2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship

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2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship
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Tournament details
Host nationArmenia
City Yerevan
Dates23 July – 3 August 2025
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Third placeFlag of France.svg  France
Official website
www.cev.eu

The 2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship was the 5th edition of the CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The tournament was played in Yerevan, Armenia, from 23 July to 3 August 2025. Italy won the competition for the third time. The top seven teams of the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship in Qatar as the CEV representatives.

Contents

Players born on or after 1 January 2010 were eligible to participate.

Host selection

Armenia were given the hosting rights on 12 October 2022. [1]

Qualification

Means of qualificationQualifier
Host countryFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Qualification 1st roundBVAFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
EEVZAFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
MEVZAFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
WEVZAFlag of France.svg  France
Qualification 2nd roundPool AFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Pool BFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Pool CFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Pool DFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Pool EFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Draw

The draw of the group stage pools was held on 29 April 2025 in Luxembourg. [2]

Group stage

All times are local (Armenia Time; UTC+4).

Pool I

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 770192145.2505854301.360 Semifinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 761182072.8576205071.223
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7431212101.2004945000.988
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 7431212111.0914925120.961
5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7341014121.1675845731.019
6Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 725811150.7335505720.962
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 72557180.3895335840.913
8Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (H)70701210.0483675470.671
Source: CEV
(H) Host

Pool II

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 770182182.6256675801.150 Semifinals
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 761172082.5006445521.167
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 752151791.8895855181.129
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 7431416121.3336186031.025
5Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 734911140.7865205680.915
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 725711150.7335745840.983
7Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 71647190.3685196110.849
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 70703210.1434745850.810
Source: CEV

Final Four

 
Semifinals Final
 
      
 
2 August
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1
 
3 August
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
 
2 August
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1
 
Flag of France.svg  France 2
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
 
3rd place match
 
 
3 August
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
2 August16:30 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19–2525–1619–2520–25 83–91 Report
2 August19:00 France  Flag of France.svg2–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22–2513–2525–2025–1612–1597–101 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
3 August16:30 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–3Flag of France.svg  France 15–2525–2222–2516–25 78–97 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
3 August19:00 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25–2118–2525–2325–19 93–88 Report

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
8Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
9Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
10Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
11Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
14Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
15Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
16Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship
Qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship as defending champions

References

  1. "Age-group Championships 2023-2025 to break new ground for European Volleyball". www.cev.eu.
  2. "Pools drawn for #EuroVolleyU16W and #EuroVolleyU16M Finals". www.cev.eu.