European U22 Beach Volleyball Championships is a double-gender beach volleyball tournament for national U22 teams. It is organised annually by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). First held in 1999, it was originally an under-23 tournament until 2013 when it was restricted to athletes under the age of 22. [1]
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
2 | Poland | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
3 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Germany | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
5 | Latvia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
13 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
14 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
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