia, Sweden, Albania
Pool B: Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, Israel
The League Round single round robin tournaments will take place in the Former Y.R. of Macedonia (dates TBC) and Albania (June 23-25) for Pool A and in Ukraine (dates TBC) and Hungary (June 16-18) for Pool B.
The Final Four tournament will take place in Denmark on July 1-2 (dates TBC).
Women
Pool A: Belarus, Finland, Austria, Albania
Pool B: France, Ukraine, Montenegro, Georgia
Pool C: Slovakia, Spain, Portugal, Sweden
The League Round single round robin tournaments will take place in Albania (June 9-11) and Belarus (June 16-18) for Pool A, in Georgia (16-18) and France (23-25) for Pool B and in Spain (June 9-11) and Portugal (June 16-18) for Pool C.
If no National Federation comes forward to host the women’s Finals, the competition will continue with home and away games until the eventual winners are crowned following semis and final matches.
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