2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event

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
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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

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

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

Host (1)

  •  Italy

Automatic Qualifiers (7)

2022 qualifier teams (3)

  •  Hungary
  •  Slovenia
  •  Latvia

Replacement (1)

  •  Lithuania

Venue

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

2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event is located in Italy
Caorle
Caorle
 Caorle
Palamare Valter Vicentini
Capacity: unknown

Broadcasting rights

Every game will be broadcast on ParaVolley Europe YouTube channel.

Squads

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

Draw

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

Format

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

Pool A

  • 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

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

 
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

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

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

5–8 Semifinals

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

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

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

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

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

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

The awards were as follows:

MVP

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Safet Alibasic

Best Setter

  • Germany Stefan Haehlein

Best Attacker

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermin Jusufovic

Best Receiver

  • Poland Robert Wydera

Best Server

  • Germany Dominik Albrecht

Best Blocker

  • Ukraine Denys Bytchenko

Best Libero

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Ismet Godinjak

Green Card award

See also

External links

  • Official website
  • ParaVolley Europe Youtube channel.

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