Denmark U17
The six girl’s teams were allocated into two groups:
Group one: Finland, Faroe Islands, Iceland.
Group two: Denmark, Sweden, England.
The winners of each group would qualify directly to the semi-finals, while the other two semi-finalists would be found in quarter-finals between no. 2 in one group against no. 3 in the other group.
Finland and Denmark qualified directly for the semi-finals as group-winners while England and Sweden overcame the Faroe Islands and Iceland, respectively, to book their place in the semi-final.
In the semis, Denmark emphatically beat England 3-0 to set up a final against Finland, who comfortably beat Sweden 3-0.
The final was an epic 5-setter where Denmark won the first set 25-15. Finland they claimed the next two sets 25-16 and 25-18 before Denmark levelled the match at 2-all by winning the 4th set 25-21 to set up a tiebreaker where Denmark came out on top, winning 15-11 and clinching their first ever U17 title.
This was only the second time since the start of the U17 competition in 2004 that Finland did not win the title. In the bronze match Sweden beat England 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-09). In the match for 5th/6th place, Iceland beat the Faroe Islands 3-1 (22-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-19)
All the results and tables from the girl’s U17 NEVZA Championships 2012:
Group 1
7.9.2012 Finland Faroes 3-0 25-07 25-14 25-12
7.9.2012 Faroes Iceland 3-2 25-12 25-22 23-25 23-25 15-12
7.9.2012 Iceland Finland 0-3 17-25 13-25 14-25
Group 1 Standings
Team Games Points Set+ Set- Set-ratio Points+ Points- Ratio
Finland 2 4 6 0 Max 150 77 1,948
Faroes 2 3 3 5 0,600 144 171 0,842
Iceland 2 2 2 6 0,333 140 186 0,753
Group 2
7.9.2012 Denmark England 3-0 25-16 25-15 25-20
7.9.2012 England Sweden 1-3 13-25 25-21 24-26 14-25
7.9.2012 Denmark Sweden 3-1 25-18 25-20 19-25 25-21
Group 2 Standings
Team Games Points Set+ Set – Set-ratio Points + Points – Ratio
Denmark 2 4 6 1 6,000 169 135 1,252
Sweden 2 3 4 4 1,000 181 170 1,065
England 2 2 1 6 0,167 127 172 0,738
Playoffs
8.9.2012 Quarter-final Faroes England 0-3 15-25 18-25 24-26
8.9.2012 Quarter-final Sweden Icland 3-0 25-11 25-19 25-06
8.9.2012 Semi-final Denmark England 3-0 25-16 25-15 25-11
8.9.2012 Semi-final Finland Sweden 3-0 25-23 25-22 25-08
8.9.2012 5th/6th place Faroes Iceland 1-3 25-22 14-25 19-25 19-25
9.9.2012 Bronce-match England Sweden 0-3 12-25 22-25 09-25
9.9.2012 Final Denmark Finland 3-2 25-15 16-25 18-25 25-21 15-11
Final standing:
No. 1 Denmark
No. 2 Finland
No 3. Sweden
No. 4 England
No. 5 Iceland
No. 6 Faroe Islands
