2021 Girls' U16 European Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Girls' U16 European Volleyball Championship was the 3rd edition of the Girls' U16 European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) the girls' under-16 national teams of Europe. The tournament was held in Hungary and Slovakia from 10 to 18 July 2021.^[1][2]

2021 Girls' U16 European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Hungary  Slovakia
Dates	10–18 July 2021
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Marina Asliamova
Official website
Official website
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Qualification

Main article: 2021 Girls' U16 European Volleyball Championship Qualification

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host countries		Hungary
		Slovakia
Qualification 1st round	BVA	Serbia
	EEVZA	Russia
	MEVZA	Czech Republic
	WEVZA	Italy
Qualification 2nd round	Pool A	Belgium
	Pool B	Bulgaria
	Pool C	Croatia
	Pool D	Poland
	Pool E	Turkey
	Best runners-up	Romania

Venues

Pool I, final round		Pool II, classification matches
Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Nyíregyháza	Humenné, Slovakia	Humenné
Continental Arena		MSH Humenne
Capacity: 2400		Capacity: 1186

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:

1. The two organisers were seeded in Preliminary pools. Hungary in Pool I and Slovakia in Pool II.
2. Remaining 10 participating teams drawn after they were previously placed in five cups as per their position in the latest European Ranking

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Italy (1)  Russia (2)	Turkey (3)  Romania (5)	Belgium (7)  Bulgaria (8)	Serbia (10)  Czech Republic (12)	Croatia (13)  Poland (15)

Result

The drawing of lots was held on 11 May 2021 in Luxembourg.^[3]

Pool I	Pool II
Hungary	Slovakia
Russia	Italy
Turkey	Romania
Belgium	Bulgaria
Czech Republic	Serbia
Poland	Croatia

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	14	15	2	7.500	405	294	1.378	Semifinals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	425	352	1.207
3	Poland	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	395	367	1.076	5th–8th semifinals
4	Hungary	5	2	3	6	6	11	0.545	335	385	0.870
5	Belgium	5	1	4	3	4	13	0.308	323	413	0.782
6	Czech Republic	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	368	440	0.836

Source: ^[4]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	15:00	Poland	1–3	Turkey	22–25	26–28	25–18	18–25		91–96	Report
10 Jul	17:30	Hungary	3–1	Czech Republic	25–23	19–25	25–19	25–17		94–84	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Russia	16–25	21–25	16–25			53–75	Report
11 Jul	15:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Turkey	17–25	14–25	15–25			46–75	Report
11 Jul	17:30	Hungary	3–1	Belgium	25–14	25–17	23–25	25–20		98–76	Report
11 Jul	20:00	Russia	3–0	Poland	25–14	25–20	25–13			75–47	Report
12 Jul	15:00	Belgium	3–1	Czech Republic	25–19	14–25	25–22	25–23		89–89	Report
12 Jul	17:30	Poland	3–0	Hungary	25–18	25–14	25–14			75–46	Report
12 Jul	20:00	Turkey	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–18	25–22	17–25	13–15	103–105	Report
14 Jul	15:00	Belgium	0–3	Poland	18–25	18–25	15–25			51–75	Report
14 Jul	17:30	Hungary	0–3	Turkey	17–25	21–25	18–25			56–75	Report
14 Jul	20:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Russia	22–25	16–25	12–25			50–75	Report
15 Jul	15:00	Turkey	3–0	Belgium	25–14	26–24	25–16			76–54	Report
15 Jul	17:30	Russia	3–0	Hungary	25–12	25–17	25–12			75–41	Report
15 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–2	Czech Republic	25–23	19–25	23–25	25–13	15–13	107–99	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	383	277	1.383	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	444	379	1.172
3	Serbia	5	4	1	11	12	6	2.000	403	336	1.199	5th–8th semifinals
4	Slovakia	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	344	412	0.835
5	Croatia	5	1	4	5	8	13	0.615	428	478	0.895
6	Romania	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	282	402	0.701

Source: ^[4]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	15:00	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	21–25	17–25	22–25			60–75	Report
10 Jul	17:30	Slovakia	3–0	Romania	25–13	25–17	25–22			75–52	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Serbia	3–2	Croatia	23–25	25–10	22–25	25–19	15–11	110–90	Report
11 Jul	15:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Romania	25–16	25–17	25–19			75–52	Report
11 Jul	17:30	Croatia	1–3	Slovakia	23–25	21–25	25–16	23–25		92–91	Report
11 Jul	20:00	Italy	3–0	Serbia	25–17	25–18	25–13			75–48	Report
12 Jul	15:00	Romania	1–3	Croatia	25–19	19–25	18–25	29–31		91–100	Report
12 Jul	17:30	Slovakia	1–3	Italy	25–21	9–25	13–25	18–25		65–96	Report
12 Jul	20:00	Serbia	3–1	Bulgaria	25–21	25–19	20–25	25–21		95–86	Report
14 Jul	15:00	Italy	3–0	Romania	25–13	27–25	25–8			77–46	Report
14 Jul	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Slovakia	25–12	25–17	25–15			75–44	Report
14 Jul	20:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Croatia	20–25	25–18	25–22	26–28	15–10	111–103	Report
15 Jul	15:00	Romania	0–3	Serbia	12–25	9–25	20–25			41–75	Report
15 Jul	17:30	Croatia	0–3	Italy	12–25	9–25	22–25			43–75	Report
15 Jul	20:00	Slovakia	1–3	Bulgaria	15–25	25–22	8–25	21–25		69–97	Report

5th–8th classification

	Semifinals				5th-place match
	17 July
	Poland	3
					18 July
	Slovakia	0
					Poland	2
	17 July
					Serbia	3
	Serbia	3
	Hungary	1
					7th-place match
					18 July
					Slovakia	0
					Hungary	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	15:30	Poland	3–0	Slovakia	25–15	25–16	25–18			75–49	Report
17 Jul	18:00	Serbia	3–1	Hungary	19–25	26–24	25–18	25–22		95–89	Report

7th-place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	15:30	Slovakia	0–3	Hungary	20–25	20–25	18–25			58–75	Report

5th-place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	18:00	Poland	2–3	Serbia	25–20	24–26	25–12	23–25	9–15	106–98	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	17 July
	Russia	3
					18 July
	Bulgaria	0
					Russia	3
	17 July
					Italy	1
	Italy	3
	Turkey	2
					3rd-place match
					18 July
					Bulgaria	3
					Turkey	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	15:30	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–16	25–13	25–16			75–45	Report
17 Jul	18:00	Italy	3–2	Turkey	25–21	20–25	19–25	25–19	15–6	104–96	Report

3rd-place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	15:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Turkey	21–25	20–25	25–10	25–20	15–6	106–86	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	18:00	Russia	3–1	Italy	25–21	22–25	25–21	25–16		97–83	Report

Final standing

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

Awards

At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.^[5]

• Most valuable player

  Marina Asliamova

• Best setter

  Polina Sarapova

• Best outside spikers

  Erika Esposito

  Polina Kovaleva

• Best middle blockers

  Linda Manfredini

  Maia Carlotta Monaco

• Best opposite spiker

  Iva Dudova

• Best libero

  Olesia Ananina