2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

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2015 FIVB Men's U23 World Championship
بطولة العالم للكرة الطائرة للرجال تحت 23 عاما
2015 دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Tournament details
Host nation United Arab Emirates
Dates24–31 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Turkey
Third place Italy
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament awards
MVPRussia Egor Kliuka
Best SetterTurkey Murat Yenipazar
Best OHRussia Egor Kliuka
Turkey Gökhan Gökgöz
Best MBRussia Ivan Demakov
Turkey Samet Güneş
Best OPPTurkey Metin Toy
Best LiberoCuba Yonder Garcia
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Official website
2015 FIVB Men's U23 World Championship

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 24 to 31 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.[1]

Competition formula[edit]

The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.

Qualification[edit]

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.[2]

Method of Qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host country 11 November 2014 Switzerland Lausanne 1  United Arab Emirates
U20 European Ranking 18 September 2014[3] Luxembourg Luxembourg 2  Russia
 Italy
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup 5–10 October 2014 Cuba Havana 2  Cuba
 Mexico
2014 U23 South American Championship 8–12 October 2014 Brazil Saquarema 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2014 U23 African Championship 7–12 November 2014 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 2  Tunisia
 Egypt
2015 Asian U23 Championship 12–20 May 2015 Myanmar Naypyidaw 2  Iran
 South Korea
U21 World Ranking December 2014[4] Switzerland Lausanne 1  Turkey
Total 12

Pools composition[edit]

Teams were seeded 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. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 72nd.

Pool A Pool B
 United Arab Emirates (Hosts)  Russia (1)
 Italy (3)  Brazil (2)
 Iran (5)  Argentina (6)
 Cuba (13)  Turkey (7)
 South Korea (16)  Mexico (22)
 Egypt (26)  Tunisia (25)

Squads[edit]

Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship squads

Venues[edit]

Pool A and Final round Pool B
United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hamdan Sports Complex Sheikh Rashid Bin Maktoum Sports Hall
Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 3,000

Pool standing procedure[edit]

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

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Cuba 5 5 0 14 15 3 5.000 443 397 1.116 Semifinals
2  Italy 5 4 1 13 14 6 2.333 477 410 1.163
3  Iran 5 3 2 8 11 9 1.222 475 417 1.139 5th–8th semifinals
4  South Korea 5 2 3 6 8 10 0.800 405 412 0.983
5  Egypt 5 1 4 4 7 13 0.538 401 449 0.893
6  United Arab Emirates 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 284 400 0.710
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Aug 14:00 Italy  3–1  Egypt 22–25 25–14 25–16 25–19   97–74 P2 P3
24 Aug 16:30 Cuba  3–0  South Korea 25–21 25–21 25–22     75–64 P2 P3
24 Aug 20:50 United Arab Emirates  0–3  Iran 16–25 16–25 20–25     52–75 P2 P3
25 Aug 14:00 Cuba  3–0  Egypt 25–20 25–19 25–17     75–56 P2 P3
25 Aug 16:30 Iran  3–1  South Korea 22–25 25–22 25–17 25–22   97–86 P2 P3
25 Aug 19:15 United Arab Emirates  0–3  Italy 20–25 13–25 12–25     45–75 P2 P3
26 Aug 14:00 Iran  1–3  Cuba 31–33 23–25 25–15 24–26   103–99 P2 P3
26 Aug 17:00 Italy  3–1  South Korea 25–15 29–31 25–22 25–18   104–86 P2 P3
26 Aug 19:45 United Arab Emirates  1–3  Egypt 14–25 21–25 25–22 12–25   72–97 P2 P3
28 Aug 14:00 Italy  3–1  Iran 25–23 15–25 25–17 26–24   91–89 P2 P3
28 Aug 16:30 United Arab Emirates  0–3  Cuba 22–25 26–28 16–25     64–78 P2 P3
28 Aug 19:00 South Korea  3–1  Egypt 25–20 25–18 19–25 25–22   94–85 P2 P3
29 Aug 14:00 Italy  2–3  Cuba 27–25 25–23 24–26 25–27 9–15 110–116 P2 P3
29 Aug 16:30 Iran  3–2  Egypt 25–17 22–25 25–12 24–26 15–9 111–89 P2 P3
29 Aug 19:58 United Arab Emirates  0–3  South Korea 17–25 18–25 16–25     51–75 P2 P3

