What is the CEV?
The Confédération Européenne de Volleyball is volleyball's European confederation. Its lineage runs from the European Sports Commission the FIVB created in Bucharest in 1963 with eighteen federations, to the CEV proper, established at The Hague in 1973 with twenty-eight. It now has 56 member national federations and is based in Luxembourg City.[1] [2]
What does it run?
CEV EuroVolley, the 24-team continental championship for each sex; the CEV Champions League, CEV Cup and Challenge Cup for clubs; European age-group championships at U18, U20 and U22; the European Golden and Silver Leagues; EuroBeachVolley and the European beach tour; EuroSnowVolley; and the European Olympic and world qualification events.[1] [3]
The European transfer-fee ceiling
The CEV operates something unusual: it fixes the maximum transfer fee payable when a player moves between national federations under its authority. The ceiling is calculated from the FIVB's federation performance categories and then adjusted for national-team status — up to a further 45 per cent — for age, with a 30 per cent uplift for players under 25, and for seasons already played abroad. Federations may agree less but not more, and may not change the method. The transfer itself still moves on an FIVB-issued International Transfer Certificate.[4]
How is national-team status recorded?
Usefully precisely. The CEV's transfer regulations sit on top of the FIVB entry documents: the O-2 Form is the 25-player long list lodged in the FIVB's information system, and every player on it who does not share their team's federation of origin must hold an approved International Transfer Certificate by the submission deadline — so the confederation-level record of national-team status is that registration, together with the published rosters and results, while the call-up letter itself is a national-federation document. Roko Sikirić of Croatia was elected president in August 2024 for a term to 2028.[2] [4]
References
- CEV — institutions and federations. Accessed August 2026.
- CEV — the president. Accessed August 2026.
- CEV — competitions. Accessed August 2026.
- CEV — transfer regulations. Accessed August 2026.