U16W & U17M Middle European Championships in Croatia going into the final phase

Zadar, Croatia. Middle European Volleyball Championships in the women’s U17 and men’s U16 are underway in Zadar, Croatia. A total of 13 teams, six in the women’s and seven in the men’s are playing for the Middle European Crown and an early ticket for the European Championships in the same age-groups that will happen later this year. Catch the semifinals at 17h and 19:30h also live on the YouTube channel of the tournament host, the Croatian Volleyball Federation.

After a day and a half packed with volleyball action from morning until evening on three competition courts at two different venues in Zadar the pool stage of the championship is complete.

Teams were split into two pools per gender with three or four teams in it. After facing each opponent in their respective pool once, the two best ranked teams advanced to the semifinals, which will be played later on today, starting from 17h. The third and fourth ranked teams play for 5th to 8th place.

Livestream: YouTube Channel of the Croatian Volleyball Federation.

CEV U16 Volleyball European Championship 2021 | Women
1st Round MEVZA
Playoff
17:00 Semifinal 1: Slovenia – Hungary
19:30 Semifinal 2: Croatia – Czech Republic

Pool A
Slovenia – Austria 3-2 (20-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-23, 15-12)
Croatia – Slovenia 0-3 (16-25, 21-25, 11-25)
Austria – Croatia 2-3 (24-26, 25-19, 25-21, 21-25, 15-17)

Pool B
Israel – Czech Republic 0-3 (23-25, 9-25, 6-25)
Hungary – Czech Republic 1-3 (20-25, 18-25, 25-11, 18-25)
Hungary – Israel 3-0 (25-14, 25-7, 25-22)

CEV U17 Volleyball European Championship 2021 | Men
1st Round MEVZA
Playoff
17:00 Semifinal 1: Slovenia – Czech Republic
19:30 Semifinal 2: Austria – Croatia
19:30 Places 5-8: Slovakia – Israel

Pool A
Slovakia – Slovenia 0-3 (10-25, 18-25, 18-25)
Croatia – Slovakia 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 23-25, 25-23)
Slovenia – Croatia 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-17, 25-15)

Pool B
Czech Republic – Israel 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-18)
Hungary – Austria 0-3 (17-25, 12-25, 17-25)
Israel – Austria 0-3 (24-26, 18-25, 18-25)
Czech Republic – Hungary 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-16)
Hungary – Israel 3-1 (26-24, 25-15, 20-25, 25-20)
Austria – Czech Republic 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-20)