2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship Pool D
Volleyball tournament results
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Pool D is one of four pools of the preliminary round of the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship. The pool consists of the Croatia, France, Italy, Montenegro, Slovakia, and co-hosts Sweden. All games were played at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg 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 | |||||
 France |
Top eight in 2023 | 26 August 2023 | 19th | 1949 | 2023 | 4 | Fourth place (1951) | 15 |
 Italy |
28th | 1951 | 23 | Champions (2007, 2009, 2021) | 1 | |||
 Slovakia |
Tenth in 2023 | 6 December 2023 | 7th | 2003 | 4 | Twelfth place (2003, 2019) | 35 | |
 Sweden |
Host nation | 6 March 2024 | 6th | 1967 | 3 | Eighth place (2021) | 21 | |
 Montenegro |
Pool D winner | 6 August 2025 | 1st | Debut | 47 | |||
 Croatia |
Pool G winner | 9 August 2025 | 16th | 1993 | 2023 | 11 | Runners-up (1995, 1997, 1999) | 40 |
Venue
Scandinavium was chosen as Sweden's venue for Pool D. The facility has accommodated many prestigious European and world championships in many sports, including: Athletics, Aquatics, Figure Skating, Floorball, Handball, Ice Hockey and Tennis. It has also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1985.[2]
| Gothenburg | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scandinavium | ||
| Capacity: 10,000 | ||
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Group standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 15.000 | 394 | 304 | 1.296 | Final round |
| 2 | France |
5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 405 | 351 | 1.154 | |
| 3 | Sweden (H) |
5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 439 | 423 | 1.038 | |
| 4 | Croatia |
5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 432 | 459 | 0.941 | |
| 5 | Slovakia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.583 | 379 | 411 | 0.922 | |
| 6 | Montenegro |
5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 307 | 408 | 0.752 |
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 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
France vs Slovakia
| 21 August 2026 13:00 Match duration: 1 hr 15 min |
France |
3–0 | Slovakia |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 525 Referees: Raquel Portela (POR), Gregor Novak (SLO) |
| (25–13, 25–21, 25–13) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Depie 15 | Total | Herdová 11 | ||
| Depie (14/31) | Attack | Herdová (10/20) | ||
| three players 2 | Block | Herdová, Hrušecká 1 | ||
| Danard-Selosse (2/15) | Serve | Kohútová (0/0) | ||
Croatia vs Italy
| 21 August 2026 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 13 min |
Croatia |
0–3 | Italy |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees: Marko Oravainen (FIN), Jennifer Hesse (GER) |
| (9–25, 22–25, 23–25) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Grbavica 14 | Total | Antropova 21 | ||
| Grbavica (12/32) | Attack | Antropova (17/31) | ||
| Antunović, Butigan 1 | Block | Danesi 3 | ||
| Butigan (3/13) | Serve | Sylla (2/23) | ||
Sweden vs Montenegro
| 21 August 2026 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 21 min |
Sweden |
3–0 | Montenegro |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,261 Referees: Marco van Zanten (NED), Raquel Portela (POR) |
| (25–13, 25–18, 25–23) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| I. Haak 30 | Total | Perović 13 | ||
| I. Haak (27/56) | Attack | Perović (13/48) | ||
| three players 2 | Block | Đurović 4 | ||
| I. Haak (2/14) | Serve | Petranović (1/11) | ||
Italy vs Montenegro
| 22 August 2026 15:00 Match duration: 1 hr 10 min |
Italy |
3–0 | Montenegro |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,986 Referees: Gregor Novak (SLO), Marko Oravainen (FIN) |
| (25–13, 25–20, 25–19) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Antropova 13 | Total | Đurović 13 | ||
| Egonu (11/22) | Attack | Đurović (10/16) | ||
| Danesi 2 | Block | three players 1 | ||
| Antropova (6/20) | Serve | Đurović (2/12) | ||
Slovakia vs Sweden
| 22 August 2026 18:00 Match duration: 2 hr 3 min |
Slovakia |
2–3 | Sweden |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,220 Referees: Jennifer Hesse (GER), Marco van Zanten (NED) |
| (22–25, 16–25, 25–14, 25–22, 6–15) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Šunderlíková 26 | Total | I. Haak 38 | ||
| Šunderlíková (25/51) | Attack | I. Haak (35/63) | ||
| Šepeľová 2 | Block | Andersson 5 | ||
| Körmendyová | Serve | A. Haak, Julevik 2 | ||
France vs Croatia
| 23 August 2026 15:00 Match duration: 1 hr 22 min |
France |
