| Competition: | Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Gender: | women |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Dates: | 1–9 October 2020 |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | RUS |
| Mvp: |  Arina Fedorovtseva |
| Title Number: | 5 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Last: | 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship |
| Next: | 2022 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship |
The 2020 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) the girls' under-17 national teams of Europe. The tournament was held in Montenegro from 1 to 9 October 2020.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CEV qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. The top six teams qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the CEV representatives.
The second round qualifying stage for the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the CEV on 15 June 2020. First round qualifiers were Serbia, Russia, Slovakia, Finland and Italy.The remaining six participants were determined from European Ranking after the respective National Federations confirmed their participation in the event.[1] Despite securing their spot through winning the NEVZA qualifying event, Finland have withdrawn from the competition. The next best team from the relevant European Ranking – Poland – has taken their spot.[2]
| Means of qualification | width=30% | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Host Country | ||
| Qualification 1st round | BVA | |
| EEVZA | ||
| MEVZA | ||
| NEVZA | (11) | |
| WEVZA | ||
| (3) | ||
| (4) | ||
| (4) | ||
| (7) | ||
| (7) | ||
| (7) | ||
The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:
Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
| width=40 | Rank | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 11 |
| 12–woman roster | |
| Natalia Suvorova, Victoria Demidova, Irina Artiukhina, Daria Zamanskaia, Alina Popova, Arina Fedorovtseva, Oksana Shvydkaia, Viktoriia Kobzar, Dinara Sabitova, Veronika Dumrauf, Anna Khabibrakhmanova, Anastasiia Zhabrova | |
| Head coach | |
| Alexander Karikov |
At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.[4]
Özge Arslanalp
Melisa Ege Bükmen
Natalia Suvorova
Pelin Eroktay
Emma Barbero
