ECH U19 M: Poland took gold, host Turkey third

Poland  edged Italy  by 3:1 (25-15, 25-13, 25-27, 25-21) in a remake of the match these teams had contested in Pool I at the very beginning of the tournament.

This is Poland’s second title in the competition following their gold medal performance from the 2005 edition. Poland have so far claimed eight medals in this competition, with gold in 2005 and 2015, silver in 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2013 and bronze in 1995 and 1997. Italy were also vying for their second title after topping the charts in 1997 but had to be content with silver.

The hosts of Turkey finished their home campaign with a 3:1 win (25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18) over Germany in the bronze medal match to secure the first podium finish for their country since the U19 men’s European Championship was established back in 1995. 

The top six teams from the competition – Poland, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Russia and Bulgaria– have all qualified to this year’s FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship in Argentina with the Czech Republic claiming the last ticket to this year’s European Youth Olympic Festival after winning the seventh-place final with Serbia.

FINAL ROUND / FINAL – 1ST PLACE MATCH /

FINAL ROUND / 3RD PLACE MATCH /

Individual Awards 

MVP: Bartosz Kwolek (Poland) 

Best Scorer: Maximilian Auste (Germany)

Best Blocker: Aleksei Kononov (Russia)  

Best Receiver: Burak Cevik (Turkey) 

Best Spiker: Abdullah Cam (Turkey) 

Best Server: Matej Smidl (Czech Republic)  

Best Setter: Kamil Droszynski (Poland) 

Best Libero: Alessandro Piccinelli (Italy) 

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