2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2007 Men's Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Morocco
Dates	7–15 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Deivid Costa
Official website
fivb.org

The 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship was held from 7 to 15 July 2007 in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. It was the last tournament to feature 12 teams.

Competing nations

Drawing of lots to determine Pools composition was held on 7 June 2007.^[1]

First round

• All times are Morocco's Standard Time WET (UTC+00:00).

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	9	4	1	463	408	1.135	14	6	2.333
2	Italy	8	3	2	461	407	1.133	13	7	1.857
3	Cuba	8	3	2	452	446	1.013	11	10	1.100
4	Bulgaria	8	3	2	438	441	0.993	11	10	1.100
5	Japan	7	2	3	479	487	0.984	10	12	0.833
6	Morocco	5	0	5	293	397	0.738	1	15	0.067

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 July	10:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Iran	19–25	17–25	12–25			48–75	P2 P3
7 July	15:00	Italy	3–0	Cuba	27–25	25–16	25–17			77–58	P2 P3
7 July	18:30	Morocco	1–3	Japan	23–25	16–25	25–22	17–25		81–97	P2 P3
8 July	10:00	Japan	3–2	Cuba	25–20	21–25	17–25	25–15	15–12	103–97	P2 P3
8 July	16:00	Iran	3–2	Italy	20–25	17–25	25–22	25–21	21–19	108–112	P2 P3
8 July	18:30	Morocco	0–3	Bulgaria	20–25	19–25	16–25			55–75	P2 P3
9 July	10:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Japan	24–26	25–19	25–16	21–25	15–12	110–98	P2 P3
9 July	16:00	Cuba	3–2	Iran	23–25	25–17	21–25	25–23	15–13	109–103	P2 P3
9 July	18:30	Italy	3–0	Morocco	25–22	25–16	25–13			75–51	P2 P3
10 July	10:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	22–25	25–21	18–25	29–31		94–102	P2 P3
10 July	16:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Italy	20–25	25–20	25–12	18–25	15–9	103–100	P2 P3
10 July	18:30	Morocco	0–3	Cuba	19–25	22–25	20–25			61–75	P2 P3
11 July	10:00	Cuba	3–2	Bulgaria	17–25	25–14	27–29	25–17	19–17	113–102	P2 P3
11 July	16:00	Italy	3–1	Japan	20–25	25–19	25–18	27–25		97–87	P2 P3
11 July	18:30	Iran	3–0	Morocco	25–15	25–16	25–14			75–45	P2 P3

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	435	354	1.229	13	5	2.600
2	Russia	9	4	1	399	345	1.157	12	4	3.000
3	United States	8	3	2	445	451	0.987	10	10	1.000
4	Argentina	7	2	3	367	403	0.911	7	10	0.700
5	Slovenia	6	1	4	406	424	0.958	7	12	0.583
6	Egypt	6	1	4	349	424	0.823	5	13	0.385

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 July	10:00	Slovenia	1–3	Argentina	25–16	23–25	23–25	23–25		94–91	P2 P3
7 July	16:00	Russia	3–1	Brazil	28–26	19–25	27–25	25–13		99–89	P2 P3
7 July	18:30	United States	3–2	Egypt	17–25	26–28	25–16	25–22	18–16	111–107	P2 P3
8 July	10:00	Egypt	0–3	Slovenia	18–25	18–25	13–25			49–75	P2 P3
8 July	16:00	Russia	0–3	United States	26–28	22–25	27–29			75–82	P2 P3
8 July	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–10	25–18	25–22			75–50	P2 P3
9 July	10:00	Argentina	1–3	Egypt	16–25	25–23	24–26	23–25		88–99	P2 P3
9 July	16:00	United States	1–3	Brazil	22–25	25–20	18–25	19–25		84–95	P2 P3
9 July	18:30	Slovenia	0–3	Russia	19–25	20–25	22–25			61–75	P2 P3
10 July	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–17	25–14	25–13			75–44	P2 P3
10 July	16:00	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	P2 P3
10 July	18:30	United States	3–2	Slovenia	23–25	25–17	25–23	20–25	15–9	108–99	P2 P3
11 July	10:00	Argentina	3–0	United States	25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	P2 P3
11 July	16:00	Slovenia	1–3	Brazil	12–25	28–26	20–25	17–25		77–101	P2 P3
11 July	18:30	Egypt	0–3	Russia	12–25	17–25	21–25			50–75	P2 P3

Final round

9th–12th places bracket

	9th–12th places				9th place
	14 July – Casablanca
	Japan	1
					15 July – Casablanca
	Egypt	3
					Egypt	1
	14 July – Casablanca
					Slovenia	3
	Morocco	0
	Slovenia	3
					11th place
					15 July – Casablanca
					Japan	3
					Morocco	1

Classification 9th-12th

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 July	9:00	Japan	1–3	Egypt	26–24	24–26	20–25	19–25		89–100	P2 P3
14 July	11:30	Morocco	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	18–25	23–25			58–75	P2 P3

12th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	9:00	Japan	3–1	Morocco	25–23	25–23	20–25	25–21		95–92	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	11:30	Egypt	1–3	Slovenia	23–25	25–22	19–25	16–25		83–98	P2 P3

5th-8th places bracket

	5th-8th places				5th place
	14 July – Rabat
	Bulgaria	3
					15 July – Rabat
	United States	0
					Bulgaria	0
	14 July – Rabat
					Argentina	3
	Cuba	0
	Argentina	3
					7th place
					15 July – Rabat
					United States	3
					Cuba	1

Classification 5th-8th

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 July	16:00	Bulgaria	3–0	United States	26–24	25–22	25–22			76–66	P2 P3
14 July	18:30	Cuba	0–3	Argentina	20–25	19–25	23–25			62–75	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	9:00	United States	3–1	Cuba	30–28	20–25	25–23	25–20		100–96	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	11:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Argentina	24–26	15–25	20–25			59–98	P2 P3

1st-4th places bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	14 July – Casablanca
	Italy	2
					15 July – Casablanca
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
	14 July – Casablanca
					Russia	0
	Iran	1
	Russia	3
					3rd place
					15 July – Casablanca
					Italy	1
					Iran	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 July	16:00	Italy	2–3	Brazil	18–25	25–15	27–25	20–25	8–15	98–105	P2 P3
14 July	18:30	Iran	1–3	Russia	25–21	22–25	23–25	21–25		91–96	P2 P3

Bronze Medal Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	16:00	Italy	1–3	Iran	25–27	25–19	20–25	17–25		87–96	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–18	25–18	25–19			75–55	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Russia  Iran 4  Italy 5  Argentina 6  Bulgaria 7  United States 8  Cuba 9  Slovenia 10  Egypt 11  Japan 12  Morocco

2007 Men's U21 World Champions  Brazil 3rd title 12–man Roster Wanderson Campos, Guilherme Hage, Lucas de Deus, Felipe Bandero, Tiago Barth, Tiago Gelinski, Wallace de Souza, William Da Costa (C), Carlos Faccin, Deivid Costa, Bernardo Assis, José Santos Júnior Head Coach Percy Oncken

Individual awards

• MVP: Deivid Costa^[2]
• Best Scorer: Matteo Martino
• Best Spiker: Matteo Martino
• Best Blocker: Deivid Costa
• Best Server: Maxim Mikhaylov
• Best Digger: Roman Martynyuk
• Best Setter: Davide Saitta
• Best Receiver: Matteo Martino

References

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