The 2015

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was held in

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, from 24 to 31 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.

Competition formula

The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.

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 following the

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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. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 72nd.

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

Preliminary round

*All times are UAE Standard Time ( UTC+04:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

*All times are UAE Standard Time ( UTC+04:00).

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 *: Egor Kliuka *Best setter *:

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*Best outside spikers *: Egor Kliuka *: Gökhan Gökgöz *Best middle blockers *: Ivan Demakov *: Samet Güneş *Best opposite spiker *: Metin Toy *Best libero *: Yonder Garcia

References

External links

Official websiteFinal StandingAwardsStatistics
{{FIVB Volleyball U23 World Championship FIVB Men's U23 Volleyball World Championship

International volleyball competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates