U20 European volleyball qualifying round 1: Ukraine beat Armenia 3–0
Armenia’s men lost their home opener in Yerevan and are scheduled to face Latvia on October 30 at 19:00 local time.
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Armenia’s men lost their home opener in Yerevan and are scheduled to face Latvia on October 30 at 19:00 local time.
Armenia opened its home qualifying campaign for the 2027 European Men’s Under-20 Volleyball Championship with a 0–3 defeat to Ukraine on October 28, 2026. The match lasted 60 minutes at the Gazprom Armenia Sports Complex in Yerevan.
The October 28–31 tournament is an Eastern European Volleyball Zonal Association event that also serves as the first European qualifying round. Armenia, Ukraine and Latvia are in the same group.
Armenia kept the opening set close, but Ukraine took control in the next two. Each of Ukraine’s later set wins came by a 15-point margin.
| Set | Armenia | Ukraine | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 25 | 26 |
| 2 | 10 | 25 | 17 |
| 3 | 10 | 25 | 17 |
Ukraine’s Antonii Kravchenko led all scorers, while teammate Andrii Nakoskin led the match in attacks that scored points. An ace is a serve that scores directly; a winning block stops an opponent’s attack to score a point.
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| Player | Total points | Attack points | Aces | Winning blocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonii Kravchenko | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Andrii Nakoskin | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
For Armenia, Hakob Baghdasaryan recorded five attack points and one winning block.
The Latvian Volleyball Federation says the tournament winner qualifies directly for the 2027 European finals. Teams finishing second through fourth advance to the second qualifying round, scheduled for January.
Before travelling to Yerevan, Latvia head coach Raimonds Liniņš said his team aimed to reach the next qualifying round and compete for tournament medals, with producing its best performance the main priority.
Armenia are scheduled to face Latvia in Yerevan on October 30 at 19:00 local time. Sportaran said the result would determine Armenia’s group position before the final classification matches. The federation’s schedule places the classification stage on October 31.
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