Volleyball competition held in Montenegro
The 2020 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship , a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (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 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 COVID-19 pandemic 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.[ 1] [ 2]
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position in the latest European Ranking Result Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic.[ 3]
Preliminary round
Pool I
Pool II
7th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
9 Oct
11:30
Slovenia 3–1 Slovakia 25–18
25–19
19–25
25–18
94–80 Report
5th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
9 Oct
14:00
Romania 3–2 Poland 21–25
25–20
25–21
22–25
15–10
108–101 Report
Final round
Semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
8 Oct
16:30
Turkey 3–1 Serbia 18–25
25–21
26–24
25–20
94–90 Report
8 Oct
19:00
Russia 3–0 Italy 25–17
25–22
25–16
75–55 Report
3rd place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
9 Oct
16:30
Serbia 3–1 Italy 22–25
25–16
25–18
25–20
97–79 Report
Final
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
9 Oct
19:00
Turkey 1–3 Russia 25–20
16–25
12–25
23–25
76–95 Report
Final standing
2020 Girls' U17 European champions
Russia
12–woman roster
Natalia Suvorova , Victoria Demidova , Irina Artiukhina , Daria Zamanskaia , Alina Popova , Arina Fedorovtseva , Oksana Shvydkaia , Viktoriia Kobzar , Dinara Sabitova , Veronika Dumrauf , Anna Khabibrakhmanova , Anastasiia Zhabrova
Head coach
Alexander Karikov
Awards
At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.[ 4]
References
External links
