2022 Men's U22 European Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Men's U22 European Volleyball Championship was the inaugural edition of the Men's U22 European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). The tournament was held in Poland (host city Tarnów) from 12 to 17 July 2022.^[1][2]

2022 Men's U22 European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	12–17 July 2022
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Paolo Porro
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Attendance	23,310 (1,457 per match)
Official website
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Qualification

Main article: 2022 Men's U22 European Volleyball Championship Qualification

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Country		Poland
Qualification round	Pool A	Italy
	Pool B	Serbia
	Pool C	Turkey
	Pool D	France
	Pool E	Netherlands
	Pool F	Austria
	Best runner up	Montenegro

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held on 1 June 2022.^[3]

Pool I	Pool II
Poland	Italy
France	Netherlands
Serbia	Turkey
Austria	Montenegro

Venue

Preliminary round, Final round
Tarnów, Poland	Tarnów
Arena Jaskółka Tarnów
Capacity: 4296

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	6	9	6	1.500	329	323	1.019	Semifinals
2	Poland	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	272	238	1.143
3	Serbia	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	244	257	0.949
4	Austria	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	237	264	0.898

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	14:30	Serbia	3–0	Austria	27–25	26–24	25–23			78–72	Report
12 Jul	19:30	Poland	2–3	France	25–15	22–25	22–25	28–26	20–22	117–113	Report
13 Jul	14:30	Austria	2–3	France	25–23	25–20	20–25	23–25	10–15	103–108	Report
13 Jul	19:30	Serbia	0–3	Poland	20–25	25–27	18–25			63–77	Report
14 Jul	14:30	France	3–2	Serbia	27–29	25–18	25–19	16–25	15–12	108–103	Report
14 Jul	19:30	Austria	0–3	Poland	19–25	26–28	17–25			62–78	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	203	1.236	Semifinals
2	Turkey	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	276	257	1.074
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	226	231	0.978
4	Montenegro	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	163	225	0.724

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	12:00	Montenegro	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	13–25	15–25			47–75	Report
12 Jul	17:00	Italy	3–1	Turkey	29–27	25–18	22–25	25–22		101–92	Report
13 Jul	12:00	Netherlands	2–3	Turkey	19–25	18–25	25–21	25–23	9–15	96–109	Report
13 Jul	17:00	Montenegro	0–3	Italy	22–25	15–25	19–25			56–75	Report
14 Jul	12:00	Turkey	3–0	Montenegro	25–22	25–17	25–21			75–60	Report
14 Jul	17:00	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	19–25	19–25	17–25			55–75	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	16 July
	France	3
					17 July
	Turkey	2
					France	1
	16 July
					Italy	3
	Italy	3
	Poland	2
					3rd-place match
					17 July
					Turkey	1
					Poland	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	17:00	France	3–2	Turkey	25–23	22–25	12–25	25–23	15–13	99–109	Report
16 Jul	20:00	Italy	3–2	Poland	15–25	25–21	19–25	25–16	15–13	99–100	Report

3rd-place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	17:00	Turkey	1–3	Poland	17–25	25–20	24–26	23–25		89–96	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	20:00	France	1–3	Italy	26–24	23–25	22–25	21–25		92–99	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	France
	Poland
4	Turkey
5	Netherlands
6	Serbia
7	Austria
8	Montenegro

Awards

At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.^[4]

• Most valuable player

  Paolo Porro

• Best setter

  Kellian Paes

• Best outside spikers

  Tommaso Rinaldi

  Michał Gierżot

• Best middle blockers

  Francesco Comparoni

  Karol Urbanowicz

• Best opposite spiker

  Ibrahim Lawani

• Best libero

  Thibault Loubeyre