2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

2017 FIVB Women's U23 World Championship
Svetovno Odbojkarsko Prvenstvo Za Ženske Do 23; Slovenija 2017
Tournament details
Host nation	Slovenia
City	Ljubljana
Dates	10–17 September
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up	Slovenia
Third place	Bulgaria
Fourth place	Dominican Republic
Tournament awards
MVP	Hande Baladın (TUR)
Best Setter	Eva Mori (SLO)
Best OH	Hande Baladın (TUR); Madeline Guillén (DOM)
Best MB	Beyza Arici (TUR); Saša Planinšec (SLO)
Best OPP	Iza Mlakar (SLO)
Best Libero	Zhana Todorova (BUL)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Official website
	Slovenia 2017
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The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was the third and final edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 23, organized by the sport's world governing body, FIVB. The tournament was hosted by Slovenia in the city of Ljubljana from 10 September to 17 September 2017.^[1] 12 teams from the 5 confederations competed in the tournament.

Turkey defeated the home team in straight sets in the final to claim their first title in the competition.^[2] Bulgaria won the bronze medal outclassing Dominican Republic 4–2.^[3] Hande Baladın from Turkey was elected the MVP.^[4]

After this tournament, FIVB declared that "As per decision of May 2019 FIVB Board of Administration, the U23 WCH has been abolished."^[5]

Qualification

The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.^[6]

Means of Qualification		Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host Nation		2 February 2016	Lausanne	1	Slovenia
2016 European Qualifiers		27–31 July 2016	Vrnjačka Banja	2	Turkey
2016 European Qualifiers		27–31 July 2016	Vrnjačka Banja	2	Bulgaria
2016 South American Championship		27–31 July 2016	Lima	1	Brazil
2016 Pan-American Cup	For CSV	19–25 September 2016		1	Argentina
	For NORCECA			2	Dominican Republic
	For NORCECA			2	Cuba
2016 African Championship		23–27 October 2016	Kasarani	2	Egypt
2016 African Championship		23–27 October 2016	Kasarani	2	Kenya
2017 Asian Championship		13–21 May 2017	Nakhon Ratchasima	2	Japan
2017 Asian Championship		13–21 May 2017	Nakhon Ratchasima	2	Thailand
World Ranking^[7]		As per 1 January 2017	Lausanne	1	China
Total				12

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Rankings as of January 2017. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U23 World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 10th.

Pool A	Pool B
Slovenia (Hosts)	Brazil (1)
Dominican Republic (3)	Turkey (2)
China (4)	Japan (5)
Thailand (8)	Bulgaria (7)
Egypt (10)	Cuba (12)
Argentina (16)	Kenya (13)

Squads

Venues

Pool A and Final round	Pool B
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Arena Stožice	Tivoli Hall
Capacity: 12,480	Capacity: 4,000

Testing of new rules

The 2017 FIVB Women's U23 World Championship will be a testing ground for a new scoring scheme currently under review by the FIVB, which, if successful, could mark a historical turning point for volleyball – much as the introduction of the Rally Scoring System did in the late 1990s.^[8]

Matches in Ljubljana will be played to best-of-seven sets with each set to 15 points (with at least a two-point difference needed). Three ranking points will be awarded to teams winning 4–0, 4–1 or 4–2. Two points go the winner of a 4–3 match with one point for the loser. It is hoped that the new scoring system will reduce overall duration of matches, while making each set more attractive and exciting – much as tie-breaks are under the current regulations. The interval between sets is reduced to two minutes (from three). Teams will switch ends after the second set - and also, if needed, after sets 4, 5 and 6. In addition, there will be no technical timeouts – just two regular thirty-second timeouts per team per set.

The basic principles for the new scheme were tested for the first time in the Dutch League in the 2016–17 season. Further testing of the scheme were conducted at the Women's U23 World Championship in Cairo. During and after the competition, players, coaches, referees and officials will be evaluating the new system through a questionnaire, while duration and scoring statistics will be gathered and analysed.

This is the second time that a U23 World Championship serves as a testbed for new regulations. Matches of the inaugural Men's U23 World Championship in 2013 in Uberlândia were played to 21-point sets. In addition to the scoring system, a new serving regulation will be tried out in Cairo, with the server not allowed to land inside the court after a jump service.

