2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event

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2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
CityCaorle
Dates9–15 October
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Bosnia and Herzegovina (11th title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Ukraine
Fourth place Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Official website
Caorle 2023

The 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event was the 19th edition of this tournament. For the first time, the competition was held in Caorle, Italy.[1] The winners qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The defending champions are Bosnia and Herzegovina. They successfully defended their title after defeating Germany, 3–2, in the final.

Host selection[edit]

Caorle, Italy was given the hosting rights on the 8 February 2023.[1] This marks the first time the tournament will be held in Italy.

Qualified teams[edit]

Nine countries automatically qualified, while three secured their places via the 2022 qualifier in Rouen, France.[2][3]

Host (1)

Automatic Qualifiers (7)

2022 qualifier teams (3)

Replacement (1)

Venue[edit]

The venue was the Palamare Valter Vicentini in Caorle.[4]

Caorle
Palamare Valter Vicentini
Capacity: unknown

Broadcasting rights[edit]

Every game will be broadcast on ParaVolley Europe YouTube channel.

Squads[edit]

Teams can select 12 players for the tournament.[5]

Draw[edit]

The draw took place on 13 May 2023 in Caorle.[6]

Format[edit]

12 teams are split into two group of six. The top four in each group plays in the Quarterfinals, while the bottom 2 in each group plays in the classification rounds. 

Group stage[edit]

Pool A[edit]

  • All times are local.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 5 0 15 15 0 MAX 300 181 1.657 Quarterfinals
2  Poland 5 4 1 11 12 7 1.714 313 271 1.155
3  Croatia 5 3 2 10 11 6 1.833 284 203 1.399
4  Italy (H) 5 2 3 4 6 13 0.462 309 350 0.883
5  Lithuania 5 1 4 4 6 13 0.462 256 345 0.742
6  Slovenia 5 0 5 1 4 15 0.267 248 360 0.689
Source: Report
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Oct 09:15 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Lithuania 25–11 25–8 25–18     75–37 [7]
9 Oct 11:30 Croatia  3–0  Slovenia 25–11 25–21 25–12     75–44 [8]
9 Oct 15:45 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Poland 25–20 25–19 25–10     75–49 [9]
9 Oct 17:45 Italy  3–2  Lithuania 25–19 19–25 19–25 25–22 16–14 104–105 [10]
10 Oct 09:15 Croatia  3–0  Lithuania 25–9 25–13 25–16     75–38 [11]
10 Oct 11:30 Poland  3–1  Slovenia 23–25 25–14 25–22 25–12   98–73 [12]
10 Oct 15:45 Italy  0–3  Croatia 15–25 16–25 15–25     46–75 [13]
10 Oct 17:45 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Slovenia 25–13 25–10 25–13     75–36 [14]
11 Oct 09:15 Italy  0–3  Poland 18–25 15–25 14–25     47–75 [15]
11 Oct 11:30 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Croatia 25–17 25–19 25–23     75–59 [16]
11 Oct 15:45 Poland  3–1  Lithuania 25–18 16–25 25–14 25–19   91–76 [17]
11 Oct 17:45 Italy  3–2  Slovenia 25–11 25–20 24–26 23–25 15–13 112–95 [18]
12 Oct 11:30 Slovenia  1–3  Lithuania 21–25 25–14 14–25 16–25   76–89 [19]
12 Oct 15:45 Croatia  2–3  Poland 25–20 24–26 18–25 25–19 12–15 104–105 [20]
12 Oct 17:45 Italy  0–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 11–25 12–25 12–25     35–75 [21]

