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The 2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event was the 22nd edition of the biannual continental championship, contested by the senior men's national sitting volleyball teams in Europe, sanctioned by ParaVolley Europe. It was held in Győr, Hungary from 28 July to 2 August 2025, marking the fourth time the event is held in the country.[1][2]

Host country Hungary
CityGyőr
Dates28 July – 2 August
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
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2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
CityGyőr
Dates28 July – 2 August
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Bosnia and Herzegovina (12th title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Ukraine
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
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Twelve teams took part for the twelfth time, the same as the previous edition.

The tournament acted as qualification for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Hangzhou, China, with three spots available.

Bosnia and Herzegovina are the defending champions, after beating Germany 3–2 in the 2023 final in Caorle. Bosnia and Herzegovina defended their title after beating Germany 3–0 in the final to win their twelfth title.

Host selection

On 4 September 2024, Budapest, Hungary was given the hosting rights.[3] This marks the fourth time the country hosts the event, after 2001, 2007 and 2019.

Quotes

“In the last five years, we have witnessed a huge development in ParaVolley Europe, and the #EuroSittingVolley will be back to Budapest. We are in a new era of paravolley, and expect an even better event compared to the one held in the Hungarian capital six years ago, and that was already an excellent one.”

— Branko Mihorko, ParaVolley Europe president.

“Our country can not only be a good organiser again, but can also hope for a successful performance. The previous year was also good for our Sitting Volleyball players, the women's national team finished fifth in the European Championship, but the men also perform better and better every year. We are confident that the 2025 event will also promote their professional development. Furthermore, the Hungarian Volleyball Federation seized the chance to organise the event because believes in social responsibility, and considers it important that Sitting Volleyball and sport belong to everyone, and with this event also wants to draw attention to this matter,”

— Gabriella Vatai, Hungarian Volleyball Federation president.

Change of venue

On 19 February 2025, following a request by the original venue, the Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest, to fulfil their purpose-specific obligations, the host city was changed from Budapest to Győr.[4]

Preparations

  • On 21 December 2024, the hosting contract was signed.[5]
  • On 12 June 2025, the competition website went live.[6]

Teams

Twelve teams took part for the twelfth time, the same as the previous edition. France and Netherlands are present after being absent in 2023. Lithuania and Slovenia didn't participate after taking part in 2023.

More information Team, Appearance(s) ...
Team Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total First Last Streak 2023
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16th 1995 2023 16 1st Champions (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023)
 Croatia 17th 1993 17 5th Fourth place (2005, 2017)
 France 2nd 2021 1 N/A Fifteenth place (2021)
 Germany[b] 22nd 1981 2023 22 2nd Runners-up (1981, 1983, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2015, 2023)
 Hungary (H) 18th 1983 7 9th Champions (1995)
 Italy 5th 2015 3 8th Eighth place (2023)
 Latvia 15th 1993 7 6th Sixth place (2023)
 Netherlands 21st 1993 2021 1 N/A Champions (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989)
 Poland 14th 1999 2023 14 4th Fourth place (2023)
 Serbia[c] 11th 1999 11 7th Fifth place (2009, 2021)
 Turkey 5th 2017 5 10th Ninth place (2019, 2021)
 Ukraine 17th 1993 17 3rd Runners-up (2017)
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Venue

The Olympic Sports Park in Győr was the venue.[7][8] The complex hosted Athletics, Gymnastics, Judo and Tennis at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. This is the first time the city will hold the championship. Three separate courts were used at the arena.

More information Győr ...
 Győr
Olympic Sports Park
Capacity: Unknown
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Draw

The MOL Campus in Budapest hosted the draw.

The draw was held at 14:00 CET on 19 May 2025 at the Virtu restaurant, on the 28th floor of the MOL Campus in Budapest, Hungary.[9][10] The draw started with, in order, pots 1, 2 and 3 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. Hosts Hungary were pre-allocated into A1.

Seeding

The seeding was based on the ParaVolley Europe rankings.

