2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Pool standing procedure

 * 1) Number of matches won
 * 2) Match points
 * 3) Sets ratio
 * 4) Points ratio
 * 5) Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Direct qualification
The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship.

First round
First round was held 19–22 May 2016. 12 teams competed in three first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The three 1st placed teams and the two 2nd placed teams with the best score qualified for the second round.

All times are local.
 * Pools composition

Pool 1

 * Venue: New Volleyball Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia

Pool 2

 * Venue: 🇱🇺 d'Coque Gymnase, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Pool 3

 * Venue: 🇳🇴 Sotra Arena, Straume, Norway

Second round
24 teams competed in the second round, where each pool of 4 teams played in 2 tournaments in 15–25 September 2016. The 1st placed teams of each pool qualified directly for the 2017 Championship. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualified for the third round.

All times are local.
 * Pools composition

Tournament 1

 * Venue: 🇲🇪 Morača Sports Center, Podgorica, Montenegro

Tournament 2

 * Venue: 🇪🇸 Centro Insular de Deportes, Las Palmas, Spain

Tournament 1

 * Venue: Humlehøjhallen, Sønderborg, Denmark

Tournament 2

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland

Tournament 1

 * Venue: Kozani New Indoor Sporthall, Kozani, Greece

Tournament 2

 * Venue: 🇧🇪 Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium

Tournament 1

 * Venue: 🇸🇰 Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad, Slovakia

Tournament 2

 * Venue: Dvorana Gimnasium, Rovinj, Croatia

Tournament 1

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 Yildirim Beyazit Sports Hall, Turgutlu, Turkey

Tournament 2

 * Venue: Topsportcentrum de Koog, Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands

Tournament 1

 * Venue: 🇷🇴 Sala Polivalentă, Craiova, Romania

Tournament 2

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Jablonec City Hall, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

Third round
The 2nd placed teams of the second round will play one home and one away match to determine the 3 winners who will then subsequently be qualified through to the 2017 Championship. The third round matches will be held on 1–9 October 2016.