2020 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

2020 Men's U20 European Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Czech Republic
Dates26 September – 4 October
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Russia (20th title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Belgium
Fourth place Belarus
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Alessandro Michieletto
Best SetterItaly Paolo Porro
Best OHItaly Tommaso Rinaldi
Russia Omar Kurbanov
Best MBBelgium Wout D'Heer
Russia Iurii Brazhniuk
Best OPPBelgium Ferre Reggers
Best LiberoRussia Ilia Fedorov
Official website
Official website

The 2020 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship was the 27th edition of the Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The tournament was held in Brno and Kuřim, Czech Republic from 26 September to 4 October 2020. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the CEV representatives.[1] But with runners-up Italy hosting the 2021 U21 World Championship together with Bulgaria, 3rd place Belgium joined the field for the 2021 U21 World Championship as well.[2]

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001.

Qualification

Main article: 2020 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship qualification

The second and third round qualification were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the remaining eleven spots were allocated according to the Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019.[3][4] But, Turkey and Ukraine withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament because a small number of their players tested positive for the novel coronavirus shortly upon arrival in the Czech Republic.[5]

Pools composition

Hosts Czech Republic and Russia, the top team from the Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019,[4] were directly placed as head of pool I and II respectively. All teams not seeded were placed to five pots as based on their Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 position and drawn accordingly into pool I and II. In case several teams shared the same position, the teams were seeded as per the final standing of the 2018 Men's U20 European Championship. The draw was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 27 August 2020.[1] But, Turkey and Ukraine withdrew after the draw. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 5th.

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
 Czech Republic (Hosts)
 Russia (1) 		 Poland (2)
 Germany (3) 		 Italy (3)
 Turkey (6) 		 France (7)
 Belarus (8) 		 Serbia (9)
 Ukraine (10) 		 Belgium (11)
 Netherlands (11)
Draw
Pool I Pool II
 Czech Republic  Russia
 Poland  Germany
 Italy  Turkey
 France  Belarus
 Serbia  Ukraine
 Belgium  Netherlands

Squads

Main article: 2020 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Italy 5 5 0 15 15 0 MAX 383 297 1.290 Semifinals
2  Belgium 5 4 1 10 12 7 1.714 429 381 1.126
3  France 5 3 2 9 11 8 1.375 430 416 1.034 5th–8th semifinals
4  Poland 5 2 3 7 8 9 0.889 383 376 1.019
5  Serbia 5 1 4 2 3 14 0.214 304 394 0.772
6  Czech Republic 5 0 5 2 4 15 0.267 379 444 0.854
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Sep 16:00 KSH Italy  3–0  Belgium 25–18 25–20 25–14     75–52 Report
26 Sep 18:30 KSH Czech Republic  2–3  France 21–25 22–25 25–23 27–25 16–18 111–116 Report
26 Sep 18:30 SHV Poland  3–0  Serbia 25–19 25–16 25–18     75–53 Report
27 Sep 16:00 KSH Italy  3–0  Poland 26–24 29–27 25–20     80–71 Report
27 Sep 18:30 SHV Belgium  3–2  France 24–26 25–20 23–25 26–24 15–9 113–104 Report
27 Sep 18:30 KSH Serbia  3–2  Czech Republic 20–25 17–25 25–16 25–19 15–9 102–94 Report
28 Sep 15:30 KSH France  3–0  Serbia 25–20 25–16 25–18     75–54 Report
28 Sep 16:00 SHV Poland  2–3  Belgium 29–27 25–22 16–25 23–25 8–15 101–114 Report
28 Sep 18:10 KSH Czech Republic  0–3  Italy 15–25 24–26 23–25     62–76 Report
30 Sep 16:00 SHV Italy  3–0  France 25–22 27–25 25–13     77–60 Report
30 Sep 16:00 KSH Belgium  3–0  Serbia 25–14 25–12 25–17     75–43 Report
30 Sep 18:30 KSH Poland  3–0  Czech Republic 25–23 25–11 25–20     75–54 Report
1 Oct 15:00 KSH France  3–0  Poland 25–23 25–19 25–19     75–61 Report
1 Oct 17:30 KSH Serbia  0–3  Italy 20–25 16–25 16–25     52–75 Report
1 Oct 20:00 KSH Czech Republic  0–3  Belgium 18–25 19–25 21–25     58–75 Report

Pool II

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 281 249 1.129 Semifinals
2  Belarus 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 243 214 1.136
3  Netherlands 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 219 236 0.928 5th–8th semifinals
4  Germany 3 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 236 280 0.843
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Sep 16:00 Russia  3–1  Belarus 30–28 18–25 25–22 25–18   98–93 Report
27 Sep 16:00 Germany  1–3  Netherlands 17–25 25–19 18–25 26–28   86–97 Report
28 Sep 18:45 Netherlands  0–3  Belarus 20–25 20–25 21–25     61–75 Report
30 Sep 18:30 Germany  2–3  Russia 23–25 25–20 17–25 25–23 5–15 95–108 Report
1 Oct 16:00 Belarus  3–0  Germany 25–20 25–12 25–23     75–55 Report
1 Oct 18:30 Russia  3–0  Netherlands 25–21 25–19 25–21     75–61 Report

Final round

5th–8th places

 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
3 October
 
 
 France3
 
4 October
 
 Germany2
 
 France3
 
3 October
 
 Netherlands2
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 Poland2
 
7th place match
 
 
4 October
 
 
 Germany0
 
 
 Poland3

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Oct 12:30 France  3–2  Germany 25–23 25–21 18–25 19–25 15–9 102–103 Report
3 Oct 15:30 Netherlands  3–2  Poland 25–23 18–25 25–23 13–25 15–13 96–109 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct 10:30 Germany  0–3  Poland 16–25 18–25 20–25     54–75 Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct 13:00 France  3–2  Netherlands 25–17 21–25 25–21 18–25 15–9 104–97 Report

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 October
 
 
 Italy3
 
4 October
 
 Belarus0
 
 Italy1
 
3 October
 
 Russia3
 
 Russia3
 
 
 Belgium2
 
3rd place match
 
 
4 October
 
 
 Belarus0
 
 
 Belgium3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Oct 18:20 Italy  3–0  Belarus 25–19 25–18 25–19     75–56 Report
3 Oct 20:15 Russia  3–2  Belgium 25–17 19–25 18–25 25–22 15–13 102–102 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct 15:45 Belarus  0–3  Belgium 19–25 15–25 27–29     61–79 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct 18:00 Italy  1–3  Russia 23–25 25–12 24–26 25–27   97–90 Report

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
    Italy Alessandro Michieletto
  • Best setter
    Italy Paolo Porro
  • Best outside spikers
    Italy Tommaso Rinaldi
    Russia Omar Kurbanov
  • Best middle blockers
    Belgium Wout D'Heer
    Russia Iurii Brazhniuk
  • Best opposite spiker
    Belgium Ferre Reggers
  • Best libero
    Russia Ilia Fedorov

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "#EuroVolleyU20M Drawing of Lots held in Luxembourg". CEV. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ "FIVB announces hosts for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships". CEV. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ "CEV confirms cancellation of age-group qualifiers". CEV. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "CEV European National Team Ranking List - U20 Men (as per 01.06.2019)". CEV. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Revised competition schedule for #EuroVolleyU20M confirmed". CEV. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.