2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship was the 21st edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 20 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Belgium and Netherlands, making it the first time that the tournament was jointly hosted by more than one country.

2021 FIVB Volleyball
Women's U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Belgium
 Netherlands
Dates9–18 July 2021
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up Serbia
Third place Russia
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Gaia Guiducci
Best SetterItaly Gaia Guiducci
Best OHItaly Loveth Omoruyi
Netherlands Jolien Knollema
Best MBItaly Emma Graziani
Serbia Hena Kurtagić
Best OPPRussia Vita Akimova
Best LiberoItaly Martina Armini
Official website
volleyball.com/w-u20-2021

The defending champions, Japan, withdrew from the event.

Qualification

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A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Belgium and Netherlands, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 10 teams qualified via five separate continental tournaments which were required to be held by 31 December 2020 at the latest. However, due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent impact on some Confederations’ ability to organize the events within the given deadline, the FIVB decided to postpone the deadline for continental qualifications to 28 February 2021. Additionally, in the case of no Continental Confederations being able to hold qualifying events, teams were to qualify according to the respective Continental Rankings. The remaining 4 teams qualified via the FIVB Junior World Ranking.[1][2][3][4]

Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualifier
Host countries 13 October 2020   Lausanne 2   Belgium
  Netherlands
2020 European Championship 22–30 August 2020   Zenica
  Osijek
2   Turkey
  Serbia
2018 Asian Championship 10–17 June 2018   Bac Ninh and Tu Son 2 1*   Japan
  China
  Thailand
2020 NORCECA Championship 14–22 February 2021   United States 2   Dominican Republic
  Cuba
  Puerto Rico**
2020 African Championship 18–26 February 2021   Kampala 2   Egypt
  Rwanda
2020 South American Championship   Brazil 2   Brazil
  Argentina
FIVB Junior World Ranking[5] As per 1 March 2021   Lausanne 4+1*   Italy
  Russia
  Poland
  United States
  Belarus
Total 16

* China and Japan withdrew from the competition. Thailand entered by the 3rd place at the Asian Volleyball Championship and Belarus entered by the world ranking.

** Cuba was forced to withdraw from the competition due to COVID-19 infections and was replaced by Puerto Rico.

Pools composition

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Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U20 World Ranking as of 1 March 2021.[5] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pools A and B regardless of the U20 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U20 World Ranking.[6] The draw was held on 14 June 2021.[7] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked both 22nd.

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2

  Netherlands (Hosts)
  Belgium (Hosts)
  Turkey (1)
  Italy (3)

  Russia (4)
  Poland (5)
  Serbia (6)
  Brazil (7)

  United States (9)
  Belarus (10)
  Argentina (12)
  Dominican Republic (15)

  Cuba (16)*
  Egypt (17)
  Rwanda (18)
  Thailand (44)

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Netherlands   Belgium   Turkey   Italy
  Brazil   Serbia   Russia**   Poland**
  Argentina**   Dominican Republic**   United States   Belarus
  Rwanda   Puerto Rico**   Thailand   Egypt

* Cuba withdrew due to COVID-19 concerns and was replaced by Puerto Rico.[7]

** The teams changed their groups after the draw because a policy about immigration of Belgium ban the people from Argentina, Brazil and Russia.[7]

Squads

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Venues

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  Rotterdam
(Pool A, Pool C, Pool E, Pool G)
  Kortrijk
(Pool B, Pool D, Pool F, Pool H)
Sportcentrum Schuttersveld Sportcampus Lange Munte
Capacity: 5000 Capacity: 5000
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Pool standing procedure

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  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

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 249 165 1.509 Second round Pool E
2   Brazil 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 240 198 1.212
3   Argentina 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 208 195 1.067 Second round Pool G
4   Rwanda 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 86 225 0.382
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 July 14:30 Argentina   0–3   Brazil 24–26 24–26 24–26     72–78 P2Report
9 July 17:30 Netherlands   3–0   Rwanda 25–6 25–5 25–6     75–17 P2Report
10 July 14:30 Rwanda   0–3   Brazil 10–25 15–25 2–25     27–75 P2Report
10 July 17:30 Netherlands   3–0   Argentina 25–18 25–21 25–22     75–61 P2Report
11 July 14:30 Argentina   3–0   Rwanda 25–18 25–10 25–14     75–42 P2Report
11 July 17:30 Brazil   1–3   Netherlands 25–22 21–25 16–25 25–27   87–99 P2Report

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Serbia 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 97 2.320 Second round Pool F
2   Dominican Republic 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 205 132 1.553
3   Belgium 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 179 150 1.193 Second round Pool H
4   Puerto Rico[a] 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 0 225 0.000
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Puerto Rico was forced to withdraw after several team members tested positive for COVID-19 and their games were forfeited.[8]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 July 13:00 Puerto Rico   0–3   Dominican Republic 0–25 0–25 0–25     0–75 Report
9 July 18:00 Belgium   0–3   Serbia 17–25 10–25 15–25     42–75 P2Report
10 July 13:00 Belgium   3–0   Puerto Rico 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 Report
10 July 15:00 Serbia   3–0   Dominican Republic 25–18 25–20 25–17     75–55 P2Report
11 July 13:00 Serbia   3–0   Puerto Rico 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 Report
11 July 18:00 Dominican Republic   3–0   Belgium 25–19 25–21 25–17     75–57 P2Report