More information Team ...
Pot 1
Team
 Hungary (H)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Germany
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Pot 2
Team
 Poland
 Serbia
 Ukraine
 Netherlands
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More information Team ...
Pot 3
Team
 Latvia
 Italy
 Turkey
 France
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Quick facts
2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Draw
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Draw results

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Group A
PosTeam
A1 Hungary (H)
A2 Croatia
A3 Poland
A4 Ukraine
A5 France
A6 Turkey
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Group B
PosTeam
B1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
B2 Germany
B3 Serbia
B4 Netherlands
B5 Latvia
B6 Italy
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Format

12 teams are split into two groups of six. The top four in each group plays in the Quarterfinals, while the bottom 2 in each group plays in the classification rounds. 

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony took place on 27 July, a day before the tournament began.[11] The opening ceremony contained a parade of nations and a performance from JP Dance Company.

Group stage

  • All times are local.
  • The top four teams in each pool qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Tiebreakers

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority is given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 is made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Ukraine 5 5 0 15 15 1 15.000 403 282 1.429 Quarterfinals
2  Poland 5 4 1 12 12 6 2.000 412 358 1.151
3  Croatia 5 2 3 6 9 9 1.000 390 385 1.013
4  Turkey 5 2 3 6 8 10 0.800 396 396 1.000
5  Hungary (H) 5 1 4 3 4 13 0.308 313 405 0.773
6  France 5 1 4 3 3 12 0.250 279 362 0.771
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Source: 2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships
(H) Host
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 July10:00Poland 3–1 Turkey25–1721–2525–2125–22 96–85Report
28 July10:30Croatia 1–3 Ukraine28–2615–2525–2717–25 85–103Report
28 July12:15Hungary 0–3 France16–2523–2523–25  62–75Report
28 July16:00Poland 0–3 Ukraine19–2512–2519–25  50–75Report
28 July18:00Hungary 3–1 Turkey19–2525–2325–1725–20 94–85Report
28 July20:00Croatia 3–0 France25–1825–1725–13  75–48Report
29 July10:00Hungary 0–3 Ukraine16–2515–2518–25  49–75Report
29 July12:00Croatia 1–3 Poland18–2521–2525–2119–25 83–96Report
29 July14:00France 0–3 Turkey18–2522–2519–25  59–75Report
29 July18:15Hungary 1–3 Poland16–2525–2014–2511–25 66–95Report
29 July19:00Croatia 1–3 Turkey19–2518–2525–2110–25 72–96Report
30 July12:15Hungary 0–3 Croatia19–2516–257–25  42–75Report
30 July12:30Ukraine 3–0 France25–1525–2025–13  75–48Report
30 July18:15Ukraine 3–0 Turkey25–2125–1925–15  75–55Report
30 July19:00Poland 3–0 France25–1925–1925–11  75–49Report
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Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 5 0 15 15 0 MAX 375 220 1.705 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 5 4 1 12 12 3 4.000 355 262 1.355
3  Serbia 5 3 2 8 9 10 0.900 386 423 0.913
4  Netherlands 5 2 3 6 7 10 0.700 337 374 0.901
5  Latvia 5 1 4 2 5 14 0.357 379 436 0.869
6  Italy 5 0 5 2 4 15 0.267 328 377 0.870
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Source: 2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 July11:15Germany 3–0 Latvia25–1425–1925–21  75–54Report
28 July12:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Italy25–725–1825–16  75–41Report
28 July14:00Serbia 3–1 Netherlands26–2425–1514–2525–21 90–85Report
28 July17:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Latvia25–1825–1625–6  75–40Report
28 July19:00Germany 3–0 Netherlands25–1025–1325–18  75–41Report
28 July20:15Serbia 3–2 Italy24–2625–1921–2525–1415–13110–97Report
29 July10:15Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Netherlands25–1725–1325–14  75–44Report
29 July12:15Germany 3–0 Serbia25–2025–1825–8  75–46Report
29 July14:30Latvia 3–2 Italy21–2525–1524–2625–2215–6110–94Report
29 July17:15Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Serbia25–1525–1225–13  75–40Report
30 July10:00Germany 3–0 Italy25–1425–1325–19  75–46Report
30 July12:00Netherlands 3–1 Latvia26–2416–2525–2025–15 92–84Report
30 July15:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Germany25–1725–2025–18  75–55Report
30 July17:00Netherlands 3–0 Italy25–2025–1725–13  75–50Report
30 July18:00Serbia 3–1 Latvia23–2525–2325–1827–25 100–91Report
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Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
31 July
 
