The 2017

Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship The Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship is a volleyball competition for men's national teams with players under the age of 18 years, currently held biannually and organized by the European Volleyball Confederation, the volleyball federati ...

was played in

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

and

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

from 22 to 30 April 2017. The top six teams qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship.

Participating teams

* Hosts ** ** * Qualified through 2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Pool I

*Venue:

Győr Győr ( , ; ; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia region, and – halfwa ...

Pool II

*Venue:

Púchov Púchov (; ) is an industrial town in the centre of Púchov District in Slovakia, with a population close to 18,000. Geography It is located on the main train line between Bratislava and Košice. It is halfway between Trenčín and Žilina, two ...

Final round

5th–8th place

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

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 *:

Adis Lagumdzija Adis is a male given name. In the Balkans, Adis is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is a modification to the name Edis, and it holds the same meanings of ''sunrise'' In the region, there is also a female equivalen ...

*Best setter *: Ondřej Piskáček *Best outside spikers *:

Batuhan Avci Batuhan is a masculine Turkish given name. The name is derived from the Turkic name ''Batu/Batur'', which means brave/strong and ''Han'' which is a Turkic title for ruler. Notable people with the name include: Names * Batuhan Akçaoğlu (born ...

Davide Gardini Davide Gardini (born 11 February 1999) is an Italian volleyball player and was an outside hitter for the BYU volleyball team. He previously played for the Italian A2 League team Club Italia Roma and currently plays for Power Volley Milano. Per ...

*Best middle blockers *:

Lorenzo Cortesia Lorenzo Cortesia (born 26 July 1999) is an Italian 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 organ ...

Vitalii Dikarev Vitalii (, ; , ) is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman origin. In ancient Rome, the name was a nickname. There was also a related ''cognomen'' (generic nickname) ''Vitalianus'', which literally translates as "belonging to Vitalis". The female ...

*Best opposite spiker *:

Marek Šotola Marek Šotola (born 5 November 1999) is a Czech professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Halkbank (men's volleyball), Halkbank Ankara and the Czech Republic men's national volleyball team, Czech Republic national team. ...

*Best libero *:

Filippo Federici Filippo is an Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English name Philip, from the Greek ''Philippos'', meaning "horse lover".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Philip" Retrieved on 23 January 2016. The female variant is Filippa. Th ...

References

External links

Official website
{{CEV Youth European Volleyball Championship CEV U18 Volleyball European Championship European Boys' Youth Championship

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 ...

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