Pool B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Germany 5 5 0 14 15 2 7.500 417 279 1.495 Quarterfinals
2  Ukraine 5 4 1 13 14 3 4.667 415 312 1.330
3  Latvia 5 3 2 7 9 10 0.900 378 411 0.920
4  Serbia 5 2 3 7 8 9 0.889 345 386 0.894
5  Hungary 5 1 4 3 5 14 0.357 349 435 0.802
6  Turkey 5 0 5 1 2 15 0.133 252 238 1.059
Source: Report
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Oct 09:00 Germany  3–0  Latvia 25–15 25–19 25–16     75–50 [22]
9 Oct 11:45 Ukraine  3–0  Hungary 25–16 25–12 25–20     75–48 [23]
9 Oct 15:30 Germany  3–0  Turkey 25–11 25–12 25–7     75–30 [24]
9 Oct 18:15 Serbia  2–3  Latvia 25–14 22–25 25–23 11–25 11–15 94–102 [25]
10 Oct 09:00 Ukraine  3–0  Latvia 25–12 25–15 25–16     75–43 [26]
10 Oct 11:45 Turkey  2–3  Hungary 20–25 25–21 23–25 25–22 9–15 102–108 [27]
10 Oct 15:30 Serbia  0–3  Ukraine 17–25 15–25 16–25     48–75 [28]
10 Oct 18:15 Germany  3–0  Hungary 25–10 25–10 25–16     75–36 [29]
11 Oct 09:00 Serbia  3–0  Turkey 25–19 25–17 30–28     80–64 [30]
11 Oct 11:45 Germany  3–2  Ukraine 21–25 26–24 25–21 26–28 19–17 117–115 [31]
11 Oct 15:30 Turkey  0–3  Latvia 22–25 18–25 20–25     60–75 [32]
11 Oct 18:15 Serbia  3–0  Hungary 25–19 25–15 25–16     75–50 [33]
12 Oct 09:00 Hungary  2–3  Latvia 23–25 25–23 18–25 25–17 16–18 107–108 [34]
12 Oct 15:30 Ukraine  3–0  Turkey 25–23 25–19 25–14     75–56 [35]
12 Oct 16:00 Serbia  0–3  Germany 16–25 10–25 22–25     48–75 [36]

Knockout stage[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October –
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
 
14 October –
 
 Serbia 0
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
 
13 October –
 
 Ukraine 0
 
 Ukraine 3
 
15 October –
 
 Croatia 2
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
 
13 October –
 
 Germany 2
 
 Germany 3
 
14 October –
 
 Italy 0
 
 Germany 3
 
13 October –
 
 Poland 0 Third place
 
 Poland 3
 
15 October –
 
 Latvia 0
 
 Ukraine 3
 
 
 Poland 0
 

5–8 classification bracket[edit]

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
 Serbia1
 
15 October
 
 Croatia3
 
 Croatia3
 
14 October
 
 Latvia0
 
 Italy0
 
 
 Latvia3
 
7th place match
 
 
15 October
 
 
 Serbia3
 
 
 Italy0

Quarterfinals[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 11:45 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Serbia 25–16 25–12 25–18     75–46 [37]
13 Oct 12:00 Poland  3–0  Latvia 25–19 25–23 25–19     75–61 [38]
13 Oct 15:30 Ukraine  3–2  Croatia 23–25 25–16 25–27 25–19 15–7 113–94 [39]
13 Oct 15:45 Germany  3–0  Italy 25–13 25–13 25–17     75–43 [40]

Semifinals[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 18:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Ukraine 25–14 25–16 25–19     75–49 [41]
14 Oct 18:15 Germany  3–0  Poland 25–12 25–14 25–17     75–43 [42]

Third place match[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Oct 10:00 Ukraine  3–0  Poland 25–17 25–12 25–16     75–45 [43]

Final[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Oct 17:30 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–2  Germany 18–25 25–23 28–30 25–21 15–6 111–105 [44]

Classification rounds[edit]

5–8 Semifinals[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 11:30 Serbia  1–3  Croatia 23–25 21–25 25–19 13–25   82–94 [45]
14 Oct 11:45 Italy  0–3  Latvia 16–25 23–25 23–25     62–75 [46]

Seventh place match[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 18:30 Serbia  3–0  Italy 25–23 25–20 25–20     75–63 [43]

Fifth place match[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Oct 09:15 Croatia  3–0  Latvia 25–21 29–27 25–16     79–64 [47]

9–12th placement group[edit]

The four losers that failed to make the quarter finals all play each other in a four team group to decide the places 9–12. Games against the teams that have already played each other are carried over.

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 275 228 1.206 Ninth place
2  Turkey 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 252 212 1.189 Tenth place
3  Lithuania 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 209 227 0.921 Eleventh place
4  Slovenia 3 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 141 180 0.783 Twelfth place
Source: Report

Matches[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 09:00 Hungary  3–1  Slovenia 25–14 16–25 25–13 25–13   91–65 [48]
13 Oct 11:30 Lithuania  0–3  Turkey 23–25 17–25 19–25     59–75 [49]
14 Oct 09:00 Turkey  3–0  Slovenia 25–15 25–14 25–16     75–45 [50]
14 Oct 11:30 Lithuania  0–3  Hungary 15–25 24–26 22–25     61–76 [51]

Final rankings[edit]

Rank Team
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Germany
 Ukraine
4  Poland
5  Croatia
6  Latvia
7  Serbia
8  Italy
9  Hungary
10  Turkey
11  Lithuania
12  Slovenia
Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics

Awards[edit]

The awards were as follows:

MVP

Best Setter

Best Attacker

Best Receiver

Best Server

Best Blocker

Best Libero

Green Card award

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

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