The testing of the new rules has been received with criticism from the volleyball community.^[9]

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 4–0 , 4–1 or 4–2: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 4–3: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	15	20	2	10.000	331	230	1.439	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	5	3	2	9	16	13	1.231	429	390	1.100	Semifinals
3	China	5	3	2	9	12	12	1.000	302	304	0.993	5th–8th semifinals
4	Thailand	5	2	3	5	10	17	0.588	332	364	0.912	5th–8th semifinals
5	Egypt	5	1	4	4	12	18	0.667	354	415	0.853
6	Argentina	5	1	4	3	11	19	0.579	390	435	0.897

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
10 Sep	14:00	Dominican Republic	4–2	Egypt	12–15	15–6	15–8	15–12	15–17	19–17		91–75	Report
10 Sep	17:00	Slovenia	4–0	Argentina	15–11	15–10	15–10	15–8				60–39	Report
10 Sep	20:00	China	4–0	Thailand	15–11	15–6	15–11	15–12				60–40	Report
11 Sep	14:00	Thailand	4–2	Argentina	11–15	15–5	15–10	15–12	13–15	15–10		84–67	Report
11 Sep	17:00	China	4–2	Egypt	10–15	15–11	12–15	15–10	15–7	15–7		82–65	Report
11 Sep	20:00	Slovenia	4–1	Dominican Republic	15–11	15–9	11–15	19–17	15–11			75–63	Report
12 Sep	14:00	Dominican Republic	4–3	Argentina	21–23	12–15	15–12	17–15	16–14	20–22	15–5	116–106	Report
12 Sep	17:00	Slovenia	4–0	China	15–11	15–12	15–5	15–8				60–36	Report
12 Sep	20:00	Thailand	2–4	Egypt	9–15	15–7	11–15	15–9	14–16	4–15		68–77	Report
14 Sep	14:00	Egypt	3–4	Argentina	10–15	6–15	14–16	16–14	15–13	15–11	11–15	87–99	Report
14 Sep	17:00	Slovenia	4–0	Thailand	15–8	16–14	15–10	15–10				61–42	Report
14 Sep	20:00	Dominican Republic	4–0	China	15–10	15–13	15–3	15–10				60–36	Report
15 Sep	14:00	China	4–2	Argentina	11–15	13–15	15–8	15–11	18–16	16–14		88–79	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–4	Thailand	15–9	15–12	12–15	15–11	12–15	11–15	19–21	99–98	Report
15 Sep	20:00	Slovenia	4–1	Egypt	15–5	15–17	15–10	15–10	15–8			75–50	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	5	4	1	12	16	6	2.667	310	254	1.220	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	11	17	9	1.889	358	292	1.226	Semifinals
3	Brazil	5	3	2	9	13	9	1.444	302	271	1.114	5th–8th semifinals
4	Cuba	5	2	3	7	11	13	0.846	307	320	0.959	5th–8th semifinals
5	Japan	5	2	3	6	12	12	1.000	313	306	1.023
6	Kenya	5	0	5	0	0	20	0.000	153	300	0.510

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
10 Sep	14:00	Brazil	4–0	Kenya	15–2	15–5	15–11	15–10				60–28	Report
10 Sep	17:00	Turkey	4–0	Cuba	15–12	16–14	17–15	15–8				63–49	Report
10 Sep	20:00	Japan	2–4	Bulgaria	13–15	15–13	15–11	13–15	12–15	11–15		79–84	Report
11 Sep	14:00	Bulgaria	4–0	Kenya	15–1	15–5	15–6	15–11				60–23	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Japan	4–0	Cuba	15–12	15–12	15–7	15–13				60–44	Report
11 Sep	20:00	Brazil	4–0	Turkey	17–15	15–12	15–6	15–12				62–45	Report
12 Sep	14:00	Turkey	4–0	Kenya	15–6	15–5	15–12	15–11				60–34	Report
12 Sep	17:00	Brazil	4–1	Japan	14–16	15–13	15–11	17–15	15–10			76–65	Report
12 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	4–3	Cuba	10–15	12–15	11–15	15–10	15–10	15–11	15–6	93–82	Report
14 Sep	14:00	Cuba	4–0	Kenya	15–9	15–10	15–7	15–12				60–38	Report
14 Sep	17:00	Brazil	0–4	Bulgaria	10–15	5–15	14–16	9–15				38–61	Report
14 Sep	20:00	Turkey	4–1	Japan	15–12	15–5	15–9	12–15	15–8			72–49	Report
15 Sep	14:00	Japan	4–0	Kenya	15–7	15–8	15–6	15–9				60–30	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Turkey	4–1	Bulgaria	15–9	15–12	15–11	10–15	15–13			70–60	Report
15 Sep	20:00	Brazil	1–4	Cuba	12–15	15–9	10–15	15–17	14–16			66–72	Report

