2022 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

2022 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
City	Montesilvano; Vasto
Dates	17–25 September
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Bulgaria
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament awards
MVP	Alessandro Bovolenta
Best Setter	Kajetan Kubicki
Best OH	Luca Porro; Aleksandar Nikolov
Best MB	Jakub Majchrzak; Nicolò Volpe
Best OPP	Tytus Nowik
Best Libero	Gabriele Laurenzano
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Attendance	15,830 (417 per match)
Official website
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The 2022 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship is the 28th edition of the Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The tournament is currently held in Montesilvano and Vasto, Italy from 17 to 25 September 2022. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the CEV representatives.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2003.

Qualification[edit]

Besides the host nation team, to become one of the Top 11 teams, the sides had to participate in various cycles of qualifications. First, teams competed in 1st Round Qualifiers. The first placed teams from each then proceeded to 2nd Round, where the first placed teams from each pool booked directly their ticket to the Final Round, while the eight best placed teams (not qualified to the Final Round) from the 2nd Round, qualified to the 3rd Round. In the 3rd Round, in each pool, the first placed team qualified to the Final Round, along with the best second placed team.^[1]

Hosts
- Italy
Eleven qualified teams after 3 rounds of qualifiers
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Poland
- Portugal

Pools composition[edit]

Pools are divided after the last round of qualifier.^[2]

Pool I	Pool II
Italy (Host)	Belgium
Poland	Czech Republic
Serbia	Portugal
Slovakia	Bulgaria
France	Finland
Slovenia	Greece

Format[edit]

The two best teams from each pool will play at the semifinals 1-4, while the third and the fourth from each group qualify for semifinals 5-8. The winners from semifinals 1-4 proceed ahead to the Gold Medal Match, and the losers enter the battle for the Bronze.^[3]

Squads[edit]

Venues[edit]

Pool I, Semifinals 1–4, Bronze and Gold Medal Match	Pool II, Semifinals 5-8
Montesilvano, Italy	Vasto, Italy
Palazzetto dello Sport Corrado Roma	Pala BCC VASTO
Capacity: 1,500	Capacity: 2,000

Pool standing procedure[edit]

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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[edit]

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool I[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	412	331	1.245	Semifinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	11	12	6	2.000	410	363	1.129	Semifinals
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	417	412	1.012	5th–8th semifinals
4	France	5	2	3	6	8	12	0.667	440	450	0.978	5th–8th semifinals
5	Serbia	5	1	4	4	5	12	0.417	359	407	0.882
6	Slovakia	5	1	4	2	5	14	0.357	377	462	0.816

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sept	15:00	PSC	Serbia	3–0	France	27–25	25–22	25–23			77–70	Report
17 Sept	17:30	PSC	Poland	3–1	Slovakia	25–21	21–25	25–14	25–8		96–68	Report
17 Sept	20:00	PSC	Slovenia	0–3	Italy	25–27	18–25	16–25			59–77	Report
18 Sept	15:00	PSC	Serbia	0–3	Poland	21–25	17–25	17–25			55–75	Report
18 Sept	17:30	PSC	Slovakia	0–3	Slovenia	16–25	19–25	26–28			61–78	Report
18 Sept	20:00	PSC	France	3–2	Italy	21–25	18–25	25–23	25–23	15–13	104–109	Report
19 Sept	15:00	PSC	Slovenia	3–0	Serbia	25–18	25–22	25–11			75–51	Report
19 Sept	17:30	PSC	Poland	3–0	France	25–20	25–21	25–23			75–64	Report
19 Sept	20:00	PSC	Italy	3–0	Slovakia	25–20	25–15	25–17			75–52	Report
21 Sept	15:00	PSC	Poland	3–2	Slovenia	20–25	25–19	23–25	25–19	15–12	108–100	Report
21 Sept	17:30	PSC	France	3–1	Slovakia	25–17	25–15	18–25	29–27		97–84	Report
21 Sept	20:00	PSC	Serbia	0–3	Italy	22–25	19–25	19–25			60–75	Report
22 Sept	15:00	PSC	Slovenia	3–2	France	19–25	25–23	25–20	21–25	15–12	105–105	Report
22 Sept	17:30	PSC	Slovakia	3–2	Serbia	20–25	16–25	36–34	25–21	15–11	112–116	Report
22 Sept	20:00	PSC	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–18	26–24	25–14			76–56	Report

Pool II[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	457	430	1.063	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	11	12	7	1.714	436	419	1.041	Semifinals
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	9	10	8	1.250	424	401	1.057	5th–8th semifinals
4	Finland	5	2	3	6	10	12	0.833	484	475	1.019	5th–8th semifinals
5	Portugal	5	1	4	6	10	12	0.833	482	497	0.970
6	Greece	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	372	433	0.859