 
 Ukraine 3
 
1 August
 
 Netherlands 0
 
 Ukraine 0
 
31 July
 
 Germany 3
 
 Germany 3
 
2 August
 
 Croatia 0
 
 Germany 3
 
31 July
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
 
1 August
 
  Turkey 0
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
 
31 July
 
 Serbia 0 Third place
 
 Poland 2
 
2 August
 
 Serbia 3
 
 Ukraine 3
 
 
 Serbia 0
 

Quarterfinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 July16:00Ukraine 3–0 Netherlands25–2327–2525–17  77–65Report
31 July16:15Poland 2–3 Serbia25–2124–2625–1519–2515–17108–104Report
31 July16:30Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Turkey25–1525–1725–14  75–46Report
31 July18:15Germany 3–0 Croatia25–1725–2225–14  75–53Report
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Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 August16:15Ukraine 0–3 Germany15–2522–2516–25  53–75Report
1 August18:15Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Serbia25–1525–1625–18  75–49Report
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Third place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 August12:00Ukraine 3–0 Serbia25–1925–2125–17  75–57Report
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Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 August16:00Germany 0–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina23–2522–2518–25  63–75Report
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5–8 classification bracket

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Netherlands0
 
2 August
 
 Croatia3
 
 Croatia3
 
1 August
 
 Poland1
 
 Turkey2
 
 
 Poland3
 
7th place match
 
 
2 August
 
 
 Netherlands2
 
 
 Turkey3

5–8 Semifinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 August16:00Turkey 2–3 Poland19–2521–2525–1925–2116–18106–108Report
1 August16:30Netherlands 0–3 Croatia17–2514–2518–25  49–75Report
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Seventh place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 August10:15Netherlands 2–3 Turkey25–2125–1818–2521–256–1595–104Report
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Fifth place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 August10:30Croatia 3–1 Poland25–2025–1922–2525–21 97–85Report
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9–12th placement group

The four losers that failed to make the quarter finals all play each other in a four team group to decide the places 9–12. Games against the teams that have already played each other are carried over.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Hungary (H) 3 2 1 6 6 5 1.200 260 251 1.036 Ninth place
2  Latvia 3 2 1 4 7 7 1.000 316 300 1.053 Tenth place
3  France 3 1 2 5 7 6 1.167 277 287 0.965 Eleventh place
4  Italy 3 1 2 3 6 8 0.750 286 304 0.941 Twelfth place
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Source: Report
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Matches

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 July14:00Latvia 3–2 France22–2521–2525–2031–2915–8114–107Report
31 July14:30Hungary 3–1 Italy25–1625–2024–2625–19 99–81Report
1 August14:00France 2–3 Italy25–2316–2519–2525–2310–1595–111Report
1 August14:30Hungary 3–1 Latvia24–2625–2125–2325–22 99–92Report
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Final rankings

The top three teams, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and Ukraine qualified for the world championship. Serbia, Turkey and France achieved their best results, placing fourth, seventh and eleventh respectively.

More information Rank, Team ...
RankTeam
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Germany
 Ukraine
4 Serbia
5 Croatia
6 Poland
7 Turkey
8 Netherlands
9 Hungary
10 Latvia
11 France
12 Italy
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Team Qualified for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships

Notes

  1. [a]
    Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
  2. [b]
    Including results as West Germany.
  3. [c]
    Including results as Serbia and Montenegro.

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