2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
Dates22 – 30 August 2020
Teams9
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Turkey (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVPTurkey İpar Özay Kurt
Official website
Official website

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
 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 Osijek, Croatia
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:

  1. The two organisers were seeded in Preliminary pools. Bosnia and Herzegovina in Pool I and Croatia 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
 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Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Italy, Russia and Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic.[7]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


Pool I

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Belarus 4 4 0 10 12 5 2.400 375 346 1.084 Semifinals
2  Serbia 4 3 1 10 11 4 2.750 352 296 1.189
3  Poland 4 2 2 7 8 6 1.333 324 269 1.204 5th–8th semifinals
4  Slovakia 4 1 3 3 5 10 0.500 331 356 0.930
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 0 4 0 1 12 0.083 210 325 0.646
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Aug17:30Serbia 3–1 Slovakia25–1925–2022–2525–20 97–84Report
22 Aug20:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Poland11–2512–2510–25  33–75Report
23 Aug17:30Poland 3–0 Slovakia27–2525–1525–18  77–58Report
23 Aug20:00Belarus 3–2 Serbia16–2525–2125–2120–2515–13101–105Report
24 Aug17:30Slovakia 1–3 Belarus25–2024–2619–2521–25 89–96Report
24 Aug20:00Serbia 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina25–2325–1125–13  75–47Report
26 Aug17:30Poland 2–3 Belarus23–2523–2525–1925–1912–15108–103Report
26 Aug20:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 Slovakia19–2525–2226–2816–25 86–100Report
27 Aug17:30Serbia 3–0 Poland25–2225–2125–21  75–64Report
27 Aug20:00Belarus 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina25–1625–1825–10  75–44Report

Pool II

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 286 242 1.182 Semifinals
2  Turkey 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 241 213 1.131
3  Bulgaria 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 230 261 0.881 5th–8th semifinals
4  Croatia 3 0 3 2 4 9 0.444 263 304 0.865
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Aug17:30Croatia 2–3 France24–2626–2414–2525–237–1596–113Report
22 Aug20:00Turkey 3–0 Bulgaria25–2225–1725–20  75–59Report
24 Aug17:30Croatia 0–3 Turkey15–2522–2519–25  56–75Report
24 Aug20:00France 3–0 Bulgaria25–1725–1725–21  75–55Report
26 Aug17:30Bulgaria 3–2 Croatia27–2524–2625–1922–2518–16116–111Report
26 Aug20:00Turkey 1–3 France25–2322–2523–2521–25 91–98Report

5th–8th classification

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
29 August
 
 
 Poland3
 
30 August
 
 Croatia0
 
 Poland3
 
29 August
 
 Bulgaria0
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 
 Slovakia0
 
7th place match
 
 
30 August
 
 
 Croatia3
 
 
 Slovakia1

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug17:30Poland 3–0 Croatia25–2025–1925–8  75–47Report
29 Aug20:00Bulgaria 3–0 Slovakia25–1725–2325–17  75–57Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug15:00Croatia 3–1 Slovakia25–1721–2525–1025–20 96–72Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug17:30Poland 3–0 Bulgaria25–1925–2325–17  75–59Report

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 August
 
 
 Belarus1
 
30 August
 
 Turkey3
 
 Turkey3
 
29 August
 
 Serbia2
 
 France1
 
 
 Serbia3
 
3rd place match
 
 
30 August
 
 
 Belarus3
 
 
 France1

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug17:00Belarus 1–3 Turkey25–2117–2522–2524–26 88–97Report
29 Aug19:30France 1–3 Serbia25–2315–2520–2514–25 74–98Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug17:00Belarus 3–1 France25–1825–2123–2527–25 100–89Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug20:00Turkey 3–2 Serbia25–1716–2523–2525–1615–8104–91Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Serbia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Belarus
4 France
5 Poland
6 Bulgaria
7 Croatia
8 Slovakia
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qualified for the 2021 Women's U20 World Championship

Awards

  • Most valuable player
    Turkey İpar Özay Kurt
  • Best setter
    Turkey Lila Şengün
  • Best outside spikers
    France Guewe Diouf
    Belarus Kseniya Liabiodkina
  • Best middle blockers
    Belarus Darya Sauchuk
    Serbia Hena Kurtagić
  • Best opposite spiker
    Serbia Vanja Savić
  • Best libero
    Turkey Gülce Güçtekin

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CEV U19 & U20 Volleyball European Championship 2020 Qualifiers" (PDF). CEV. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Officials praise ideal conditions for #EuroVolleyU19W Final Round in Zenica". CEV. 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Hrvatski odbojkaški savez podržava oporavak bh. odbojke, u toku pregovori s Toyotom" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 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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