The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the twentieth edition of the

FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, called the FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship between 2007 and 2011, is the world championship of volleyball for male players under the age of 21 organized by ''Fédération Internati ...

, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in

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from 18 to 27 July 2019. 16 teams from the 5 confederations competed in the tournament. Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999.

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won its first title in the competition, defeating

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in the final.

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defeated

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for the bronze medal. Amirhossein Esfandiar from Iran was elected the

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Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to

, who qualified automatically as hosts, another 10 teams qualified via six separate continental tournaments while the remaining 5 teams qualified via the FIVB U21 World Ranking.

Pools composition

First round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the

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according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of January 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U21 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking. The draw was held in

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on 3 June 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 42nd. ;Draw

Second round

Squads

Venues

* Isa Sports City Hall C,

– Pool A, C, E, F, 5th–8th places and Final four * Isa Sports City Hall B,

– Pool B, D, G, H, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places

Referees

There were sixteen referees from 5 continental confederations in this tournament. ; AVC (5) * Toan Phong Nguyen * * Tatsuhiro Sawa * Bae Sun-ok * Jirasak Pumduang ;

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(2) * Redha Bouzidi * Edgar Serole ; CEV (2) * Aleksandar Vinaliev * Nicholas Heckford * Igor Porvaznik ; CSV (2) * José Luis Barrios * Paulo Luis Beal * ;

NORCECA The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) is the international governing body for the sports of volleyball in Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NORCECA is the continental confederation that ...

(3) * Lanza Miller * Daniel Gonzalez * Miguel A. Figueroa Medina

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

First round

*All times are

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( UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

*All times are

( UTC+03:00).

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+03:00).

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player : Amirhossein Esfandiar *Best Setter : Lorenzo Sperotto *Best Outside Spikers : Daniele Lavia : Morteza Sharifi *Best Middle Blockers :

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: Guilherme Voss Santos *Best Opposite Spiker : Maksim Sapozhkov *Best Libero : Mohammad Reza Hazratpour

References

External links

Official websiteFinal StandingStatistics
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Qualification

Pools composition

First round

Second round

Squads

Venues

Referees

Pool standing procedure

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links