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sept	15:00	BCC	Portugal	2–3	Greece	23–25	25–19	28–26	22–25	10–15	108–110	Report
17 Sept	17:30	BCC	Czech Republic	3–1	Finland	25–15	19–25	25–19	25–22		94–81	Report
17 Sept	20:00	BCC	Bulgaria	0–3	Belgium	17–25	19–25	22–25			58–75	Report
18 Sept	15:00	BCC	Portugal	3–0	Czech Republic	25–21	27–25	25–20			77–66	Report
18 Sept	17:30	BCC	Finland	2–3	Bulgaria	30–28	17–25	25–20	23–25	9–15	104–113	Report
18 Sept	20:00	BCC	Greece	0–3	Belgium	19–25	23–25	24–26			66–76	Report
19 Sept	15:00	BCC	Bulgaria	3–1	Portugal	25–22	21–25	25–19	25–23		96–89	Report
19 Sept	17:30	BCC	Czech Republic	3–0	Greece	25–22	25–11	25–23			75–56	Report
19 Sept	20:00	BCC	Belgium	3–1	Finland	19–25	25–22	26–24	25–22		95–93	Report
21 Sept	15:00	BCC	Czech Republic	1–3	Bulgaria	25–15	20–25	18–25	23–25		86–90	Report
21 Sept	17:30	BCC	Greece	1–3	Finland	16–25	25–20	16–25	18–25		75–95	Report
21 Sept	20:00	BCC	Portugal	2–3	Belgium	27–25	22–25	25–23	24–26	12–15	110–114	Report
22 Sept	15:00	BCC	Bulgaria	3–0	Greece	25–17	25–21	29–27			79–65	Report
22 Sept	17:30	BCC	Finland	3–2	Portugal	21–25	25–20	25–27	25–14	15–12	111–98	Report
22 Sept	20:00	BCC	Belgium	1–3	Czech Republic	22–25	22–25	29–27	24–26		97–103	Report

Final round[edit]

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th places[edit]

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

24 September – Vasto

Slovenia	3
		25 September – Vasto
Finland	1
		Slovenia	2
24 September – Vasto
		France	3
Czech Republic	2

France	3
		7th place match

		25 September – Vasto

		Finland	3

		Czech Republic	2

5th–8th semifinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sept	17:30	BCC	Slovenia	3–1	Finland	25–21	25–21	23–25	25–17		98–84	Report
24 Sept	20:00	BCC	Czech Republic	2–3	France	23–25	19–25	25–12	25–20	8–15	100–97	Report

7th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sept	09:30	BCC	Finland	3–2	Czech Republic	30–32	25–21	25–23	23–25	15–10	118–111	Report

5th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sept	12:30	BCC	Slovenia	2–3	France	20–25	16–25	25–23	25–21	12–15	98–109	Report

Final four[edit]

Semifinals		Final

24 Sept – Montesilvano

Italy	3
		25 Sept – Montesilvano
Bulgaria	1
		Italy	3
24 Sept – Montesilvano
		Poland	2
Belgium	0

Poland	3
		3rd place match

		25 Sept – Montesilvano

		Bulgaria	3

		Belgium	1

Semifinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sept	17:30	PSC	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	23–25	25–17	25–18	25–20		98–80	Report
24 Sept	20:00	PSC	Belgium	0–3	Poland	20–25	17–25	15–25			52–75	Report

3rd place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sept	17:30	PSC	Bulgaria	3–1	Belgium	25–17	25–19	19–25	25–17		94–78	Report

Final[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sept	20:00	PSC	Italy	3–2	Poland	25–19	25–19	24–26	17–25	15–6	106–95	Report

Final standing[edit]

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Poland
	Bulgaria
4	Belgium
5	France
6	Slovenia
7	Finland
8	Czech Republic
9	Portugal
10	Serbia
11	Slovakia
12	Greece

	Qualified for the 2023 U21 World Championship

Awards[edit]

Most valuable player
Alessandro Bovolenta
Best setter
Kajetan Kubicki
Best outside spikers
Luca Porro

Aleksandar Nikolov
Best middle blockers
Jakub Majchrzak

Nicolò Volpe
Best opposite spiker
Tytus Nowik
Best libero
Gabriele Laurenzano

Broadcasting and ticketing[edit]

Live streaming of matches are on Official YouTube Channel of Italian Volleyball Federation. EuroVolley TV will broadcast from semifinals on.^[4] Also, the organizer launched a platform for ticketing.

References[edit]

^ "12 teams ready to fight for the #EuroVolleyU20M crown | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
^ "Six teams complete line-up for #EuroVolleyU19W and #EuroVolleyU20M | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
^ "12 teams ready to fight for the #EuroVolleyU20M crown | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
^ "12 teams ready to fight for the #EuroVolleyU20M crown | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-18.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "12 teams ready to fight for the #EuroVolleyU20M crown | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-16.

[2] "Six teams complete line-up for #EuroVolleyU19W and #EuroVolleyU20M | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-14.

[3] "12 teams ready to fight for the #EuroVolleyU20M crown | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-16.

[4] "12 teams ready to fight for the #EuroVolleyU20M crown | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-18.

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