2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2015 Men's U21 World Championship

Official website

Official Website

Tournament details

Host nation

Mexico

Dates

11–20 September

Teams

Venues

2 (in 2 host cities)

Champions

Russia (10th title)

MVP

Pavel Pankov

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The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, which was hosted by Mexico from 11 to 20 September 2015 in the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana.

Russia, won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3-2 in the final match, thus securing the country's tenth title and the third in a row, after winning the editions of 2011 in Brazil and 2013 in Turkey.^[1] Pavel Pankov was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[2]

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.^[3]

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	11 November 2014	Lausanne	1	Mexico
2014 NORCECA U21 Championship	29 Jul–3 Aug 2014	San Salvador	2	Cuba
2014 NORCECA U21 Championship	29 Jul–3 Aug 2014	San Salvador	2	Canada
2014 South American Junior Championship	27–31 August 2014	Saquarema	2	Brazil
2014 South American Junior Championship	27–31 August 2014	Saquarema	2	Argentina
2014 Asian U20 Championship	17–25 October 2014	Manama	2	Iran
2014 Asian U20 Championship	17–25 October 2014	Manama	2	China
2015 U21 African Championship	27 Feb–1 Mar 2015	Cairo	1	Egypt
European Qualifier Pool G	15–17 May 2015	Bełchatów	1	Poland
European Qualifier Pool H	15–17 May 2015	Nova Gorica	1	Slovenia
U21 World Ranking	December 2014^[4]	Lausanne	6	Russia
				Italy
				France
				Turkey
				United States
				Japan
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 December 2014.^[4] 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.^[5] The draw was held in Tijuana, Mexico on 25 June 2015.^[6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 22nd.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Mexico (Hosts)	Russia (1)	Brazil (2)	Italy (3)
Turkey (7)	Argentina (6)	Iran (5)	France (4)
Canada (8)	United States (9)	China (10)	Japan (11)
Egypt (26)	Poland (15)	Cuba (13)	Slovenia (18)

Squads

Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship squads

Venues

Pool A, B, E, F and Final eight	Pool C, D, G, H and 9th–16th places
Tijuana, Mexico	Mexicali, Mexico
Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Tijuana	Auditorio del Estado
Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 5,000

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

First round

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

	Qualified for the Pool E
	Qualified for the Pool F
	Qualified for the Pool G
	Qualified for the Pool H

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Turkey	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	198	1.247
2	Canada	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	283	254	1.114
3	Mexico	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	181	210	0.862
4	Egypt	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	226	274	0.825

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	12:00	Turkey	3–1	Canada	17–25	25–22	25–22	25–19		92–88	P2 P3
11 Sep	20:00	Mexico	3–0	Egypt	25–17	25–23	25–20			75–60	P2 P3
12 Sep	12:00	Egypt	2–3	Canada	32–30	26–24	19–25	19–25	9–15	105–119	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:00	Mexico	0–3	Turkey	16–25	19–25	14–25			49–75	P2 P3
13 Sep	12:00	Turkey	3–0	Egypt	30–28	25–15	25–18			80–61	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:00	Canada	3–0	Mexico	25–17	25–20	25–20			75–57	P2 P3

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	178	1.270
2	Argentina	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	269	278	0.968
3	Poland	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	241	230	1.048
4	United States	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	208	258	0.806

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	14:00	Russia	3–0	Poland	25–20	25–23	26–24			76–67	P2 P3
11 Sep	17:00	Argentina	3–2	United States	25–21	25–23	21–25	22–25	15–10	108–104	P2 P3
12 Sep	14:00	Poland	3–0	United States	25–22	25–19	25–14			75–55	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–23	25–21			75–62	P2 P3
13 Sep	14:00	Argentina	3–1	Poland	32–30	16–25	26–24	25–20		99–99	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	United States	0–3	Russia	17–25	17–25	15–25			49–75	P2 P3

Pool C

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	197	1.264
2	China	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	262	234	1.120
3	Iran	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	224	247	0.907
4	Cuba	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	186	243	0.765

