2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship

2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Netherlands
Dates	1–9 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Sporthal Valkenhuizen (in 1 host city)
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Terry Enweonwu (ITA)
Official website
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The 2017 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the tournament which was held in Arnhem, Netherlands from 1 to 9 April 2017. The top six teams qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship.

Participating teams[edit]

Team	Method of qualification
Belarus	Qualification pool B winner
Bulgaria	Qualification pool H winner
Germany	Qualification pool F winner
Greece	Qualification pool G winner
Italy	Qualification second best runner-up (pool B)
Netherlands	Hosts
Poland	Qualification pool D winner
Romania	Qualification best runner-up (pool E)
Russia	Qualification pool E winner
Serbia	Qualification pool A winner
Slovenia	Qualification third best runner-up (pool C)
Turkey	Qualification pool C winner

Pools composition[edit]

Pool I	Pool II
Netherlands	Poland
Turkey	Greece
Bulgaria	Serbia
Russia	Belarus
Germany	Romania
Italy	Slovenia

Preliminary round[edit]

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

Pool I[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	393	300	1.310	Semifinals
2	Russia	5	3	2	9	9	7	1.286	369	355	1.039	Semifinals
3	Netherlands	5	2	3	6	9	10	0.900	432	415	1.041	5th–8th Semifinals
4	Germany	5	2	3	6	6	10	0.600	343	384	0.893	5th–8th Semifinals
5	Bulgaria	5	2	3	5	6	12	0.500	370	431	0.858
6	Turkey	5	1	4	4	7	12	0.583	401	423	0.948

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Apr	14:00	Germany	0–3	Turkey	19–25	14–25	15–25			48–75	Report
1 Apr	16:30	Netherlands	1–3	Bulgaria	23–25	25–15	19–25	22–25		89–90	Report
1 Apr	19:00	Russia	0–3	Italy	22–25	21–25	19–25			62–75	Report
2 Apr	14:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Turkey	25–20	25–23	14–25	15–25	23–21	102–114	Report
2 Apr	16:30	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	25–17	25–21	25–20			75–58	Report
2 Apr	19:00	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–16	25–17	25–21			75–54	Report
4 Apr	14:00	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–17	25–20			75–60	Report
4 Apr	16:30	Turkey	0–3	Italy	11–25	23–25	22–25			56–75	Report
4 Apr	19:00	Germany	3–1	Netherlands	29–27	25–20	22–25	25–16		101–88	Report
5 Apr	14:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	15–25	13–25	19–25			47–75	Report
5 Apr	16:30	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–20	25–19			75–62	Report
5 Apr	19:00	Netherlands	3–1	Turkey	25–18	25–14	24–26	25–15		99–73	Report
6 Apr	14:00	Germany	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	28–26	25–22			78–71	Report
6 Apr	16:30	Turkey	1–3	Russia	21–25	21–25	26–24	15–25		83–99	Report
6 Apr	19:00	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	18–25	25–20	25–16	25–20		93–81	Report

Pool II[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belarus	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	458	367	1.248	Semifinals
2	Serbia	5	3	2	10	12	7	1.714	428	391	1.095	Semifinals
3	Poland	5	3	2	9	10	8	1.250	387	381	1.016	5th–8th Semifinals
4	Slovenia	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	389	399	0.975	5th–8th Semifinals
5	Romania	5	2	3	6	9	12	0.750	457	483	0.946
6	Greece	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	318	416	0.764

