2020 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship

2020 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Montenegro
Dates	1–9 October 2020
Teams	11
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Russia (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Arina Fedorovtseva
Official website
Official website
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The 2020 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) the girls' under-17 national teams of Europe. The tournament was held in Montenegro from 1 to 9 October 2020.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CEV qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. The top six teams qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the CEV representatives.

Qualification

Main article: 2020 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship Qualification

The second round qualifying stage for the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the CEV on 15 June 2020. First round qualifiers were Serbia, Russia, Slovakia, Finland and Italy. The remaining six participants were determined from European Ranking after the respective National Federations confirmed their participation in the event. ^[1] Despite securing their spot through winning the NEVZA qualifying event, Finland have withdrawn from the competition. The next best team from the relevant European Ranking – Poland – has taken their spot. ^[2]

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Country		Montenegro
Qualification 1st round	BVA	Serbia
	EEVZA	Russia
	MEVZA	Slovakia
	NEVZA	Finland   Poland (11)
	WEVZA	Italy
Qualification 2nd round	Pool A	Belarus (3)
	Pool B	Germany (4)
	Pool C	Slovenia (4)
	Pool D	Turkey (7)
	Pool E	Bulgaria (7)
	Best runner up	Romania (7)

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:

1. The host country Montenegro were seeded in Preliminary Pool I. Top country per European Ranking, Russia were seeded in Pool II.
2. Remaining 10 participating teams drawn after they were previously placed in five cups as per their position in the latest European Ranking

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Italy (2)   Belarus (3)	Germany (4)   Slovenia (4)	Serbia (4)   Turkey (7)	Bulgaria (7)   Romania (7)	Poland (11)   Slovakia (24)

Result

Pool I	Pool II
Montenegro	Russia
Italy	Belarus
Slovenia	Germany
Turkey	Serbia
Bulgaria	Romania
Slovakia	Poland

Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic. ^[3]

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	423	309	1.369	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	435	355	1.225
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	10	12	6	2.000	399	362	1.102	5th–8th semifinals
4	Slovakia	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	359	362	0.992
5	Bulgaria	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	337	427	0.789
6	Montenegro	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	258	396	0.652

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Turkey	11–25	19–25	21–25			51–75	Report
1 Oct	17:30	Slovenia	1–3	Italy	28–26	16–25	22–25	15–25		81–101	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Montenegro	0–3	Slovakia	12–25	16–25	9–25			37–75	Report
2 Oct	15:00	Turkey	3–2	Slovenia	16–25	25–21	21–25	25–15	15–5	102–91	Report
2 Oct	17:30	Slovakia	1–3	Italy	25–22	19–25	19–25	21–25		84–97	Report
2 Oct	20:00	Montenegro	2–3	Bulgaria	23–25	25–16	19–25	25–15	10–15	102–96	Report
3 Oct	15:00	Italy	1–3	Turkey	26–28	25–18	16–25	20–25		87–96	Report
3 Oct	17:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Slovakia	18–25	16–25	25–23	19–25		78–98	Report
3 Oct	20:00	Slovenia	3–0	Montenegro	25–12	25–10	25–18			75–40	Report
5 Oct	15:00	Slovakia	0–3	Turkey	11–25	15–25	17–25			43–75	Report
5 Oct	17:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Slovenia	20–25	25–27	15–25			60–77	Report
5 Oct	20:00	Montenegro	0–3	Italy	13–25	13–25	16–25			42–75	Report
6 Oct	15:00	Slovenia	3–0	Slovakia	25–17	25–20	25–22			75–59	Report
6 Oct	17:30	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	25–22	25–13	25–17			75–52	Report
6 Oct	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Montenegro	25–10	25–17	25–10			75–37	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	325	225	1.444	Semifinals
2	Serbia	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	281	225	1.249
3	Poland	4	1	3	3	5	9	0.556	300	333	0.901	5th–8th semifinals
4	Romania	4	1	3	3	3	9	0.333	236	266	0.887
5	Belarus	4	1	3	3	3	10	0.300	225	318	0.708

