2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

2013 Men's U23 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Brazil
Dates 6–13 October
Teams 12
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli Souza
Official website
FIVB

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was held in Uberlândia, Brazil from 6 to 13 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament.[1]

Twenty-one point rule

For this tournament, the first four sets were played over 21 points.[2]

Qualification

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship will feature two countries per confederation plus the host Brazil and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case Russia.[1]

ConfederationMethod of QualificationVacancies Qualified
Host1  Brazil
CAVB FIVB Senior Ranking2  Egypt
 Tunisia
AVC FIVB Senior Ranking2  Australia
 Iran
CEV FIVB Junior and Youth Ranking2  Serbia
 Bulgaria
NORCECA 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup2  Mexico
 Dominican Republic
CSV 2  Argentina
 Venezuela
Best ranked team1  Russia

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 July 2013.[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool A Pool B
 Brazil (Hosts)  Russia (2)
 Argentina (8)  Serbia (7)
 Bulgaria (9)  Australia (12)
 Egypt (14)  Iran (12)
 Tunisia (15)  Venezuela (20)
 Dominican Republic (41)  Mexico (23)

Venue

All matches
Brazil Uberlândia, Brazil
Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves
Capacity: 8,000

Pool standing procedure

  1. Match points
  2. Number of matches won
  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

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 14 5 0 15 2 7.500 349 262 1.332
2  Bulgaria 12 4 1 12 4 3.000 329 271 1.214
3  Argentina 9 3 2 12 8 1.500 387 366 1.057
4  Tunisia 6 2 3 8 11 0.727 349 353 0.989
5  Egypt 4 1 4 5 12 0.417 275 326 0.844
6  Dominican Republic 0 0 5 0 15 0.000 213 324 0.657
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
06 Oct 16:30 Argentina  3–2  Tunisia 21–14 21–18 13–21 19–21 16–14 90–88 P2 P3
06 Oct 19:00 Brazil  3–0  Dominican Republic 21–12 21–6 21–10     63–28 P2 P3
06 Oct 21:30 Bulgaria  3–0  Egypt 21–17 21–17 21–12     63–46 P2 P3
07 Oct 16:30 Bulgaria  3–0  Dominican Republic 21–13 21–11 21–14     63–38 P2 P3
07 Oct 19:00 Brazil  3–2  Argentina 19–21 16–21 22–20 21–17 19–17 97–96 P2 P3
07 Oct 21:45 Egypt  2–3  Tunisia 19–21 17–21 21–18 21–19 7–15 85–94 P2 P3
08 Oct 16:30 Tunisia  0–3  Bulgaria 28–30 18–21 12–21     58–72 P2 P3
08 Oct 19:00 Brazil  3–0  Egypt 21–9 21–15 21–16     63–40 P2 P3
08 Oct 21:30 Dominican Republic  0–3  Argentina 14–21 25–27 22–24     61–72 P2 P3
09 Oct 16:30 Egypt  0–3  Argentina 18–21 10–21 13–21     41–63 P2 P3
09 Oct 19:00 Brazil  3–0  Bulgaria 21–19 21–14 21–19     63–52 P2 P3
09 Oct 21:30 Tunisia  3–0  Dominican Republic 21–12 21–16 21–15     63–43 P2 P3
11 Oct 16:30 Argentina  1–3  Bulgaria 16–21 21–16 14–21 15–21   66–79 P2 P3
11 Oct 19:00 Brazil  3–0  Tunisia 21–18 21–17 21–11     63–46 P2 P3
11 Oct 21:30 Dominican Republic  0–3  Egypt 13–21 16–21 14–21     43–63 P2 P3

