2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2013 Men's U21 World Championship
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Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	22 August–1 September
Teams	20
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (9th title)
MVP	Victor Poletaev
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The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was held in Turkey for ten days, from 22 August to 1 September 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament that features 20 teams.^[1]

Competition formula

The 20 teams will be divided into four pools of five teams each and will play a round-robin tournament. The bottom-ranked team of each pool will play classification matches for 17th-20th place in a round-robin system.

The other 16 teams progress to the Eight Finals which consists of a playoff (1st of Pool A against 4th of Pool B etc.). The winners of the playoff matches will advance to the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals to be classified from 1st to 8th while the losers of playoff match will play classification matches, with a similar quarterfinals, semifinals and finals system, to be classified from 9th to 16th.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	18 March 2012	Lausanne, Switzerland	1	Turkey
2013 African Junior Championship	2–9 March 2013	Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia	4	Tunisia
				Egypt
				Rwanda
				Morocco
2012 Asian Junior Championship	27 Sep–5 Oct 2012	Urmia, Iran	4	Japan
				China
				Iran
				India
2012 European Junior Championship	24 Aug–2 Sep 2012	Gdynia, Poland & Randers, Denmark	1	Italy
European Qualification Tournament Pool A	7–11 May 2013	Anapa, Russia	1	Russia
European Qualification Tournament Pool B	7–11 May 2013	Saint-Jean-d'Illac, France	1	France
European Qualification Tournament Pool C	8–12 May 2013	Sofia, Bulgaria	1	Estonia
European Qualification Tournament Pool D	7–11 May 2013	Arilje, Serbia	1	Serbia
2012 NORCECA Junior Championship	27 Aug–1 Sep 2012	Colorado Springs, United States	3	United States
				Canada
				Mexico
2012 South American Junior Championship	23–27 October 2012	Saquarema, Brazil	3	Brazil
				Argentina
				Venezuela
Total			20

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Turkey	Argentina	Serbia	Russia
China	Iran	United States	Brazil
Egypt	Japan	Tunisia	Italy
Morocco	Mexico	Canada	France
India	Estonia	Rwanda	Venezuela

Venues

• Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey – Pool A, B and Final Round
• Atatürk Sport Hall, Izmir, Turkey – Pool C, D and Final Round

Preliminary round

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

	Qualified for the Round of 16
	Qualified for the 17th–20th round robin

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Turkey	11	4	0	12	2	6.000	334	272	1.228
2	India	9	3	1	9	5	1.800	321	293	1.096
3	China	5	1	3	7	9	0.778	341	347	0.983
4	Egypt	3	1	3	6	11	0.545	356	388	0.918
5	Morocco	2	1	3	4	11	0.364	312	364	0.857

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:30	China	3–0	Morocco	25–21	25–19	25–21			75–61	P2 P3
22 Aug	19:30	Turkey	3–0	India	25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	P2 P3
23 Aug	15:00	Egypt	3–2	China	25–22	18–25	18–25	25–21	18–16	104–109	P2 P3
23 Aug	19:45	Morocco	0–3	Turkey	24–26	21–25	22–25			67–76	P2 P3
24 Aug	14:30	India	3–1	Morocco	23–25	25–18	26–24	25–11		99–78	P2 P3
24 Aug	19:40	Turkey	3–0	Egypt	26–24	25–23	25–13			76–60	P2 P3
25 Aug	14:30	Egypt	1–3	India	25–22	21–25	16–25	16–25		78–97	P2 P3
25 Aug	19:30	China	2–3	Turkey	25–21	19–25	25–21	20–25	6–15	95–107	P2 P3
26 Aug	12:00	India	3–0	China	25–21	25–23	25–18			75–62	P2 P3
26 Aug	14:30	Morocco	3–2	Egypt	18–25	16–25	25–23	32–30	15–11	106–114	P2 P3