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	17:30	Belarus	0–3	Romania	12–25	20–25	7–25			39–75	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Russia	3–1	Poland	23–25	25–21	25–21	25–16		98–83	Report
2 Oct	17:30	Poland	0–3	Serbia	14–25	21–25	14–25			49–75	Report
2 Oct	20:00	Russia	3–0	Belarus	25–11	25–10	25–16			75–37	Report
3 Oct	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Romania	25–16	25–20	25–17			75–53	Report
3 Oct	20:00	Belarus	3–1	Poland	25–20	28–26	23–25	25–22		101–93	Report
5 Oct	17:30	Poland	3–0	Romania	25–23	25–19	25–17			75–59	Report
5 Oct	20:00	Russia	3–0	Serbia	25–22	25–11	25–23			75–56	Report
6 Oct	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Belarus	25–18	25–16	25–14			75–48	Report
6 Oct	20:00	Romania	0–3	Russia	7–25	25–27	17–25			49–77	Report

5th–8th classification

	Semifinals				5th place match
	8 October
	Slovenia	2
					9 October
	Romania	3
					Romania	3
	8 October
					Poland	2
	Poland	3
	Slovakia	1
					7th place match
					9 October
					Slovenia	3
					Slovakia	1

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Oct	11:30	Slovenia	2–3	Romania	25–17	23–25	21–25	25–14	9–15	103–96	Report
8 Oct	14:00	Poland	3–1	Slovakia	23–25	25–23	25–20	25–20		98–88	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	11:30	Slovenia	3–1	Slovakia	25–18	25–19	19–25	25–18		94–80	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	14:00	Romania	3–2	Poland	21–25	25–20	25–21	22–25	15–10	108–101	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	8 October
	Turkey	3
					9 October
	Serbia	1
					Turkey	1
	8 October
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
	Italy	0
					3rd place match
					9 October
					Serbia	3
					Italy	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Oct	16:30	Turkey	3–1	Serbia	18–25	25–21	26–24	25–20		94–90	Report
8 Oct	19:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–17	25–22	25–16			75–55	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	16:30	Serbia	3–1	Italy	22–25	25–16	25–18	25–20		97–79	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	19:00	Turkey	1–3	Russia	25–20	16–25	12–25	23–25		76–95	Report

Final standing

Rank Team   Russia   Turkey   Serbia 4   Italy 5   Romania 6   Poland 7   Slovenia 8   Slovakia 9   Belarus 10   Bulgaria 11   Montenegro Qualified for the 2021 Girls' U18 World Championship

2020 Girls' U17 European champions  Russia 5th title 12–woman roster Natalia Suvorova, Victoria Demidova, Irina Artiukhina, Daria Zamanskaia, Alina Popova, Arina Fedorovtseva, Oksana Shvydkaia, Viktoriia Kobzar, Dinara Sabitova, Veronika Dumrauf, Anna Khabibrakhmanova, Anastasiia Zhabrova Head coach Alexander Karikov

Awards

At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team. ^[4]

• Most valuable player

  Arina Fedorovtseva

• Best setter

  Özge Arslanalp

• Best outside spikers

  Arina Fedorovtseva

  Melisa Ege Bükmen

• Best middle blockers

  Natalia Suvorova

  Hena Kurtagić

• Best opposite spiker

  Pelin Eroktay

• Best libero

  Emma Barbero

References

1. "CEV confirms cancellation of age-group qualifiers". cev.eu. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. "Twelve teams braced to fight for #EuroVolleyU17W crown in Montenegro". cev.eu. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
3. "Montenegro ready to host #EuroVolleyU17W even in coronavirus times". cev.eu. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
4. "Russia retain #EuroVolleyU17W crown". cev.eu. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

External links

• Official website