Pool B

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Serbia 15 5 0 15 1 15.000 331 269 1.230
2  Russia 12 4 1 12 4 3.000 318 269 1.182
3  Iran 9 3 2 10 6 1.667 304 259 1.174
4  Venezuela 6 2 3 7 11 0.636 341 347 0.983
5  Australia 3 1 4 4 13 0.308 290 356 0.815
6  Mexico 0 0 5 2 15 0.133 265 349 0.759
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
06 Oct 09:00 Russia  3–0  Mexico 21–11 21–14 21–13     63–38 P2 P3
06 Oct 11:00 Serbia  3–1  Venezuela 15–21 21–18 21–19 21–14   78–72 P2 P3
06 Oct 14:00 Australia  0–3  Iran 11–21 15–21 7–21     33–63 P2 P3
07 Oct 09:00 Mexico  0–3  Iran 12–21 10–21 14–21     36–63 P2 P3
07 Oct 11:00 Russia  3–0  Venezuela 21–16 21–15 22–20     64–51 P2 P3
07 Oct 14:00 Serbia  3–0  Australia 21–18 22–20 21–14     64–52 P2 P3
08 Oct 09:00 Russia  3–1  Iran 22–20 15–21 21–17 21–12   79–70 P2 P3
08 Oct 11:15 Venezuela  3–1  Australia 21–15 21–13 28–30 21–19   91–77 P2 P3
08 Oct 14:00 Mexico  0–3  Serbia 18–21 14–21 19–21     51–63 P2 P3
09 Oct 09:00 Russia  3–0  Australia 21–16 21–13 21–18     63–47 P2 P3
09 Oct 11:00 Iran  0–3  Serbia 13–21 13–21 19–21     45–63 P2 P3
09 Oct 14:00 Venezuela  3–1  Mexico 21–17 21–12 16–21 21–15   79–65 P2 P3
11 Oct 09:00 Australia  3–1  Mexico 21–18 21–17 18–21 21–19   81–75 P2 P3
11 Oct 11:14 Iran  3–0  Venezuela 21–13 21–18 21–17     63–48 P2 P3
11 Oct 14:00 Russia  0–3  Serbia 15–21 16–21 18–21     49–63 P2 P3

Final round

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals 5th place match
12 October
  Argentina  0  
  Venezuela  3  
 
13 October
      Venezuela  0
    Iran  3
7th place match
12 October 13 October
  Iran  3   Argentina  3
  Tunisia  1     Tunisia  0

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Oct 13:30 Argentina  0–3  Venezuela 18–21 14–21 14–21     46–63 P2 P3
12 Oct 16:00 Iran  3–1  Tunisia 21–13 21–18 18–21 21–17   81–69 P2 P3

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 10:00 Argentina  3–0  Tunisia 21–19 21–15 21–15     63–49 P2 P3

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 12:30 Venezuela  0–3  Iran 14–21 21–23 17–21     52–65 P2 P3

Final four

Semifinals Final
12 October
  Brazil  3  
  Russia  0  
 
13 October
      Brazil  3
    Serbia  2
3rd place match
12 October 13 October
  Serbia  3   Russia  3
  Bulgaria  0     Bulgaria  1

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Oct 18:30 Brazil  3–0  Russia 21–16 22–20 25–23     68–59 P2 P3
12 Oct 21:00 Serbia  3–0  Bulgaria 21–13 21–18 21–10     63–41 P2 P3

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 15:00 Russia  3–1  Bulgaria 22–24 22–20 27–25 21–15   92–84 P2 P3

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 17:30 Brazil  3–2  Serbia 29–27 15–21 21–17 19–21 15–13 99–99 P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Serbia
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Russia
4  Bulgaria
5  Iran
6  Venezuela
7  Argentina
8  Tunisia
9  Egypt
10  Australia
11  Mexico
12  Dominican Republic
 2013 Men's U23 World Champions 

Brazil
1st title
13–man Roster
Alan, Fernando, Otávio, Lucas Lóh, Thiago, Lucarelli , Quaresma, Ary, Matheus, Leandro, Rafael Araújo, Ricardo, Kachel
Head Coach
Rubinho

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli Souza
  • Best Setter
Russia Dmitry Kovalev
  • Best Outside Spikers
Serbia Uroš Kovačević
Serbia Filip Stoilović
  • Best Middle Blockers
Bulgaria Ventsislav Ragin
Brazil Matheus Cunda
  • Best Opposite Spiker
Serbia Aleksandar Atanasijević
  • Best Libero
Brazil Guilherme Kachel

References

  1. 1 2 "Inaugural U23 Volleyball World Champs 50 days away". FIVB. 15 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Twenty-one point rule to be tested at U23 World Champs". FIVB. 20 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 22 July 2013)". FIVB. 22 July 2013.
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