2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship

2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship
Tournament details
Host countryArmenia
CityYerevan
Dates23 July – 3 August 2025
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place France
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The 2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship was the 5th edition of the CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The tournament was played in Yerevan, Armenia, from 23 July to 3 August 2025. Italy won the competition for the third time. The top seven teams of the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship in Qatar as the CEV representatives.

Players born on or after 1 January 2010 were eligible to participate.

Host selection

Armenia were given the hosting rights on 12 October 2022.[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification Qualifier
Host country  Armenia
Qualification 1st round BVA Turkey
EEVZA Poland
MEVZA Czech Republic
WEVZA France
Qualification 2nd round Pool A Bulgaria
 Latvia
Pool B Spain
 Austria
Pool C Ukraine
 Serbia
Pool D Hungary
 Slovenia
 Romania
Pool E Italy
 Greece

Draw

The draw of the group stage pools was held on 29 April 2025 in Luxembourg.[2]

Group stage

All times are local (Armenia Time; UTC+4).

Pool I

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 7 7 0 19 21 4 5.250 585 430 1.360 Semifinals
2  Spain 7 6 1 18 20 7 2.857 620 507 1.223
3  Romania 7 4 3 12 12 10 1.200 494 500 0.988
4  Latvia 7 4 3 12 12 11 1.091 492 512 0.961
5  Greece 7 3 4 10 14 12 1.167 584 573 1.019
6  Slovenia 7 2 5 8 11 15 0.733 550 572 0.962
7  Austria 7 2 5 5 7 18 0.389 533 584 0.913
8  Armenia (H) 7 0 7 0 1 21 0.048 367 547 0.671
Source: CEV
(H) Host

Pool II

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  France 7 7 0 18 21 8 2.625 667 580 1.150 Semifinals
2  Italy 7 6 1 17 20 8 2.500 644 552 1.167
3  Czech Republic 7 5 2 15 17 9 1.889 585 518 1.129
4  Turkey 7 4 3 14 16 12 1.333 618 603 1.025
5  Bulgaria 7 3 4 9 11 14 0.786 520 568 0.915
6  Ukraine 7 2 5 7 11 15 0.733 574 584 0.983
7  Serbia 7 1 6 4 7 19 0.368 519 611 0.849
8  Hungary 7 0 7 0 3 21 0.143 474 585 0.810
Source: CEV

Final Four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2 August
 
 
 Poland1
 
3 August
 
 Italy3
 
 Italy3
 
2 August
 
 Spain1
 
 France2
 
 
 Spain3
 
3rd place match
 
 
3 August
 
 
 Poland1
 
 
 France3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 August16:30Poland 1–3 Italy19–2525–1619–2520–25 83–91Report
2 August19:00France 2–3 Spain22–2513–2525–2025–1612–1597–101Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 August16:30Poland 1–3 France15–2525–2222–2516–25 78–97Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 August19:00Italy 3–1 Spain25–2118–2525–2325–19 93–88Report

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  Poland
5  Czech Republic
6  Romania
7  Turkey
8  Latvia
9  Greece
10  Bulgaria
11  Slovenia
12  Ukraine
13  Austria
14  Serbia
15  Hungary
16  Armenia
Qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship
Qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship as defending champions

References

  1. ↑ "Age-group Championships 2023-2025 to break new ground for European Volleyball". www.cev.eu.
  2. ↑ "Pools drawn for #EuroVolleyU16W and #EuroVolleyU16M Finals". www.cev.eu.
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