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Apr	15:00	Greece	0–3	Belarus	18–25	17–25	14–25			49–75	Report
1 Apr	17:30	Romania	3–2	Serbia	25–21	25–21	18–25	24–26	15–13	107–106	Report
1 Apr	20:00	Poland	3–1	Slovenia	25–23	25–11	23–25	25–23		98–82	Report
2 Apr	15:00	Serbia	1–3	Belarus	20–25	16–25	25–22	16–25		77–97	Report
2 Apr	17:30	Romania	1–3	Poland	20–25	12–25	25–22	22–25		79–97	Report
2 Apr	20:00	Slovenia	3–1	Greece	25–12	25–17	22–25	25–19		97–73	Report
4 Apr	15:00	Poland	1–3	Serbia	7–25	25–20	14–25	21–25		67–95	Report
4 Apr	17:30	Belarus	3–1	Slovenia	25–20	20–25	25–12	25–15		95–72	Report
4 Apr	20:00	Greece	1–3	Romania	22–25	25–19	22–25	19–25		88–94	Report
5 Apr	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Slovenia	25–22	25–20	25–20			75–62	Report
5 Apr	17:30	Poland	3–0	Greece	25–13	25–16	25–21			75–50	Report
5 Apr	20:00	Romania	2–3	Belarus	26–28	29–27	25–27	25–18	14–16	119–116	Report
6 Apr	15:00	Greece	0–3	Serbia	22–25	22–25	14–25			58–75	Report
6 Apr	17:30	Belarus	3–0	Poland	25–20	25–16	25–14			75–50	Report
6 Apr	20:00	Slovenia	3–0	Romania	26–24	25–17	25–17			76–58	Report

Final round[edit]

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

5th–8th place[edit]

Semifinals		5th place

8 Apr

Netherlands	1
		9 Apr
Slovenia	3
		Slovenia	3
8 Apr
		Germany	0
Germany	3

Poland	1
		7th place

		9 Apr

		Netherlands	3

		Poland	1

5th–8th semifinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Apr	15:30	Germany	3–1	Poland	25–18	25–19	22–25	25–20		97–82	Report
8 Apr	18:00	Netherlands	1–3	Slovenia	21–25	25–16	18–25	24–26		88–92	Report

7th place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Apr	12:00	Netherlands	3–1	Poland	25–12	25–12	23–25	25–23		98–72	Report

5th place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Apr	14:30	Slovenia	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–15	25–20			75–54	Report

Final[edit]

Semifinals		Final

8 Apr

Italy	3
		9 Apr
Serbia	2
		Italy	2
8 Apr
		Russia	3
Belarus	0

Russia	3
		Third place

		9 Apr

		Serbia	2

		Belarus	3

Semifinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Apr	15:45	Italy	3–2	Serbia	25–11	23–25	23–25	25–16	15–9	111–86	Report
8 Apr	18:15	Belarus	0–3	Russia	22–25	18–25	15–25			55–75	Report

3rd place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Apr	14:00	Serbia	2–3	Belarus	25–17	27–29	17–25	25–22	13–15	107–108	Report

Final[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Apr	16:30	Italy	2–3	Russia	25–18	16–25	24–26	25–21	10–15	100–105	Report

Final standing[edit]

Rank	Team
	Russia (Q)
	Italy (Q)
	Belarus (Q)
4	Serbia (Q)
5	Slovenia (Q)
6	Germany (Q)
7	Netherlands
8	Poland
9	Romania
10	Bulgaria
11	Turkey
12	Greece

(Q)	Qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship

2017 Girls' U18 European champions
Russia Third title

12–woman roster

Varvara Shepeleva, Tatiana Kadochkina, Victoria Pushina, Olga Novikova, Olga Zvereva, Oxana Yakushina, Veronika Rasputnaia, Yulia Brovkina, Irina Soboleva, Maria Bogovskaia, Valeriya Shevchuk, Angelina Nikashova

Head coach

Alexander Karikov

Awards[edit]

At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.^[1]

Most valuable player
Terry Enweonwu (ITA)
Best setter
Rachele Morello (ITA)
Best outside spikers
Elena Pietrini (ITA)

Valeriya Shevchuk (RUS)
Best middle blockers
Viktoriia Pushina (RUS)

Yuliya Kisliuk (BLR)
Best opposite spiker
Terry Enweonwu (ITA)
Best libero
Mila Kocic (SRB)

References[edit]

^ "Russian butterflies are the 2017 #EuroVolleyU18W champions, Belarus claim bronze". CEV. 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Russian butterflies are the 2017 #EuroVolleyU18W champions, Belarus claim bronze". CEV. 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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