2020 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship

2020 Boys' U18 European Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Dates5–13 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up Czech Republic
Third place Poland
Fourth place Bulgaria
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Luca Porro
Best SetterCzech Republic Šimon Bryknar
Best OHItaly Luca Porro
Poland Kamil Szymendera
Best MBCzech Republic Jakub Klajmon
Poland Mateusz Nowak
Best OPPBulgaria Georgi Tatarov
Best LiberoItaly Gabriele Laurenzano
Official website
Official website

The 2020 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship was the 14th edition of the Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be hosted jointly by Italy and Greece, but the latter gave up the hosting right.[1] The tournament was held in Lecce and Marsicovetere, Italy from 5 to 13 September 2020. The top six teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the CEV representatives.[2]

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2003.

Qualification

Main article: 2020 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship qualification

The second round qualification was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the remaining six spots were allocated according to the Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019.[1][3] But, Finland, France, Russia and Slovakia withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament due to travel restrictions still in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Pools composition

Hosts Italy and Czech Republic, the top team from the Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019,[3] were directly placed as head of pool I and II respectively. All teams not seeded were placed to five pots as based on their Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 position and drawn accordingly into pool I and II. In case several teams shared the same position, the teams were seeded as per the final standing of the 2018 Boys' U18 European Championship. The draw was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 14 August 2020.[4] But, Finland, France, Russia and Slovakia withdrew after the draw. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 2nd.

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
 Italy (Hosts)
 Czech Republic (1) 		 Russia (3)
 Turkey (4) 		 Belgium (5)
 France (5) 		 Bulgaria (7)
 Germany (8) 		 Slovakia (8)
 Belarus (10) 		 Poland (10)
 Finland (12)
Draw
Pool I Pool II
 Italy  Czech Republic
 Turkey  Russia
 Belgium  France
 Bulgaria  Germany
 Slovakia  Belarus
 Finland  Poland

Squads

Main article: 2020 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Bulgaria 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 253 221 1.145 Semifinals
2  Italy 3 2 1 6 8 5 1.600 282 254 1.110
3  Belgium 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 197 219 0.900 5th–8th semifinals
4  Turkey 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 223 261 0.854
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Sep 17:00 Belgium  0–3  Bulgaria 17–25 21–25 23–25     61–75 Report
5 Sep 20:00 Italy  3–2  Turkey 28–30 16–25 25–14 25–16 15–7 109–92 Report
7 Sep 17:00 Bulgaria  3–0  Turkey 25–23 25–19 25–20     75–62 Report
7 Sep 20:00 Belgium  0–3  Italy 21–25 21–25 17–25     59–75 Report
9 Sep 17:00 Turkey  0–3  Belgium 25–27 22–25 22–25     69–77 Report
9 Sep 20:00 Italy  2–3  Bulgaria 25–16 13–25 24–26 25–21 11–15 98–103 Report

Pool II

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 249 177 1.407 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 204 185 1.103
3  Germany 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 221 255 0.867 5th–8th semifinals
4  Belarus 3 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 224 281 0.797
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Sep 17:00 Germany  3–2  Belarus 22–25 25–20 25–23 22–25 15–10 109–103 Report
5 Sep 20:00 Czech Republic  0–3  Poland 21–25 22–25 11–25     54–75 Report
7 Sep 17:00 Poland  3–0  Germany 27–25 25–15 25–19     77–59 Report
7 Sep 20:00 Belarus  0–3  Czech Republic 16–25 21–25 20–25     57–75 Report
9 Sep 17:00 Poland  3–1  Belarus 25–12 22–25 25–13 25–14   97–64 Report
9 Sep 20:00 Czech Republic  3–0  Germany 25–18 25–22 25–13     75–53 Report

Final round

5th–8th places

 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
12 September
 
 
 Belgium3
 
13 September
 
 Belarus0
 
 Belgium1
 
12 September
 
 Germany3
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Turkey1
 
7th place match
 
 
13 September
 
 
 Belarus1
 
 
 Turkey3

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 17:00 Belgium  3–0  Belarus 25–19 25–21 25–18     75–58 Report
12 Sep 20:00 Germany  3–1  Turkey 24–26 26–24 27–25 25–21   102–96 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 17:00 Belarus  1–3  Turkey 18–25 22–25 25–22 17–25   82–97 Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 20:00 Belgium  1–3  Germany 25–27 20–25 27–25 15–25   87–102 Report

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 September
 
 
 Bulgaria0
 
13 September
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 Czech Republic0
 
12 September
 
 Italy3
 
 Poland2
 
 
 Italy3
 
3rd place match
 
 
13 September
 
 
 Bulgaria1
 
 
 Poland3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 17:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Czech Republic 19–25 22–25 19–25     60–75 Report
12 Sep 20:00 Poland  2–3  Italy 22–25 25–16 13–25 25–20 13–15 98–101 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 17:00 Bulgaria  1–3  Poland 21–25 27–29 25–23 23–25   96–102 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 20:00 Czech Republic  0–3  Italy 23–25 16–25 18–25     57–75 Report

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "CEV confirms cancellation of age-group qualifiers". CEV. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Young Italians poised to contest #EuroVolleyU18M on home soil". CEV. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "CEV European National Team Ranking List - U18 Men (as per 01.06.2019)". CEV. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Pools set for #EuroVolleyU18M in Italy". CEV. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.