The 2015

FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 23 organized by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ( FIVB). The first edition was staged in 2013 in Mexicali a ...

was held in

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, from 12 to 19 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

The pool composition was drawn by Serpentine system based on U20 World ranking. Number in the bracket denote the World ranking except the host who ranked 4th.

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

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( UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+03:00).

5th–8th places

Classification 5th and 8th

Classification 7th

Classification 5th

Championship round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player **

Juma Silva Juma Fernandes da Silva (born ) is a Brazilian volleyball player as a setter. Career She competed at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship, 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship, 2016 Montreux Volley Masters, and 2018 FIVB Volleyball ...

*Best setter **

*Best Outside Spikers ** Brayelin Martinez **

Arisa Inoue is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for the Hisamitsu Springs. She also plays for the Japan women's national volleyball team. Inoue won a silver medal with the Japan U20 national team at the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship. ...

*Best middle blocker **

Kübra Akman Kübra Akman (born 13 October 1994), also known as Kübra Çalışkan, is a Turkish professional volleyball player. Career She played for Nilüfer Belediyespor Women's Volleyball Team, Nilüfer Belediyespor before she transferred in 2012 to Vak ...

Sara Bonifacio Sara Bonifacio (born 3 July 1996) is an Italian volleyball player who plays for Igor Gorgonzola Novara. Career Bonifacio joined the amateur volleyball club of Alba in 2005 then she was recruited for Club Italia a junior team managed by FIPAV. Sh ...

*Best opposite spiker **

Rosamaria Montibeller Rosamaria Montibeller (; born 9 April 1994) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She usually plays as an opposite spiker and occasionally as a wing spiker. A part of Brazil women's national volleyball team ever since winning silver at the 2015 Pan ...

*Best libero ** Gizem Örge

References

External links

{{FIVB Volleyball U23 World Championship FIVB Women's U23 Volleyball World Championship Fivb Women's U23 Volleyball 2015 in Turkish sport

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