The 2020 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship was the 14th edition of the

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, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be hosted jointly by Italy and Greece, but the latter gave up the hosting right. The tournament was held in

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and

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from 5 to 13 September 2020. The top six teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the CEV representatives. Players must be born on or after 1 January 2003.

Qualification

The second round qualification was canceled due to the

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and the remaining six spots were allocated according to the Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019. But, Finland, France, Russia and Slovakia withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament due to travel restrictions still in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. *Hosts ** *Qualified through the first round qualification ** ** ** ** ** *Top six ranked teams from the Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 which had not yet qualified ** ** ** ** ** **

Pools composition

Hosts Italy and Czech Republic, the top team from the Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019, were directly placed as head of pool I and II respectively. All teams not seeded were placed to five pots as based on their Men's U18 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 position and drawn accordingly into pool I and II. In case several teams shared the same position, the teams were seeded as per the final standing of the 2018 Boys' U18 European Championship. The draw was held in

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on 14 August 2020. But, Finland, France, Russia and Slovakia withdrew after the draw. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 2nd. ;Draw

Squads

Venues

* Sport Hall Villa D’Agri,

– Pool I and 5th–8th places * Lecce Sport Hall,

– Pool II and Final four

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 loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

*All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool I

Pool II

Final round

*All times are

( 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 *: Luca Porro *Best setter *: Šimon Bryknar *Best outside spikers *: Luca Porro *: Kamil Szymendera *Best middle blockers *: Jakub Klajmon *: Mateusz Nowak *Best opposite spiker *: Georgi Tatarov *Best libero *: Gabriele Laurenzano

References

External links

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

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