2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship Qualification

This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship.^[1]

Qualification summary[edit]

Participating teams[edit]

The following 35 teams took part at the qualification tournament.

Qualified teams[edit]

At the end of qualification, the following 12 teams progressed to the tournament final round.

Team	Method of qualification
Belarus	Pool B winners
Bulgaria	Pool H winners
Germany	Pool F winners
Greece	Pool G winners
Italy	Pool B runner-up
Netherlands	Hosts
Poland	Pool D winners
Romania	Pool E runner-up
Russia	Pool E winners
Serbia	Pool A winners
Slovenia	Pool C runner-up
Turkey	Pool C winners

Pool standing procedure[edit]

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

First round[edit]

Four teams competed in round-robin with the winner advancing to the second round.
venue: Frejahallen, Falköping, Sweden
28–29 October times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) and 30 October times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Pool 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	128	1.758	Second round
2	Kosovo	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	208	238	0.874
3	Georgia	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	234	225	1.040
4	Iceland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	149	225	0.662

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Oct	15:00	Iceland	0–3	Sweden	13–25	13–25	12–25			38–75	Report
28 Oct	18:00	Georgia	2–3	Kosovo	25–17	21–25	20–25	25–16	13–15	104–98	Report
29 Oct	15:00	Sweden	3–0	Kosovo	25–9	25–17	25–9			75–35	Report
29 Oct	18:00	Iceland	0–3	Georgia	16–25	16–25	20–25			52–75	Report
30 Oct	15:00	Kosovo	3–0	Iceland	25–15	25–22	25–22			75–59	Report
30 Oct	18:00	Sweden	3–0	Georgia	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	Report

Second round[edit]

Teams are divided into eight pools of four teams each. A round-robin takes place within each pool with the pool winners and the three best second place teams qualifying to the final round.
Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F	Pool G	Pool H
Serbia	Italy	Turkey	Poland	Russia	Germany	Greece	Belgium
Montenegro	Belarus	Slovenia	Czech Rep.	Romania	Hungary	Finland	Bulgaria
Ukraine	Slovakia	France	Lithuania	Portugal	Spain	Croatia	Austria
Latvia	Israel	Sweden	Estonia	Azerbaijan	Denmark	Norway	Switzerland

Pool A[edit]

venue: Sports Hall Daugava, Riga, Latvia
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	130	1.731	2017 European Championship
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	243	249	0.976
3	Latvia	3	1	2	3	5	8	0.625	232	276	0.841
4	Montenegro	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	234	279	0.839

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jan	16:30	Montenegro	0–3	Serbia	10–25	23–25	23–25			56–75	Report
13 Jan	19:00	Latvia	2–3	Ukraine	25–17	12–25	25–23	19–25	11–15	92–105	Report
14 Jan	15:30	Serbia	3–0	Ukraine	25–18	25–12	25–8			75–38	Report
14 Jan	18:00	Montenegro	2–3	Latvia	20–25	17–25	25–21	25–18	9–15	96–104	Report
15 Jan	15:30	Ukraine	3–1	Montenegro	26–24	25–10	24–26	25–22		100–82	Report
15 Jan	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Latvia	25–15	25–11	25–10			75–36	Report

Pool B[edit]

venue: Centro Pavesi, Milan, Italy
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belarus	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	270	220	1.227	2017 European Championship
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	239	166	1.440	2017 European Championship
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	202	226	0.894
4	Israel	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	126	225	0.560

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jan	16:00	Belarus	3–2	Slovakia	20–25	21–25	25–16	25–9	15–8	106–83	Report
13 Jan	18:30	Italy	3–0	Israel	25–10	25–11	25–12			75–33	Report
14 Jan	16:00	Slovakia	3–0	Israel	25–15	25–18	25–12			75–45	Report
14 Jan	18:30	Belarus	3–1	Italy	25–22	25–23	14–25	25–19		89–89	Report
15 Jan	16:00	Israel	0–3	Belarus	13–25	19–25	16–25			48–75	Report
15 Jan	18:30	Slovakia	0–3	Italy	18–25	15–25	11–25			44–75	Report

Pool C[edit]

venue: Sportna Dvorana, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	176	1.403	2017 European Championship
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	212	192	1.104	2017 European Championship
3	France	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	196	204	0.961
4	Sweden	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	145	228	0.636

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
13 Jan	15:00	France	0–3	Turkey	22–25	22–25	16–25		60–75	Report
13 Jan	18:00	Slovenia	3–0	Sweden	25–7	25–13	25–17		75–37	Report
14 Jan	15:00	Turkey	3–0	Sweden	25–18	25–21	25–15		75–54	Report
14 Jan	18:00	France	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	17–25	20–25		58–75	Report
15 Jan	15:00	Sweden	0–3	France	20–25	8–25	26–28		54–78	Report
15 Jan	18:00	Turkey	3–1	Slovenia	25–13	25–13	22–25	25–11	97–62	Report