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	12	4	0	12	1	12.000	329	261	1.261
2	Argentina	9	3	1	9	4	2.250	310	283	1.095
3	Japan	4	1	3	5	10	0.500	354	360	0.983
4	Mexico	3	1	3	4	10	0.400	292	345	0.846
5	Estonia	2	1	3	6	11	0.545	363	399	0.910

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	12:00	Iran	3–1	Estonia	22–25	25–11	25–17	25–22		97–75	P2 P3
22 Aug	17:00	Japan	3–1	Mexico	23–25	29–27	25–17	25–16		102–85	P2 P3
23 Aug	12:00	Estonia	3–2	Japan	27–29	25–23	19–25	26–24	15–8	112–109	P2 P3
23 Aug	17:50	Argentina	0–3	Iran	19–25	20–25	18–25			57–75	P2 P3
24 Aug	12:00	Japan	0–3	Argentina	26–28	20–25	26–28			72–81	P2 P3
24 Aug	17:00	Mexico	3–1	Estonia	25–22	25–19	17–25	29–27		96–93	P2 P3
25 Aug	12:00	Argentina	3–0	Mexico	25–22	25–14	25–17			75–53	P2 P3
25 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Japan	28–26	29–27	25–18			82–71	P2 P3
26 Aug	17:20	Mexico	0–3	Iran	20–25	21–25	16–25			57–75	P2 P3
26 Aug	19:30	Estonia	1–3	Argentina	19–25	25–22	17–25	21–25		82–97	P2 P3

Pool C

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	12	4	0	12	1	12.000	326	260	1.254
2	United States	6	2	2	7	7	1.000	329	290	1.134
3	Canada	6	2	2	7	7	1.000	309	314	0.984
4	Tunisia	6	2	2	7	7	1.000	309	314	0.984
5	Rwanda	0	0	4	1	12	0.083	234	329	0.711

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	12:00	United States	3–1	Rwanda	25–11	25–18	27–29	25–14		102–72	P2 P3
22 Aug	17:00	Tunisia	1–3	Canada	15–25	15–25	29–27	19–25		77–102	P2 P3
23 Aug	12:00	Rwanda	0–3	Tunisia	12–25	15–25	18–25			45–75	P2 P3
23 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	United States	25–23	25–23	25–17			75–63	P2 P3
24 Aug	12:00	Tunisia	0–3	Serbia	17–25	25–27	24–26			66–78	P2 P3
24 Aug	14:30	Canada	3–0	Rwanda	25–17	27–25	25–22			77–64	P2 P3
25 Aug	12:00	Serbia	3–1	Canada	23–25	25–18	25–16	25–19		98–78	P2 P3
25 Aug	17:00	United States	1–3	Tunisia	23–25	19–25	25–16	22–25		89–91	P2 P3
26 Aug	12:00	Canada	0–3	United States	15–25	15–25	22–25			52–75	P2 P3
26 Aug	14:30	Rwanda	0–3	Serbia	13–25	20–25	20–25			53–75	P2 P3

Pool D

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	9	3	1	11	6	1.833	397	344	1.154
2	France	8	3	1	9	5	1.800	315	298	1.057
3	Brazil	8	2	2	10	6	1.667	367	344	1.067
4	Italy	5	2	2	6	8	0.750	318	331	0.961
5	Venezuela	0	0	4	1	12	0.083	245	325	0.754

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:30	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–21	35–33	25–23			85–77	P2 P3
22 Aug	19:30	France	3–0	Venezuela	25–17	26–24	25–18			76–59	P2 P3
23 Aug	14:30	Italy	0–3	France	19–25	16–25	23–25			58–75	P2 P3
23 Aug	19:30	Russia	3–2	Brazil	25–17	23–25	25–20	21–25	16–14	110–101	P2 P3
24 Aug	17:00	France	0–3	Russia	17–25	22–25	18–25			57–75	P2 P3
24 Aug	19:30	Venezuela	0–3	Italy	15–25	16–25	25–27			56-77	P2 P3
25 Aug	14:30	Russia	3–1	Venezuela	25–20	25–16	22–25	25–19		97–80	P2 P3
25 Aug	19:30	Brazil	2–3	France	23–25	18–25	25–17	26–24	14–16	106–107	P2 P3
26 Aug	17:00	Venezuela	0–3	Brazil	14–25	23–25	13–25			50–75	P2 P3
26 Aug	19:40	Italy	3–2	Russia	23–25	27–25	30–28	11–25	15–12	106–115	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

