The 2020 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) the girls' under-17 national teams of Europe. The tournament was held in Montenegro from 1 to 9 October 2020.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CEV qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. The top six teams qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the CEV representatives.
Qualification
The second round qualifying stage for the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the CEV on 15 June 2020. First round qualifiers were Serbia, Russia, Slovakia, Finland and Italy. The remaining six participants were determined from European Ranking after the respective National Federations confirmed their participation in the event. Despite securing their spot through winning the NEVZA qualifying event, Finland have withdrawn from the competition. The next best team from the relevant European Ranking – Poland – has taken their spot.
Means of qualificationQualifierHost CountryQualification 1st roundBVAEEVZAMEVZANEVZA (11)WEVZAQualification 2nd roundPool A (3)Pool B (4)Pool C (4)Pool D (7)Pool E (7)Best runner up (7)
Pools composition The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows: The host country Montenegro were seeded in Preliminary Pool I. Top country per European Ranking, Russia were seeded in Pool II. 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 (2) (3) (4) (4) (4) (7) (7) (7) (11) (24)
Result Pool I Pool II
Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic.
Preliminary round
Pool I
Pool II
5th–8th classification
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final round
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam4567891011 Qualified for the 2021 Girls' U18 World Championship
12–woman rosterNatalia Suvorova, Victoria Demidova, Irina Artiukhina, Daria Zamanskaia, Alina Popova, Arina Fedorovtseva, Oksana Shvydkaia, Viktoriia Kobzar, Dinara Sabitova, Veronika Dumrauf, Anna Khabibrakhmanova, Anastasiia ZhabrovaHead coachAlexander Karikov
Awards At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.
Most valuable player Arina Fedorovtseva Best setter Özge Arslanalp Best outside spikers Arina Fedorovtseva Melisa Ege Bükmen Best middle blockers Natalia Suvorova Hena Kurtagić Best opposite spiker Pelin Eroktay Best libero Emma Barbero
References
External links Official website