2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Brno and Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic from 23 June to 2 July 2017.[1] 16 teams participated.

2017 Men's U21 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Czech Republic
Dates23 June – 2 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Poland (3rd title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Russia
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament awards
MVP Jakub Kochanowski
Best Setter Łukasz Kozub
Best OH Bartosz Kwolek
Anton Semyshev
Best MB Aleksei Kononov
José Masso
Best OPP Miguel Gutiérrez
Best Libero Maique Nascimento
Official website

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997.

Poland defeated Cuba in the final to capture their third title in the competition.[2] Russia, which won the previously three editions of the tournament, won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil in the 3rd place match.[3] Jakub Kochanowski from Poland was elected the MVP.[4]

Qualification

The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.[5]

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifier
Host Country2 February 2016 Lausanne1 Czech Republic
2016 NORCECA Championship5–10 July 2016 Gatineau1 United States
2016 Asian Championship9–17 July 2016 Kaohsiung2 China
 Iran
2016 African Championship22–23 September 2016 Tangier1 Egypt
2016 South American Championship17–24 October 2016 Bariloche1 Argentina
2017 Pan-American Cupfor CSV16–21 May 2017 Fort McMurray1 Brazil
for NORCECA1 Cuba
European QualifierPool E18–20 May 2017 Požarevac1 Ukraine
Pool F19–21 May 2017 Berlin1 Poland
World RankingJanuary 2017[6] Lausanne6 Russia
 Italy
 Turkey
 Canada
 Japan
 Morocco
Total16

Pools composition

First round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of January 2017.[6] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U21 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking.[7] The draw was held in Brno, Czech Republic on 31 May 2017.[8] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 35th.

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2

 Czech Republic (Hosts)
 Russia (1)
 Argentina (2)
 China (3)

 Brazil (4)
 Italy (5)
 Turkey (6)
 Poland (7)

 Canada (8)
 United States (9)
 Iran (11)
 Egypt (11)

 Cuba (13)
 Japan (14)
 Morocco (15)
 Ukraine (15)

Draw
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Czech Republic  Russia  Argentina  China
 Poland  Turkey  Italy  Brazil
 Canada  United States  Iran  Egypt
 Morocco  Cuba  Ukraine  Japan

Second round
Final eight 9th–16th places
Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H
1A Poland 1B Russia 3A Czech Republic 3B Turkey
1C Iran 1D Brazil 3C Italy 3D Japan
2B Cuba 2A Canada 4B United States 4A Morocco
2D China 2C Argentina 4D Egypt 4C Ukraine

Squads
Main article: 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship squads

Venues
Pool A, B, E, F, 5th–8th places
and Final four		 Pool C, D, G, H, 13th–16th places
and 9th–12th places
Brno, Czech Republic České Budějovice, Czech Republic
DRFG Arena Budvar Arena
Capacity: 7,700 Capacity: 6,421

Pool standing procedure
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

First round
Qualified for the Final eight (Pools E and F)
Qualified for the 9th–16th places (Pools G and H)

Pool A
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Poland 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 235 174 1.351
2  Canada 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 248 245 1.012
3  Czech Republic 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 240 235 1.021
4  Morocco 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 156 225 0.693
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun12:30Poland  3–0  Morocco 25–925–1525–15  75–39P2 P3
23 Jun17:30Czech Republic  2–3  Canada 22–2525–1325–2318–2512–15102–101P2 P3
24 Jun12:30Canada  3–0  Morocco 25–2325–1625–23  75–62P2 P3
24 Jun17:30Poland  3–0  Czech Republic 29–2725–2325–13  79–63P2 P3
25 Jun12:30Poland  3–0  Canada 31–2925–2325–20  81–72P2 P3
25 Jun17:55Czech Republic  3–0  Morocco 25–1625–2125–18  75–55P2 P3

Pool B
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 232 181 1.282
2  Cuba 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 246 242 1.017
3  Turkey 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 235 246 0.955
4  United States 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 186 230 0.809
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun15:00Russia  3–0  Cuba 32–3025–1725–14  82–61P2 P3
23 Jun20:30Turkey  3–0  United States 25–1925–1430–28  80–61P2 P3
24 Jun15:00United States  0–3  Cuba 23–2519–2520–25  62–75P2 P3
24 Jun20:00Russia  3–0  Turkey 25–1925–2025–18  75–57P2 P3
25 Jun15:00Turkey  2–3  Cuba 21–2525–2325–2220–257–1598–110P2 P3
25 Jun20:00Russia  3–0  United States 25–2025–2125–22  75–63P2 P3

