Qualification
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. *Hosts ** *Eleven qualified teams after 3 rounds of qualifiers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **Pools composition
Pools are divided after the last round of qualifier.Format
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.Squads
Venues
Pool standing procedure
# 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 loserPreliminary round
*All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).Pool I
Pool II
Final round
*All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
*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 LaurenzanoBroadcasting and ticketing
Live streaming of matches are oSee also
*References
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