Final round

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

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

16 September

China	1
		17 September
Cuba	4
		Cuba	0
16 September
		Brazil	4
Brazil	4

Thailand	0
		7th place match

		17 September

		China	4

		Thailand	2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
16 Sep	15:30	China	1–4	Cuba	14–16	15–6	10–15	10–15	16–18			65–70	Report
16 Sep	18:30	Brazil	4–0	Thailand	18–16	16–14	15–10	15–7				64–47	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
17 Sep	14:00	China	4–2	Thailand	14–16	12–15	15–4	16–14	15–3	19–17		91–69	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
17 Sep	16:00	Cuba	0–4	Brazil	12–15	6–15	8–15	13–15				39–60	Report

Final four

Semifinals		Final

16 September

Turkey	4
		17 September
Dominican Republic	3
		Turkey	4
16 September
		Slovenia	0
Slovenia	4

Bulgaria	1
		3rd place match

		17 September

		Dominican Republic	2

		Bulgaria	4

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
16 Sep	15:30	Slovenia	4–1	Bulgaria	11–15	15–10	15–12	18–16	15–4			74–57	Report
16 Sep	18:30	Turkey	4–3	Dominican Republic	11–15	16–14	11–15	13–15	15–7	16–14	15–8	97–88	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
17 Sep	16:30	Dominican Republic	2–4	Bulgaria	15–12	8–15	11–15	18–16	11–15	9–15		72–88	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total	Report
17 Sep	19:00	Turkey	4–0	Slovenia	15–12	15–11	15–13	15–8				60–44	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	Slovenia
	Bulgaria
4	Dominican Republic
5	Brazil
6	Cuba
7	China
8	Thailand
9	Egypt
9	Japan
11	Argentina
11	Kenya

2017 Women's U23 World champions
Turkey 1st title

12–woman roster

Tuğba Senoğlu, Beyza Arici, Ayça Aykaç, Çağla Akın (c), Aslı Kalaç, Ezgi Dilik, Bihter Dumanoğlu, Hande Baladın, Saliha Şahin, Nursevil Aydinlar, Zehra Güneş, Ebrar Karakurt

Head coach

Ataman Guneyligil

Awards

Most valuable player
Hande Baladın
Best setter
Eva Mori
Best outside spikers
Hande Baladın

Madeline Guillén
Best middle blockers
Beyza Arici

Saša Planinšec
Best opposite spiker
Iza Mlakar
Best libero
Zhana Todorova

References

^ "FOUR AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTS CONFIRMED". FIVB. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Merciless Turkey scatter Slovenia for Women's U23 world gold". FIVB. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ "Bulgaria triumph over Dominicans for Women's U23 bronze". FIVB. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ "Turkey's Hande Baladın honoured with U23 World Championship MVP award". FIVB. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ "Expression of Interest and Organisational Conditionsfor Future Organisers" (PDF). FIVB. 4 February 2020. p. 1.
^ "NINE PARTICIPANTS KNOWN FOR 2017 WOMEN'S U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". FIVB. 19 November 2016.
^ "FIVB World Ranking - Women U23 (as per January 2017)". FIVB. January 2017.
^ "U23 Worlds testbed for new scoring rules". FIVB. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Teste com as novas regras desagrada técnicos das seleções sub-23" (in Portuguese). Saída de Rede. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "FOUR AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTS CONFIRMED". FIVB. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[2] "Merciless Turkey scatter Slovenia for Women's U23 world gold". FIVB. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

[3] "Bulgaria triumph over Dominicans for Women's U23 bronze". FIVB. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

[4] "Turkey's Hande Baladın honoured with U23 World Championship MVP award". FIVB. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

[5] "Expression of Interest and Organisational Conditionsfor Future Organisers" (PDF). FIVB. 4 February 2020. p. 1.

[6] "NINE PARTICIPANTS KNOWN FOR 2017 WOMEN'S U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". FIVB. 19 November 2016.

[u23wr-7] "FIVB World Ranking - Women U23 (as per January 2017)". FIVB. January 2017.

[8] "U23 Worlds testbed for new scoring rules". FIVB. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

[9] "Teste com as novas regras desagrada técnicos das seleções sub-23" (in Portuguese). Saída de Rede. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

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