Pool C
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Iran 3 0 7 9 4 2.250 289 268 1.078
2  Argentina 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 274 258 1.062
3  Italy 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 260 264 0.985
4  Ukraine 0 3 2 4 9 0.444 253 286 0.885
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun12:30Argentina  3–0  Ukraine 25–2125–1625–20  75–57P2 P3
23 Jun17:30Italy  0–3  Iran 22–2519–2521–25  62–75P2 P3
24 Jun12:30Iran  3–2  Ukraine 25–1925–2123–2520–2515–13108–103P2 P3
24 Jun17:55Argentina  3–1  Italy 32–3025–1914–2525–21 96–95P2 P3
25 Jun12:30Italy  3–2  Ukraine 25–2215–2523–2525–1315–8103–93P2 P3
25 Jun17:30Argentina  2–3  Iran 21–2520–2525–2325–1812–15103–106P2 P3

Pool D
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 173 1.301
2  China 2 1 6 6 5 1.200 247 231 1.069
3  Japan 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 244 263 0.928
4  Egypt 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 218 267 0.816
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun15:00China  3–1  Japan 25–2125–2322–2525–16 97–85P2 P3
23 Jun20:00Brazil  3–0  Egypt 25–2025–1825–18  75–56P2 P3
24 Jun15:25Egypt  1–3  Japan 17–2525–1726–2823–25 91–95P2 P3
24 Jun20:30China  0–3  Brazil 16–2521–2516–25  53–75P2 P3
25 Jun15:10Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–2325–2025–21  75–64P2 P3
25 Jun20:35China  3–1  Egypt 25–1522–2525–1825–13 97–71P2 P3

Second round
Qualified for the Semifinals
Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
Qualified for the 13th–16th semifinals

Pool E
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Poland 3 0 7 9 4 2.250 293 254 1.154
2  Cuba 2 1 5 6 6 1.000 257 273 0.941
3  Iran 1 2 4 7 8 0.875 318 310 1.026
4  China 0 3 2 5 9 0.556 285 316 0.902
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun12:30Poland  3–2  China 25–1318–2523–2525–1815–8106–89P2 P3
27 Jun17:55Cuba  3–2  Iran 25–2225–2319–2513–2515–897–103P2 P3
28 Jun12:30Iran  3–2  China 25–1723–2526–2420–2515–10109–101P2 P3
28 Jun17:45Poland  3–0  Cuba 25–1725–2225–20  75–59P2 P3
29 Jun12:30Cuba  3–1  China 25–2125–2324–2627–25 101–95P2 P3
29 Jun18:10Poland  3–2  Iran 27–2925–2120–2525–2015–11112–106P2 P3

Pool F
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 3 0 8 9 4 2.250 317 286 1.108
2  Brazil 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 282 257 1.097
3  Canada 1 2 2 5 8 0.625 275 302 0.911
4  Argentina 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 257 286 0.899
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun15:10Russia  3–1  Argentina 25–2325–1527–2925–19 102–86P2 P3
27 Jun20:40Canada  1–3  Brazil 15–2525–1923–2516–25 79–94P2 P3
28 Jun15:35Brazil  3–0  Argentina 25–2025–2325–23  75–66P2 P3
28 Jun20:00Russia  3–1  Canada 28–2625–2725–2125–13 103–87P2 P3
29 Jun15:10Canada  3–2  Argentina 23–2521–2525–2225–2215–11109–105P2 P3
29 Jun21:10Russia  3–2  Brazil 25–2021–2530–2819–2517–15112–113P2 P3

