2025 CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Armenia |
| City | Yerevan |
| Dates | 23 July – 3 August 2025 |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Champions | Italy (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Spain |
| Third place | France |
| Official website | |
| www.cev.eu | |
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 |
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
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 2 August | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||
| 3 August | ||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
| 2 August | ||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||
| France | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||
| 3 August | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||
| France | 3 | |||||
Semifinals
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August | 16:30 | Poland | 1–3 | Italy | 19–25 | 25–16 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 83–91 | Report | |
| 2 August | 19:00 | France | 2–3 | Spain | 22–25 | 13–25 | 25–20 | 25–16 | 12–15 | 97–101 | Report |
3rd place match
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August | 16:30 | Poland | 1–3 | France | 15–25 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 16–25 | 78–97 | Report |
Final
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August | 19:00 | Italy | 3–1 | Spain | 25–21 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 93–88 | Report |
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Italy | |
| Spain | |
| 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 |