2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship will be the twentieth 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 Mexico from 12 to 21 July 2019. Mexico played hosts for this event for the fourth time.[1]

2019 FIVB Volleyball
Women's U20 World Championship

Campeonato Mundial de Femenino Sub-20 México 2019
Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	12–21 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament awards
MVP	Mayu Ishikawa
Best Setter	Tsukasa Nakagawa
Best OH	Haruna Soga Mayu Ishikawa
Best MB	Yulia Brovkina Merve Atlier
Best OPP	Terry Enweonwu
Best Libero	Ni Feifan
Official website

The finals involved 16 teams, of which 15 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 16 teams, 15 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2017, while Rwanda made its first appearances at an FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.

China is the defending champions, having won their third title in Mexico.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Mexico, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 10 teams qualified via six separate continental tournaments while the remaining 5 teams qualified via the FIVB Junior World Ranking.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country		Lausanne	1	Mexico
2018 Asian Championship	10–17 June 2018	Bắc Ninh and Từ Sơn	2	Japan
				China
2018 NORCECA Championship[2]	16–24 June 2018	Aguascalientes City	1	United States
2018 African Championship[3]	26 August – 2 September 2018	Nairobi	2	Egypt
				Rwanda
2018 European Championship	1–9 September 2018	Tirana and Durrës	2	Italy
				Russia
2018 South American Championship[4]	17–21 October 2018	Lima	2	Brazil
				Argentina
2019 Pan-American Cup[5]	13–18 May 2019		1	Cuba
FIVB Junior World Ranking[6]	As per 1 January 2019	Lausanne	5	Turkey
				Poland
				Dominican Republic
				Serbia
				Peru
Total			16

Pools composition

First round

The draw was held in León, Mexico on 18 June 2019.[7] Mexico as a host country team were seeded in the top position of pool A. The top seven teams from World ranking as per January 2019 were seed in serpentine system in first two rows. The eight remaining teams were drawn in next two rows. Numbers in brackets denote the World ranking.

Seeded teams		Pot 1	Pot 2
Mexico (Host)  China (1)  Russia (2)  Japan (3)	Brazil (4)  Turkey (5)  Poland (6)  United States (7)	Italy (8)  Dominican Republic (9)  Argentina (10)  Egypt (11)	Peru (13)  Serbia (13)  Cuba (16)  Rwanda (17)

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Mexico	China	Russia	Japan
United States	Poland	Turkey	Brazil
Italy	Egypt	Argentina	Dominican Republic
Cuba	Peru	Serbia	Rwanda

Second round

Pool E		Pool F		Pool G		Pool H
1A	Italy	1B	Poland	3A	Mexico	3B	Peru
1C	Russia	1D	Japan	3C	Serbia	3D	Dominican Republic
2B	China	2A	United States	4B	Egypt	4A	Cuba
2D	Brazil	2C	Turkey	4D	Rwanda	4C	Argentina

Venues

León	Aguascalientes City
Domo de la Feria	Hermanos Carreon Stadium
Capacity: 5000	Capacity: 3000
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León Aguascalientes City

Referees

There were sixteen referees from 5 continental confederations in this tournament.

AVC (1) Irina Kabulbekova

CAVB (2) Marthe Clémence Eyike Abderrazek Hariz

CEV (4) Sinisa Isajlovic Sabine Witte Roy Goren Sanja Miklosic

CSV (4) Angela Grass Misael Galindo Reyez Rocio Aida Huarcaya Lopez José Blanco Gonto

NORCECA (5) Andrew Robb Lourdes Perez Perez Nestor Bienvenido Mateo Perez Maria Del Carmen Idalia Duran Guzman Pablo Mendoza Sanchez

Squads

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 Second round Pool E
	Qualified for the Second round Pool F
	Qualified for the Second round Pool G
	Qualified for the Second round Pool H

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	252	211	1.194
2	United States	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	251	225	1.116
3	Mexico	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	214	232	0.922
4	Cuba	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	194	243	0.798

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	12:30	United States	1–3	Italy	26–28	25–18	28–30	22–25		101–101	P2
12 Jul	21:00	Mexico	3–1	Cuba	25–16	18–25	25–17	25–23		93–81	P2
13 Jul	12:30	Cuba	0–3	Italy	20–25	13–25	17–25			50–75	P2
13 Jul	20:00	Mexico	0–3	United States	17–25	23–25	21–25			61–75	P2
14 Jul	12:30	United States	3–0	Cuba	25–20	25–23	25–20			75–63	P2
14 Jul	20:00	Italy	3–0	Mexico	26–24	25–21	25–15			76–60	P2

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	236	217	1.088
2	China	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	301	248	1.214
3	Peru	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	248	235	1.055
4	Egypt	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	140	225	0.622

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	12:30	China	2–3	Peru	27–29	25–18	19–25	25–20	17–19	113–111	P2
12 Jul	15:00	Poland	3–0	Egypt	25–17	25–14	25–11			75–42	P2
13 Jul	12:30	Peru	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–15	25–16			75–47	P2
13 Jul	15:00	China	3–2	Poland	23–25	25–17	25–12	25–27	15–5	113–86	P2
14 Jul	12:30	Poland	3–0	Peru	25–22	25–20	25–20			75–62	P2
14 Jul	15:00	Egypt	0–3	China	18–25	20–25	13–25			51–75	P2

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	278	246	1.130
2	Turkey	2	1	5	8	7	1.143	301	302	0.997
3	Serbia	1	2	3	6	8	0.750	297	297	1.000
4	Argentina	0	3	2	4	9	0.444	250	281	0.890

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	17:30	Russia	3–1	Serbia	25–21	30–28	21–25	25–22		101–96	P2
12 Jul	21:00	Turkey	3–2	Argentina	23–25	25–18	25–21	21–25	15–7	109–96	P2
13 Jul	17:30	Serbia	3–2	Argentina	13–25	19–25	25–22	25–12	15–13	97–97	P2
13 Jul	20:00	Russia	3–2	Turkey	25–12	25–17	16–25	20–25	16–14	102–93	P2
14 Jul	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Serbia	18–25	25–23	25–23	16–25	15–8	99–104	P2
14 Jul	20:00	Argentina	0–3	Russia	21–25	16–25	20–25			57–75	P2

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	145	1.559
2	Brazil	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	215	149	1.443
3	Dominican Republic	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	177	198	0.894
4	Rwanda	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	99	225	0.440

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	15:00	Japan	3–0	Rwanda	25–8	25–9	25–4			75–21	P2
12 Jul	17:30	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–12	25–11	25–20			75–43	P2
13 Jul	15:00	Rwanda	0–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	15–25	14–25			48–75	P2
13 Jul	17:30	Japan	3–0	Brazil	26–24	25–22	25–19			76–65	P2
14 Jul	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Rwanda	25–8	25–9	25–13			75–30	P2
14 Jul	17:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Japan	15–25	21–25	23–25			59–75	P2

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	Italy	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	254	233	1.090
2	Russia	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	242	229	1.057
3	Brazil	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	241	244	0.988
4	China	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	221	252	0.877

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	12:30	Italy	3–0	Brazil	27–25	25–21	25–18			77–64	P2
16 Jul	15:00	China	0–3	Russia	15–25	14–25	23–25			52–75	P2
17 Jul	12:30	Russia	0–3	Brazil	22–25	23–25	14–25			59–75	P2
17 Jul	15:00	Italy	3–0	China	25–19	25–22	25–20			75–61	P2
18 Jul	12:30	China	3–2	Brazil	25–21	23–25	25–20	20–25	15–11	108–102	P2
18 Jul	15:00	Italy	2–3	Russia	25–22	25–21	21–25	20–25	11–15	102–108	P2

Pool F

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	284	239	1.188
2	Turkey	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	281	271	1.037
3	Poland	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	249	259	0.961
4	United States	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	187	232	0.806

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	17:30	Poland	1–3	Turkey	26–24	23–25	21–25	18–25		88–99	P2
16 Jul	20:00	United States	0–3	Japan	18–25	15–25	20–25			53–75	P2
17 Jul	17:30	Japan	3–2	Turkey	22–25	20–25	25–15	25–19	18–16	110–100	P2
17 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–0	United States	25–18	25–20	25–23			75–61	P2
18 Jul	17:30	United States	0–3	Turkey	23–25	20–25	30–32			73–82	P2
18 Jul	20:00	Poland	1–3	Japan	20–25	26–24	21–25	19–25		86–99	P2

Pool G

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Mexico	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	182	1.352
2	Serbia	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	233	182	1.280
3	Egypt	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	177	205	0.863
4	Rwanda	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	138	225	0.613

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	15:00	Egypt	0–3	Serbia	20–25	15–25	15–25			50–75	P2
16 Jul	17:30	Mexico	3–0	Rwanda	25–14	25–17	25–16			75–47	P2
17 Jul	12:30	Serbia	3–0	Rwanda	25–12	25–12	25–12			75–36	P2
17 Jul	17:30	Mexico	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–17	25–15			75–52	P2
18 Jul	12:30	Egypt	3–0	Rwanda	25–18	25–18	25–19			75–55	P2
18 Jul	17:30	Mexico	3–1	Serbia	21–25	25–19	25–21	25–18		96–83	P2

Pool H

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	243	201	1.209
2	Peru	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	232	222	1.045
3	Dominican Republic	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	254	274	0.927
4	Cuba	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	247	279	0.885

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	12:30	Peru	0–3	Argentina	23–25	17–25	22–25			62–75	P2
16 Jul	20:00	Cuba	2–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	20–25	25–22	25–19	16–18	106–109	P2
17 Jul	15:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Argentina	19–25	16–25	21–25			56–75	P2
17 Jul	20:00	Peru	3–0	Cuba	27–25	25–13	25–20			77–58	P2
18 Jul	15:00	Cuba	1–3	Argentina	22–25	17–25	25–18	19–25		83–93	P2
18 Jul	20:00	Peru	3–1	Dominican Republic	18–25	25–23	25–19	25–22		93–89	P2

Final round

• All times are Central Daylight Time Zone (UTC−05:00).

