The 2015
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 ...
was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, which was hosted by
Mexico
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from 11 to 20 September 2015 in the cities of
Mexicali
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and
Tijuana
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.
Russia
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, won the tournament after defeating
Argentina
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3-2 in the final match, thus securing the country's tenth title and the third in a row, after winning the editions of
2011
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in
Brazil
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and
2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
in
Turkey
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.
was elected the
Most Valuable Player
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.
Qualification
The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships on 14 December 2013.
Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the
Serpentine system
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according to their
FIVB U21 World Ranking as of December 2014.
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
Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
,
Mexico
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on 25 June 2015. Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 22nd.
Squads
Venues
Pool standing procedure
# Number of matches won
# Match points
# Sets ratio
# Points ratio
# Result of the last match between the tied teams
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
Pacific Daylight Time
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(
UTC−07:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
*All times are
Pacific Daylight Time
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(
UTC−07:00).
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round
*All times are
Pacific Daylight Time
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(
UTC−07:00).
Classification 13th–16th
13th–16th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
Classification 9th–12th
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
Classification 5th–8th
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
Source:
*Most valuable player
**
*Best scorer
**
Tonček Štern (SLO)
*Best setter
**
*Best outside spikers
**
**
*Best middle blockers
**
**
*Best opposite spiker
**
*Best libero
**
See also
*
2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
References
External links
Official websiteFinal StandingStatistics
{{FIVB Volleyball Junior World Championship
FIVB Men's U21 Volleyball World Championship
FIVB Men's U21 World Championship
FIVB Men's Junior World Championship
International volleyball competitions hosted by Mexico