2020 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship

2020 Boys' U18 European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	5–13 September
Teams	8  (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
MVP	Luca Porro
Best Setter	Šimon Bryknar
Best OH	Luca Porro Kamil Szymendera
Best MB	Jakub Klajmon Mateusz Nowak
Best OPP	Georgi Tatarov
Best Libero	Gabriele Laurenzano
Official website
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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]

• Hosts
  •   Italy
• Qualified through the first round qualification
  •   Czech Republic
  •   Finland
  •   France
  •   Poland
  •   Turkey
• Top six ranked teams from the Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 which had not yet qualified
  •   Russia
  •   Belgium
  •   Bulgaria
  •   Germany
  •   Slovakia
  •   Belarus

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

• Sport Hall Villa D’Agri, Marsicovetere, Italy – Pool I and 5th–8th places
• Lecce Sport Hall, Lecce, Italy – Pool II and Final four

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

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

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

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	12 September
	Belgium	3
					13 September
	Belarus	0
					Belgium	1
	12 September
					Germany	3
	Germany	3
	Turkey	1
					7th place match
					13 September
					Belarus	1
					Turkey	3

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

	Semifinals				Final
	12 September
	Bulgaria	0
					13 September
	Czech Republic	3
					Czech Republic	0
	12 September
					Italy	3
	Poland	2
	Italy	3
					3rd place match
					13 September
					Bulgaria	1
					Poland	3

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

Rank Team   Italy   Czech Republic   Poland 4   Bulgaria 5   Germany 6   Belgium 7   Turkey 8   Belarus Qualified for the 2021 U19 World Championship

2020 Boys' U18 European champions  Italy 2nd title 12–man roster Cosimo Balestra, Mattia Boninfante, Gianluca Rossi, Marco Zoratti, Nicolò Volpe, Gabriele Laurenzano, Francesco Quagliozzi, Ranieri Truocchio, Luca Porro, Mattia Orioli, Matteo Staforini (c), Federico Bonacchi Head coach Vincenzo Fanizza

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Luca Porro

• Best setter

  Šimon Bryknar

• Best outside spikers

  Luca Porro

  Kamil Szymendera

• Best middle blockers

  Jakub Klajmon

  Mateusz Nowak

• Best opposite spiker

  Georgi Tatarov

• Best libero

  Gabriele Laurenzano

See also

• 2020 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship

References

1. "CEV confirms cancellation of age-group qualifiers". CEV. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. "Young Italians poised to contest #EuroVolleyU18M on home soil". CEV. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
3. "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.

External links

• Official website