Pool B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Russia 5 5 0 13 15 6 2.500 484 415 1.166 Semifinals
2  Turkey 5 3 2 10 12 7 1.714 429 406 1.057
3  Brazil 5 3 2 10 12 8 1.500 462 427 1.082 5th–8th semifinals
4  Argentina 5 3 2 8 12 10 1.200 483 464 1.041
5  Tunisia 5 1 4 4 7 12 0.583 399 439 0.909
6  Mexico 5 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 273 379 0.720
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Aug 12:00 Russia  3–1  Tunisia 25–15 22–25 25–18 25–22   97–80 P2 P3
24 Aug 14:30 Argentina  1–3  Turkey 19–25 21–25 25–22 19–25   84–97 P2 P3
24 Aug 17:00 Brazil  3–0  Mexico 25–14 25–15 25–16     75–45 P2 P3
25 Aug 14:00 Turkey  3–0  Tunisia 25–20 25–22 25–14     75–56 P2 P3
25 Aug 16:30 Argentina  3–0  Mexico 25–17 25–19 25–14     75–50 P2 P3
25 Aug 19:00 Russia  3–1  Brazil 26–24 17–25 25–16 25–21   93–86 P2 P3
26 Aug 14:00 Turkey  3–0  Mexico 25–22 28–26 25–12     78–60 P2 P3
26 Aug 16:30 Russia  3–2  Argentina 23–25 25–21 22–25 25–22 15–9 110–102 P2 P3
26 Aug 19:20 Brazil  3–1  Tunisia 25–21 22–25 25–21 25–20   97–87 P2 P3
28 Aug 14:00 Mexico  0–3  Tunisia 22–25 21–25 24–26     67–76 P2 P3
28 Aug 16:30 Russia  3–2  Turkey 21–25 25–15 25–23 23–25 15–8 109–96 P2 P3
28 Aug 19:35 Brazil  2–3  Argentina 18–25 18–25 33–31 25–23 13–15 107–119 P2 P3
29 Aug 14:00 Russia  3–0  Mexico 25–22 25–12 25–17     75–51 P2 P3
29 Aug 16:30 Brazil  3–1  Turkey 22–25 25–18 25–19 25–21   97–83 P2 P3
29 Aug 19:10 Argentina  3–2  Tunisia 25–21 21–25 25–23 17–25 15–6 103–100 P2 P3

Final round[edit]

5th–8th places[edit]

 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
30 August
 
 
 Iran1
 
31 August
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina1
 
30 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil3
 
 
 South Korea0
 
7th place match
 
 
31 August
 
 
 Iran3
 
 
 South Korea1

5th–8th semifinals[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug 12:00 Iran  1–3  Argentina 17–25 25–16 23–25 21–25   86–91 P2 P3
30 Aug 14:30 Brazil  3–0  South Korea 25–20 25–15 25–22     75–57 P2 P3

7th place match[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug 12:00 Iran  3–1  South Korea 25–23 25–20 17–25 25–15   92–83 P2 P3

5th place match[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug 14:30 Argentina  1–3  Brazil 19–25 18–25 32–30 22–25   91–105 P2 P3

Final four[edit]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
30 August
 
 
 Cuba0
 
31 August
 
 Turkey3
 
 Turkey1
 
30 August
 
 Russia3
 
 Russia3
 
 
 Italy0
 
3rd place match
 
 
31 August
 
 
 Cuba1
 
 
 Italy3

Semifinals[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug 16:30 Cuba  0–3  Turkey 19–25 18–25 25–27     62–77 P2 P3
30 Aug 19:00 Russia  3–0  Italy 25–20 25–18 27–25     77–63 P2 P3

3rd place match[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug 17:10 Cuba  1–3  Italy 22–25 25–18 23–25 21–25   91–93 P2 P3

Final[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug 19:50 Turkey  1–3  Russia 24–26 25–16 18–25 24–26   91–93 P2 P3

Final standing[edit]

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Calendar
  2. ^ "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Rankings". Archived from the original on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  4. ^ a b "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.

External links[edit]

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