2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

The 2016 CEV U20 Volleyball European Championship is the 25th edition of the Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship, organised by CEV. It will be played in Bulgaria from 2 to 10 September 2016.

2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	2–10 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Oleh Plotnytskyi
Official website
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Poland won the gold medals for a second time in the history of the competition after claiming the title 20 years ago.^[1]

Participating teams

• Host Country
  •  Bulgaria
• Qualified through 2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
  •  Belarus
  •  Czech Republic
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Russia
  •  Serbia
  •  Slovenia
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine

Pools composition

Pool I	Pool II
Bulgaria	Russia
Slovenia	Turkey
Poland	Serbia
France	Italy
Germany	Czech Republic
Ukraine	Belarus

Venues

Pool I and Final round	Pool II
Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Varna, Bulgaria
Kolodruma	Palace of Culture and Sports
Capacity: 6,100	Capacity: 5,500

Preliminary round

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	430	353	1.218	Semifinals
2	Ukraine	5	4	1	11	12	5	2.400	401	351	1.142
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	431	405	1.064	5th–8th semifinals
4	Germany	5	2	3	5	6	12	0.500	385	419	0.919
5	France	5	1	4	6	9	12	0.750	446	472	0.945
6	Slovenia	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	330	423	0.780

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	15:00	France	2–3	Poland	25–20	25–22	15–25	22–25	11–15	98–107	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Ukraine	28–26	25–22	23–25	26–28	9–15	111–116	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Germany	3–1	Slovenia	25–27	25–18	25–19	25–21		100–85	Report
3 Sep	15:00	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	25–21	25–20	25–18			75–59	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Slovenia	0–3	Bulgaria	18–25	15–25	18–25			51–75	Report
3 Sep	20:00	France	2–3	Germany	23–25	33–31	25–19	14–25	14–16	109–116	Report
4 Sep	15:00	Ukraine	3–0	Slovenia	25–18	25–11	25–19			75–48	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	France	25–23	22–25	25–23	19–25	15–10	106–106	Report
4 Sep	20:00	Germany	0–3	Poland	16–25	20–25	17–25			53–75	Report
6 Sep	15:00	France	0–3	Ukraine	15–25	19–25	24–26			58–76	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Germany	0–3	Bulgaria	23–25	17–25	17–25			57–75	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–1	Slovenia	25–16	23–25	25–19	25–19		98–79	Report
7 Sep	15:00	Ukraine	3–0	Germany	25–18	25–22	25–19			75–59	Report
7 Sep	17:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Poland	22–25	22–25	20–25			64–75	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Slovenia	0–3	France	23–25	22–25	22–25			67–75	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	13	15	5	3.000	454	408	1.113	Semifinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	12	14	6	2.333	462	396	1.167
3	Serbia	5	3	2	6	9	12	0.750	431	454	0.949	5th–8th semifinals
4	Turkey	5	2	3	8	11	9	1.222	431	408	1.056
5	Czech Republic	5	1	4	5	8	12	0.667	412	454	0.907
6	Belarus	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	333	403	0.826

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Turkey	2–3	Serbia	25–21	15–25	18–25	25–13	13–15	96–99	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Belarus	0–3	Russia	13–25	19–25	16–25			48–75	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Italy	22–25	25–20	21–25	20–25		88–95	Report
3 Sep	15:00	Turkey	3–0	Belarus	25–22	25–13	25–20			75–55	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Serbia	0–3	Italy	15–25	24–26	20–25			59–76	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–2	Czech Republic	25–16	22–25	26–28	25–17	15–11	113–97	Report
4 Sep	15:00	Belarus	2–3	Serbia	23–25	25–17	21–25	25–21	11–15	105–103	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Turkey	19–25	13–25	18–25			50–75	Report
4 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–2	Russia	22–25	16–25	26–24	25–12	15–13	104–99	Report
6 Sep	15:00	Belarus	0–3	Czech Republic	23–25	22–25	18–25			63–75	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Turkey	2–3	Italy	25–19	21–25	25–20	21–25	8–15	100–104	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Serbia	0–3	Russia	19–25	23–25	20–25			62–75	Report
7 Sep	15:00	Italy	3–0	Belarus	25–18	25–23	25–21			75–62	Report
7 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Serbia	25–20	20–25	20–25	25–23	12–15	102–108	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–1	Turkey	25–27	25–19	25–18	25–21		100–85	Report

Final round

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

5th–8th place

	Semifinals				5th place
	9 September
	Bulgaria	2
					10 September
	Turkey	3
					Turkey	3
	9 September
					Germany	1
	Germany	3
	Serbia	2
					7th place
					10 September
					Bulgaria	1
					Serbia	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	12:00	Germany	3–2	Serbia	26–28	25–21	18–25	25–17	15–7	109–98	Report
9 Sep	14:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Turkey	25–19	24–26	25–19	14–25	11–15	99–104	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	10:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Serbia	25–20	23–25	23–25	21–25		92–95	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	12:30	Turkey	3–1	Germany	18–25	25–15	25–15	25–23		93–78	Report

Final

	Semifinals				Final
	9 September
	Poland	3
					10 September
	Russia	1
					Poland	3
	9 September
					Ukraine	1
	Italy	2
	Ukraine	3
					Third place
					10 September
					Russia	3
					Italy	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Poland	3–1	Russia	25–23	25–20	19–25	25–22		94–90	Report
9 Sep	19:30	Italy	2–3	Ukraine	12–25	26–24	25–15	24–26	13–15	100–105	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	15:30	Russia	3–1	Italy	23–25	25–21	25–17	25–18		98–81	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	18:00	Poland	3–1	Ukraine	29–27	25–21	21–25	25–12		100–85	Report

Final standing

Rank Team Poland  Ukraine  Russia 4  Italy 5  Turkey 6  Germany 7  Serbia 8  Bulgaria 9  France 10  Czech Republic 11  Belarus 12  Slovenia

2016 Men's U20 European champions  Poland 2nd title 12–man roster Bartosz Kwolek, Jakub Kochanowski, Łukasz Kozub, Szymon Jakubiszak, Jakub Ziobrowski, Damian Domagała, Dawid Woch, Mateusz Masłowski, Norbert Huber, Łukasz Rajchelt, Tomasz Fornal, Sławomir Busch Head coach Sebastian Pawlik

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

  Oleh Plotnytskyi

• Best setter

  Riccardo Sbertoli

• Best outside spikers

  Oleh Plotnytskyi

  Bartosz Kwolek

• Best middle blockers

  Aleksei Kononov

  Gianluca Galassi

• Best opposite spiker

  Jakub Ziobrowski

• Best libero

  Stanislav Dramov

See also

• 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship