2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Mexico
City 2
Dates 5–12 October 2013
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2
Champions  China (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP  Yao Di (CHN)
Official website
FIVB

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico, for seven days from 5 to 12 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament.[1] China won the tournament and Yao Di was selected Most Valuable Player.[2]

Competition Formula

The competition format saw the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals featured the top two teams from each pool. The FIVB Volleyball Women’s U23 World Championship featured two countries per confederation plus the host Mexico and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case USA.[1]

Qualified teams

Each Confederation was allowed to enter two teams into the competition, the qualification criteria was left to the discretion of each continental confederation.

ConfederationMethod of QualificationVacancies Qualified
Host1  Mexico
CSV 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup2  Brazil
 Argentina
NORCECA 2  Dominican Republic
 Cuba
CEV FIVB Junior and Youth Ranking2  Italy
 Turkey
AVC FIVB Senior Ranking2  Japan
 China
CAVB FIVB Senior Ranking1  Kenya
Best ranked team1  United States
Wild Card1  Germany*

Pool Composition

First six teams were seeded according to their Senior World Ranking number as of October 2013, the other 6 were seeded by draw.[4]

Pool A Pool B
 Mexico  Brazil
 Japan  United States
 Italy  China
 Turkey  Germany
 Dominican Republic  Kenya
 Argentina  Cuba

Venues

Preliminary round

Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the 5th to 8th Classification

Pool A

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Dominican Republic 4 1 13 14 4 3.500 421 333 1.264
2  Japan 5 0 12 15 7 2.143 476 433 1.099
3  Turkey 3 2 9 11 9 1.222 449 425 1.056
4  Italy 2 3 8 11 9 1.222 443 423 1.047
5  Argentina 1 4 3 3 12 0.250 291 366 0.795
6  Mexico 0 5 0 2 15 0.133 318 418 0.761
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct 15:00 Italy  2–3  Turkey 31–29 25–16 24–26 22–25 15–17 117–113 P2P3
5 Oct 17:00 Dominican Republic  3–0  Argentina 25–14 25–18 25–16     75–48 P2P3
5 Oct 20:00 Mexico  1–3  Japan 19–25 13–25 25–20 15–25   72–95 P2P3
6 Oct 15:00 Japan  3–2  Italy 21–25 18–25 25–22 25–16 15–12 104–100 P2P3
6 Oct 17:00 Turkey  0–3  Dominican Republic 18–25 16–25 21–25     55–75 P2P3
6 Oct 19:00 Mexico  0–3  Argentina 24–26 21–25 21–25     66–76 P2P3
7 Oct 15:00 Argentina  0–3  Turkey 20–25 20–25 19–25     59–75 P2P3
7 Oct 17:00 Japan  3–2  Dominican Republic 15–25 25–22 17–25 25–17 15–9 97–98 P2P3
7 Oct 19:00 Mexico  0–3  Italy 19–25 15–25 20–25     54–75 P2P3
8 Oct 15:00 Argentina  0–3  Japan 19–25 16–25 19–25     54–75 P2P3
8 Oct 17:00 Dominican Republic  3–1  Italy 23–25 25–23 25–16 25–12   98–76 P2P3
8 Oct 19:00 Mexico  1–3  Turkey 7–25 25–22 25–18 25–19   97–69 P2P3
9 Oct 15:00 Italy  3–0  Argentina 25–18 25–19 25–17     75–54 P2P3
9 Oct 17:00 Turkey  2–3  Japan 25–23 22–25 24–26 25–16 13–15 109–105 P2P3
9 Oct 19:00 Mexico  0–3  Dominican Republic 15–25 21–25 21–25     57–75 P2P3

