2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2017 Men's U21 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Czech Republic
Dates	23 June – 2 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship is the nineteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for men's national teams under the age of 21, organized by the sport's world governing body, FIVB. The tournament is being hosted by Czech Republic in the cities of Brno and Ceské Budejovice from 23 June to 2 July 2017.^[1] 16 teams participated.

Qualification

The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.^[2]

Means of qualification		Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country		2 February 2016	Lausanne	1	Czech Republic
2016 NORCECA Championship		5–10 July 2016	Gatineau	1	United States
2016 Asian Championship		9–17 July 2016	Kaohsiung	2	China
2016 Asian Championship		9–17 July 2016	Kaohsiung	2	Iran
2016 African Championship		22–23 September 2016	Tangier	1	Egypt
2016 South American Championship		17–24 October 2016	Bariloche	1	Argentina
2017 Pan-American Cup	for CSV	16–21 May 2017	Fort McMurray	1	Brazil
2017 Pan-American Cup	for NORCECA	16–21 May 2017	Fort McMurray	1	Cuba
European Qualifier		18–21 May 2017	Various	2	Poland
European Qualifier		18–21 May 2017	Various	2	Ukraine
World Ranking^[3]		as per 1 January 2017	Lausanne	6	Russia
					Italy
					Turkey
					Canada
					Japan
					Morocco
Total				16

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of January 2017.^[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U21 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking.^[4] The draw was held in Brno, Czech Republic on 31 May 2017.^[5] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 35th.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Czech Republic (Hosts)	Russia (1)	Argentina (2)	China (3)
Poland (7)	Turkey (6)	Italy (5)	Brazil (4)
Canada (8)	United States (9)	Iran (11)	Egypt (11)
Morocco (15)	Cuba (13)	Ukraine (15)	Japan (14)

Squads

Venues

Pool A, B, E, F and Final eight	Pool C, D, G, H and 9th–16th places
Brno, Czech Republic	České Budějovice, Czech Republic
DRFG Arena	Budvar Arena
Capacity: 7,700	Capacity: 6,421

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 European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Qualified for the Pool E (Final eight)
	Qualified for the Pool F (Final eight)
	Qualified for the Pool G (9th–16th places)
	Qualified for the Pool H (9th–16th places)

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	12:30	Poland	3–0	Morocco	25–9	25–15	25–15			75–39	P2 P3
23 Jun	17:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Canada	22–25	25–13	25–23	18–25	12–15	102–101	P2 P3
24 Jun	12:30	Canada	3–0	Morocco	25–23	25–16	25–23			75–62	P2 P3
24 Jun	17:30	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	29–27	25–23	25–13			79–63	P2 P3
25 Jun	12:30	Poland	3–0	Canada	31–29	25–23	25–20			81–72	P2 P3
25 Jun	17:55	Czech Republic	3–0	Morocco	25–16	25–21	25–18			75–55	P2 P3

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	15:00	Russia	3–0	Cuba	32–30	25–17	25–14			82–61	P2 P3
23 Jun	20:30	Turkey	3–0	United States	25–19	25–14	30–28			80–61	P2 P3
24 Jun	15:00	United States	0–3	Cuba	23–25	19–25	20–25			62–75	P2 P3
24 Jun	20:00	Russia	3–0	Turkey	25–19	25–20	25–18			75–57	P2 P3
25 Jun	15:00	Turkey	2–3	Cuba	21–25	25–23	25–22	20–25	7–15	98–110	P2 P3
25 Jun	20:00	Russia	3–0	United States	25–20	25–21	25–22			75–63	P2 P3

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	12:30	Argentina	3–0	Ukraine	25–21	25–16	25–20			75–57	P2 P3
23 Jun	17:30	Italy	0–3	Iran	22–25	19–25	21–25			62–75	P2 P3
24 Jun	12:30	Iran	3–2	Ukraine	25–19	25–21	23–25	20–25	15–13	108–103	P2 P3
24 Jun	17:55	Argentina	3–1	Italy	32–30	25–19	14–25	25–21		96–95	P2 P3
25 Jun	12:30	Italy	3–2	Ukraine	25–22	15–25	23–25	25–13	15–8	103–93	P2 P3
25 Jun	17:30	Argentina	2–3	Iran	21–25	20–25	25–23	25–18	12–15	103–106	P2 P3

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 Jun	15:00	China	3–1	Japan	25–21	25–23	22–25	25–16	97–85	P2 P3
23 Jun	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–18	25–18		75–56	P2 P3
24 Jun	15:25	Egypt	1–3	Japan	17–25	25–17	26–28	23–25	91–95	P2 P3
24 Jun	20:30	China	0–3	Brazil	16–25	21–25	16–25		53–75	P2 P3
25 Jun	15:10	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–20	25–21		75–64	P2 P3
25 Jun	20:35	China	3–1	Egypt	25–15	22–25	25–18	25–13	97–71	P2 P3

Second round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
	Qualified for the 13th–16th semifinals

