The 2013

Women's Junior Volleyball World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 21 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB). The first tournament was staged in 1977 FIVB Voll ...

was held in

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, for ten days between from 21 to 30 June 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament that features 20 teams. __TOC__

Qualification process

Competition Formula

The 20 teams will be divided into four pools of five teams each and will play a round-robin tournament. The bottom-ranked team of each pool will play classification matches for 17th-20th place in a round-robin system. The other 16 teams progress to the Eight Finals which consists of a playoff (1st of Pool A against 4th of Pool B etc.). The winners of the playoff matches will advance to the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals to be classified from 1st to 8th while the losers of playoff match will play classification matches, with a similar quarterfinals, semifinals and finals system, to be classified from 9th to 16th.

Venues

Kajot Arena Winning Group Arena, is an indoor arena in Brno, Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the ...

and Mestska Hala Micovych Sportu, Brno,

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Championship Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

5th–8th places bracket

Classification 5th and 8th

Classification 7th

Classification 5th

9th and 16th places bracket

13th and 16th places bracket

Classification 9th and 16th

Classification 13th and 16th

Classification 9th and 12th

Classification 15th

Classification 13th

Classification 11th

Classification 9th

Classification 17th and 20th

Final standing

All-Star Team

*Most valuable player ** *Best Opposite ** *Best Outside Hitters ** ** *Best Middle Blockers ** ** *Best setter ** *Best libero **

References

{{FIVB Volleyball Junior World Championship FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship International volleyball competitions hosted by the Czech Republic 2013 in Czech sport

FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 21 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' ( FIVB). The first tournament was staged in 1977 in Brazi ...

Volleyball in the Czech Republic 2013 in youth sport