North Macedonia to host U20 Euro qualifiers in Skopje; men's Group E includes Belarus, Netherlands, Norway
CEV confirmed Skopje as the venue: men's Group E (Belarus, Netherlands, Norway) 15–17 Jan; women's Group E (Belarus, Hungary, Norway) 21–23 Jan 2027.
North Macedonia's under-20 volleyball teams will play the second-round European Championship qualifiers at home next January after CEV confirmed Skopje as a host city for two Group E tournaments.
The men's U20 side will face Belarus, the Netherlands and Norway in Group E from 15 to 17 January 2027 at the Jane Sandanski Sports Centre in Skopje. The CEV announcement also fixed the composition of the five qualifying groups in the men's second round.
The women's U20 team will host Belarus, Hungary and Norway in its Group E tournament from 21 to 23 January 2027, also at the Jane Sandanski Sports Centre in Skopje.
How qualification works and already-qualified teams
Winners of the five second-round groups will secure places at the U20 European Championship 2027, together with the two best-ranked runners-up from this phase, who will join the automatic participants.
For the men's final tournament — scheduled from 21 to 30 July 2027 in Croatia and Montenegro — hosts and the sides that advanced through the first round who are already confirmed to take part include Estonia, France, Russia, Bulgaria, Czechia, Finland and Iceland.
On the women's side, the U20 European Championship set for 8 to 18 July 2027 in Italy and Malta will feature the hosts plus Russia, Turkey, Germany, Finland, Czechia, Iceland and Poland among those who progressed from the opening round.
Photo: press material from the event
