2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

2015 Men's U23 World Championship
Official website
FIVB
Tournament details
Host nation  United Arab Emirates
Dates 24–31 August
Teams 12
Venues 2 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Russia (1st title)
MVP Russia Egor Kliuka
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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

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 QualificationDate Venue Vacancies QualifiedAppearance
Host country 11 November 2014Switzerland Lausanne1  United Arab Emirates1st
U20 European Ranking[3]18 September 2014 Luxembourg Luxembourg2 Russia2nd
 Italy1st
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup5–10 October 2014 Cuba Havana2  Cuba1st
 Mexico2nd
2014 U23 South American Championship8–12 October 2014 Brazil Saquarema2  Brazil2nd
 Argentina2nd
2014 U23 African Championship7–12 November 2014Egypt Sharm El Sheikh2  Tunisia2nd
 Egypt2nd
2015 Asian U23 Championship12–20 May 2015Myanmar Naypyidaw2  Iran2nd
 South Korea1st
U21 World RankingDecember 2014[4]Switzerland Lausanne1  Turkey1st
Total 12

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 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

Venues

Pool A and Final round Pool B
United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates 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

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team 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

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team 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 19:21 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 semifinals 5th place match
30 August
  Iran  1  
  Argentina  3  
 
31 August
      Argentina  1
    Brazil  3
7th place match
30 August 31 August
  Brazil  3   Iran  3
  South Korea  0     South Korea  1

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

Semifinals Final
30 August
  Cuba  0  
  Turkey  3  
 
31 August
      Turkey  1
    Russia  3
3rd place match
30 August 31 August
  Russia  3   Cuba  1
  Italy  0     Italy  3

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

Rank Team
1st  Russia
2nd  Turkey
3rd  Italy
4  Cuba
5  Brazil
6  Argentina
7  Iran
8  South Korea
9  Egypt
 Tunisia
11  Mexico
 United Arab Emirates
 2015 Men's U23 World Champions 

Russia
1st title
12–man Roster
Pankov, Demakov, Feoktistov , Petrushov, Podrebinkin, Zhos, Kimerov, Volkov, Maximenko, Kliuka, Nikitin, Ershov
Head Coach
Nikolaev

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
Russia Egor Kliuka
  • Best Setter
Turkey Murat Yenipazar
  • Best Outside Spikers
Russia Egor Kliuka
Turkey Gökhan Gökgöz
  • Best Middle Blockers
Russia Ivan Demakov
Turkey Samet Güneş
  • Best Opposite Spiker
Turkey Metin Toy
  • Best Libero
Cuba Yonder Garcia

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. 1 2 "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.

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