The 2017
FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the international
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the sport's world governing body,
FIVB. The tournament was hosted by
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
in the cities of
Boca del Río and
Córdoba from 14 to 23 July 2017.
China
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defeated
Russia
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in the final to capture their third title in the competition.
Japan
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won the bronze medal after defeating
Turkey
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in the third place match.
Yang Hanyu from China was elected the
Most Valuable Player
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.
Qualification
The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.
Pools composition
The drawing of lots was held in
Boca del Rio,
Mexico
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on 8 June 2017. Mexico as a host country team were seeded in the top position of pool A, And the top seven teams from World ranking as per January 2017 were seed in serpentine system in first two rows. the eight remaining teams were drawn in next two rows. Numbers in brackets denote the
World ranking.
Squads
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
Central Daylight Time Zone
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In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and se ...
(
UTC−05:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
*All times are
Central Daylight Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean islands.
In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and se ...
(
UTC−05:00).
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round
*All times are
Central Daylight Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean islands.
In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and se ...
(
UTC−05:00).
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
*
Most Valuable Player
In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...
*:
Yang Hanyu
*Best setter
*:
Tamaki Matsui
*Best outside spikers
*: Wu Han
*:
Tuğba Şenoğlu
Tuğba Şenoğlu İvegin (born 2 February 1998) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and plays in the wing spiker position for Türk Hava Yolları (women's volleyball), Türk Hava Yolları in Turkey. She is part of the team which qualifi ...
*Best middle blockers
*:
Zehra Güneş
*:
Yang Hanyu
*Best opposite spiker
*:
Anna Kotikova
*Best libero
*:
Nyeme Costa
See also
*
2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global govern ...
References
External links
Official website
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