17th–20th places

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Estonia	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	268	221	1.213
2	Morocco	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	265	263	1.008
3	Venezuela	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	264	262	1.008
4	Rwanda	2	1	2	3	8	0.375	212	263	0.806

17th–20th round robin

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	11:00	ASH	Morocco	2–3	Estonia	25–22	22–25	30–28	24–26	12–15	113–116	P2 P3
29 Aug	13:56	ASH	Rwanda	3–2	Venezuela	27–25	23–25	18–25	25–21	17–15	110–111	P2 P3
30 Aug	09:00	ASH	Morocco	1–3	Venezuela	20–25	25–20	15–25	17–25		77–95	P2 P3
30 Aug	11:20	ASH	Estonia	3–0	Rwanda	25–12	27–25	25–13			77–50	P2 P3
31 Aug	09:00	ASH	Estonia	3–0	Venezuela	25–22	25–21	25–15			75–58	P2 P3
31 Aug	11:00	ASH	Morocco	3–0	Rwanda	25–21	25–10	25–21			75–52	P2 P3

1st–16th places

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

28 August – Ankara

Iran

3

30 August – Ankara

Egypt

0

Iran

0

28 August – Izmir

Brazil

3

United States

1

31 August – Ankara

Brazil

3

Brazil

3

28 August – Ankara

Italy

1

Argentina

3

30 August – Ankara

China

1

Argentina

2

28 August – Izmir

Italy

3

Serbia

2

1 September – Ankara

Italy

3

Brazil

0

28 August – Ankara

Russia

3

India

3

30 August – Ankara

Japan

0

India

0

28 August – Izmir

Russia

3

Russia

3

31 August – Ankara

Tunisia

0

Russia

3

28 August – Ankara

France

1

3rd place match

Turkey

3

30 August – Ankara

1 September – Ankara

Mexico

0

Turkey

0

Italy

3

28 August – Izmir

France

3

France

1

France

3

Canada

2

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	31 August – Ankara
	Iran	3
	Argentina	0
					1 September – Ankara
					Iran	3
					Turkey	1
					7th place match
	31 August – Ankara			1 September – Ankara
	India	0		Argentina	3
	Turkey	3			India	2

	9th–16th quarterfinals				9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	30 August – Izmir
	Egypt	1
					31 August – Izmir
	United States	3
					United States	1
	30 August – Izmir
					Serbia	3
	China	0
									1 September – Izmir
	Serbia	3
									Serbia	3
	30 August – Izmir
									Japan	0
	Japan	3
					31 August – Izmir
	Tunisia	1
					Japan	3			11th place match
	30 August – Izmir
					Canada	2
	Mexico	1							United States	3
	Canada	3							Canada	0
									1 September – Izmir

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	31 August – Izmir
	Egypt	3
	China	2
					1 September – Izmir
					Egypt	2
					Tunisia	3
					15th place match
	31 August – Izmir			1 September – Izmir
	Tunisia	3		China	3
	Mexico	2			Mexico	2

Round of 16

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	11:00	BVH	Iran	3–0	Egypt	25–21	25–20	25–11			75–52	P2 P3
28 Aug	11:00	ASH	United States	1–3	Brazil	22–25	25–23	18–25	22–25		87–98	P2 P3
28 Aug	13:30	BVH	Argentina	3–1	China	25–19	25–23	23–25	29–27		102–94	P2 P3
28 Aug	13:40	ASH	Serbia	2–3	Italy	25–21	19–25	21–25	30–28	5–15	100–114	P2 P3
28 Aug	16:00	BVH	India	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–23	25–20			75–61	P2 P3
28 Aug	16:35	ASH	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	25–23	25–15	25–21			75–59	P2 P3
28 Aug	18:30	BVH	Turkey	3–0	Mexico	25–14	25–14	25–18			75–46	P2 P3
28 Aug	18:35	ASH	France	3–2	Canada	22–25	25–21	25–15	23–25	15–10	110–96	P2 P3

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	13:15	ASH	Egypt	1–3	United States	25–22	21–25	23–25	20–25		89–97	P2 P3
30 Aug	15:50	ASH	China	0–3	Serbia	20–25	18–25	16–25			54–75	P2 P3
30 Aug	17:40	ASH	Japan	3–1	Tunisia	23–25	25–17	25–23	25–19		98–84	P2 P3
30 Aug	20:10	ASH	Mexico	1–3	Canada	23–25	25–19	13–25	18–25		79–94	P2 P3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	11:00	BVH	Iran	0–3	Brazil	21–25	20–25	22–25			63–75	P2 P3
30 Aug	13:30	BVH	Argentina	2–3	Italy	20–25	25–23	25–20	15–25	11–15	96–108	P2 P3
30 Aug	16:15	BVH	India	0–3	Russia	21–25	15–25	16–25			52–75	P2 P3
30 Aug	19:00	BVH	Turkey	0–3	France	21–25	22–25	25–27			68–77	P2 P3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	13:00	ASH	Egypt	3–2	China	29–31	25–23	17–25	25–13	19–17	115–109	P2 P3
31 Aug	15:55	ASH	Tunisia	3–2	Mexico	23–25	25–23	22–25	25–15	21–19	116–107	P2 P3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	18:50	ASH	United States	1–3	Serbia	24–26	22–25	25–19	24–26		95–96	P2 P3
31 Aug	21:25	ASH	Japan	3–2	Canada	18–25	25–20	25–17	26–28	17–15	111–105	P2 P3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	11:15	BVH	Iran	3–0	Argentina	25–21	25–23	28–26			78–70	P2 P3
31 Aug	13:30	BVH	India	0–3	Turkey	18–25	23–25	20–25			61–75	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	17:00	BVH	Brazil	3–1	Italy	22–25	25–18	25–19	25–23		97–85	P2 P3
31 Aug	19:40	BVH	Russia	3–1	France	27–25	24–26	25–18	27–25		103–94	P2 P3

15th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	09:00	ASH	China	3–2	Mexico	22–25	24–26	25–19	25–20	15–9	111–99	P2 P3

13th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	13:35	ASH	Egypt	2–3	Tunisia	25–17	19–25	25–23	23–25	7–15	99–105	P2 P3

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	11:35	ASH	United States	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–17	25–18			75–51	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	16:10	ASH	Serbia	3–0	Japan	25–16	25–21	25–23			75–60	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	11:00	BVH	Argentina	3–2	India	22–25	23–25	26–24	25–19	15–7	111–100	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	13:30	BVH	Iran	3–1	Turkey	19–25	25–21	25–18	25–18		94–82	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	16:00	BVH	Italy	3–1	France	25–21	25–16	20–25	28–26		98–88	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	19:00	BVH	Brazil	0–3	Russia	16–25	16–25	20–25			52–75	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Russia 02 !  Brazil 03 !  Italy 4  France 5  Iran 6  Turkey 7  Argentina 8  India 9  Serbia 10  Japan 11  United States 12  Canada 13  Tunisia 14  Egypt 15  China 16  Mexico 17  Estonia 18  Morocco 19  Venezuela 20  Rwanda

2013 Men's U21 World Champions  Russia 9th title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Victor Poletaev Best Setter Murat Yenipazar Best Outside Spikers Egor Feoktistov Thibault Rossard

Best Middle Blockers Edoardo Picco Ilyas Kurkaev Best Opposite Spiker Alan Souza Best Libero Alperay Demirciler

See also

• 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship

References

External links

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