# 2020 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship

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
** Czech Republic
* Top eleven ranked teams from the Men's U20 CEV European Ranking as of 1 June 2019 which had not yet qualified
** Russia
** Poland
** Germany
** Italy
** Turkey
** France
** Belarus
** Serbia
** Ukraine
** Belgium
** Netherlands

## 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 teams | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Czech Republic (Hosts) Russia (1) | Poland (2) Germany (3) | Italy (3) Turkey (6) | France (7) Belarus (8) | Serbia (9) Ukraine (10) | Belgium (11) Netherlands (11) |

### Draw

| Pool I | Pool II |
| Czech Republic | Russia |
| Poland | Germany |
| Italy | Turkey |
| France | Belarus |
| Serbia | Ukraine |
| Belgium | Netherlands |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | MAX | 383 | 297 | 1.290 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 429 | 381 | 1.126 | Semifinals |
| 3 | France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 430 | 416 | 1.034 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 383 | 376 | 1.019 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.214 | 304 | 394 | 0.772 | |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 379 | 444 | 0.854 | |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Sep | 16:00 | KSH | Italy | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–18 | 25–20 | 25–14 | | | 75–52 | Report |
| 26 Sep | 18:30 | KSH | Czech Republic | 2–3 | France | 21–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 27–25 | 16–18 | 111–116 | Report |
| 26 Sep | 18:30 | SHV | Poland | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–18 | | | 75–53 | Report |
| 27 Sep | 16:00 | KSH | Italy | 3–0 | Poland | 26–24 | 29–27 | 25–20 | | | 80–71 | Report |
| 27 Sep | 18:30 | SHV | Belgium | 3–2 | France | 24–26 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 26–24 | 15–9 | 113–104 | Report |
| 27 Sep | 18:30 | KSH | Serbia | 3–2 | Czech Republic | 20–25 | 17–25 | 25–16 | 25–19 | 15–9 | 102–94 | Report |
| 28 Sep | 15:30 | KSH | France | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–20 | 25–16 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | Report |
| 28 Sep | 16:00 | SHV | Poland | 2–3 | Belgium | 29–27 | 25–22 | 16–25 | 23–25 | 8–15 | 101–114 | Report |
| 28 Sep | 18:10 | KSH | Czech Republic | 0–3 | Italy | 15–25 | 24–26 | 23–25 | | | 62–76 | Report |
| 30 Sep | 16:00 | SHV | Italy | 3–0 | France | 25–22 | 27–25 | 25–13 | | | 77–60 | Report |
| 30 Sep | 16:00 | KSH | Belgium | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–14 | 25–12 | 25–17 | | | 75–43 | Report |
| 30 Sep | 18:30 | KSH | Poland | 3–0 | Czech Republic | 25–23 | 25–11 | 25–20 | | | 75–54 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 15:00 | KSH | France | 3–0 | Poland | 25–23 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–61 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 17:30 | KSH | Serbia | 0–3 | Italy | 20–25 | 16–25 | 16–25 | | | 52–75 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 20:00 | KSH | Czech Republic | 0–3 | Belgium | 18–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | | 58–75 | Report |

### Pool II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 281 | 249 | 1.129 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 243 | 214 | 1.136 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 219 | 236 | 0.928 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 236 | 280 | 0.843 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Sep | 16:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Belarus | 30–28 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 25–18 | | 98–93 | Report |
| 27 Sep | 16:00 | Germany | 1–3 | Netherlands | 17–25 | 25–19 | 18–25 | 26–28 | | 86–97 | Report |
| 28 Sep | 18:45 | Netherlands | 0–3 | Belarus | 20–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | | | 61–75 | Report |
| 30 Sep | 18:30 | Germany | 2–3 | Russia | 23–25 | 25–20 | 17–25 | 25–23 | 5–15 | 95–108 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 16:00 | Belarus | 3–0 | Germany | 25–20 | 25–12 | 25–23 | | | 75–55 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 18:30 | Russia | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | | 75–61 | Report |

## Final round

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

### 5th–8th places

| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 3 October | 3 October |
| France | 3 |
| France | 3 | 4 October | 4 October |
| Germany | 2 | 4 October | 4 October |
| Germany | 2 | France | 3 |
| 3 October | 3 October | | France | 3 |
| 3 October | 3 October | Netherlands | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Poland | 2 | | |
| Poland | 2 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 4 October | 4 October |
| | | Germany | 0 |
| | | Poland | 3 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Oct | 12:30 | France | 3–2 | Germany | 25–23 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 19–25 | 15–9 | 102–103 | Report |
| 3 Oct | 15:30 | Netherlands | 3–2 | Poland | 25–23 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 13–25 | 15–13 | 96–109 | Report |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Oct | 10:30 | Germany | 0–3 | Poland | 16–25 | 18–25 | 20–25 | | | 54–75 | Report |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Oct | 13:00 | France | 3–2 | Netherlands | 25–17 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 15–9 | 104–97 | Report |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 3 October | 3 October |
| Italy | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 4 October | 4 October |
| Belarus | 0 | 4 October | 4 October |
| Belarus | 0 | Italy | 1 |
| 3 October | 3 October | | Italy | 1 |
| 3 October | 3 October | Russia | 3 |
| Russia | 3 | Russia | 3 |
| Belgium | 2 | | |
| Belgium | 2 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 4 October | 4 October |
| | | Belarus | 0 |
| | | Belgium | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Oct | 18:20 | Italy | 3–0 | Belarus | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–56 | Report |
| 3 Oct | 20:15 | Russia | 3–2 | Belgium | 25–17 | 19–25 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 15–13 | 102–102 | Report |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Oct | 15:45 | Belarus | 0–3 | Belgium | 19–25 | 15–25 | 27–29 | | | 61–79 | Report |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Oct | 18:00 | Italy | 1–3 | Russia | 23–25 | 25–12 | 24–26 | 25–27 | | 97–90 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | Italy |
| | Belgium |
| 4 | Belarus |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Serbia |
| 10 | Czech Republic |
* Qualified for the 2021 U21 World Championship
* Already qualified as hosts for the 2021 U21 World Championship
* 2020 Men's U20 European champions
* Russia 20th title
* 12–man roster
* Anton Anoshko, Mikhail Fedorov, Iurii Brazhniuk, Stanislav Dineykin, Kirill Ionov, Ilya Kazachenkov (c), Omar Kurbanov, Roman Murashko, Ilia Fedorov, Egor Kasatkin, Mikhail Vyshnikov, Nikita Morozov
* Head coach
* Mikhail 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