2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship
Official website
cev.lu
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland  Denmark
Dates	August 24 – September 2
Teams	12
Venues	2 (in Gdynia, Poland and Randers, Denmark host cities)
Champions	Italy (th title)
MVP	Sandro Caci (ITA)
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The 2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship is being held in Gdynia, Poland and Randers, Denmark from August 24 to September 2, 2012. Italy qualified to the 2013 Men's Junior World Championship as the winning team.^[1]

Participating teams

• Host
  •  Poland
  •  Denmark
• Defending Champion
  •  Russia
• Qualified through 2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship Qualification
  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Finland
  •  Germany
  •  Greece
  •  Italy
  •  Spain
  •  Serbia
  •  Turkey

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Team plays the 5th to 8th classification

Pool A

Played in Gdynia

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	12	4	1	437	386	1.132	14	5	2.800
2	Belgium	11	4	1	393	360	1.092	12	5	2.400
3	Poland	10	3	2	483	454	1.064	11	6	1.833
4	Russia	8	3	2	382	376	1.016	6	6	1.000
5	Serbia	3	1	4	324	382	0.848	3	13	0.231
6	Finland	1	0	5	394	455	0.866	4	15	0.267

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Aug	Serbia	0–3	Belgium	20–25	21–25	19–25			60–75
25 Aug	Russia	0–3	Italy	21–25	18–25	21–25			60–75
25 Aug	Finland	1–3	Poland	25–23	20–25	20–25	21–25		86–98
26 Aug	Serbia	0–3	Russia	23–25	25–27	17–25			65–77
26 Aug	Italy	3–2	Finland	19–25	33–35	25–23	25–18	15–12	117–113
26 Aug	Belgium	3–2	Poland	25–17	20–25	25–22	22–25	15–11	107–100
27 Aug	Finland	1–3	Serbia	24–26	10–25	25–14	21–25		80–90
27 Aug	Russia	0–3	Belgium	23–25	25–27	15–25			63–77
27 Aug	Poland	3–2	Italy	21–25	18–25	25–20	25–19	15–6	104–95
29 Aug	Russia	3–0	Finland	25–15	25–21	25–17			75–53
29 Aug	Belgium	0–3	Italy	17–25	19–25	23–25			59–75
29 Aug	Serbia	0–3	Poland	21–25	16–25	22–25			59–75
30 Aug	Finland	0–3	Belgium	17–25	22–25	23–25			62–75
30 Aug	Italy	3–0	Serbia	25–22	25–13	25–15			75–50
30 Aug	Poland	2–3	Russia	23–25	28–26	17–25	25–16	13–15	106–107

Pool B

Played in Randers

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Spain	14	5	0	430	359	1.198	15	3	5.000
2	Turkey	11	3	2	457	416	1.099	13	7	1.857
3	Bulgaria	10	4	1	433	418	1.036	12	7	1.714
4	Germany	5	2	3	406	413	0.983	7	12	0.583
5	Greece	5	1	4	443	473	0.937	8	13	0.615
6	Denmark	0	0	5	327	417	0.784	2	15	0.133

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Aug	Greece	0–3	Spain	25–27	20–25	17–25			62–75
24 Aug	Germany	0–3	Turkey	22–25	16–25	20–25			58–75
24 Aug	Bulgaria	3–0	Denmark	25–23	25–19	25–21			75–63
25 Aug	Spain	3–1	Germany	25–23	25–16	20–25	25–22		95–86
25 Aug	Denmark	0–3	Turkey	16–25	17–25	16–25			49–75
25 Aug	Bulgaria	3–2	Greece	20–25	25–19	25–23	23–25	15–11	108–103
26 Aug	Turkey	2–3	Spain	22–25	13–25	25–23	25–20	13–15	98–108
26 Aug	Greece	3–1	Denmark	25–19	17–25	28–26	25–21		95–91
26 Aug	Germany	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	23–25	19–25			61–75
28 Aug	Denmark	0–3	Spain	20–25	15–25	19–25			64–75
28 Aug	Bulgaria	3–2	Turkey	22–25	22–25	28–26	27–25	17–15	116–116
28 Aug	Greece	2–3	Germany	20–25	25–19	25–20	17–25	11–15	98–104
29 Aug	Spain	3–0	Bulgaria	25–16	25–23	25–20			75–59
29 Aug	Turkey	3–1	Greece	25–20	25–18	18–25	25–22		93–85
29 Aug	Germany	3–1	Denmark	25–12	25–19	22–25	25–14		97–70

Championship round

5th to 8th bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Gdynia
	Poland	3
	Germany	1
					Gdynia
					Poland	1
					Russia	3
					Third place
	Gdynia			Gdynia
	Russia	3		Germany	0
	Bulgaria	2			Bulgaria	3

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Gdynia
	Italy	3
	Turkey	1
					Gdynia
					Italy	3
					Spain	1
					Third place
	Gdynia			Gdynia
	Belgium	1		Turkey	2
	Spain	3			Belgium	3

Classification 5th to 8th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–10	23–25	25–20	25–19		98–74
1 Sep	Russia	3–2	Bulgaria	25–20	25–22	21–25	15–25	15–6	101–98

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Italy	3–1	Turkey	25–14	23–25	25–22	25–20		98–81
1 Sep	Belgium	1–3	Spain	23–25	21–25	25–21	25–16		85–96

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Germany	0–3	Bulgaria	16–25	16–25	22–25			54–75

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Poland	1–3	Russia	23–25	25–20	27–29	19–25		94–99

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Turkey	2–3	Belgium	24–26	25–17	25–21	22–25	15–17	111–106

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Italy	3–1	Spain	25–21	14–25	25–23	25–22		89–91

Final standing

Rank Team  Italy  Spain  Belgium 4  Turkey 5  Russia 6  Poland 7  Bulgaria 8  Germany 9  Greece 10  Serbia 11  Finland 12  Denmark

2012 Men's Junior European Champions  Italy

Individual Awards

• MVP: Sandro Caci ^[2]
• Best Scorer: Andrés Villena
• Best Spiker: Andrés Villena
• Best Blocker: Ivan Demakov
• Best Server: Luca Borgogno
• Best Setter: Koen Thijs
• Best Receiver: Baturalp Burak Güngör
• Best Libero: Roberto Rivan

References

1. 2012 CEV Junior Volleyball European Championship - Men
2. cev.lu (September 2, 2012). "Magic Turkish squad claims third consecutive gold medal".

External links

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball