2018 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship

The 2018 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 12 teams) held in Albania from 1 to 9 September 2018.

2018 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Albania
Dates	1–9 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (7th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Valeria Battista
Official website
Official website

Participating teams

• Hosts
  • Albania
• Qualified through 2018 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
  • Belarus
  • Bulgaria
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Turkey

Preliminary round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool I

• venue: Dhimitrag Goga Sport Hall, Durrës

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	420	327	1.284	Semifinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	12	3	4.000	360	271	1.328
3	Belarus	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	385	357	1.078	5th–8th semifinals
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	6	6	10	0.600	343	353	0.972
5	Bulgaria	5	1	4	3	6	12	0.500	376	421	0.893
6	Albania	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	220	375	0.587

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Albania	0–3	Netherlands	11–25	13–25	15–25			39–75	Report
1 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Belarus	1–3	Italy	17–25	20–25	25–20	18–25		80–95	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Bulgaria	25–16	25–22	22–25	25–23		97–86	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Albania	0–3	Belarus	15–25	21–25	13–25			49–75	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–21	29–27	25–12			79–60	Report
3 Sep	15:00	Belarus	3–0	Netherlands	25–16	25–22	26–24			76–62	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Albania	25–13	25–6	25–9			75–28	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	11–25	25–19	20–25	20–25		76–94	Report
5 Sep	15:00	Belarus	0–3	Poland	23–25	15–25	19–25			57–75	Report
5 Sep	17:30	Albania	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	18–25	21–25			58–75	Report
5 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	21–25	19–25	25–27			65–77	Report
6 Sep	15:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Belarus	20–25	16–25	25–22	15–25		76–97	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Italy	3–0	Albania	25–13	25–14	25–19			75–46	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	25–14	25–12	25–18			75–44	Report

Pool II

• venue: Olympic Park, Tirana

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	415	312	1.330	Semifinals
2	Turkey	5	3	2	10	12	7	1.714	433	394	1.099
3	Serbia	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	387	367	1.054	5th–8th semifinals
4	Germany	5	3	2	7	10	10	1.000	421	407	1.034
5	Slovakia	5	1	4	3	3	13	0.231	289	377	0.767
6	France	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	351	439	0.800

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Turkey	2–3	Germany	22–25	21–25	25–22	25–23	10–15	103–110	Report
1 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Serbia	26–24	25–21	25–17			76–62	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Slovakia	3–1	France	25–12	25–14	12–25	25–21		87–72	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Germany	1–3	Serbia	16–25	25–14	19–25	23–25		83–89	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Turkey	3–0	Slovakia	25–11	25–17	28–26			78–54	Report
2 Sep	20:00	France	1–3	Russia	25–23	20–25	21–25	12–25		78–98	Report
3 Sep	15:00	Slovakia	0–3	Germany	14–25	17–25	14–25			45–75	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–1	Turkey	25–23	25–12	16–25	25–20		91–80	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Serbia	3–0	France	25–20	25–11	25–20			75–51	Report
5 Sep	15:00	Slovakia	0–3	Russia	19–25	12–25	12–25			43–75	Report
5 Sep	17:30	Turkey	3–1	Serbia	22–25	25–17	25–21	25–21		97–84	Report
5 Sep	20:00	Germany	3–2	France	25–19	20–25	25–14	19–25	15–12	104–95	Report
6 Sep	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Slovakia	25–16	25–19	27–25			77–60	Report
6 Sep	17:30	France	0–3	Turkey	20–25	18–25	17–25			55–75	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–16	25–19	25–14			75–49	Report

5th–8th classification

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

• venue: Dhimitrag Goga Sport Hall, Durrës

	Semifinals				5th place match
	8 September
	Belarus	1
					9 September
	Germany	3
					Germany	1
	8 September
					Serbia	3
	Netherlands	1
	Serbia	3
					7th place match
					9 September
					Belarus	2
					Netherlands	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	16:00	Belarus	1–3	Germany	18–25	19–25	25–16	20–25		82–91	Report
8 Sep	18:30	Netherlands	1–3	Serbia	19–25	18–25	26–24	14–25		77–99	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	15:00	Belarus	2–3	Netherlands	17–25	25–18	25–20	16–25	8–15	91–103	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	17:30	Germany	1–3	Serbia	23–25	25–18	22–25	16–25		86–93	Report

Final round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

• venue: Olympic Park, Tirana

	Semifinals				Final
	8 September
	Italy	3
					9 September
	Turkey	1
					Italy	3
	8 September
					Russia	2
	Russia	3
	Poland	2
					3rd place match
					9 September
					Turkey	2
					Poland	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	16:00	Italy	3–1	Turkey	25–15	10–25	25–22	25–22		85–84	Report
8 Sep	18:30	Russia	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–19	25–22	19–25	17–15	105–106	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	16:30	Turkey	2–3	Poland	21–25	25–17	25–15	20–25	12–15	103–97	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Italy	3–2	Russia	24–26	18–25	26–24	25–22	15–9	108–106	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Russia
	Poland
4	Turkey
5	Serbia
6	Germany
7	Netherlands
8	Belarus
9	Bulgaria
10	Slovakia
11	France
12	Albania

Qualified for the 2019 Women's U20 World Championship

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Valeria Battista

• Best setter

  Polina Matveeva

• Best outside spikers

  Oliwia Bałuk

  Derya Cebecioğlu

• Best middle blockers

  Viktoriia Pushina

  Sarah Luisa Fahr

• Best opposite spiker

  Magdalena Stysiak

• Best libero

  Sara Panetoni

Source: CEV

See also

• 2018 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

External links

• European Championship U19 - Women 2018 (Europe): Results @scores pro