2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

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 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Mexico from 12 to 21 July 2019. Mexico played hosts for this event for the fourth time.[1]

2019 FIVB Volleyball
Women's U20 World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Femenino Sub-20
México 2019
Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation Mexico
Dates12–21 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Russia
Fourth place Turkey
Tournament awards
MVPJapan Mayu Ishikawa
Best SetterJapan Tsukasa Nakagawa
Best OHJapan Haruna Soga
Japan Mayu Ishikawa
Best MBRussia Yulia Brovkina
Turkey Merve Atlier
Best OPPItaly Terry Enweonwu
Best LiberoChina Ni Feifan
Official website
u20.women.2019.volleyball.fivb.com

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 made its first appearances at an FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.

China is the defending champions, having won their third title in Mexico.

Qualification edit

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

Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualifier
Host country   Lausanne 1   Mexico
2018 Asian Championship 10–17 June 2018   Bắc Ninh and Từ Sơn 2   Japan
  China
2018 NORCECA Championship[2] 16–24 June 2018   Aguascalientes City 1   United States
2018 African Championship[3] 26 August – 2 September 2018   Nairobi 2   Egypt
  Rwanda
2018 European Championship 1–9 September 2018   Tirana and Durrës 2   Italy
  Russia
2018 South American Championship[4] 17–21 October 2018   Lima 2   Brazil
  Argentina
2019 Pan-American Cup[5] 13–18 May 2019 1   Cuba
FIVB Junior World Ranking[6] As per 1 January 2019   Lausanne 5   Turkey
  Poland
  Dominican Republic
  Serbia
  Peru
Total 16

Pools composition edit

First round edit

The draw was held in León, Mexico on 18 June 2019.[7] 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 in first two rows. The eight remaining teams were drawn in next two rows. Numbers in brackets denote the World ranking.

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2

  Mexico (Host)
  China (1)
  Russia (2)
  Japan (3)

  Brazil (4)
  Turkey (5)
  Poland (6)
  United States (7)

  Italy (8)
  Dominican Republic (9)
  Argentina (10)
  Egypt (11)

  Peru (13)
  Serbia (13)
  Cuba (16)
  Rwanda (17)

Draw
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Mexico   China   Russia   Japan
  United States   Poland   Turkey   Brazil
  Italy   Egypt   Argentina   Dominican Republic
  Cuba   Peru   Serbia   Rwanda

Second round edit

Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H
1A   Italy 1B   Poland 3A   Mexico 3B   Peru
1C   Russia 1D   Japan 3C   Serbia 3D   Dominican Republic
2B   China 2A   United States 4B   Egypt 4A   Cuba
2D   Brazil 2C   Turkey 4D   Rwanda 4C   Argentina

Venues edit

León Aguascalientes City
Domo de la Feria Hermanos Carreon Stadium
Capacity: 5000 Capacity: 3000
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Referees edit

There were sixteen referees from 5 continental confederations in this tournament.

AVC (1)
  •   Irina Kabulbekova
CAVB (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 (5)
  •   Andrew Robb
  •   Lourdes Perez Perez
  •   Nestor Bienvenido Mateo Perez
  •   Maria Del Carmen Idalia Duran Guzman
  •   Pablo Mendoza Sanchez

Squads edit

Pool standing procedure edit

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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 edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 252 211 1.194 Second round Pool E
2   United States 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 251 225 1.116 Second round Pool F
3   Mexico 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 214 232 0.922 Second round Pool G
4   Cuba 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 194 243 0.798 Second round Pool H
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul 12:30 United States   1–3   Italy 26–28 25–18 28–30 22–25   101–101 P2
12 Jul 21:00 Mexico   3–1   Cuba 25–16 18–25 25–17 25–23   93–81 P2
13 Jul 12:30 Cuba   0–3   Italy 20–25 13–25 17–25     50–75 P2
13 Jul 20:00 Mexico   0–3   United States 17–25 23–25 21–25     61–75 P2
14 Jul 12:30 United States   3–0   Cuba 25–20 25–23 25–20     75–63 P2
14 Jul 20:00 Italy   3–0   Mexico 26–24 25–21 25–15     76–60 P2

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Poland 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 236 217 1.088 Second round Pool F
2   China 3 2 1 6 8 5 1.600 301 248 1.214 Second round Pool E
3   Peru 3 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 248 235 1.055 Second round Pool H
4   Egypt 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 140 225 0.622 Second round Pool G
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul 12:30 China   2–3   Peru 27–29 25–18 19–25 25–20 17–19 113–111 P2
12 Jul 15:00 Poland   3–0   Egypt 25–17 25–14 25–11     75–42 P2
13 Jul 12:30 Peru   3–0   Egypt 25–16 25–15 25–16     75–47 P2
13 Jul 15:00 China   3–2   Poland 23–25 25–17 25–12 25–27 15–5 113–86 P2
14 Jul 12:30 Poland   3–0   Peru 25–22 25–20 25–20     75–62 P2
14 Jul 15:00 Egypt   0–3   China 18–25 20–25 13–25     51–75 P2

