The 2018 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the thirteenth edition of the
Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship
The Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship is a volleyball competition for girls' national teams with players under the age of 18 years, currently held biannually and organized by the European Volleyball Confederation, the volleyball federa ...
, a biennial international
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
tournament organised by the
European Volleyball Confederation
The European Volleyball Confederation (french: Confédération Européenne de Volleyball or ''CEV'') is the continental sports governing body, governing body for the sports of volleyball, indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, and snow volleyball ...
(CEV) the girls' under-17 national teams of Europe. The tournament was held in Bulgaria from 13 to 21 April 2018.
A total of twelve teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CEV qualifiers for the
FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 19 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' ( FIVB).
The first edition was staged in 1989 in Curitiba, ...
. The top six teams qualified for the
2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship is the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 18 of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global go ...
as the CEV representatives.
Participating teams
* Hosts
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* Qualified through
2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
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Pools composition
Preliminary round
Pool I
Pool II
5th–8th classification
5th–8th Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final round
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.
*Most Valuable Player
:
Valeriia Gorbunova
*Best Setter
:
Polina Matveeva
Polina ( hu, Alsófalu) is a hamlet in the Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia.
Other uses
* Pojan, Fier, a town in Abania near Ancient Illyrian Apollonia also called Polina.
* Polina (given name)
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*Best Outside Spikers
:
Aleksandra Georgieva
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Loveth Omoruyi
*Best Middle Blockers
:
Elizaveta Kochurina
:
Claudia Consoli
*Best Opposite Spiker
:
Sude Hacımustafaoğlu
Sude Hacımustafaoğlu (born March 25, 2002 in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish female volleyball player. She is tall at and plays in the Wing-Spiker position. She plays for Galatasaray.
Youth career
She played at GeliÅŸim College in the 2018-19 se ...
*Best Libero
:
Gülce Güçtekin
References
External links
Official website
{{CEV Youth European Volleyball Championship
Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship
Europe
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
2018 in Bulgarian women's sport
International volleyball competitions hosted by Bulgaria
Volleyball European Championship (girls)
Sports competitions in Sofia