This article describes the qualification for the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[1]
Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sweden and Turkey as host countries were directly qualified. The eight best placed teams at the 2023 edition also gained direct entries into the tournament. 21 teams compete for the remaining 12 places at the final tournament.
| Means of qualification | Qualifier | Means of qualification | Qualifier | ||
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| Host Countries | Qualification | Pool A | |||
| Pool B | |||||
| Pool C | |||||
| Pool D | |||||
| 2023 European Championship | Pool E | ||||
| Pool F | |||||
| Pool G | |||||
| Best runners-up | |||||
| Total 24 | |||||
All of the hosted countries' teams directly qualified for the tournament. Then, the top eight teams from previous edition also automatically qualified.
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2026 European Championship | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=#87ceeb | Qualified as hosts for the 2026 European Championship |
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There being seven pools of either three teams each, the winners of each pool and the 5 best runners-up qualified for the 2026 European Championship. The pools were played in a double round-robin.
| Original schedule | |
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| Round | Round date |
| Matchday 1 | 17/18 August 2024 |
| Matchday 2 | 24/25 August 2024 |
| Matchday 3 | 31 August–1 September 2024 |
| Matchday 4 | 19/20 July 2025 |
| Matchday 5 | 26/27 July 2025 |
| Matchday 6 | 2/3 August 2025 |
| Round | Round date[2] |
|---|---|
| Matchday 1 | 17/18 August 2024 |
| Matchday 2 | 24/25 August 2024 |
| Matchday 3 | 28/29 August 2024 |
| Matchday 4 | 2/3 August 2025 |
| Matchday 5 | 6 August 2025 |
| Matchday 6 | 9/10 August 2025 |
The pools were set following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 6 November 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets.[1]
| width=180 | Pool A | width=165 | Pool B | width=210 | Pool C | width=175 | Pool D | width=165 | Pool E | width=165 | Pool F | width=320 | Pool G |
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| (6) | (10) | (13) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | |||||||
| (26) | (25) | (24) | (23) | (22) | (21) | (19) | |||||||
| (27) | (28) | (29) | (31) | (32) | (33) | (NR) | |||||||
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