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 250 177 1.412 Second round Pool E
2   Russia 3 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 247 241 1.025
3   Turkey 3 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 224 230 0.974 Second round Pool G
4   Thailand 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 152 225 0.676
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 July 15:30 Turkey   3–0   Thailand 25–20 25–18 25–19     75–57 P2Report
9 July 18:30 Russia   1–3   United States 20–25 25–23 14–25 17–25   76–98 P2Report
10 July 15:00 Thailand   0–3   United States 15–25 8–25 13–25     36–75 P2Report
10 July 18:30 Turkey   1–3   Russia 23–25 25–21 19–25 17–25   84–96 P2Report
11 July 15:00 Russia   3–0   Thailand 25–23 25–20 25–16     75–59 P2Report
11 July 18:30 United States   3–0   Turkey 25–18 27–25 25–22     77–65 P2Report

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 235 181 1.298 Second round Pool F
2   Poland 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 221 186 1.188
3   Belarus 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 217 260 0.835 Second round Pool H
4   Egypt 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 210 256 0.820
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 July 15:00 Poland   3–0   Belarus 25–14 25–19 25–17     75–50 P2Report
9 July 20:30 Italy   3–0   Egypt 25–15 25–19 25–15     75–49 P2Report
10 July 15:30 Italy   3–1   Poland 25–16 10–25 25–21 25–9   85–71 P2Report
10 July 20:30 Egypt   2–3   Belarus 23–25 26–24 21–25 25–15 15–17 110–106 P2Report
11 July 15:30 Belarus   0–3   Italy 23–25 17–25 21–25     61–75 P2Report
11 July 20:30 Poland   3–0   Egypt 25–11 25–23 25–17     75–51 P2Report

Second round

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Classification 1–8

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Pool E

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 273 235 1.162 Semifinals
2   Russia 3 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 261 230 1.135
3   United States 3 1 2 4 6 7 0.857 287 295 0.973 5th–8th semifinals
4   Brazil 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 191 252 0.758
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 July 14:30 Brazil   1–3   United States 22–25 29–27 20–25 14–25   85–102 P2Report
13 July 17:30 Netherlands   3–1   Russia 25–16 25–20 16–25 25–22   91–83 P2Report
14 July 14:30 Russia   3–1   United States 25–13 25–22 28–30 25–23   103–88 P2Report
14 July 17:30 Netherlands   3–0   Brazil 25–20 25–17 25–18     75–55 P2Report
15 July 14:30 Brazil   0–3   Russia 18–25 16–25 17–25     51–75 P2Report
15 July 17:30 United States   2–3   Netherlands 15–25 22–25 25–21 25–21 10–15 97–107 P2Report

Pool F

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 246 188 1.309 Semifinals
2   Serbia 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 215 193 1.114
3   Poland 3 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 218 221 0.986 5th–8th semifinals
4   Dominican Republic 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 148 225 0.658
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 July 15:00 Serbia   3–0   Poland 25–21 27–25 25–23     77–69 P2Report
13 July 17:30 Dominican Republic   0–3   Italy 16–25 20–25 15–25     51–75 P2Report
14 July 15:00 Italy   3–1   Poland 25–12 19–25 27–25 25–12   96–74 P2Report
14 July 17:30 Serbia   3–0   Dominican Republic 25–13 25–18 25–18     75–49 P2Report
15 July 15:00 Dominican Republic   0–3   Poland 21–25 11–25 16–25     48–75 P2Report
15 July 17:30 Serbia   0–3   Italy 23–25 18–25 22–25     63–75 P2Report

Classification 9–16

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Pool G

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Turkey 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 143 1.573 9th–12th semifinals
2   Argentina 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 204 152 1.342
3   Thailand 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 172 196 0.878 13th–16th semifinals
4   Rwanda 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 115 225 0.511
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 July 15:30 Rwanda   0–3   Turkey 10–25 9–25 16–25     35–75 P2Report
13 July 18:30 Argentina   3–0   Thailand 25–13 25–12 25–18     75–43 P2Report
14 July 15:30 Rwanda   0–3   Argentina 12–25 7–25 15–25     34–75 P2Report
14 July 18:30 Turkey   3–0   Thailand 25–17 25–16 25–21     75–54 P2Report
15 July 15:30 Rwanda   0–3   Thailand 14–25 16–25 16–25     46–75 P2Report
15 July 18:30 Turkey   3–0   Argentina 25–10 25–22 25–22     75–54 P2Report

