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2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	13–21 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Valeriia Gorbunova
Official website
Official website
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The 2018 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the thirteenth 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 Bulgaria from 13 to 21 April 2018.

A total of twelve teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.

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 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the CEV representatives.

Participating teams

• Hosts
  •  Bulgaria
• Qualified through 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
  •  Belarus
  •  Germany
  •  Hungary
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
  •  Romania
  •  Russia
  •  Serbia
  •  Slovenia
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine

Pools composition

Pool I	Pool II
Bulgaria	Turkey
Russia	Romania
Belarus	Ukraine
Serbia	Italy
Slovenia	Netherlands
Hungary	Germany

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	1	13	14	6	2.333	461	388	1.188	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	13	10	1.300	494	487	1.014
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	456	443	1.029	5th–8th Semifinals
4	Belarus	5	2	3	7	10	10	1.000	436	438	0.995
5	Serbia	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	451	469	0.962
6	Hungary	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	380	453	0.839

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Apr	15:00	Belarus	3–1	Serbia	25–21	25–21	21–25	25–17		96–84	Report
13 Apr	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Russia	25–18	23–25	25–17	19–25	15–12	107–97	Report
13 Apr	20:00	Hungary	1–3	Slovenia	18–25	20–25	25–22	14–25		77–97	Report
14 Apr	15:00	Russia	3–1	Belarus	21–25	25–16	25–17	25–13		96–71	Report
14 Apr	17:30	Slovenia	1–3	Serbia	28–26	22–25	20–25	20–25		90–101	Report
14 Apr	20:00	Hungary	2–3	Bulgaria	25–18	20–25	31–29	23–25	7–15	106–112	Report
15 Apr	15:00	Serbia	1–3	Russia	18–25	25–22	21–25	21–25		85–97	Report
15 Apr	17:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Slovenia	18–25	25–19	17–25	18–25		78–94	Report
15 Apr	20:00	Belarus	3–0	Hungary	25–20	25–18	25–21			75–59	Report
17 Apr	15:00	Slovenia	1–3	Russia	23–25	18–25	25–21	12–25		78–96	Report
17 Apr	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Belarus	21–25	16–25	25–19	25–21	15–13	102–103	Report
17 Apr	20:00	Hungary	1–3	Serbia	25–19	21–25	23–25	22–25		91–94	Report
18 Apr	15:00	Belarus	1–3	Slovenia	25–27	22–25	25–20	19–25		91–97	Report
18 Apr	17:30	Russia	3–0	Hungary	25–21	25–4	25–22			75–47	Report
18 Apr	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Bulgaria	19–25	21–25	25–20	22–25		87–95	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	411	264	1.557	Semifinals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	10	13	9	1.444	487	479	1.017
3	Germany	5	3	2	10	11	8	1.375	408	416	0.981	5th–8th Semifinals
4	Romania	5	1	4	4	8	14	0.571	451	486	0.928
5	Netherlands	5	1	4	4	7	13	0.538	391	448	0.873
6	Ukraine	5	1	4	2	6	14	0.429	405	460	0.880

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Apr	15:00	Germany	3–1	Netherlands	21–25	25–18	25–16	25–17		96–76	Report
13 Apr	17:30	Turkey	3–1	Ukraine	25–23	26–24	16–25	27–25		94–97	Report
13 Apr	20:00	Romania	1–3	Italy	14–25	25–22	11–25	19–25		69–97	Report
14 Apr	15:00	Ukraine	1–3	Germany	19–25	19–25	25–18	23–25		86–93	Report
14 Apr	17:30	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–14	25–12	25–12			75–38	Report
14 Apr	20:00	Romania	2–3	Turkey	23–25	24–26	28–26	25–17	9–15	109–109	Report
15 Apr	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine	18–25	25–19	25–16	25–18		93–78	Report
15 Apr	17:30	Turkey	1–3	Italy	15–25	16–25	25–14	18–25		74–89	Report
15 Apr	20:00	Germany	3–0	Romania	27–25	26–24	25–16			78–65	Report
17 Apr	15:00	Italy	3–0	Ukraine	25–14	25–17	25–12			75–43	Report
17 Apr	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Germany	25–12	25–22	22–25	25–27	17–15	114–101	Report
17 Apr	20:00	Romania	3–2	Netherlands	25–19	21–25	17–25	25–21	15–11	103–101	Report
18 Apr	15:00	Germany	0–3	Italy	16–25	11–25	13–25			40–75	Report
18 Apr	17:30	Ukraine	3–2	Romania	22–25	25–20	14–25	25–23	15–12	101–105	Report
18 Apr	20:00	Netherlands	1–3	Turkey	21–25	19–25	25–21	18–25		83–96	Report

5th–8th classification

	Semifinals				5th place match
	20 April
	Slovenia	2
					21 April
	Romania	3
					Romania	3
	20 April
					Belarus	0
	Belarus	3
	Germany	1
					7th place match
					21 April
					Slovenia	2
					Germany	3

5th–8th Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 April	12:00	Slovenia	2–3	Romania	24–26	25–18	25–20	25–27	10–15	109–106	Report
20 April	14:30	Belarus	3–1	Germany	17–25	25–23	26–24	25–19		93–91	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	10:00	Slovenia	2–3	Germany	25–23	25–19	17–25	20–25	7–15	94–107	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	12:30	Romania	3–0	Belarus	25–16	25–21	25–11			75–48	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	20 April
	Russia	3
					21 April
	Turkey	0
					Russia	3
	20 April
					Italy	1
	Italy	3
	Bulgaria	1
					3rd place match
					21 April
					Turkey	3
					Bulgaria	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 April	17:00	Russia	3–0	Turkey	25–18	25–18	25–14			75–50	Report
20 April	19:30	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	21–25	25–22	25–10	28–26		99–83	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Bulgaria	25–21	25–20	21–25	25–19		96–85	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	18:00	Russia	3–1	Italy	30–28	26–24	20–25	26–24		102–101	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Italy  Turkey 4  Bulgaria 5  Romania 6  Belarus 7  Germany 8  Slovenia 9  Serbia 10  Netherlands 11  Ukraine 12  Hungary Qualified for the 2019 Girls' U18 World Championship

2018 Girls' U17 European champions  Russia 4th title 12–woman roster Elizaveta Kochurina, Valeriia Perova, Polina Matveeva, Elizaveta Gosheva, Vita Akimova, Elizaveta Popova, Ortal Ivgi, Alexandra Murushkina, Varvara Shubina, Elizaveta Apalikova, Valeriia Gorbunova, Natalia Slautina Head coach Svetlana Safronova

Awards

At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.

• Most valuable player

  Valeriia Gorbunova

• Best setter

  Polina Matveeva

• Best outside spikers

  Aleksandra Georgieva

  Loveth Omoruyi

• Best middle blockers

  Elizaveta Kochurina

  Claudia Consoli

• Best opposite spiker

  Sude Hacımustafaoğlu

• Best libero

  Gülce Güçtekin

References

1. "Gold for Russia at #EuroVolleyU17W". CEV. 21 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

External links

• Official website

• CEV Women's U18 Volleyball European Championship
• 2018 in women's volleyball
• 2018 in youth sport
• 2018 in Bulgarian women's sport
• International volleyball competitions hosted by Bulgaria
• April 2018 sports events in Europe
• Sports competitions in Sofia