Pool C edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Russia 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 278 246 1.130 Second round Pool E
2   Turkey 3 2 1 5 8 7 1.143 301 302 0.997 Second round Pool F
3   Serbia 3 1 2 3 6 8 0.750 297 297 1.000 Second round Pool G
4   Argentina 3 0 3 2 4 9 0.444 250 281 0.890 Second round Pool H
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul 17:30 Russia   3–1   Serbia 25–21 30–28 21–25 25–22   101–96 P2
12 Jul 21:00 Turkey   3–2   Argentina 23–25 25–18 25–21 21–25 15–7 109–96 P2
13 Jul 17:30 Serbia   3–2   Argentina 13–25 19–25 25–22 25–12 15–13 97–97 P2
13 Jul 20:00 Russia   3–2   Turkey 25–12 25–17 16–25 20–25 16–14 102–93 P2
14 Jul 17:30 Turkey   3–2   Serbia 18–25 25–23 25–23 16–25 15–8 99–104 P2
14 Jul 20:00 Argentina   0–3   Russia 21–25 16–25 20–25     57–75 P2

Pool D edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 226 145 1.559 Second round Pool F
2   Brazil 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 215 149 1.443 Second round Pool E
3   Dominican Republic 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 177 198 0.894 Second round Pool H
4   Rwanda 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 99 225 0.440 Second round Pool G
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul 15:00 Japan   3–0   Rwanda 25–8 25–9 25–4     75–21 P2
12 Jul 17:30 Brazil   3–0   Dominican Republic 25–12 25–11 25–20     75–43 P2
13 Jul 15:00 Rwanda   0–3   Dominican Republic 19–25 15–25 14–25     48–75 P2
13 Jul 17:30 Japan   3–0   Brazil 26–24 25–22 25–19     76–65 P2
14 Jul 15:00 Brazil   3–0   Rwanda 25–8 25–9 25–13     75–30 P2
14 Jul 17:30 Dominican Republic   0–3   Japan 15–25 21–25 23–25     59–75 P2

Second round edit

Pool E edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Italy 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 254 233 1.090 Semifinals
2   Russia 3 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 242 229 1.057
3   Brazil 3 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 241 244 0.988 5th–8th semifinals
4   China 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 221 252 0.877
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul 12:30 Italy   3–0   Brazil 27–25 25–21 25–18     77–64 P2
16 Jul 15:00 China   0–3   Russia 15–25 14–25 23–25     52–75 P2
17 Jul 12:30 Russia   0–3   Brazil 22–25 23–25 14–25     59–75 P2
17 Jul 15:00 Italy   3–0   China 25–19 25–22 25–20     75–61 P2
18 Jul 12:30 China   3–2   Brazil 25–21 23–25 25–20 20–25 15–11 108–102 P2
18 Jul 15:00 Italy   2–3   Russia 25–22 25–21 21–25 20–25 11–15 102–108 P2

Pool F edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 284 239 1.188 Semifinals
2   Turkey 3 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 281 271 1.037
3   Poland 3 1 2 3 5 6 0.833 249 259 0.961 5th–8th semifinals
4   United States 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 187 232 0.806
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul 17:30 Poland   1–3   Turkey 26–24 23–25 21–25 18–25   88–99 P2
16 Jul 20:00 United States   0–3   Japan 18–25 15–25 20–25     53–75 P2
17 Jul 17:30 Japan   3–2   Turkey 22–25 20–25 25–15 25–19 18–16 110–100 P2
17 Jul 20:00 Poland   3–0   United States 25–18 25–20 25–23     75–61 P2
18 Jul 17:30 United States   0–3   Turkey 23–25 20–25 30–32     73–82 P2
18 Jul 20:00 Poland   1–3   Japan 20–25 26–24 21–25 19–25   86–99 P2

Pool G edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Mexico 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 246 182 1.352 9th–12th semifinals
2   Serbia 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 233 182 1.280
3   Egypt 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 177 205 0.863 13th–16th semifinals
4   Rwanda 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 138 225 0.613
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul 15:00 Egypt   0–3   Serbia 20–25 15–25 15–25     50–75 P2
16 Jul 17:30 Mexico   3–0   Rwanda 25–14 25–17 25–16     75–47 P2
17 Jul 12:30 Serbia   3–0   Rwanda 25–12 25–12 25–12     75–36 P2
17 Jul 17:30 Mexico   3–0   Egypt 25–20 25–17 25–15     75–52 P2
18 Jul 12:30 Egypt   3–0   Rwanda 25–18 25–18 25–19     75–55 P2
18 Jul 17:30 Mexico   3–1   Serbia 21–25 25–19 25–21 25–18   96–83 P2

