2014 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

The 2014 CEV U20 Volleyball European Championship was the 24th edition of the Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. It was held in Nitra and Brno from 29 August to 6 September 2014.

2014 CEV U20 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Slovakia/ Czech Republic
Dates	August 29 to September 06
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (18th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Pavel Pankov (RUS)
Official website
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Russia won their 18th title in the tournament by defeating Poland.^[1] Pavel Pankov was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[2]

Participating teams

• Host
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Slovakia
• Qualified through 2014 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
  •  Russia
  •  Poland
  •  Romania
  •  Slovenia
  •  France
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Turkey
  •  Serbia
  •  Belgium
  •  Italy

Venues

Pool I	Pool II and Final round
Nitra, Slovakia	Brno, Czech Republic
City Hall	Sportovní hala Vodova
Capacity:	Capacity: 3,000

Preliminary round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	405	305	1.328	Semifinals
2	France	5	4	1	11	12	5	2.400	364	315	1.156
3	Italy	5	4	1	11	14	7	2.000	469	414	1.133	5th–8th place
4	Serbia	5	2	3	5	6	12	0.500	369	423	0.872
5	Bulgaria	5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	370	415	0.892
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	297	402	0.739

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	15:00	Russia	3–0	France	25–14	25–13	25–15			75–42	Report
29 Aug	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	Bulgaria	21–25	20–25	17–25			58–75	Report
29 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–0	Serbia	25–22	25–23	25–19			75–64	Report
30 Aug	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	France	17–25	17–25	15–25			49–75	Report
30 Aug	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	Italy	15–25	16–25	16–25			41–75	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Serbia	0–3	Russia	19–25	23–25	17–25			59–75	Report
31 Aug	15:00	Italy	3–2	Bulgaria	20–25	25–23	21–25	25–15	15–13	106–101	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Russia	3–0	Slovakia	25–11	25–19	25–14			75–44	Report
31 Aug	20:00	France	3–0	Serbia	25–8	25–19	25–16			75–43	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Italy	3–2	Russia	25–22	23–25	22–25	25–20	15–13	110–105	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	France	18–25	16–25	11–25			45–75	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Serbia	25–23	21–25	26–28	23–25		95–101	Report
3 Sep	15:00	France	3–2	Italy	12–25	25–22	20–25	25–22	15–9	97–103	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–14	25–19	25–17			75–50	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Serbia	3–2	Slovakia	25–20	25–20	23–25	14–25	15–13	102–103	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	448	348	1.287	Semifinals
2	Slovenia	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	417	422	0.988
3	Czech Republic	5	2	3	8	10	9	1.111	428	413	1.036	5th–8th place
4	Turkey	5	2	3	8	12	11	1.091	483	505	0.956
5	Romania	5	2	3	5	7	12	0.583	410	426	0.962
6	Belgium	5	1	4	2	4	14	0.286	367	429	0.855

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	15:00	Belgium	3–2	Turkey	25–19	25–27	25–20	22–25	15–13	112–104	Report
29 Aug	17:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Romania	25–14	20–25	13–25	25–23	12–15	95–102	Report
29 Aug	20:00	Slovenia	1–3	Poland	15–25	17–25	25–20	16–25		73–95	Report
30 Aug	15:00	Romania	0–3	Turkey	21–25	21–25	22–25			64–75	Report
30 Aug	17:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Slovenia	25–21	25–20	25–20			75–61	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Poland	3–0	Belgium	25–17	25–18	25–13			75–48	Report
31 Aug	15:00	Slovenia	3–1	Romania	26–24	25–22	23–25	25–15		99–86	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Belgium	0–3	Czech Republic	24–26	21–25	23–25			68–76	Report
31 Aug	20:00	Turkey	2–3	Poland	15–25	28–26	26–24	13–25	9–15	91–115	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Slovenia	3–0	Belgium	25–22	25–16	25–20			75–58	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Turkey	19–25	25–18	25–22	23–25	13–15	105–105	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Romania	0–3	Poland	13–25	22–25	24–26			59–76	Report
3 Sep	15:00	Turkey	2–3	Slovenia	22–25	25–21	22–25	25–22	14–16	108–109	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Belgium	1–3	Romania	21–25	26–24	21–25	13–25		81–99	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	25–19	29–27	33–31			87–77	Report

Final round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

5th–8th place

	Semifinals				5th place
	Italy	3
	Turkey	0
					Italy	3
					Czech Republic	0
	Serbia	1
	Czech Republic	3
					7th place
					Turkey	3
					Serbia	2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	12:30	Italy	3–0	Turkey	26–24	25–22	25–20			76–66	Report
5 Sep	17:30	Serbia	1–3	Czech Republic	24–26	25–16	22–25	21–25		92–92	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	10:00	Turkey	3–2	Serbia	25–21	29–27	22–25	23–25	15–11	114–109	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	12:30	Italy	3–0	Czech Republic	25–14	25–14	25–22			75–50	Report

Final

	Semifinals				Final
	Russia	3
	Slovenia	0
					Russia	3
					Poland	0
	Poland	3
	France	1
					Third place
					Slovenia	0
					France	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	15:00	Russia	3–0	Slovenia	25–19	27–25	25–14			77–58	Report
5 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–1	France	25–19	21–25	25–19	25–21		96–84	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	15:00	Slovenia	0–3	France	22–25	21–25	19–25			62–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Poland	25–16	25–16	28–26			78–58	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Poland  France 4  Slovenia 5  Italy 6  Czech Republic 7  Turkey 8  Serbia 9  Romania 10  Bulgaria 11  Belgium 12  Slovakia

2014 Men's CEV U20 European champions  Russia 18th title 12–man Roster Evgenii Andreev, Azizbek Ismailov, Victor Poletaev, Kirill Ursov, Dmitrii Volkov, Pavel Pankov, Maxim Belogortcev, Ilia Vlasov, Andrey Surmachevskiy, Dmitriy Mostov, Ivan Vlasenko, Ivan Polianskii Head coach Sergey Shlyapnikov

Individual awards

• Most valuable player
  •  Pavel Pankov (RUS)
• Best scorer
  •  Bartosz Bućko (POL)
• Best spiker
  •  Toncek Stern (SLO)
• Best blocker
  •  Maxim Belogortcev (RUS)
• Best server
  •  Nohoarii Paofai (FRA)
• Best setter
  •  Pavel Pankov (RUS)
• Best receiver
  •  Tomasz Fornal (POL)
• Best libero
  •  Kacper Piechocki (POL)