2022 Women's U21 European Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Women's U21 European Volleyball Championship was the inaugural edition of the Women's U21 European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). The tournament was held in Italy (host cities Cerignola and Andria) from 12 to 17 July 2022.[1][2]

2022 Women's U21 European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Dates12–17 July 2022
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Italy (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Emma Cagnin
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Attendance5,245 (328 per match)
Official website
Official website
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Qualification

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Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Country   Italy
Qualification round Pool A   Serbia
Pool B   Poland
Pool C Tournament cancelled
Pool D   Austria
Pool E   Turkey
Best runner ups   Israel
  Denmark
  Ukraine

Pools composition

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The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:

  1. Organiser, Italy, were seeded in Pool I
  2. The highest ranked participating team from the CEV European Ranking, Turkey, were seeded in Pool II
  3. Remaining 6 participating teams drawn after they were previously placed in three cups as per their position in the latest European Ranking for U19 national teams
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  Serbia
  Poland
  Denmark
  Austria
  Ukraine
  Israel
Result

The drawing of lots was held on 1 June 2022.[3]

Pool I Pool II
  Italy   Turkey
  Serbia   Poland
  Austria   Denmark
  Ukraine   Israel

Venues

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Pool I, Final round Pool II
  Cerignola, Italy   Andria, Italy
Pala Tatarella Pala Sport
Capacity: ? Capacity: ?

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Pool I

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 280 225 1.244 Semifinals
2   Serbia 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 253 198 1.278
3   Ukraine 3 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 228 242 0.942
4   Austria 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 150 246 0.610
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul 17:30 Austria   0–3   Serbia 10–25 11–25 18–25     39–75 Report
12 Jul 20:00 Italy   3–1   Ukraine 25–22 23–25 25–14 25–19   98–80 Report
13 Jul 17:30 Serbia   3–0   Ukraine 25–17 25–18 25–17     75–52 Report
13 Jul 20:00 Austria   0–3   Italy 9–25 14–25 19–25     42–75 Report
14 Jul 17:30 Ukraine   3–1   Austria 25–18 21–25 25–15 25–11   96–69 Report
14 Jul 20:00 Serbia   2–3   Italy 25–23 25–13 17–25 17–25 19–21 103–107 Report

Pool II

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Poland 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 175 1.286 Semifinals
2   Turkey 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 237 199 1.191
3   Denmark 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 174 210 0.829
4   Israel 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 197 249 0.791
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul 17:30 Poland   3–0   Denmark 25–16 25–21 25–12     75–49 Report
12 Jul 20:00 Turkey   3–1   Israel 24–26 25–17 25–11 25–20   99–74 Report
13 Jul 17:30 Denmark   3–0   Israel 25–23 25–16 25–21     75–60 Report
13 Jul 20:00 Poland   3–0   Turkey 25–22 25–21 25–20     75–63 Report
14 Jul 17:30 Denmark   0–3   Turkey 12–25 16–25 22–25     50–75 Report
14 Jul 20:00 Israel   0–3   Poland 22–25 23–25 18–25     63–75 Report

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 July
 
 
  Italy3
 
17 July
 
  Turkey2
 
  Italy3
 
16 July
 
  Serbia2
 
  Poland0
 
 
  Serbia3
 
3rd place match
 
 
17 July
 
 
  Turkey3
 
 
  Poland2

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul 17:30 Poland   0–3   Serbia 21–25 15–25 20–25     56–75 Report
16 Jul 20:00 Italy   3–2   Turkey 23–25 25–17 25–21 17–25 15–12 105–100 Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul 17:30 Turkey   3–2   Poland 21–25 25–23 26–28 25–21 15–10 112–107 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul 20:00 Italy   3–2   Serbia 17–25 25–17 15–25 25–19 15–11 97–97 Report

Final standing

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Rank Team
    Italy
    Serbia
    Turkey
4   Poland
5   Ukraine
6   Denmark
7   Israel
8   Austria

Awards

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At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "CEV gives green light to organisation of test event for U21-U22 age group". cev.eu. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ "CEV U21 & U22 Volleyball European Championship 2022 Qualifiers" (PDF). CEV. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "#EuroVolleyU21W and #EuroVolleyU22M draws completed". cev.eu. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Another Italian spectacle - the Women U21 with a historic #EuroVolleyU21W title". cev.eu. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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