CEV Women's U16 Volleyball European Championship
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Women's U16 European Volleyball Championship | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| First season | 2017 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Continent | Europe (CEV) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Italy (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Italy (2 titles) |
| Official website | cev.eu |
The Women's U16 Volleyball European Championship is a sport competition for volleyball national teams with players under 16 years, currently held biannually and organized by the European Volleyball Confederation, the volleyball federation from Europe. Only for 2023 edition the age limit was 17 years, and returned to 16 for 2025 edition.
Results summary
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2017 Details |
Bulgaria[1] |
Italy |
3–0 | Russia |
Bulgaria |
3–2 | Belarus |
12 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Italy / Croatia[2] |
Turkey |
3–0 | Italy |
Russia |
3–1 | Slovenia |
12 | |||
| 2021 Details |
Hungary / Slovakia[3] |
Russia |
3–1 | Italy |
Bulgaria |
3–2 | Turkey |
12 | |||
| 2023 Details |
Serbia / Hungary[4] |
Italy |
3–1 | Turkey |
Croatia |
3–1 | Greece |
16 | |||
| 2025 Details |
Albania / Kosovo[5][6] |
16 | |||||||||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Participating nations
| Nation | 2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 4th | 1 | ||||
| Belgium | 12th | 11th | 10th | 7th | 4 | |
| Bulgaria | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 3 | ||
| Croatia | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 3 | ||
| Czech Republic | 9th | 11th | 2 | |||
| Denmark | 11th | 1 | ||||
| Estonia | 14th | 1 | ||||
| Finland | 10th | 12th | 2 | |||
| France | 8th | 12th | 2 | |||
| Georgia | 16th | 1 | ||||
| Germany | 7th | 13th | 2 | |||
| Greece | 8th | 4th | 2 | |||
| Hungary | 7th | 10th | 2 | |||
| Italy | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4 | |
| Netherlands | 5th | 5th | 9th | 3 | ||
| Poland | 6th | 6th | 2 | |||
| Romania | 7th | 10th | 12th | 15th | 4 | |
| Russia | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3 | ||
| Serbia | 6th | 5th | 11th | 3 | ||
| Slovakia | 8th | 1 | ||||
| Slovenia | 4th | 5th | 2 | |||
| Turkey | 6th | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 4 |
References
- ^ "2017 cev u16". cev.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "2019 cev u16". cev.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "2021 cev u16". cev.eu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Future age-group European Championships hosts announced". cev.eu. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Kosovo and Albania host U16 Girls' European Volleyball Championship". RTSH. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Kosovo and Albania join forces for the European Volleyball Championship". kosovapress.com. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.