2025 Women's U16 European Volleyball Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship.

2025 Women's U16 European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Albania   Kosovo
Dates	2–13 July 2025
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	Italy
Official website
www.cev.eu
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The 2025 Women's U16 European Volleyball Championship was the fifth edition of the CEV Women's U16 Volleyball European Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) for the under-16 girls' national teams of Europe. The tournament was held in Albania and Kosovo from 2 to 31 July 2025. ^[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host countries		Albania
		Kosovo
Qualification 1st round	BVA	Turkey
	EEVZA	Poland
	MEVZA	Hungary
	WEVZA	France
Qualification 2nd round	Pool A	Montenegro
		Slovenia
	Pool B	Czech Republic
	Pool C	Greece
		Croatia
	Pool D	Bulgaria
		Lithuania
		Ukraine
	Pool E	Italy
		Spain

Venues

Pool I, Final round		Pool II
Tirana Olympic Park, Albania	Tirana Olympic Park	Palace of Youth and Sports, Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports
TBD		TBD
Capacity: 1.200		Capacity: 2.000

Pools composition

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

1. The two organisers were seeded in Preliminary pools. Albania in Pool I and Kosovo in Pool II.
2. Remaining 14 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	Pot 6	Pot 7
Italy (1)   Turkey (2)	Bulgaria (3)   Croatia (4)	Poland (4)   Hungary (7)	France (13)   Slovenia (9)	Ukraine (17)   Czech Republic (13)	Lithuania (24)   Greece (21)	Spain (26)   Montenegro (30)

Result

The drawing of lots was held on 29 April 2025. ^[2]

Pool I	Pool II
Poland	Turkey
Bulgaria	Hungary
Ukraine	Czech Republic
Albania	Kosovo
Italy	Croatia
Lithuania	Montenegro
Spain	Slovenia
France	Greece

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	7	7	0	21	21	4	5.250	605	459	1.318	Semifinals and 2026 FIVB U17 World Championship
2	Poland	7	6	1	18	19	4	4.750	556	407	1.366
3	Spain	7	4	3	13	14	12	1.167	568	519	1.094	2026 FIVB U17 World Championship
4	France	7	4	3	12	15	10	1.500	567	503	1.127
5	Bulgaria	7	3	4	8	11	14	0.786	509	543	0.937
6	Ukraine	7	2	5	7	10	17	0.588	527	607	0.868
7	Lithuania	7	2	5	5	7	18	0.389	500	583	0.858
8	Albania (H)	7	0	7	0	3	21	0.143	379	590	0.642

Source: ^[3]
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	12:30	Ukraine	2–3	Bulgaria	25–21	19–25	22–25	25–19	12–15	103–105	Report
2 Jul	15:00	France	1–3	Poland	25–15	22–25	22–25	24–26		93–91	Report
2 Jul	17:30	Albania	0–3	Spain	12–25	8–25	16–25			36–75	Report
2 Jul	20:00	Lithuania	0–3	Italy	25–27	17–25	16–25			58–77	Report
3 Jul	12:30	Spain	0–3	Poland	15–25	22–25	7–25			44–75	Report
3 Jul	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	France	17–25	19–25	16–25			52–75	Report
3 Jul	17:30	Albania	1–3	Lithuania	20-25	22–25	25–21	12–25		79–71	Report
3 Jul	20:00	Italy	3–1	Ukraine	25–14	25–12	22–25	25–13		97–64	Report
4 Jul	12:30	Lithuania	3–2	Spain	22–25	21–25	25–23	25–20	15–12	108–105	Report
4 Jul	15:00	France	1–3	Italy	25–21	18–25	18–25	19–25		80–96	Report
4 Jul	17:30	Ukraine	3–1	Albania	21–25	25–18	25–14	25–17		96–74	Report
4 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–18	25–21	25–15			75–54	Report
6 Jul	12:30	Lithuania	1–3	Ukraine	18–25	25–20	21–25	23–25		87–95	Report
6 Jul	15:00	Italy	3–1	Poland	25–18	13–25	26–24	25–23		89–90	Report
6 Jul	17:30	Albania	1–3	France	25–23	20–25	11–25	18–25		74–98	Report
6 Jul	20:00	Spain	3–1	Bulgaria	21–25	25–13	25–12	25–16		96–66	Report
7 Jul	12:30	France	3–0	Lithuania	25–15	25–16	25–16			75–47	Report
7 Jul	15:00	Ukraine	1–3	Spain	18–25	25–18	24–26	21–25		88–94	Report
7 Jul	17:30	Poland	3–0	Albania	25–12	25–15	25–15			75–42	Report
7 Jul	20:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	14–25	25–21	22–25	19–25		80–96	Report
9 Jul	12:30	Spain	0–3	Italy	13–25	21–25	22–25			56–75	Report
9 Jul	15:00	Lithuania	0–3	Poland	16–25	22–25	11–25			49–75	Report
9 Jul	17:30	Albania	0–3	Bulgaria	18–25	6–25	19–25			43–75	Report
9 Jul	20:00	Ukraine	0–3	France	15–25	16–25	14–25			45–75	Report
10 Jul	12:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Lithuania	25–17	25–13	27–25			77–55	Report
10 Jul	15:00	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	25–16	25–10	25–10			75–36	Report
10 Jul	17:30	Italy	3–0	Albania	25–16	25–10	25–5			75–31	Report
10 Jul	20:00	France	1–3	Spain	16–25	10–25	25–23	20–25		71–98	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	7	6	1	17	20	7	2.857	620	549	1.129	Semifinals and 2026 FIVB U17 World Championship
2	Turkey	7	5	2	16	19	8	2.375	632	519	1.218
3	Croatia	7	4	3	13	14	10	1.400	545	458	1.190	2026 FIVB U17 World Championship
4	Greece	7	4	3	12	15	11	1.364	561	511	1.098
5	Montenegro	7	3	4	9	13	16	0.813	622	613	1.015
6	Hungary	7	3	4	9	11	14	0.786	506	518	0.977
7	Slovenia	7	3	4	8	11	16	0.688	555	600	0.925
8	Kosovo (H)	7	0	7	0	0	21	0.000	252	525	0.480

