2013 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship

The 2013 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship. Qualification was played in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia, Turkey and Hungary from January 3 to 7, 2013. The final round (group round and play-off) was contested between April 12 and 21, 2013. The top six teams qualified for the 2013 Youth World Championship.

2013 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	12–21 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Victor Poletaev (RUS)
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Participating teams

• Host
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Serbia
• Qualified through 2013 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification
  •  Austria
  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Finland
  •  France
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Russia
  •  Slovenia
  •  Turkey

Pool composition

Pool I	Pool II
Austria	Bulgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland
Belgium	France
Italy	Russia
Poland	Serbia
Slovenia	Turkey

Squads

Further information: 2013 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads

Preliminary round

• All times are Daylight Saving Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool I

• Venue: Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	379	271	1.399	Final round
2	Belgium	5	3	2	10	11	8	1.375	413	378	1.093
3	Italy	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	395	360	1.097	5th–8th classification
4	Austria	5	2	3	6	6	11	0.545	359	404	0.889
5	Slovenia	5	2	3	5	8	11	0.727	388	421	0.922
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	317	417	0.760

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Apr	15:00	Italy	1–3	Belgium	23–25	19–25	25–20	24–26		91–96	Report
13 Apr	17:30	Poland	3–0	Austria	25–15	25–22	25–19			75–56	Report
13 Apr	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Slovenia	13–25	15–25	23–25			51–75	Report
14 Apr	15:00	Belgium	0–3	Poland	12–25	13–25	21–25			46–75	Report
14 Apr	17:30	Italy	3–1	Slovenia	25–18	25–18	15–25	25–23		90–84	Report
14 Apr	20:00	Austria	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–20	28–30	25–21	25–22		103–93	Report
15 Apr	15:00	Poland	3–0	Italy	28–26	25–21	25–16			78–63	Report
15 Apr	17:30	Slovenia	1–3	Austria	17–25	25–22	20–25	23–25		85–97	Report
15 Apr	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Belgium	16–25	14–25	25–13	13–25		68–88	Report
17 Apr	15:00	Italy	3–0	Austria	26–24	25–17	25–13			76–54	Report
17 Apr	17:30	Belgium	2–3	Slovenia	22–25	24–26	25–15	25–14	12–15	108–95	Report
17 Apr	20:00	Poland	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26–24	25–21	25–12			76–57	Report
18 Apr	15:00	Austria	0–3	Belgium	14–25	17–25	18–25			49–75	Report
18 Apr	17:30	Slovenia	0–3	Poland	18–25	19–25	12–25			49–75	Report
18 Apr	20:00	Italy	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–15	25–17	25–16			75–48	Report

Pool II

• Venue: SC Šumice, Belgrade, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	430	307	1.401	Final round
2	Finland	5	3	2	10	11	8	1.375	429	422	1.017
3	Turkey	5	4	1	9	12	9	1.333	439	417	1.053	5th–8th classification
4	France	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	367	418	0.878
5	Bulgaria	5	1	4	3	6	14	0.429	408	457	0.893
6	Serbia	5	0	5	2	6	15	0.400	447	499	0.896

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Apr	15:00	Turkey	0–3	Russia	17–25	20–25	6–25			43–75	Report
12 Apr	17:30	Bulgaria	1–3	France	19–25	23–25	25–21	18–25		85–96	Report
12 Apr	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Finland	26–24	20–25	25–27	24–26		95–102	Report
13 Apr	15:00	Turkey	3–2	Bulgaria	18–25	25–22	25–20	23–25	15–6	106–98	Report
13 Apr	17:30	Russia	3–0	Finland	25–21	25–14	25–11			75–46	Report
13 Apr	20:00	France	3–0	Serbia	25–23	25–22	25–21			75–66	Report
14 Apr	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	16–25	18–25	17–25			51–75	Report
14 Apr	17:30	Finland	3–1	France	25–19	19–25	25–13	25–21		94–78	Report
14 Apr	20:00	Serbia	2–3	Turkey	14–25	25–21	16–25	25–19	7–15	87–105	Report
16 Apr	15:00	Russia	3–1	France	25–17	25–14	23–25	25–15		98–71	Report
16 Apr	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Finland	25–22	17–25	35–33	18–25	15–5	110–110	Report
16 Apr	20:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Serbia	25–22	20–25	25–27	25–17	15–12	110–103	Report
17 Apr	15:00	France	0–3	Turkey	19–25	18–25	10–25			47–75	Report
17 Apr	17:30	Finland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–17	25–22	27–25			77–64	Report
17 Apr	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Russia	30–28	16–25	24–26	26–28		96–107	Report

Final round

• All times are Daylight Saving Time (UTC+02:00)
• Venue: Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina

5th to 8th place

	5th to 8th Classification				5th place match
	2013-04-20 – Laktasi
	Italy	2
					2013-04-21 – Laktasi
	France	3
					France	1
	2013-04-20 – Laktasi
					Turkey	3
	Turkey	3
	Austria	1
					7th place match
					2013-04-21 – Laktasi
					Italy	3
					Austria	1

5th–8th place playoff

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Apr	12:30	Italy	2–3	France	21–25	25–23	20–25	25–22	11–15	102–110	Report
20 Apr	15:00	Turkey	3–1	Austria	27–25	25–18	21–25	26–24		99–92	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Apr	12:30	Italy	3–1	Austria	25–12	23–25	25–14	25–13		98–64	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Apr	15:00	France	1–3	Turkey	23–25	22–25	25–23	17–25		87–98	Report

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	2013-04-20 – Laktasi
	Poland	3
					2013-04-21 – Laktasi
	Finland	0
					Poland	1
	2013-04-20 – Laktasi
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
	Belgium	0
					3rd place match
					2013-04-21 – Laktasi
					Finland	2
					Belgium	3

Semifinal

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Apr	17:30	Poland	3–0	Finland	25–14	25–23	25–13			75–50	Report
20 Apr	20:00	Russia	3–0	Belgium	25–11	25–23	25–20			75–54	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Apr	17:30	Finland	2–3	Belgium	19–25	25–20	25–22	19–25	10–15	98–107	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Apr	20:00	Poland	1–3	Russia	16–25	18–25	25–22	21–25		80–97	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Poland  Belgium 4  Finland 5  Turkey 6  France 7  Italy 8  Austria 9  Slovenia 10  Bulgaria 11  Serbia 12  Bosnia and Herzegovina Qualified for the 2013 Youth World Championship[1]

2013 Youth European champions  Russia 5th title 12–man Roster Evgenii Andreev, Pavel Pankov, Ilia Vlasov, Maxim Troynin, Nikita Vishnevetskiy, Romas Zhos, Kirill Ursov, Victor Poletaev, Maxim Belogordcev, Alexander Goncharov, Nikolai Chepura, Maksim Novgorodov Head coach Alexander Karikov

Individual awards

• Most valuable player
  • Victor Poletaev
• Best spiker
  • Bartosz Bućko
• Best scorer
  • Bartosz Bućko
• Best blocker
  • Ilia Vlasov
• Best server
  • Pavel Pankov
• Best setter
  • Sander Depovere
• Best receiver
  • Rafał Szymura
• Best libero
  • Kacper Piechocki