2022 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship

The 2022 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 12 teams) held in North Macedonia (host city Skopje) from 27 August to 4 September 2022.^[1][2]

2022 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	North Macedonia
City	Skopje
Dates	27 August – 4 September 2022
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Italy (8th title)
Runners-up	Serbia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament awards
MVP	Julia Ituma
Best Setter	Nina Mandović
Best OH	Karolina Staniszewska Aleksandra Uzelac
Best MB	Nausica Acciarri Hena Kurtagić
Best OPP	Jovana Zelenović
Best Libero	Manuela Ribechi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Attendance	5,849 (154 per match)
Official website
2022 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
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Qualification

Main article: 2022 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship Qualification

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Country		North Macedonia
Qualification 2nd round	Pool A	Italy
	Pool B	Croatia
	Pool C	Romania
	Pool D	Slovenia
	Pool E	Greece
	Pool F	Switzerland
	Pool G	Poland
	Pool H	Serbia
	Pool I	Turkey
Qualification 3rd round	Pool J	Netherlands
	Pool K	Finland

Venues

Pool I, Final Round		Pool II, Classification matches
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center	Skopje, North Macedonia	Jane Sandanski Arena
Capacity: 7,000	Skopje	Capacity: 7,500

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held on 12 May 2022 and performed as follows:

1. Organiser, North Macedonia, were seeded in Pool I
2. The highest ranked participating team from the CEV European Ranking, Turkey, were seeded in Pool II
3. Remaining 10 participating teams drawn after they were previously placed in five cups as per their position in the latest European Ranking (winners of 3rd round qualification unknown at the time of the draw were placed in last pot)

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Serbia  Poland	Italy  Croatia	Romania  Slovenia	Greece   Switzerland	Netherlands  Finland

Result

Pool I	Pool II
North Macedonia	Turkey
Poland	Serbia
Italy	Croatia
Slovenia	Romania
Greece	Switzerland
Finland	Netherlands

Squads

Main article: 2022 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship squads

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	393	284	1.384	Semifinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	11	12	5	2.400	401	333	1.204
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	370	339	1.091	5th–8th Semifinals
4	Finland	5	2	3	6	8	11	0.727	391	402	0.973
5	Greece	5	1	4	4	5	12	0.417	351	390	0.900
6	North Macedonia	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	217	375	0.579

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	15:30	Italy	3–1	Slovenia	25–19	18–25	25–21	25–14		93–79	Report
27 Aug	18:00	Poland	3–0	Greece	25–16	28–26	25–19			78–61	Report
27 Aug	20:30	Finland	3–0	North Macedonia	25–10	25–19	25–20			75–49	Report
28 Aug	15:30	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–18	25–23	25–23			75–64	Report
28 Aug	18:00	Greece	2–3	Finland	25–18	17–25	25–22	22–25	5–15	94–105	Report
28 Aug	20:30	Slovenia	3–0	North Macedonia	25–13	25–20	25–14			75–47	Report
29 Aug	15:30	Finland	0–3	Italy	17–25	19–25	18–25			54–75	Report
29 Aug	18:00	Poland	3–0	Slovenia	25–23	25–17	25–22			75–62	Report
29 Aug	20:30	North Macedonia	0–3	Greece	17–25	19–25	17–25			53–75	Report
31 Aug	15:30	Poland	3–2	Finland	21–25	25–23	23–25	25–16	15–12	109–101	Report
31 Aug	18:00	Slovenia	3–0	Greece	25–23	29–27	25–18			79–68	Report
31 Aug	20:30	Italy	3–0	North Macedonia	25–13	25–7	25–14			75–34	Report
1 Sep	15:30	Finland	0–3	Slovenia	20–25	17–25	19–25			56–75	Report
1 Sep	18:00	Greece	0–3	Italy	16–25	18–25	19–25			53–75	Report
1 Sep	20:30	North Macedonia	0–3	Poland	8–25	8–25	18–25			34–75	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	379	269	1.409	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	383	332	1.154
3	Turkey	5	3	2	9	9	7	1.286	375	333	1.126	5th–8th Semifinals
4	Croatia	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	371	379	0.979
5	Romania	5	1	4	3	4	12	0.333	328	382	0.859
6	Switzerland	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	259	400	0.648

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	15:30	Serbia	3–0	Switzerland	25–20	25–11	25–9			75–40	Report
27 Aug	18:00	Turkey	0–3	Netherlands	21–25	19–25	24–26			64–76	Report
27 Aug	20:30	Croatia	3–0	Romania	26–24	25–21	25–14			76–59	Report
28 Aug	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Switzerland	25–20	25–12	25–15			75–47	Report
28 Aug	18:00	Romania	0–3	Serbia	18–25	27–29	12–25			57–79	Report
28 Aug	20:30	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–20	25–18			75–60	Report
29 Aug	15:30	Switzerland	0–3	Romania	22–25	17–25	13–25			52–75	Report
29 Aug	18:00	Croatia	1–3	Netherlands	17–25	25–23	24–26	16–25		82–99	Report
29 Aug	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Turkey	25–23	25–17	25–21			75–61	Report
31 Aug	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	25–20	25–21	25–23			75–64	Report
31 Aug	18:00	Turkey	3–0	Switzerland	25–12	25–20	25–17			75–49	Report
31 Aug	20:30	Croatia	0–3	Serbia	19–25	22–25	12–25			53–75	Report
1 Sep	15:30	Romania	1–3	Turkey	27–25	20–25	15–25	11–25		73–100	Report
1 Sep	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58	Report
1 Sep	20:30	Switzerland	1–3	Croatia	15–25	27–25	15–25	14–25		71–100	Report

5th–8th classification

	Semifinals				5th place match
	3 September
	Slovenia	2
					4 September
	Croatia	3
					Croatia	0
	3 September
					Turkey	3
	Turkey	3
	Finland	0
					7th place match
					4 September
					Slovenia	3
					Finland	0

5th–8th Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	12:00	Slovenia	2–3	Croatia	25–18	19–25	25–12	27–29	17–19	113–103	Report
3 Sep	14:30	Turkey	3–0	Finland	25–13	25–16	25–8			75–37	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	12:00	Slovenia	3–0	Finland	26–24	25–9	25–10			76–43	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	14:30	Croatia	0–3	Turkey	21–25	21–25	20–25			62–75	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	3 September
	Italy	3
					4 September
	Netherlands	0
					Italy	3
	3 September
					Serbia	2
	Serbia	3
	Poland	0
					3rd place match
					4 September
					Netherlands	1
					Poland	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–21	25–16			75–58	Report
3 Sep	19:30	Serbia	3–0	Poland	25–21	25–9	25–18			75–48	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	17:00	Netherlands	1–3	Poland	16–25	26–24	25–27	21–25		88–101	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	19:30	Italy	3–2	Serbia	17–25	27–25	25–21	15–25	17–15	101–111	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Serbia
	Poland
4	Netherlands
5	Turkey
6	Croatia
7	Slovenia
8	Finland
9	Greece
10	Romania
11	Switzerland
12	North Macedonia

Qualified for the 2023 Women's U21 World Championship

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Julia Ituma

• Best setter

  Nina Mandović

• Best outside spikers

  Karolina Staniszewska

  Aleksandra Uzelac

• Best middle blockers

  Nausica Acciarri

  Hena Kurtagić

• Best opposite spiker

  Jovana Zelenović

• Best libero

  Manuela Ribechi

See also

• 2022 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship