2020 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

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]

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

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001.

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

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:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Sep16:00KSHItaly  3–0  Belgium 25–1825–2025–14  75–52Report
26 Sep18:30KSHCzech Republic  2–3  France 21–2522–2525–2327–2516–18111–116Report
26 Sep18:30SHVPoland  3–0  Serbia 25–1925–1625–18  75–53Report
27 Sep16:00KSHItaly  3–0  Poland 26–2429–2725–20  80–71Report
27 Sep18:30SHVBelgium  3–2  France 24–2625–2023–2526–2415–9113–104Report
27 Sep18:30KSHSerbia  3–2  Czech Republic 20–2517–2525–1625–1915–9102–94Report
28 Sep15:30KSHFrance  3–0  Serbia 25–2025–1625–18  75–54Report
28 Sep16:00SHVPoland  2–3  Belgium 29–2725–2216–2523–258–15101–114Report
28 Sep18:10KSHCzech Republic  0–3  Italy 15–2524–2623–25  62–76Report
30 Sep16:00SHVItaly  3–0  France 25–2227–2525–13  77–60Report
30 Sep16:00KSHBelgium  3–0  Serbia 25–1425–1225–17  75–43Report
30 Sep18:30KSHPoland  3–0  Czech Republic 25–2325–1125–20  75–54Report
1 Oct15:00KSHFrance  3–0  Poland 25–2325–1925–19  75–61Report
1 Oct17:30KSHSerbia  0–3  Italy 20–2516–2516–25  52–75Report
1 Oct20:00KSHCzech Republic  0–3  Belgium 18–2519–2521–25  58–75Report

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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Sep16:00Russia 3–1 Belarus30–2818–2525–2225–18 98–93Report
27 Sep16:00Germany 1–3 Netherlands17–2525–1918–2526–28 86–97Report
28 Sep18:45Netherlands 0–3 Belarus20–2520–2521–25  61–75Report
30 Sep18:30Germany 2–3 Russia23–2525–2017–2525–235–1595–108Report
1 Oct16:00Belarus 3–0 Germany25–2025–1225–23  75–55Report
1 Oct18:30Russia 3–0 Netherlands25–2125–1925–21  75–61Report

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 Oct12:30France 3–2 Germany25–2325–2118–2519–2515–9102–103Report
3 Oct15:30Netherlands 3–2 Poland25–2318–2525–2313–2515–1396–109Report

7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct10:30Germany 0–3 Poland16–2518–2520–25  54–75Report

5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct13:00France 3–2 Netherlands25–1721–2525–2118–2515–9104–97Report

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 Oct18:20Italy 3–0 Belarus25–1925–1825–19  75–56Report
3 Oct20:15Russia 3–2 Belgium25–1719–2518–2525–2215–13102–102Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct15:45Belarus 0–3 Belgium19–2515–2527–29  61–79Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct18:00Italy 1–3 Russia23–2525–1224–2625–27 97–90Report

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. "#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. "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.
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