2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship

2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	13–21 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Valeriia Gorbunova
Official website
Official website

The 2018 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship were played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 21 April 2018. The top six teams qualified for the 2019 U18 World Championship.

Participating teams

• Hosts
  • Bulgaria
• Qualified through 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
  • Belarus
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine

Pools composition

Pool I	Pool II
Bulgaria	Turkey
Russia	Romania
Belarus	Ukraine
Serbia	Italy
Slovenia	Netherlands
Hungary	Germany

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th Semifinals

Pool I

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Apr	15:00	Belarus	3–1	Serbia	25–21	25–21	21–25	25–17		96–84	Report
13 Apr	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Russia	25–18	23–25	25–17	19–25	15–12	107–97	Report
13 Apr	20:00	Hungary	1–3	Slovenia	18–25	20–25	25–22	14–25		77–97	Report
14 Apr	15:00	Russia	3–1	Belarus	21–25	25–16	25–17	25–13		96–71	Report
14 Apr	17:30	Slovenia	1–3	Serbia	28–26	22–25	20–25	20–25		90–101	Report
14 Apr	20:00	Hungary	2–3	Bulgaria	25–18	20–25	31–29	23–25	7–15	106–112	Report
15 Apr	15:00	Serbia	1–3	Russia	18–25	25–22	21–25	21–25		85–97	Report
15 Apr	17:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Slovenia	18–25	25–19	17–25	18–25		78–94	Report
15 Apr	20:00	Belarus	3–0	Hungary	25–20	25–18	25–21			75–59	Report
17 Apr	15:00	Slovenia	1–3	Russia	23–25	18–25	25–21	12–25		78–96	Report
17 Apr	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Belarus	21–25	16–25	25–19	25–21	15–13	102–103	Report
17 Apr	20:00	Hungary	1–3	Serbia	25–19	21–25	23–25	22–25		91–94	Report
18 Apr	15:00	Belarus	1–3	Slovenia	25–27	22–25	25–20	19–25		91–97	Report
18 Apr	17:30	Russia	3–0	Hungary	25–21	25–4	25–22			75–47	Report
18 Apr	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Bulgaria	19–25	21–25	25–20	22–25		87–95	Report

Pool II

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Apr	15:00	Germany	3–1	Netherlands	21–25	25–18	25–16	25–17		96–76	Report
13 Apr	17:30	Turkey	3–1	Ukraine	25–23	26–24	16–25	27–25		94–97	Report
13 Apr	20:00	Romania	1–3	Italy	14–25	25–22	11–25	19–25		69–97	Report
14 Apr	15:00	Ukraine	1–3	Germany	19–25	19–25	25–18	23–25		86–93	Report
14 Apr	17:30	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–14	25–12	25–12			75–38	Report
14 Apr	20:00	Romania	2–3	Turkey	23–25	24–26	28–26	25–17	9–15	109–109	Report
15 Apr	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine	18–25	25–19	25–16	25–18		93–78	Report
15 Apr	17:30	Turkey	1–3	Italy	15–25	16–25	25–14	18–25		74–89	Report
15 Apr	20:00	Germany	3–0	Romania	27–25	26–24	25–16			78–65	Report
17 Apr	15:00	Italy	3–0	Ukraine	25–14	25–17	25–12			75–43	Report
17 Apr	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Germany	25–12	25–22	22–25	25–27	17–15	114–101	Report
17 Apr	20:00	Romania	3–2	Netherlands	25–19	21–25	17–25	25–21	15–11	103–101	Report
18 Apr	15:00	Germany	0–3	Italy	16–25	11–25	13–25			40–75	Report
18 Apr	17:30	Ukraine	3–2	Romania	22–25	25–20	14–25	25–23	15–12	101–105	Report
18 Apr	20:00	Netherlands	1–3	Turkey	21–25	19–25	25–21	18–25		83–96	Report

5th–8th classification

	Semifinals				5th place match
	20 April
	Slovenia	2
					21 April
	[[Romania women's national volleyball team|Romania]]	3
					[[Romania women's national volleyball team|Romania]]	3
	20 April
					Belarus	0
	[[Belarus women's national volleyball team|Belarus]]	3
	Germany	1
					7th place match
					21 April
					Slovenia	2
					[[Germany women's national volleyball team|Germany]]	3

5th–8th Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 April	12:00	Slovenia	2–3	Romania	24–26	25–18	25–20	25–27	10–15	109–106	Report
20 April	14:30	Belarus	3–1	Germany	17–25	25–23	26–24	25–19		93–91	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	10:00	Slovenia	2–3	Germany	25–23	25–19	17–25	20–25	7–15	94–107	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	12:30	Romania	3–0	Belarus	25–16	25–21	25–11			75–48	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	20 April
	[[Russia women's national volleyball team|Russia]]	3
					21 April
	Turkey	0
					[[Russia women's national volleyball team|Russia]]	3
	20 April
					Italy	1
	[[Italy women's national volleyball team|Italy]]	3
	Bulgaria	1
					3rd place match
					21 April
					[[Turkey women's national volleyball team|Turkey]]	3
					Bulgaria	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 April	17:00	Russia	3–0	Turkey	25–18	25–18	25–14			75–50	Report
20 April	19:30	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	21–25	25–22	25–10	28–26		99–83	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Bulgaria	25–21	25–20	21–25	25–19		96–85	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 April	18:00	Russia	3–1	Italy	30–28	26–24	20–25	26–24		102–101	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Italy
	Turkey
4	Bulgaria
5	Romania
6	Belarus
7	Germany
8	Slovenia
9	Serbia
10	Netherlands
11	Ukraine
12	Hungary

Qualified for the 2019 Girls' U18 World Championship

2018 Girls' U17 European Champions
Russia 4th title

12–woman Roster

Elizaveta Kochurina, Valeriia Perova, Polina Matveeva, Elizaveta Gosheva, Vita Akimova, Elizaveta Popova, Ortal Ivgi, Alexandra Murushkina, Varvara Shubina, Elizaveta Apalikova, Valeriia Gorbunova, Natalia Slautina

Head Coach

Svetlana Safronova

Awards

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

• Most Valuable Player

Valeriia Gorbunova

• Best Setter

Polina Matveeva

• Best Outside Spikers

Aleksandra Georgieva

Loveth Oghosasere Omoruyi

• Best Middle Blockers

Elizaveta Kochurina

Claudia Consoli

• Best Opposite Spiker

Sude Hacımustafaoğlu

• Best Libero

Gülce Güçtekin