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	12:30	Poland	3–2	China	25–13	18–25	23–25	25–18	15–8	106–89	P2 P3
27 Jun	17:55	Cuba	3–2	Iran	25–22	25–23	19–25	13–25	15–8	97–103	P2 P3
28 Jun	12:30	Iran	3–2	China	25–17	23–25	26–24	20–25	15–10	109–101	P2 P3
28 Jun	17:45	Poland	3–0	Cuba	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
29 Jun	12:30	Cuba	3–1	China	25–21	25–23	24–26	27–25		101–95	P2 P3
29 Jun	17:30	Poland	3–2	Iran	27–29	25–21	20–25	25–20	15–11	112–106	P2 P3

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	15:10	Russia	3–1	Argentina	25–23	25–15	27–29	25–19		102–86	P2 P3
27 Jun	20:40	Canada	1–3	Brazil	15–25	25–19	23–25	16–25		79–94	P2 P3
28 Jun	15:35	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–23	25–23			75–66	P2 P3
28 Jun	20:00	Russia	3–1	Canada	28–26	25–27	25–21	25–13		103–87	P2 P3
29 Jun	15:00	Canada	3–2	Argentina	23–25	21–25	25–22	25–22	15–11	109–105	P2 P3
29 Jun	20:00	Russia	3–2	Brazil	25–20	21–25	30–28	19–25	17–15	112–113	P2 P3

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	12:30	United States	0–3	Italy	23–25	21–25	23–25			67–75	P2 P3
27 Jun	17:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Egypt	19–25	23–25	22–25			64–75	P2 P3
28 Jun	12:30	Italy	3–0	Egypt	26–24	25–20	25–17			76–61	P2 P3
28 Jun	17:40	Czech Republic	2–3	United States	23–25	26–24	25–21	18–25	7–15	99–110	P2 P3
29 Jun	12:30	United States	1–3	Egypt	22–25	25–23	18–25	19–25		84–98	P2 P3
29 Jun	17:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Italy	25–23	14–25	25–23	18–25	16–18	98–114	P2 P3

Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 Jun	15:00	Turkey	3–1	Ukraine	19–25	25–20	25–17	25–20	94–82	P2 P3
27 Jun	20:00	Morocco	1–3	Japan	19–25	20–25	25–22	21–25	85–97	P2 P3
28 Jun	15:00	Japan	1–3	Ukraine	23–25	14–25	26–24	21–25	84–99	P2 P3
28 Jun	20:30	Turkey	3–0	Morocco	25–21	25–23	25–18		75–62	P2 P3
29 Jun	15:00	Morocco	0–3	Ukraine	21–25	22–25	23–25		66–75	P2 P3
29 Jun	20:00	Turkey	1–3	Japan	21–25	22–25	25–23	20–25	88–98	P2 P3

Final round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match

	1 July

	United States
					2 July
	Morocco

	1 July

	Japan

	Czech Republic
					15th place match

					2 July

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	12:30	United States	–	Morocco	–	–	–			0–0
1 Jul	17:30	Japan	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	10:00		–		–	–	–			0–0

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	12:30		–		–	–	–			0–0

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match

	1 July

	Italy
					2 July
	Ukraine

	1 July

	Turkey

	Egypt
					11th place match

					2 July

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	15:00	Italy	–	Ukraine	–	–	–			0–0
1 Jul	20:00	Turkey	–	Egypt	–	–	–			0–0

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	15:00		–		–	–	–			0–0

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	17:30		–		–	–	–			0–0

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match

	1 July

	Iran
					2 July
	Argentina

	1 July

	Canada

	China
					7th place match

					2 July

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	12:30	Iran	–	Argentina	–	–	–			0–0
1 Jul	17:30	Canada	–	China	–	–	–			0–0

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	11:00		–		–	–	–			0–0

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	13:30		–		–	–	–			0–0

Final four

	Semifinals				Final

	1 July

	Russia
					2 July
	Cuba

	1 July

	Poland

	Brazil
					3rd place match

					2 July

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	15:00	Russia	–	Cuba	–	–	–			0–0
1 Jul	20:00	Poland	–	Brazil	–	–	–			0–0

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	16:00		–		–	–	–			0–0

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	18:30		–		–	–	–			0–0

References

^ "Four Age Group World Championships hosts confirmed". FIVB. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Argentina set for 2017 Men's U21 World Championship". FIVB. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of January 2017)". FIVB. January 2017.
^ "FIVB – EVENT REGULATIONS – Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. 5 May 2017. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
^ "Hosts Czech Republic learn fate in Men's U21 World Championship draw". FIVB. 31 May 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "Four Age Group World Championships hosts confirmed". FIVB. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[2] "Argentina set for 2017 Men's U21 World Championship". FIVB. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

[u21wr-3] "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of January 2017)". FIVB. January 2017.

[4] "FIVB – EVENT REGULATIONS – Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. 5 May 2017. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[5] "Hosts Czech Republic learn fate in Men's U21 World Championship draw". FIVB. 31 May 2017.

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Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

See also

References

External links