The 2020 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship was the 27th edition of the Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The tournament was held in Brno and Kuřim, Czech Republic from 26 September to 4 October 2020. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the CEV representatives. But with runners-up Italy hosting the 2021 U21 World Championship together with Bulgaria, 3rd place Belgium joined the field for the 2021 U21 World Championship as well.
Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001.
Qualification
The second and third round qualification were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the remaining eleven spots were allocated according to the Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019. But, Turkey and Ukraine withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament because a small number of their players tested positive for the novel coronavirus shortly upon arrival in the Czech Republic.
Hosts
Top eleven ranked teams from the Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 which had not yet qualified
Pools composition Hosts Czech Republic and Russia, the top team from the Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019, were directly placed as head of pool I and II respectively. All teams not seeded were placed to five pots as based on their Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 position and drawn accordingly into pool I and II. In case several teams shared the same position, the teams were seeded as per the final standing of the 2018 Men's U20 European Championship. The draw was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 27 August 2020. But, Turkey and Ukraine withdrew after the draw. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 5th.
Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5 (Hosts) (1) (2) (3) (3) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (11)
Draw Pool IPool II
Squads
Venues Kuřim Sport Hall, Kuřim, Czech Republic – Pool I Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno, Czech Republic – Pool I, II and Final round
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Preliminary round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool I
Pool II
Final round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910 Qualified for the 2021 U21 World Championship Already qualified as hosts for the 2021 U21 World Championship
12–man rosterAnton Anoshko, Mikhail Fedorov, Iurii Brazhniuk, Stanislav Dineykin, Kirill Ionov, Ilya Kazachenkov (c), Omar Kurbanov, Roman Murashko, Ilia Fedorov, Egor Kasatkin, Mikhail Vyshnikov, Nikita MorozovHead coachMikhail Nikolaev
Awards
Most valuable player Alessandro Michieletto Best setter Paolo Porro Best outside spikers Tommaso Rinaldi Omar Kurbanov Best middle blockers Wout D'Heer Iurii Brazhniuk Best opposite spiker Ferre Reggers Best libero Ilia Fedorov
See also 2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
References
External links Official website