2015 FIVB Volleyball 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]

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
MVP Egor Kliuka
Best Setter Murat Yenipazar
Best OH Egor Kliuka
Gökhan Gökgöz
Best MB Ivan Demakov
Samet Güneş
Best OPP Metin Toy
Best Libero Yonder Garcia
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Official website
2015 FIVB Men's U23 World Championship

Competition formula

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

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 QualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host country11 November 2014 Lausanne1 United Arab Emirates
U20 European Ranking18 September 2014[3] Luxembourg2 Russia
 Italy
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup5–10 October 2014 Havana2 Cuba
 Mexico
2014 U23 South American Championship8–12 October 2014 Saquarema2 Brazil
 Argentina
2014 U23 African Championship7–12 November 2014 Sharm El Sheikh2 Tunisia
 Egypt
2015 Asian U23 Championship12–20 May 2015 Naypyidaw2 Iran
 South Korea
U21 World RankingDecember 2014[4] Lausanne1 Turkey
Total12

Pools composition

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

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

Pool standing procedure
  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
Qualified for the Semifinals
Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals

Pool A
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Cuba 5 0 14 15 3 5.000 443 397 1.116
2  Italy 4 1 13 14 6 2.333 477 410 1.163
3  Iran 3 2 8 11 9 1.222 475 417 1.139
4  South Korea 2 3 6 8 10 0.800 405 412 0.983
5  Egypt 1 4 4 7 13 0.538 401 449 0.893
6  United Arab Emirates 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 284 400 0.710
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
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 5 0 13 15 6 2.500 484 415 1.166
2  Turkey 3 2 10 12 7 1.714 429 406 1.057
3  Brazil 3 2 10 12 8 1.500 462 427 1.082
4  Argentina 3 2 8 12 10 1.200 483 464 1.041
5  Tunisia 1 4 4 7 12 0.583 399 439 0.909
6  Mexico 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 273 379 0.720
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

5th–8th places
 
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
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
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
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
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
30 August
 
 
 Cuba0
 
31 August
 
 Turkey3
 
 Turkey1
 
30 August
 
 Russia3
 
 Russia3
 
 
 Italy0
 
3rd place match
 
 
31 August
 
 
 Cuba1
 
 
 Italy3

Semifinals
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
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
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

Awards

See also

References
  1. http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/Calendar.asp
  2. "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.
  3. http://cev.lu/Rankings/MenU20.aspx
  4. "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.
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