The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship was the 21st edition of the

FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 21 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' ( FIVB). The first tournament was staged in 1977 in Braz ...

, 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

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and

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, making it the first time that the tournament was jointly hosted by more than one country. The defending champions,

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, withdrew from the event.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to

and

, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 10 teams qualified via five separate continental tournaments which were required to be held by 31 December 2020 at the latest. However, due to the ongoing global

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and the subsequent impact on some Confederations’ ability to organize the events within the given deadline, the FIVB decided to postpone the deadline for continental qualifications to 28 February 2021. Additionally, in the case of no Continental Confederations being able to hold qualifying events, teams were to qualify according to the respective Continental Rankings. The remaining 4 teams qualified via the FIVB Junior World Ranking. * China and Japan withdrew from the competition. Thailand entered by the 3rd place at the Asian Volleyball Championship and Belarus entered by the world ranking. ** Cuba was forced to withdraw from the competition due to COVID-19 infections and was replaced by Puerto Rico.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the

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according to their FIVB U20 World Ranking as of 1 March 2021. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pools A and B regardless of the U20 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U20 World Ranking. The draw was held on 14 June 2021. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked both 22nd. * Cuba withdrew due to

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concerns and was replaced by Puerto Rico. ** The teams changed their groups after the draw because a policy about immigration of

ban the people from

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and

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Squads

Venues

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

Preliminary round

*All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Classification 1–8

Pool E

Pool F

Classification 9–16

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

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 *:

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*Best setter *:

*Best outside spikers *:

Loveth Omoruyi Oghosasere Loveth "Lolly" Omoruyi (born 25 August 2002) is an Italian volleyball player. She represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life and career Born in Lodi to parents of Nigerian origins, Omoruyi is the second-born of four ...

*: Jolien Knollema *Best middle blockers *: Emma Graziani *:

Hena Kurtagić Hena Kurtagić ( sr-cyrl, Хена Куртагић; born 27 August 2004) is a Serbian volleyball player. She plays as middle blocker for Italian club Vero Volley Milano. International career Kurtagić is a member of the Serbia women's nationa ...

*Best opposite spiker *: Vita Akimova *Best libero *: Martina Armini

References

External links

Official website
{{Portal bar, Volleyball, Sports FIVB Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship

International volleyball competitions hosted by Belgium International volleyball competitions hosted by the Netherlands FIVB FIVB FIVB FIVB

Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Classification 1–8

Pool E

Pool F

Classification 9–16

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

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

See also

References

External links