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
11 Sep	12:00	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	25–21	25–18	25–15		75–54	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:00	Iran	1–3	China	21–25	14–25	25–19	21–25	81–94	P2 P3
12 Sep	12:00	Cuba	0–3	China	20–25	16–25	18–25		54–75	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Iran	25–11	25–18	25–21		75–50	P2 P3
13 Sep	12:00	Iran	3–1	Cuba	18–25	25–17	25–18	25–18	93–78	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:00	China	1–3	Brazil	24–26	22–25	25–23	22–25	93–99	P2 P3

Pool D

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	275	226	1.217
2	Slovenia	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	292	300	0.973
3	France	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	265	282	0.940
4	Japan	0	3	0	3	9	0.333	269	293	0.918

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	14:00	Italy	3–1	Slovenia	22–25	25–21	25–20	25–20		97–86	P2 P3
11 Sep	17:00	France	3–1	Japan	25–23	26–24	22–25	25–21		98–93	P2 P3
12 Sep	14:00	Slovenia	3–1	Japan	17–25	25–23	25–21	25–22		92–91	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	France	25–13	25–23	25–19			75–55	P2 P3
13 Sep	14:00	France	2–3	Slovenia	22–25	22–25	25–21	25–23	18–20	112–114	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	Japan	1–3	Italy	20–25	25–23	28–30	12–25		85–103	P2 P3

Second round

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

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

Pool E

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	233	191	1.220
2	Brazil	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	263	255	1.031
3	Turkey	1	2	3	5	8	0.625	275	290	0.948
4	Slovenia	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	248	283	0.876

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	12:00	Turkey	3–2	Slovenia	20–25	20–25	26–24	26–24	16–14	108–112	P2 P3
15 Sep	14:00	Argentina	3–0	Brazil	29–27	25–18	25–19			79–64	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Slovenia	1–3	Brazil	20–25	25–21	21–25	9–25		75–96	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:00	Turkey	0–3	Argentina	21–25	22–25	23–25			66–75	P2 P3
17 Sep	12:00	Argentina	3–0	Slovenia	25–18	25–16	29–27			79–61	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Brazil	3–2	Turkey	25–22	25–20	18–25	20–25	15–9	103–101	P2 P3

Pool F

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	174	1.443
2	China	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	203	187	1.086
3	Italy	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	233	249	0.936
4	Canada	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	226	285	0.793

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Canada	1–3	Italy	39–37	19–25	19–25	19–25	96–112	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:00	Russia	3–0	China	25–12	25–19	25–22		75–53	P2 P3
16 Sep	12:00	Italy	0–3	China	20–25	17–25	22–25		59–75	P2 P3
16 Sep	14:00	Canada	1–3	Russia	21–25	20–25	25–23	11–25	77–98	P2 P3
17 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–16	25–21		75–53	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–20	28–26	25–16		78–62	P2 P3

Pool G

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	278	254	1.094
2	Iran	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	276	250	1.104
3	Japan	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	256	238	1.076
4	Mexico	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	157	225	0.698

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	14:00	United States	3–2	Iran	25–19	21–25	25–22	24–26	16–14	111–106	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:00	Mexico	0–3	Japan	20–25	16–25	15–25			51–75	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	25–27	25–18	19–25	21–25		90–95	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:00	Mexico	0–3	United States	23–25	17–25	17–25			57–75	P2 P3
17 Sep	12:00	United States	3–1	Japan	25–23	17–25	25–20	25–23		92–91	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Iran	3–0	Mexico	25–19	25–14	25–16			75–49	P2 P3

Pool H

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	312	275	1.135
2	France	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	251	245	1.024
3	Cuba	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	292	290	1.007
4	Egypt	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	225	270	0.833

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	12:00	Poland	3–2	Cuba	25–20	30–32	16–25	25–20	15–12	111–109	P2 P3
15 Sep	17:00	Egypt	0–3	France	15–25	19–25	22–25			56–75	P2 P3
16 Sep	12:00	France	3–1	Cuba	25–23	25–22	19–25	25–16		94–86	P2 P3
16 Sep	15:00	Egypt	1–3	Poland	25–23	21–25	21–25	17–25		84–98	P2 P3
17 Sep	14:00	Cuba	3–1	Egypt	25–18	25–21	22–25	25–21		97–85	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Poland	3–1	France	25–16	25–17	28–30	25–19		103–82	P2 P3