3–0 | Croatia |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,261 Referees: Marko Oravainen (FIN), Gregor Novak (SLO) |
| (25–16, 25–17, 25–22) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Depie 19 | Total | Fabris 10 | ||
| Depie (13/32) | Attack | Fabris (10/26) | ||
| Depie 5 | Block | Butigan 2 | ||
| five players 1 | Serve | Grbavica (1/8) | ||
Sweden vs Italy
| 23 August 2026 18:00 Match duration: 1 hr 15 min |
Sweden |
0−3 | Italy |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,801 Referees: Raquel Portella (POR), Jennifer Hesse (GER) |
| (18−25, 23−25, 14−25) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| I. Haak 15 | Total | Antropova 18 | ||
| I. Haak (14/29) | Attack | Antropova (14/27) | ||
| five players 1 | Block | Fahr 5 | ||
| two players 1 | Serve | Antropova (4/15) | ||
Croatia vs Slovakia
| 24 August 2026 16:00 Match duration: 2 hr 19 min |
Croatia |
3–2 | Slovakia |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 299 Referees: Marco van Zanten (NED), Raquel Portela (POR) |
| (25−27, 19−25, 25−21, 25−22, 15−11) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Fabris 27 | Total | Šunderlíková 30 | ||
| Fabris (25/53) | Attack | Šunderlíková (28/62) | ||
| Butigan, Trcol 3 | Block | Hrušecká 4 | ||
| Antunović, Butigan 1 | Serve | Fričová, Šunderlíková 2 | ||
Montenegro vs France
| 24 August 2026 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 18 min |
Montenegro |
0–3 | France |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 360 Referees: Gregor Novak (SLO), Marko Oravainen (FIN) |
| (19–25, 22–25, 17–25) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Jovović 11 | Total | Depie 19 | ||
| Perović (8/29) | Attack | Depie (18/30) | ||
| Dragović, Jovović 3 | Block | Sylves 6 | ||
| Perović (2/12) | Serve | Danard-Selosse (3/17) | ||
Italy vs Slovakia
| 25 August 2026 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 15 min |
Italy |
3–0 | Slovakia |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,261 Referees: Marko Oravainen (FIN), Marco van Zanten (NED) |
| (25–19, 25–18, 25–20) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Egonu 19 | Total | Šepeľová 13 | ||
| Egonu (17/27) | Attack | Šepeľová (11/26) | ||
| Fahr 4 | Block | Kohútová, Šepeľová 1 | ||
| three players 1 | Serve | Hrušecká, Šepeľová 1 | ||
Sweden vs Croatia
| 25 August 2026 19:00 Match duration: 2 hr 11 min |
Sweden |
3–2 | Croatia |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,871 Referees: Jennifer Hesse (GER), Raquel Portela (POR) |
| (16–25, 22–25, 25–19, 25–16, 23–21) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| I. Haak 52 | Total | Fabris 33 | ||
| I. Haak (47/83) | Attack | Fabris (33/60) | ||
| Andersson 4 | Block | Butigan, Strunjak 3 | ||
| I. Haak (3/24) | Serve | Bečić, Trcol 1 | ||
France vs Italy
| 26 August 2026 16:00 Match duration: 1 hr 57 min |
France |
1–3 | Italy |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 863 Referees: Marco van Zanten (NED), Jennifer Hesse (GER) |
| (19–25, 25–19, 23–25, 19–25) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Depie 18 | Total | Egonu 20 | ||
| Depie (17/51) | Attack | Egonu (16/43) | ||
| Elouga 8 | Block | Egonu 4 | ||
| Serve | three players 1 | |||
Slovakia vs Montenegro
| 26 August 2026 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 21 min |
Slovakia |
3–0 | Montenegro |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 907 Referees: Gregor Novak (SLO), Marko Oravainen (FIN) |
| (25–21, 25–19, 25–11) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Šepeľová, Šunderlíková 18 | Total | Perović 12 | ||
| Šunderlíková (17/37) | Attack | Perović (12/35) | ||
| Körmendyová 3 | Block | Đurović 3 | ||
| Šepeľová (2/15) | Serve | Petranović (1/9) | ||
Croatia vs Montenegro
| 27 August 2026 16:00 Match duration: 2 hr 0 min |
Croatia |
3–2 | Montenegro |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 858 Referees: Jennifer Hesse (GER), Gregor Novak (SLO) |
| (21–25, 25–20, 22–25, 25–14, 15–8) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Butigan 20 | Total | Perović 28 | ||
| Fabris, Grbavica (14/41) | Attack | Perović (23/56) | ||
| Butigan 7 | Block | Đurović 4 | ||
| Grbavica (3/21) | Serve | Perović, Petranović 2 | ||
Sweden vs France
| 27 August 2026 19:00 Match duration: 1 hr 55 min |
Sweden |
1–3 | France |
Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,083 Referees: Raquel Portela (POR), Marco van Zanten (NED) |
| (26–28, 25–13, 20–25, 26–28) Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| I. Haak 39 | Total | Depie 29 | ||
| I. Haak (35/66) | Attack | Depie (28/48) | ||
| Andersson 4 | Block | Elouga, Sylves 2 | ||
| I. Haak, Julevik 3 | Serve | Ratahiry (3/17) | ||
