2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship

2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia
Dates	22 – 30 August 2020
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Turkey (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	İpar Özay Kurt
Official website
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The 2020 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 27th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 9 teams) held in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia from 22 to 30 August 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Qualification[]

The qualifying stage for the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the CEV on 15 June 2020. The tournament itself will be held with participants determined from European Ranking after the respective National Federations confirm their participation in the event.^[4] On 16 July, it was announced that all of them confirmed the wish to use their respective slot.^[5]

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Countries		Bosnia and Herzegovina
Host Countries		Croatia
~~Qualification 2nd round~~	~~Pool A~~	Russia (1)
	~~Pool B~~	Italy (2)
	~~Pool C~~	Turkey (3)
	~~Pool D~~	Serbia (3)
	~~Pool E~~	Germany (5)
	~~Pool F~~	Slovakia (6)
	~~Pool G~~	Bulgaria (7)
~~Qualification 3rd round~~	~~Pool H~~	Belarus (8)
	~~Pool I~~	France (9)
	~~Best runner up~~	Poland (10)

Venues[]

Pool I, Final Round		Pool II, Classification matches
Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zenica	Osijek, Croatia	Osijek
Arena Zenica		Gradski vrt Hall
Capacity: 6,200		Capacity: 3,500

Pools composition[]

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

The two organisers were seeded in Preliminary pools. Bosnia and Herzegovina in Pool I and Croatia in Pool II.
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
Russia Italy	Turkey Serbia	Germany Slovakia	Bulgaria Belarus	France Poland

Result

The drawing of lots was held on 23 July 2020 in Luxembourg.^[6]

Pool I	Pool II
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia
Italy	Russia
Serbia	Turkey
Slovakia	Germany
Belarus	Bulgaria
Poland	France

Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Italy, Russia and Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

Preliminary round[]

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th Semifinals

Pool I[]

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belarus	4	0	10	12	5	2.400	375	346	1.084
2	Serbia	3	1	10	11	4	2.750	352	296	1.189
3	Poland	2	2	7	8	6	1.333	324	269	1.204
4	Slovakia	1	3	3	5	10	0.500	331	356	0.930
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	4	0	1	12	0.083	210	325	0.646

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	17:30	Serbia	3–1	Slovakia	25–19	25–20	22–25	25–20		97–84	Report
22 Aug	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Poland	11–25	12–25	10–25			33–75	Report
23 Aug	17:30	Poland	3–0	Slovakia	27–25	25–15	25–18			77–58	Report
23 Aug	20:00	Belarus	3–2	Serbia	16–25	25–21	25–21	20–25	15–13	101–105	Report
24 Aug	17:30	Slovakia	1–3	Belarus	25–20	24–26	19–25	21–25		89–96	Report
24 Aug	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–23	25–11	25–13			75–47	Report
26 Aug	17:30	Poland	2–3	Belarus	23–25	23–25	25–19	25–19	12–15	108–103	Report
26 Aug	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Slovakia	19–25	25–22	26–28	16–25		86–100	Report
27 Aug	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Poland	25–22	25–21	25–21			75–64	Report
27 Aug	20:00	Belarus	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–16	25–18	25–10			75–44	Report

Pool II[]

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	286	242	1.182
2	Turkey	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	241	213	1.131
3	Bulgaria	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	230	261	0.881
4	Croatia	0	3	2	4	9	0.444	263	304	0.865

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	17:30	Croatia	2–3	France	24–26	26–24	14–25	25–23	7–15	96–113	Report
22 Aug	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Bulgaria	25–22	25–17	25–20			75–59	Report
24 Aug	17:30	Croatia	0–3	Turkey	15–25	22–25	19–25			56–75	Report
24 Aug	20:00	France	3–0	Bulgaria	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	Report
26 Aug	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Croatia	27–25	24–26	25–19	22–25	18–16	116–111	Report
26 Aug	20:00	Turkey	1–3	France	25–23	22–25	23–25	21–25		91–98	Report

5th–8th classification[]

Semifinals		5th place match

29 August

Poland	3
		30 August
Croatia	0
		Poland	3
29 August
		Bulgaria	0
Bulgaria	3

Slovakia	0
		7th place match

		30 August

		Croatia	3

		Slovakia	1

5th–8th Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	17:30	Poland	3–0	Croatia	25–20	25–19	25–8			75–47	Report
29 Aug	20:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Slovakia	25–17	25–23	25–17			75–57	Report

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	15:00	Croatia	3–1	Slovakia	25–17	21–25	25–10	25–20		96–72	Report

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	17:30	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–23	25–17			75–59	Report

Final round[]

Semifinals		Final

29 August

Belarus	1
		30 August
Turkey	3
		Turkey	3
29 August
		Serbia	2
France	1

Serbia	3
		3rd place match

		30 August

		Belarus	3

		France	1

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	17:00	Belarus	1–3	Turkey	25–21	17–25	22–25	24–26		88–97	Report
29 Aug	19:30	France	1–3	Serbia	25–23	15–25	20–25	14–25		74–98	Report

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	17:00	Belarus	3–1	France	25–18	25–21	23–25	27–25		100–89	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Turkey	3–2	Serbia	25–17	16–25	23–25	25–16	15–8	104–91	Report

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	Serbia

4	France
5	Poland
6	Bulgaria
7	Croatia
8	Slovakia
9

	Qualified for the 2021 Women's U20 World Championship

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player

İpar Özay Kurt

Best Setter

Best Outside Spikers

Best Middle Blockers

Best Opposite Spiker

Best Libero

References[]

^ "CEV U19 & U20 Volleyball European Championship 2020 Qualifiers" (PDF). CEV. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Officials praise ideal conditions for #EuroVolleyU19W Final Round in Zenica". CEV. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Hrvatski odbojkaški savez podržava oporavak bh. odbojke, u toku pregovori s Toyotom" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "CEV confirms cancellation of age-group qualifiers". cev.eu. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "EuroVolleyU19W Final Round to go ahead as planned in late August". cev.eu. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "EuroVolleyU19W pool stage draw". cev.eu. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ "EuroVolleyU19W ready to 'take off' in Zenica". cev.eu. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

External links[]

[1] "CEV U19 & U20 Volleyball European Championship 2020 Qualifiers" (PDF). CEV. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[2] "Officials praise ideal conditions for #EuroVolleyU19W Final Round in Zenica". CEV. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Hrvatski odbojkaški savez podržava oporavak bh. odbojke, u toku pregovori s Toyotom" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[4] "CEV confirms cancellation of age-group qualifiers". cev.eu. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[5] "EuroVolleyU19W Final Round to go ahead as planned in late August". cev.eu. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[6] "EuroVolleyU19W pool stage draw". cev.eu. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[7] "EuroVolleyU19W ready to 'take off' in Zenica". cev.eu. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

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