Pool H

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Belarus 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 79 2.848 9th–12th semifinals
2   Egypt 3 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 230 179 1.285
3   Belgium 3 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 213 185 1.151 13th–16th semifinals
4   Puerto Rico 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 0 225 0.000
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 July 13:00 Puerto Rico   0–3   Belarus 0–25 0–25 0–25     0–75 Report
13 July 20:00 Belgium   2–3   Egypt 20–25 25–18 29–27 21–25 9–15 104–110 P2Report
14 July 13:00 Belgium   3–0   Puerto Rico 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 Report
14 July 20:00 Belarus   3–0   Egypt 25–18 25–15 25–12     75–45 P2Report
15 July 13:00 Puerto Rico   0–3   Egypt 0–25 0–25 0–25     0–75 Report
15 July 20:00 Belgium   0–3   Belarus 16–25 7–25 11–25     34–75 P2Report

Final round

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Classification 13th–16th

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13th–16th semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
17 July
 
 
  Thailand3
 
18 July
 
  Puerto Rico0
 
  Thailand0
 
17 July
 
  Belgium3
 
  Belgium3
 
 
  Rwanda0
 
15th place match
 
 
18 July
 
 
  Puerto Rico0
 
 
  Rwanda3

13th–16th semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 July 13:00 Thailand   3–0   Puerto Rico 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 Report
17 July 20:30 Belgium   3–0   Rwanda 25–14 25–13 25–13     75–40 P2Report

15th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 13:00 Puerto Rico   0–3   Rwanda 0–25 0–25 0–25     0–75 Report

13th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 20:00 Thailand   0–3   Belgium 20–25 20–25 19–25     59–75 P2Report

Classification 9th–12th

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9th–12th semifinals9th place match
 
      
 
17 July
 
 
  Turkey3
 
18 July
 
  Egypt1
 
  Turkey1
 
17 July
 
  Belarus3
 
  Belarus3
 
 
  Argentina0
 
11th place match
 
 
18 July
 
 
  Egypt0
 
 
  Argentina3

9th–12th semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 July 15:30 Turkey   3–1   Egypt 24–26 25–15 25–15 25–20   99–76 P2Report
17 July 18:30 Belarus   3–0   Argentina 25–15 25–17 25–15     75–47 P2Report

11th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 13:30 Egypt   0–3   Argentina 16–25 15–25 16–25     47–75 P2Report

9th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 16:30 Turkey   1–3   Belarus 25–20 17–25 13–25 21–25   76–95 P2Report

Classification 5th–8th

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5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
17 July
 
 
  United States3
 
18 July
 
  Dominican Republic0
 
  United States3
 
17 July
 
  Poland2
 
  Poland3
 
 
  Brazil0
 
7th place match
 
 
18 July
 
 
  Dominican Republic0
 
 
  Brazil3

5th–8th semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 July 15:30 United States   3–0   Dominican Republic 25–22 25–15 25–18     75–55 P2Report
17 July 17:30 Poland   3–0   Brazil 25–15 26–24 25–15     76–54 P2Report

7th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 15:00 Dominican Republic   0–3   Brazil 18–25 10–25 21–25     49–75 P2Report

5th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 17:30 United States   3–2   Poland 14–25 18–25 25–16 29–27 15–13 101–106 P2Report

Final four

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
17 July
 
 
  Italy3
 
18 July
 
  Russia0
 
  Italy3
 
17 July
 
  Serbia0
 
  Netherlands1
 
 
  Serbia3
 
3rd place match
 
 
18 July
 
 
  Russia3
 
 
  Netherlands2

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 July 14:30 Italy   3–0   Russia 25–22 29–27 25–23     79–72 P2Report
17 July 17:30 Netherlands   1–3   Serbia 21–25 25–17 23–25 26–28   95–95 P2Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 14:30 Russia   3–2   Netherlands 16–25 23–25 25–22 25–22 22–20 111–114 P2Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 July 17:30 Italy   3–0   Serbia 25–18 25–20 25–23     75–61 P2Report

Final standing

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Rank Team
    Italy
    Serbia
    Russia
4   Netherlands
5   United States
6   Poland
7   Brazil
8   Dominican Republic
9   Belarus
10   Turkey
11   Argentina
12   Egypt
13   Belgium
14   Thailand
15   Rwanda
16   Puerto Rico

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Qualification process for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships updated". fivb.com. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. ^ "FIVB announces hosts for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships". cev.eu. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Dates and venues for 2020 African Age Group Nations Championships announced". cavb.org. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. ^ "NORCECA Age-group Continental Championships will not be held". norceca.info. 1 December 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "FIVB World Ranking – Women's U20 – As per 1 March 2021". FIVB. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. ^ "FIVB – Event Regulations" (PDF). FIVB. 13 November 2020. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "Women's U20 World Championship Draw Maps Out Road Ahead". FIVB. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. ^ "FIVB Statement on COVID-19 protocols at 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship". fivb.com. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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