Source: ^[3]
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	12:30	Slovenia	0–3	Hungary	16–25	22–25	23–25			61–75	Report
2 Jul	15:00	Greece	0–3	Turkey	13–25	17–25	21–25			51–75	Report
2 Jul	17:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Croatia	27–25	25–23	25–13			77–61	Report
2 Jul	20:00	Kosovo	0–3	Montenegro	15–25	12–25	6–25			33–75	Report
3 Jul	12:30	Turkey	2–3	Czech Republic	25–16	30–28	19–25	24–26	11–15	109–110	Report
3 Jul	15:00	Montenegro	2–3	Hungary	17–25	25–20	25–15	18–25	9–15	94–100	Report
3 Jul	17:30	Croatia	3–0	Slovenia	25–18	25–14	25–15			75–47	Report
3 Jul	20:00	Kosovo	0–3	Greece	9–25	4–25	11–25			24–75	Report
4 Jul	12:30	Hungary	0–3	Croatia	13–25	14–25	20–25			47–75	Report
4 Jul	15:00	Greece	3–0	Montenegro	25–19	25–20	25–17			75–56	Report
4 Jul	17:30	Slovenia	0–3	Turkey	18–25	24–26	16–25			58–76	Report
4 Jul	20:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Kosovo	25–11	25–12	25–16			75–39	Report
6 Jul	12:30	Montenegro	3–2	Croatia	24–26	27–25	25–21	23–25	15–12	114–109	Report
6 Jul	15:00	Greece	2–3	Czech Republic	28–30	25–17	21–25	25–13	13–15	112–100	Report
6 Jul	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Hungary	25–17	25–12	17–25	19–25	15–11	101–90	Report
6 Jul	20:00	Kosovo	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	8–25	19–25			44–75	Report
7 Jul	12:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Montenegro	25–19	25–22	25–17			75–58	Report
7 Jul	15:00	Slovenia	2–3	Greece	22–25	25–22	23–25	25–22	11–15	106–109	Report
7 Jul	17:30	Croatia	0–3	Turkey	16–25	21–25	20–25			57–75	Report
7 Jul	20:00	Hungary	3–0	Kosovo	25–7	25–18	25–7			75–32	Report
9 Jul	12:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Slovenia	22–25	23–25	25–21	25–22	13–15	108–108	Report
9 Jul	15:00	Montenegro	3–2	Turkey	34–32	12–25	28–26	23–25	15–13	112–121	Report
9 Jul	17:30	Greece	3–0	Hungary	25–16	30–28	25–13			80–57	Report
9 Jul	20:00	Kosovo	0–3	Croatia	15–25	15–25	9–25			39–75	Report
10 Jul	12:30	Slovenia	3–2	Montenegro	25–22	15–25	15–25	29–27	16–14	100–113	Report
10 Jul	15:00	Croatia	3–1	Greece	25–10	18–25	25–10	25–14		93–59	Report
10 Jul	17:30	Hungary	0–3	Czech Republic	16–25	23–25	23–25			62–75	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Kosovo	25–14	25–14	25–13			75–41	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	12 July
	A1   Italy	2
					13 July
	B2   Turkey	3
					B2   Turkey	1
	12 July
					A2   Poland	3
	B1   Czech Republic	1
	A2   Poland	3
					3rd-place match
					13 July
					A1   Italy	3
					B1   Czech Republic	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	16:00	Italy	2–3	Turkey	25–17	25–17	23–25	19–25	6–15	98–99
12 Jul	19:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Poland	25–23	21–25	20–25	10–25		76–98

3rd-place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jul	16:00	Italy	3–0	Czech Republic	25–16	25–16	25–13			75–45

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jul	19:00	Turkey	1–3	Poland	22–25	28–26	22–25	23–25		95–101

Final standings

Rank Team   Poland   Turkey   Italy 4   Czech Republic 5   Croatia 6   Spain 7   France 8   Greece 9   Montenegro 10   Bulgaria 11   Hungary 12   Ukraine 13   Slovenia 14   Lithuania 15   Albania 16   Kosovo Qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship Source: [4]

2025 CEV U16 Women's volleyball European champions  Poland 1st title

Awards

At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.

• Most valuable player
• Alexsandra Wika

• Best setter
• Anna Prokešová

• Best outside spikers
• Zuzanna Lange
• Ecrin Selis Türkyaşar

• Best middle blockers
• Nejla Guzonjic
• Gabriela Jakubowska

• Best opposite spiker
• Elżbieta Czerwonka

• Best libero
• Kaila Simeonov

References

1. "CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship 2025 | Women". cev.eu. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
2. "Pools drawn for #EuroVolleyU16W and #EuroVolleyU16M Finals". cev.eu. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
3. "2023 cev u17". cev.eu. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
4. "2025 Women's U16 European Volleyball Championship final standings". www.cev.eu.

External links

• Official website