2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Czech Republic  Slovakia
Dates	7–15 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Filip John
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The 2018 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was played in Czech Republic and Slovakia from 7 to 15 April 2018. The top six teams qualified for the 2019 U19 World Championship.

• Hosts
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Slovakia
• Qualified through 2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
  •  Belarus
  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Greece
  •  Italy
  •  Russia
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine

Pool A	Pool B
Czech Republic	Slovakia
Turkey	Russia
Bulgaria	Italy
Greece	Belgium
Belarus	France
Germany	Ukraine

• Venue: Zlín, Czech Republic

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	1	10	13	8	1.625	476	447	1.065	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	5	3	2	9	12	9	1.333	467	448	1.042
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	7	9	10	0.900	412	430	0.958	5th–8th Semifinals
4	Belarus	5	2	3	7	10	10	1.000	449	426	1.054
5	Turkey	5	2	3	7	9	11	0.818	455	460	0.989
6	Greece	5	1	4	5	8	13	0.615	419	467	0.897

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Apr	15:00	Belarus	1–3	Turkey	18–25	23–25	25–19	22–25		88–94	Report
7 Apr	17:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–17	25–19			75–57	Report
7 Apr	20:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Germany	17–25	28–30	18–25			63–80	Report
8 Apr	15:00	Greece	3–1	Turkey	19–25	25–22	26–24	25–17		95–88	Report
8 Apr	17:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Bulgaria	19–25	25–21	18–25	25–18	9–15	96–104	Report
8 Apr	20:00	Germany	3–1	Belarus	25–19	29–31	25–19	25–19		104–88	Report
9 Apr	15:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Greece	22–25	25–19	26–24	22–25	15–13	110–106	Report
9 Apr	17:30	Belarus	2–3	Czech Republic	25–22	21–25	20–25	25–16	16–18	107–106	Report
9 Apr	20:00	Turkey	2–3	Germany	17–25	22–25	25–17	25–19	16–18	105–104	Report
11 Apr	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Belarus	17–25	16–25	21–25			54–75	Report
11 Apr	17:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Turkey	23–25	22–25	25–20	22–25		92–95	Report
11 Apr	20:00	Greece	2–3	Germany	19–25	25–21	25–17	19–25	5–15	93–103	Report
12 Apr	15:00	Turkey	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	22–25	29–31			73–81	Report
12 Apr	17:30	Belarus	3–1	Greece	16–25	25–17	25–14	25–12		91–68	Report
12 Apr	20:00	Germany	1–3	Czech Republic	16–25	22–25	25–23	22–25		85–98	Report

• Venue: Púchov, Slovakia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	392	297	1.320	Semifinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	12	13	3	4.333	389	300	1.297
3	Belgium	5	3	2	9	9	7	1.286	358	329	1.088	5th–8th Semifinals
4	France	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	348	387	0.899
5	Ukraine	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	346	428	0.808
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	322	414	0.778

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Apr	15:00	Ukraine	0–3	Italy	17–25	22–25	15–25			54–75	Report
7 Apr	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	Russia	23–25	17–25	12–25			52–75	Report
7 Apr	20:00	Belgium	3–1	France	25–17	17–25	25–8	25–18		92–68	Report
8 Apr	15:00	Italy	3–1	Russia	25–20	17–25	25–21	25–23		92–89	Report
8 Apr	17:30	France	3–0	Slovakia	25–17	25–21	26–24			76–62	Report
8 Apr	20:00	Ukraine	0–3	Belgium	17–25	20–25	14–25			51–75	Report
9 Apr	15:00	Russia	3–0	France	25–19	25–15	25–20			75–54	Report
9 Apr	17:30	Slovakia	2–3	Ukraine	16–25	26–28	25–20	27–25	11–15	105–113	Report
9 Apr	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Italy	18–25	23–25	18–25			59–75	Report
11 Apr	15:00	Ukraine	0–3	Russia	18–25	14–25	13–25			45–75	Report
11 Apr	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Slovakia	25–21	25–18	25–21			75–60	Report
11 Apr	20:00	Italy	3–0	France	25–18	25–19	25–15			75–52	Report
12 Apr	15:00	Russia	3–0	Belgium	25–13	25–22	25–22			75–57	Report
12 Apr	17:30	France	3–1	Ukraine	23–25	25–23	25–15	25–20		98–83	Report
12 Apr	20:00	Slovakia	0–3	Italy	11–25	12–25	20–25			43–75	Report

	Semifinals				5th place match
	14 April
	Bulgaria	3
					15 April
	France	0
					Bulgaria	1
	14 April
					Belarus	3
	Belarus	3
	Belgium	1
					7th place match
					15 April
					France	2
					Belgium	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 April	12:30	Bulgaria	3–0	France	29–27	25–22	25–19			79–68	Report
14 April	15:00	Belarus	3–1	Belgium	25–20	22–25	25–22	26–24		98–91	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 April	10:30	France	2–3	Belgium	25–22	25–23	12–25	18–25	13–15	93–110	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 April	13:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Belarus	25–22	19–25	19–25	19–25		82–97	Report

	Semifinals				Final
	14 April
	Germany	3
					15 April
	Russia	0
					Germany	3
	14 April
					Czech Republic	0
	Italy	2
	Czech Republic	3
					3rd place match
					15 April
					Russia	1
					Italy	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 April	17:30	Italy	2–3	Czech Republic	25–21	19–25	25–19	15–25	13–15	97–105	Report
14 April	20:00	Germany	3–0	Russia	25–23	25–13	25–18			75–54	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 April	15:30	Russia	1–3	Italy	22–25	25–23	23–25	17–25		87–98	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 April	18:00	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	26–22	25–17	25–20			76–59	Report

Rank Team  Germany  Czech Republic  Italy 4  Russia 5  Belarus 6  Bulgaria 7  Belgium 8  France 9  Turkey 10  Ukraine 11  Greece 12  Slovakia Qualified for the 2019 Boys' U19 World Championship

2018 Boys' U18 European champions  Germany 1st title 12–man roster Jason Lieb, Moritz Eckardt, Simon Pfretzschner, Jan Breburda, Maximilian Kersting, Filip John, Erik Röhrs, Simon Torwie, Julian Hoyer, Ben Stoverink, Tobias Hosch, Jan Kolakowski Head coach Matus Kalny

At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.^[1]

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