Final round

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

Classification 13th–16th

13th–16th semifinals			13th place match

19 September
Japan	3
Egypt	1

			20 September
			Japan	0
			Cuba	3


			15th place match
19 September		20 September
Cuba	3	Egypt	3
Mexico	0		Mexico	0

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	12:00	Japan	3–1	Egypt	25–18	27–29	25–21	25–20		102–88	P2 P3
19 Sep	14:00	Cuba	3–0	Mexico	25–19	25–23	25–22			75–64	P2 P3

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	10:00	Egypt	3–0	Mexico	27–25	25–19	25–21			77–65	P2 P3

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	12:00	Japan	0–3	Cuba	21–25	19–25	16–25			56–75	P2 P3

Classification 9th–12th

9th–12th semifinals			9th place match

19 September
United States	1
France	3

			20 September
			France	0
			Poland	3


			11th place match
19 September		20 September
Poland	3	United States	3
Iran	1		Iran	2

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:00	United States	1–3	France	22–25	20–25	25–16	21–25		88–91	P2 P3
19 Sep	19:00	Poland	3–1	Iran	21–25	25–21	25–22	25–19		96–87	P2 P3

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	15:00	United States	3–2	Iran	25–18	25–18	21–25	12–25	15–10	98–96	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:00	France	0–3	Poland	20–25	28–30	19–25			67–80	P2 P3

Classification 5th–8th

5th–8th semifinals			5th place match

19 September
Canada	0
Turkey	3

			20 September
			Turkey	0
			Italy	3


			7th place match
19 September		20 September
Italy	3	Canada	1
Slovenia	1		Slovenia	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	12:00	Canada	0–3	Turkey	23–25	14–25	16–25			53–75	P2 P3
19 Sep	14:00	Italy	3–1	Slovenia	25–20	25–16	19–25	25–20		94–81	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	10:00	Canada	1–3	Slovenia	25–23	18–25	18–25	11–25		72–98	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	12:00	Turkey	0–3	Italy	22–25	17–25	16–25			55–75	P2 P3

Final four

Semifinals			Final

19 September
Argentina	3
China	0

			20 September
			Argentina	2
			Russia	3


			3rd place match
19 September		20 September
Russia	3	China	3
Brazil	1		Brazil	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:00	Argentina	3–0	China	25–22	26–24	25–14			76–60	P2 P3
19 Sep	19:00	Russia	3–1	Brazil	25–23	25–21	18–25	25–21		93–90	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	15:00	China	3–1	Brazil	25–19	25–21	27–29	25–21		102–90	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:00	Argentina	2–3	Russia	25–20	25–18	16–25	21–25	11–15	98–103	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Russia
02 !	Argentina
03 !	China
4	Brazil
5	Italy
6	Turkey
7	Slovenia
8	Canada
9	Poland
10	France
11	United States
12	Iran
13	Cuba
14	Japan
15	Egypt
16	Mexico

2015 Men's U21 World Champions
Russia 10th title

12–man Roster

Pavel Pankov

, Kirill Ursov, Sergei Pirainen, Evgenii Andreev, Aleksandr Melnikov, Maxim Belogortcev, Alexander Goncharov, Roman Zhos, Alexander Kimerov, Dmitry Volkov, Mikhail Morov, Denis Bogdan

Head Coach

Nikolaev Mikhail

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Pavel Pankov (RUS)
Best Setter
- Matias Sanchez (ARG)
Best Outside Spikers
- Dmitry Volkov (RUS)
- Denis Bogdan (RUS)

Best Middle Blockers
- Zhejia Zhang (CHN)
- Osman Dormaz (TUR)
Best Opposite Spiker
- Caio Olivera (BRA)
Best Libero
- Santiago Danani (ARG)

References

↑ "Russia keep the crown and extend their hegemony". FIVB. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Pavel Pankov is the MVP of FIVB Men's U21 WCH". FIVB. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.
1 2 "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.
↑ "FIVB – SPORTS REGULATIONS – Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. 15 May 2015. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
↑ "Draw maps out U21 World Championship". FIVB. 26 June 2015.

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2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

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

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

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