Pool H edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Argentina 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 243 201 1.209 9th–12th semifinals
2   Peru 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 232 222 1.045
3   Dominican Republic 3 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 254 274 0.927 13th–16th semifinals
4   Cuba 3 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 247 279 0.885
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul 12:30 Peru   0–3   Argentina 23–25 17–25 22–25     62–75 P2
16 Jul 20:00 Cuba   2–3   Dominican Republic 20–25 20–25 25–22 25–19 16–18 106–109 P2
17 Jul 15:00 Dominican Republic   0–3   Argentina 19–25 16–25 21–25     56–75 P2
17 Jul 20:00 Peru   3–0   Cuba 27–25 25–13 25–20     77–58 P2
18 Jul 15:00 Cuba   1–3   Argentina 22–25 17–25 25–18 19–25   83–93 P2
18 Jul 20:00 Peru   3–1   Dominican Republic 18–25 25–23 25–19 25–22   93–89 P2

Final round edit

Classification 13th–16th edit

 
13th–16th semifinals13th-place match
 
      
 
20 Jul
 
 
  Egypt1
 
21 Jul
 
  Cuba3
 
  Cuba0
 
20 Jul
 
  Dominican Republic3
 
  Dominican Republic3
 
 
  Rwanda0
 
15th-place match
 
 
21 Jul
 
 
  Egypt3
 
 
  Rwanda0

13th–16th semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul 12:30 Egypt   1–3   Cuba 25–20 11–25 13–25 15–25   64–95 P2
20 Jul 15:00 Dominican Republic   3–0   Rwanda 25–14 25–13 25–21     75–48 P2

15th-place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 12:30 Egypt   3–0   Rwanda 25–20 26–24 26–24     77–68 P2

13th-place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 15:00 Cuba   0–3   Dominican Republic 23–25 24–26 22–25     69–76 P2

Classification 9th–12th edit

 
9th–12th semifinals9th-place match
 
      
 
20 Jul
 
 
  Argentina1
 
21 Jul
 
  Serbia3
 
  Serbia3
 
20 Jul
 
  Mexico0
 
  Mexico3
 
 
  Peru2
 
11th-place match
 
 
21 Jul
 
 
  Argentina3
 
 
  Peru1

9th–12th semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul 20:00 Argentina   1–3   Serbia 17–25 20–25 25–23 19–25   81–98 P2
20 Jul 17:30 Mexico   3–2   Peru 23–25 20–25 25–17 25–12 15–10 108–89 P2

11th-place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 20:00 Argentina   3–1   Peru 25–23 25–18 23–25 26–24   99–90 P2

9th-place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 17:30 Serbia   3–0   Mexico 25–23 25–18 25–22     75–63 P2

Classification 5th–8th edit

 
5th–8th semifinals5th-place match
 
      
 
20 Jul
 
 
  Brazil3
 
21 Jul
 
  United States1
 
  Brazil2
 
20 Jul
 
  Poland3
 
  Poland3
 
 
  China2
 
7th-place match
 
 
21 Jul
 
 
  United States0
 
 
  China3

5th–8th semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul 12:30 Brazil   3–1   United States 25–15 14–25 25–9 25–15   89–64 P2
20 Jul 15:00 Poland   3–2   China 27–25 25–15 23–25 14–25 15–12 104–102 P2

7th-place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 12:30 United States   0–3   China 20–25 19–25 20–25     59–75 P2

5th-place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 15:00 Brazil   2–3   Poland 19–25 25–17 25–14 20–25 10–15 99–96 P2

Final four edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
20 Jul
 
 
  Japan3
 
21 Jul
 
  Russia2
 
  Japan3
 
20 Jul
 
  Italy2
 
  Italy3
 
 
  Turkey2
 
3rd-place match
 
 
21 Jul
 
 
  Russia3
 
 
  Turkey1

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul 17:30 Japan   3–2   Russia 18–25 26–24 25–13 18–25 15–12 102–99 P2
20 Jul 20:00 Italy   3–2   Turkey 19–25 24–26 25–21 25–16 18–16 111–104 P2

3rd-place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 17:30 Russia   3–1   Turkey 25–22 26–28 25–19 29–27   105–96 P2

Final edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 20:00 Japan   3–2   Italy 23–25 21–25 25–20 25–19 15–12 109–101 P2

Final standing edit

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Egypt, Tunisia, Mexico, Bahrain to host Age-Group World Championships in 2019". FIVB. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ^ "U-20 Continental Championship". NORCECA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Egypt crowned women's U-20 Champions for the 8th time". volleyballkenya.org. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Sudamericano U20 – Femenino". CSV. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. ^ "U-20 Pan American Cup". NORCECA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  6. ^ "FIVB World Ranking – Girls U20 (As per January 2019)". FIVB. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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External links edit