The 2020 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 14th 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 feder ...

, a biennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(CEV) the girls' under-17 national teams of Europe. The tournament was held in Montenegro from 1 to 9 October 2020. 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). It was held in U18 age group until 2021. The fir ...

. The top six teams qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the CEV representatives.

Qualification

The second round qualifying stage for the final tournament was cancelled due to the

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by the CEV on 15 June 2020. First round qualifiers were Serbia, Russia, Slovakia, Finland and Italy. The remaining six participants were determined from European Ranking after the respective National Federations confirmed their participation in the event. Despite securing their spot through winning the NEVZA qualifying event, Finland have withdrawn from the competition. The next best team from the relevant European Ranking – Poland – has taken their spot.

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows: #The host country Montenegro were seeded in Preliminary Pool I. Top country per European Ranking, Russia were seeded in Pool II. #Remaining 10 participating teams drawn after they were previously placed in five cups as per their position in the latest European Ranking ;Result Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic.

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 *:

Arina Fedorovtseva Arina Sergeevna Fedorovtseva (; born 19 January 2004) is a Russian volleyball player who plays as outside hitter for Fenerbahçe and is a member of Russia women's national volleyball team. Personal life She is daughter of Olympic Gold medalist r ...

*Best setter *: Özge Arslanalp *Best outside spikers *:

*: Melisa Ege Bükmen *Best middle blockers *: Natalia Suvorova *:

Hena Kurtagić Hena Kurtagić ( sr-cyrl, Хена Куртагић; born 27 August 2004) is a Serbian volleyball player. She plays as middle blocker for Italian club Vero Volley Milano. International career Kurtagić is a member of the Serbia women's nationa ...

*Best opposite spiker *: Pelin Eroktay *Best libero *: Emma Barbero

References

External links

Official website
{{CEV Youth European Volleyball Championship CEV Women's U18 Volleyball European Championship

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