2018 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship Qualification

This is an article about qualification for the 2018 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship.

Qualification summary

• Belarus
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Russia
• Turkey

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

Direct qualification

Host countries, Netherlands and Belgium, qualified for final round directly.

Qualification

The winners of each pools qualified for final round. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualified for the next round.

• Pools composition

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

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	185	1.330	2018 European Championship
2	Spain	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	256	256	1.000	Second round
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	253	258	0.981
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	192	248	0.774

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	16:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Switzerland	23–25	25–15	25–18	25–19		98–77	Report
27 Apr	19:00	Italy	3–1	Spain	25–21	25–18	21–25	25–11		96–75	Report
28 Apr	16:00	Switzerland	0–3	Spain	16–25	22–25	23–25			61–75	Report
28 Apr	19:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	23–25	16–25	17–25			56–75	Report
29 Apr	16:00	Spain	3–2	Bulgaria	25–20	22–25	19–25	25–17	15–12	106–99	Report
29 Apr	19:00	Switzerland	0–3	Italy	22–25	12–25	20–25			54–75	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	174	1.420	2018 European Championship
2	Israel	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	224	212	1.057	Second round
3	Hungary	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	185	239	0.774
4	Estonia	3	0	3	0	3	9	0.333	256	287	0.892

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Apr	20:00	Estonia	1–3	Hungary	19–25	22–25	25–18	23–25		89–93	Report
27 Apr	15:00	Israel	3–1	Estonia	25–19	21–25	26–24	25–18		97–86	Report
27 Apr	20:00	Hungary	0–3	Russia	17–25	14–25	10–25			41–75	Report
28 Apr	17:30	Russia	3–0	Israel	25–17	25–14	25–21			75–52	Report
29 Apr	15:00	Hungary	0–3	Israel	14–25	19–25	18–25			51–75	Report
29 Apr	17:30	Russia	3–1	Estonia	25–17	20–25	27–25	25–14		97–81	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Finland	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	159	162	0.981	2018 European Championship
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	182	179	1.017	Second round
3	Denmark	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	157	157	1.000

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	17:00	Finland	3–0	Denmark	25–23	25–22	25–17			75–62	Report
28 Apr	17:00	Denmark	3–1	Czech Republic	20–25	25–21	25–17	25–19		95–82	Report
29 Apr	17:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Finland	25–20	25–19	25–27	25–18		100–84	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	140	1.607	2018 European Championship
2	Latvia	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	257	250	1.028	Second round
3	Montenegro	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	259	289	0.896
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	225	287	0.784

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	18:00	Latvia	0–3	France	21–25	18–25	14–25			53–75	Report
27 Apr	20:30	Montenegro	3–2	Slovenia	27–25	25–27	25–21	19–25	15–13	111–111	Report
28 Apr	18:00	France	3–0	Slovenia	25–12	25–10	25–15			75–37	Report
28 Apr	20:30	Latvia	3–1	Montenegro	30–28	22–25	25–21	26–24		103–98	Report
29 Apr	18:00	Slovenia	1–3	Latvia	26–28	25–23	9–25	17–25		77–101	Report
29 Apr	20:30	France	3–0	Montenegro	25–12	25–18	25–20			75–50	Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	146	1.541	2018 European Championship
2	Romania	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	220	220	1.000	Second round
3	Sweden	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	245	275	0.891
4	Austria	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	204	254	0.803

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Apr	15:00	Austria	0–3	Germany	18–25	10–25	20–25			48–75	Report
26 Apr	17:30	Romania	3–1	Sweden	25–23	22–25	25–21	25–23		97–92	Report
27 Apr	20:00	Sweden	3–2	Austria	25–20	22–25	25–20	17–25	15–13	104–103	Report
28 Apr	17:30	Germany	3–0	Sweden	25–16	25–21	25–12			75–49	Report
28 Apr	20:00	Romania	3–0	Austria	25–16	25–22	25–15			75–53	Report
29 Apr	20:00	Germany	3–0	Romania	25–15	25–23	25–11			75–49	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Portugal	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	169	149	1.134	2018 European Championship
2	Serbia	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	163	143	1.140	Second round
3	Norway	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	110	150	0.733

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Apr	20:00	Norway	0–3	Portugal	17–25	21–25	23–25			61–75	Report
27 Apr	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Norway	25–17	25–12	25–20			75–49	Report
28 Apr	20:00	Portugal	3–1	Serbia	25–22	25–12	13–25	31–29		94–88	Report

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	193	167	1.156	2018 European Championship
2	Greece	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	157	165	0.952	Second round
3	Slovakia	2	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	194	212	0.915

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	20:00	Greece	0–3	Turkey	19–25	15–25	26–28			60–78	Report
28 Apr	20:00	Slovakia	1–3	Greece	25–22	21–25	22–25	19–25		87–97	Report
29 Apr	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Slovakia	25–19	25–27	23–25	27–25	15–11	115–107	Report

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belarus	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	190	1.300	2018 European Championship
2	Poland	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	232	212	1.094	Second round
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	211	223	0.946
4	Croatia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	182	247	0.737

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	16:00	Croatia	0–3	Ukraine	17–25	16–25	18–25			51–75	Report
27 Apr	19:00	Belarus	3–0	Poland	25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	Report
28 Apr	16:00	Ukraine	1–3	Poland	25–22	17–25	23–25	23–25		88–97	Report
28 Apr	19:00	Croatia	1–3	Belarus	20–25	19–25	25–22	18–25		82–97	Report
29 Apr	16:00	Ukraine	0–3	Belarus	21–25	13–25	14–25			48–75	Report
29 Apr	19:00	Poland	3–0	Croatia	25–17	25–14	25–18			75–49	Report

Second round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	254	214	1.187	2018 European Championship
2	Spain	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	251	203	1.236
3	Israel	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	201	234	0.859
4	Latvia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	186	241	0.772

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	16:00	Latvia	0–3	Spain	14–25	15–25	20–25			49–75	Report
29 Jun	19:00	Poland	3–0	Israel	25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	Report
30 Jun	16:00	Spain	3–0	Israel	25–14	25–20	25–16			75–50	Report
30 Jun	19:00	Latvia	0–3	Poland	14–25	19–25	20–25			53–75	Report
1 Jul	16:00	Israel	3–1	Latvia	25–20	16–25	25–17	25–22		91–84	Report
1 Jul	19:00	Spain	2–3	Poland	25–20	25–19	21–25	19–25	11–15	101–104	Report

Pool J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	154	1.461	2018 European Championship
2	Greece	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	258	248	1.040
3	Serbia	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	234	249	0.940
4	Romania	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	204	270	0.756

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	15:00	Romania	1–3	Serbia	19–25	25–20	15–25	16–25		75–95	Report
29 Jun	18:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Greece	25–15	25–22	25–22			75–59	Report
30 Jun	15:00	Serbia	1–3	Greece	23–25	25–22	18–25	25–27		91–99	Report
30 Jun	18:00	Romania	0–3	Czech Republic	17–25	17–25	13–25			47–75	Report
1 Jul	15:00	Greece	3–1	Romania	25–27	25–19	25–21	25–15		100–82	Report
1 Jul	18:00	Serbia	0–3	Czech Republic	12–25	19–25	17–25			48–75	Report