Pool D[edit]

venue: S.Dariaus and S.Gireno Sport Center, Kaunas, Lithuania
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	227	132	1.720	2017 European Championship
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	217	158	1.373
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	170	225	0.756
4	Estonia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	150	249	0.602

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
13 Jan	15:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Poland	23–25	19–25	25–27		67–77	Report
13 Jan	18:00	Lithuania	3–1	Estonia	25–16	24–26	25–13	25–20	99–75	Report
14 Jan	15:30	Poland	3–0	Estonia	25–9	25–10	25–11		75–30	Report
14 Jan	18:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Lithuania	25–12	25–15	25–9		75–36	Report
15 Jan	15:30	Estonia	0–3	Czech Republic	14–25	15–25	16–25		45–75	Report
15 Jan	18:00	Poland	3–0	Lithuania	25–9	25–16	25–10		75–35	Report

Pool E[edit]

venue: Olimpia Sports Hall, Ploiești, Romania
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	260	164	1.585	2017 European Championship
2	Romania	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	247	183	1.350	2017 European Championship
3	Portugal	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	168	182	0.923
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	79	225	0.351

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jan	20:00	Russia	3–2	Romania	20–25	27–25	23–25	25–18	15–4	110–97	Report
13 Jan	15:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Russia	6–25	5–25	7–25			18–75	Report
13 Jan	17:30	Romania	3–0	Portugal	25–16	25–15	25–13			75–44	Report
14 Jan	15:00	Portugal	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–13	25–7	25–12			75–32	Report
15 Jan	15:00	Portugal	0–3	Russia	23–25	16–25	10–25			49–75	Report
15 Jan	17:30	Romania	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–4	25–12	25–13			75–29	Report

Pool F[edit]

venue: Downtown Elementary School Sports Hall, Jászberény, Hungary
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	173	1.422	2017 European Championship
2	Spain	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	217	181	1.199
3	Hungary	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	223	239	0.933
4	Denmark	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	133	226	0.588

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
13 Jan	17:00	Denmark	0–3	Hungary	21–25	13–25	16–25		50–75	Report
13 Jan	19:30	Germany	3–0	Spain	25–10	25–23	25–15		75–48	Report
14 Jan	17:00	Hungary	1–3	Spain	11–25	14–25	25–19	20–25	70–94	Report
14 Jan	19:30	Denmark	0–3	Germany	14–25	24–26	9–25		47–76	Report
15 Jan	17:00	Hungary	1–3	Germany	21–25	15–25	25–20	17–25	78–95	Report
15 Jan	19:30	Spain	3–0	Denmark	25–12	25–11	25–13		75–36	Report

Pool G[edit]

venue: Dvorana Gimnasium, Rovinj, Croatia
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	231	201	1.149	2017 European Championship
2	Finland	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	245	230	1.065
3	Croatia	3	1	2	5	7	7	1.000	307	297	1.034
4	Norway	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	203	258	0.787

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jan	17:00	Norway	3–2	Croatia	16–25	25–20	15–25	27–25	15–13	98–108	Report
13 Jan	19:30	Finland	0–3	Greece	19–25	22–25	11–25			52–75	Report
14 Jan	17:00	Croatia	3–1	Greece	25–14	19–25	25–20	25–22		94–81	Report
14 Jan	19:30	Norway	0–3	Finland	17–25	15–25	18–25			50–75	Report
15 Jan	17:00	Croatia	2–3	Finland	32–30	25–23	20–25	17–25	11–15	105–118	Report
15 Jan	19:30	Greece	3–0	Norway	25–23	25–16	25–16			75–55	Report

Pool H[edit]

venue: Hristo Botev Sport Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	189	1.317	2017 European Championship
2	Austria	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	251	229	1.096
3	Belgium	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	242	255	0.949
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	174	243	0.716

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
12 Jan	20:00	Austria	1–3	Bulgaria	17–25	25–27	25–22	12–25	79–99	Report
13 Jan	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Switzerland	25–14	25–14	25–17		75–45	Report
13 Jan	20:00	Belgium	1–3	Austria	21–25	25–22	17–25	21–25	84–97	Report
14 Jan	15:00	Switzerland	1–3	Belgium	17–25	25–18	19–25	22–25	83–93	Report
15 Jan	15:00	Switzerland	0–3	Austria	19–25	14–25	13–25		46–75	Report
15 Jan	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	25–20	25–22	25–23		75–65	Report

References[edit]

^ "Drawing of Lots sets tone for next Volleyball parties!". CEV. 23 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Drawing of Lots sets tone for next Volleyball parties!". CEV. 23 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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