The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship will be the twentieth edition of the
FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 20 of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in
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 ...
from 12 to 21 July 2019. Mexico played hosts for this event for the fourth time.
The finals involved 16 teams, of which 15 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 16 teams, 15 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2017, while
Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...
made its first appearances at an FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
is the defending champions, having won their third title in
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 ...
.
Qualification
A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to
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 ...
, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 10 teams qualified via six separate continental tournaments while the remaining 5 teams qualified via the
FIVB Junior World Ranking.
Pools composition
First round
The draw was held in
León, Mexico on 18 June 2019.
Mexico as a host country team were seeded in the top position of pool A. The top seven teams from World ranking as per January 2019 were seed in
serpentine system
The serpentine system, also known as snake seeding, is a method of organization used in competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them into pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m'' ...
in first two rows. The eight remaining teams were drawn in next two rows. Numbers in brackets denote the
World ranking.
;Draw
Second round
Venues
Referees
There were sixteen referees from 5 continental confederations in this tournament.
;
AVC (1)
* Irina Kabulbekova
;
CAVB
The African Volleyball Confederation (French: ''Confédération Africaine de Volleyball'', or CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco.
Profile
The CAVB wa ...
(2)
* Marthe Clémence Eyike
* Abderrazek Hariz
;
CEV (4)
* Sinisa Isajlovic
* Sabine Witte
* Roy Goren
* Sanja Miklosic
;
CSV (4)
* Angela Grass
* Misael Galindo Reyez
* Rocio Aida Huarcaya Lopez
* José Blanco Gonto
;
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 r ...
(5)
* Andrew Robb
* Lourdes Perez Perez
* Nestor Bienvenido Mateo Perez
*
* Pablo Mendoza Sanchez
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
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
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
*:
Mayu Ishikawa
*Best setter
*:
Tsukasa Nakagawa
*Best outside spikers
*:
Haruna Soga
*:
Mayu Ishikawa
*Best middle blockers
*:
Yulia Brovkina
*:
Merve Atlier
*Best opposite spiker
*:
Terry Enweonwu
*Best libero
*:
Ni Feifan
See also
*
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
References
External links
Official website
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