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
Official website
Official website

Qualification
Main article: 2022 Women's U21 European Volleyball Championship Qualification
Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Country  Italy
Qualification round Pool A Serbia
Pool B Poland
Pool CTournament cancelled
Pool D Austria
Pool E Turkey
Best runner ups Israel
 Denmark
 Ukraine

Pools composition

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

Preliminary round

Pool I
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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul17:30Austria 0–3 Serbia10–2511–2518–25  39–75Report
12 Jul20:00Italy 3–1 Ukraine25–2223–2525–1425–19 98–80Report
13 Jul17:30Serbia 3–0 Ukraine25–1725–1825–17  75–52Report
13 Jul20:00Austria 0–3 Italy9–2514–2519–25  42–75Report
14 Jul17:30Ukraine 3–1 Austria25–1821–2525–1525–11 96–69Report
14 Jul20:00Serbia 2–3 Italy25–2325–1317–2517–2519–21103–107Report

Pool II
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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul17:30Poland 3–0 Denmark25–1625–2125–12  75–49Report
12 Jul20:00Turkey 3–1 Israel24–2625–1725–1125–20 99–74Report
13 Jul17:30Denmark 3–0 Israel25–2325–1625–21  75–60Report
13 Jul20:00Poland 3–0 Turkey25–2225–2125–20  75–63Report
14 Jul17:30Denmark 0–3 Turkey12–2516–2522–25  50–75Report
14 Jul20:00Israel 0–3 Poland22–2523–2518–25  63–75Report

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

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul17:30Poland 0–3 Serbia21–2515–2520–25  56–75Report
16 Jul20:00Italy 3–2 Turkey23–2525–1725–2117–2515–12105–100Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul17:30Turkey 3–2 Poland21–2525–2326–2825–2115–10112–107Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul20:00Italy 3–2 Serbia17–2525–1715–2525–1915–1197–97Report

Final standing
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Serbia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Turkey
4 Poland
5 Ukraine
6 Denmark
7 Israel
8 Austria

Awards

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

  • Most valuable player
    Italy Emma Cagnin
  • Best setter
    Serbia Andrea Tišma
  • Best outside spikers
    Serbia Branka Tica
    Italy Loveth Omoruyi
  • Best middle blockers
    Italy Emma Graziani
    Serbia Ana Malešević
  • Best opposite spiker
    Turkey İpar Özay Kurt
  • Best libero
    Turkey Gülce Güctekin

References
  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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