Classification 13th–16th

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	20 Jul
	Egypt	1
					21 Jul
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	0
	20 Jul
					Dominican Republic	3
	Dominican Republic	3
	Rwanda	0
					15th place match
					21 Jul
					Egypt	3
					Rwanda	0

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	12:30	Egypt	1–3	Cuba	25–20	11–25	13–25	15–25		64–95	P2
20 Jul	15:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Rwanda	25–14	25–13	25–21			75–48	P2

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	12:30	Egypt	3–0	Rwanda	25–20	26–24	26–24			77–68	P2

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	15:00	Cuba	0–3	Dominican Republic	23–25	24–26	22–25			69–76	P2

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	20 Jul
	Argentina	1
					21 Jul
	Serbia	3
					Serbia	3
	20 Jul
					Mexico	0
	Mexico	3
	Peru	2
					11th place match
					21 Jul
					Argentina	3
					Peru	1

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	20:00	Argentina	1–3	Serbia	17–25	20–25	25–23	19–25		81–98	P2
20 Jul	17:30	Mexico	3–2	Peru	23–25	20–25	25–17	25–12	15–10	108–89	P2

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	20:00	Argentina	3–1	Peru	25–23	25–18	23–25	26–24		99–90	P2

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Mexico	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	P2

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	20 Jul
	Brazil	3
					21 Jul
	United States	1
					Brazil	2
	20 Jul
					Poland	3
	Poland	3
	China	2
					7th place match
					21 Jul
					United States	0
					China	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	12:30	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–15	14–25	25–9	25–15		89–64	P2
20 Jul	15:00	Poland	3–2	China	27–25	25–15	23–25	14–25	15–12	104–102	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	12:30	United States	0–3	China	20–25	19–25	20–25			59–75	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	15:00	Brazil	2–3	Poland	19–25	25–17	25–14	20–25	10–15	99–96	P2

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	20 Jul
	Japan	3
					21 Jul
	Russia	2
					Japan	3
	20 Jul
					Italy	2
	Italy	3
	Turkey	2
					3rd place match
					21 Jul
					Russia	3
					Turkey	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	17:30	Japan	3–2	Russia	18–25	26–24	25–13	18–25	15–12	102–99	P2
20 Jul	20:00	Italy	3–2	Turkey	19–25	24–26	25–21	25–16	18–16	111–104	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	17:30	Russia	3–1	Turkey	25–22	26–28	25–19	29–27		105–96	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	20:00	Japan	3–2	Italy	23–25	21–25	25–20	25–19	15–12	109–101	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  Japan  Italy  Russia 4  Turkey 5  Poland 6  Brazil 7  China 8  United States 9  Serbia 10  Mexico 11  Argentina 12  Peru 13  Dominican Republic 14  Cuba 15  Egypt 16  Rwanda

2019 Women's U20 World Champions  Japan 1st title 12–man Roster Miyu Nakagawa, Nichika Yamada, Mayu Ishikawa (c), Shion Hirayama, Yuki Nishikawa, Haruna Soga, Ameze Miyabe, Ayaka Araki, Minami Nishimura, Rena Mizusugi, Kanon Sonoda, Tsukasa Nakagawa Head Coach Aihara Noboru

Awards

Most Valuable Player Mayu Ishikawa Best Setter Tsukasa Nakagawa Best Outside Spikers Haruna Soga Mayu Ishikawa

Best Middle Blockers Yulia Brovkina Merve Atlier Best Opposite Spiker Terry Enweonwu Best Libero Ni Feifan

See also

• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

References

1. "Egypt, Tunisia, Mexico, Bahrain to host Age-Group World Championships in 2019". FIVB. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
2. "U-20 Continental Championship". NORCECA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
3. "Egypt crowned women's U-20 Champions for the 8th time". volleyballkenya.org. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
4. "Sudamericano U20 – Femenino". CSV. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
5. "U-20 Pan American Cup". NORCECA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
6. "FIVB World Ranking – Girls U20 (As per January 2019)". FIVB. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
7. "Women's U20 World Championship draw held in Mexico". FIVB. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

External links

• Official website