Pool B

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  China 5 0 14 15 4 3.750 436 356 1.225
2  United States 4 1 11 14 7 2.000 443 376 1.178
3  Brazil 3 2 10 12 7 1.714 440 344 1.279
4  Germany 2 3 7 9 9 1.000 370 379 0.976
5  Cuba 1 4 3 4 12 0.333 346 391 0.885
6  Kenya 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 186 375 0.496
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct 15:00 United States  3–0  Kenya 25–11 25–11 25–6     75–28 P2P3
5 Oct 17:00 China  3–1  Germany 25–21 25–22 18–25 25–19   93–87 P2P3
5 Oct 19:00 Brazil  3–1  Cuba 28–26 25–27 25–15 25–21   103–89 P2P3
6 Oct 15:00 Kenya  0–3  Germany 9–25 15–25 10–25     34–75 P2P3
6 Oct 17:00 United States  3–0  Cuba 25–20 25–19 25–21     75–61 P2P3
6 Oct 19:00 Brazil  1–3  China 16–25 25–21 22–25 23–25   86–96 P2P3
7 Oct 15:00 Kenya  0–3  Brazil 8–25 7–25 10–25     25–75 P2P3
7 Oct 17:00 United States  3–2  Germany 25–15 23–25 25–27 25–12 15–11 113–90 P2P3
7 Oct 19:00 Cuba  0–3  China 14–25 21–25 23–25     58–75 P2P3
8 Oct 15:00 Kenya  0–3  Cuba 19–25 23–25 21–25     63–75 P2P3
8 Oct 17:00 United States  2–3  China 15–25 25–18 25–14 19–25 5–15 89–97 P2P3
8 Oct 19:00 Germany  0–3  Brazil 11–25 11–25 21–25     43–75 P2P3
9 Oct 15:00 China  3–0  Kenya 25–16 25–6 25–14     75–36 P2P3
9 Oct 17:00 Germany  3–0  Cuba 25–22 25–22 25–20     75–64 P2P3
9 Oct 19:00 United States  3–2  Brazil 25–20 16–25 10–25 25–22 15–9 91–101 P2P3

Final Round

5th to 8th bracket

Semifinals 5th place
  Turkey  3  
  Germany  0  
 
      Turkey  3
    Italy  0
7th place
  Brazil  0   Germany  1
  Italy  3     Brazil  3

Classification 5th and 8th

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Oct 11 12:00 Turkey  3–0  Germany 25–13 25–13 25–19     75–45 P2P3
Oct 11 14:00 Brazil  0–3  Italy 13–25 24–26 22–25     59–76 P2P3

Classification 7th

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Oct 12 12:00 Germany  1–3  Brazil 20–25 17–25 25–20 15–25   77–95 P2P3

Classification 5th

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Oct 12 14:00 Turkey  3–0  Italy 25–17 25–20 25–22     59–75 P2P3

Championship bracket

Semifinals Final
  Dominican Republic

 3  
  United States  0  
 
      Dominican Republic  0
    China  3
Third place
  China  3   United States  1
  Japan  0     Japan  3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Oct 11 17:00 Dominican Republic  3–0  United States 25–21 25–21 27–25     77–67 P2P3
Oct 11 19:00 China  3–0  Japan 27–25 26–24 25–13     78–62 P2P3

Bronze medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Oct 12 17:00 United States  1–3  Japan 16–25 25–20 11–25 19–25   71–95 P2P3

Gold medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Oct 12 19:00 Dominican Republic  0–3  China 21–25 20–25 24–26     65–76 P2P3

Final standing

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dominican Republic
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Japan
4  United States
5  Turkey
6  Italy
7  Brazil
8  Germany
9  Cuba
10  Argentina
11  Mexico
12  Kenya

 2013 Women's U23 World Champions 

China
1st title

All-star team


References

  1. 1 2 "Inaugural U23 Volleyball World Champs 50 days away". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  2. 1 2 "China crown splendid year with another gold medal". Tijuana, Mexico: FIVB. 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. "Match schedule set for FIVB Women's U23 World Champs". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  4. "FIVB Women’s U23 World Championship announced in Tijuana". Tijuana, Mexico: FIVB. 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
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