Pool G
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 265 226 1.173
2  Egypt 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 234 224 1.045
3  United States 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 261 272 0.960
4  Czech Republic 0 3 2 4 9 0.444 261 299 0.873
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun12:30United States  0–3  Italy 23–2521–2523–25  67–75P2 P3
27 Jun17:30Czech Republic  0–3  Egypt 19–2523–2522–25  64–75P2 P3
28 Jun12:30Italy  3–0  Egypt 26–2425–2025–17  76–61P2 P3
28 Jun17:40Czech Republic  2–3  United States 23–2526–2425–2118–257–1599–110P2 P3
29 Jun12:30United States  1–3  Egypt 22–2525–2318–2519–25 84–98P2 P3
29 Jun17:30Czech Republic  2–3  Italy 25–2314–2525–2318–2516–1898–114P2 P3

Pool H
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Turkey 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 257 242 1.062
2  Ukraine 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 256 244 1.049
3  Japan 2 1 6 7 5 1.400 279 272 1.026
4  Morocco 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 213 247 0.862
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun15:00Turkey  3–1  Ukraine 19–2525–2025–1725–20 94–82P2 P3
27 Jun20:00Morocco  1–3  Japan 19–2520–2525–2221–25 85–97P2 P3
28 Jun15:00Japan  1–3  Ukraine 23–2514–2526–2421–25 84–99P2 P3
28 Jun20:30Turkey  3–0  Morocco 25–2125–2325–18  75–62P2 P3
29 Jun15:05Morocco  0–3  Ukraine 21–2522–2523–25  66–75P2 P3
29 Jun20:15Turkey  1–3  Japan 21–2522–2525–2320–25 88–98P2 P3

Final round

13th–16th places
 
13th–16th semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
1 July
 
 
 United States3
 
2 July
 
 Morocco0
 
 United States1
 
1 July
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Czech Republic2
 
15th place match
 
 
2 July
 
 
 Morocco1
 
 
 Czech Republic3

13th–16th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul12:30United States  3–0  Morocco 25–1825–2325–21  75–62P2 P3
1 Jul15:00Japan  3–2  Czech Republic 22–2520–2525–2125–1515–13107–99P2 P3

15th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul10:00Morocco  1–3  Czech Republic 25–1923–2519–2520–25 87–94P2 P3

13th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul12:30United States  1–3  Japan 25–2323–2515–2520–25 83–98P2 P3

9th–12th places
 
9th–12th semifinals9th place match
 
      
 
1 July
 
 
 Turkey3
 
2 July
 
 Egypt1
 
 Turkey0
 
1 July
 
 Italy3
 
 Italy3
 
 
 Ukraine0
 
11th place match
 
 
2 July
 
 
 Egypt2
 
 
 Ukraine3

9th–12th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul17:50Turkey  3–1  Egypt 25–2120–2528–2631–29 104–101P2 P3
1 Jul20:30Italy  3–0  Ukraine 25–1825–1425–18  75–50P2 P3

11th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul15:00Egypt  2–3  Ukraine 24–2622–2525–2225–2111–15107–109P2 P3

9th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul17:45Turkey  0–3  Italy 23–2520–2519–25  62–75P2 P3

5th–8th places
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
1 July
 
 
 Iran3
 
2 July
 
 Argentina2
 
 Iran3
 
1 July
 
 China0
 
 Canada2
 
 
 China3
 
7th place match
 
 
2 July
 
 
 Argentina3
 
 
 Canada2

5th–8th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul12:30Iran  3–2  Argentina 25–2315–2518–2525–2215–1098–105P2 P3
1 Jul15:30Canada  2–3  China 27–2524–2625–2126–289–15111–115P2 P3

7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul11:00Argentina  3–2  Canada 22–2530–2825–2020–2515–11112–109P2 P3

5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul14:00Iran  3–0  China 25–1925–2025–21  75–60P2 P3

Final four
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 July
 
 
 Russia1
 
2 July
 
 Cuba3
 
 Cuba0
 
1 July
 
 Poland3
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Brazil2
 
3rd place match
 
 
2 July
 
 
 Russia3
 
 
 Brazil0

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul18:30Russia  1–3  Cuba 15–2518–2525–1623–25 81–91P2 P3
1 Jul20:55Poland  3–2  Brazil 25–2125–1921–2523–2515–12109–102P2 P3

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul16:00Russia  3–0  Brazil 25–1625–1625–19  75–51P2 P3

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul18:30Cuba  0–3  Poland 20–2510–2519–25  49–75P2 P3

Final standing

Awards

See also

References
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