2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

2015 FIVB Men's U23 World Championship
بطولة العالم للكرة الطائرة للرجال تحت 23 عاما; 2015 دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Tournament details
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Dates	24–31 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament awards
MVP	Egor Kliuka
Best Setter	Murat Yenipazar
Best OH	Egor Kliuka ; Gökhan Gökgöz
Best MB	Ivan Demakov ; Samet Güneş
Best OPP	Metin Toy
Best Libero	Yonder Garcia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Official website
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Last updated September 14, 2024

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 24 to 31 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.^[1]

Competition formula

The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.

Qualification

The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships on 14 December 2013.^[2]

Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	11 November 2014	Lausanne	1	United Arab Emirates
U20 European Ranking	18 September 2014^[3]	Luxembourg	2	Russia
U20 European Ranking	18 September 2014^[3]	Luxembourg	2	Italy
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup	5–10 October 2014	Havana	2	Cuba
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup	5–10 October 2014	Havana	2	Mexico
2014 U23 South American Championship	8–12 October 2014	Saquarema	2	Brazil
2014 U23 South American Championship	8–12 October 2014	Saquarema	2	Argentina
2014 U23 African Championship	7–12 November 2014	Sharm El Sheikh	2	Tunisia
2014 U23 African Championship	7–12 November 2014	Sharm El Sheikh	2	Egypt
2015 Asian U23 Championship	12–20 May 2015	Naypyidaw	2	Iran
2015 Asian U23 Championship	12–20 May 2015	Naypyidaw	2	South Korea
U21 World Ranking	December 2014^[4]	Lausanne	1	Turkey
Total			12

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of December 2014.^[4] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U21 World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 72nd.

Pool A	Pool B
United Arab Emirates (Hosts)	Russia (1)
Italy (3)	Brazil (2)
Iran (5)	Argentina (6)
Cuba (13)	Turkey (7)
South Korea (16)	Mexico (22)
Egypt (26)	Tunisia (25)

Squads

Venues

Pool A and Final round	Pool B
Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hamdan Sports Complex	Sheikh Rashid Bin Maktoum Sports Hall
Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 3,000

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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

All times are UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	443	397	1.116	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	13	14	6	2.333	477	410	1.163	Semifinals
3	Iran	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	475	417	1.139	5th–8th semifinals
4	South Korea	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	405	412	0.983	5th–8th semifinals
5	Egypt	5	1	4	4	7	13	0.538	401	449	0.893
6	United Arab Emirates	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	284	400	0.710

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	14:00	Italy	3–1	Egypt	22–25	25–14	25–16	25–19		97–74	P2 P3
24 Aug	16:30	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	P2 P3
24 Aug	20:50	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Iran	16–25	16–25	20–25			52–75	P2 P3
25 Aug	14:00	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–19	25–17			75–56	P2 P3
25 Aug	16:30	Iran	3–1	South Korea	22–25	25–22	25–17	25–22		97–86	P2 P3
25 Aug	19:15	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Italy	20–25	13–25	12–25			45–75	P2 P3
26 Aug	14:00	Iran	1–3	Cuba	31–33	23–25	25–15	24–26		103–99	P2 P3
26 Aug	17:00	Italy	3–1	South Korea	25–15	29–31	25–22	25–18		104–86	P2 P3
26 Aug	19:45	United Arab Emirates	1–3	Egypt	14–25	21–25	25–22	12–25		72–97	P2 P3
28 Aug	14:00	Italy	3–1	Iran	25–23	15–25	25–17	26–24		91–89	P2 P3
28 Aug	16:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Cuba	22–25	26–28	16–25			64–78	P2 P3
28 Aug	19:00	South Korea	3–1	Egypt	25–20	25–18	19–25	25–22		94–85	P2 P3
29 Aug	14:00	Italy	2–3	Cuba	27–25	25–23	24–26	25–27	9–15	110–116	P2 P3
29 Aug	16:30	Iran	3–2	Egypt	25–17	22–25	25–12	24–26	15–9	111–89	P2 P3
29 Aug	19:58	United Arab Emirates	0–3	South Korea	17–25	18–25	16–25			51–75	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	13	15	6	2.500	484	415	1.166	Semifinals
2	Turkey	5	3	2	10	12	7	1.714	429	406	1.057	Semifinals
3	Brazil	5	3	2	10	12	8	1.500	462	427	1.082	5th–8th semifinals
4	Argentina	5	3	2	8	12	10	1.200	483	464	1.041	5th–8th semifinals
5	Tunisia	5	1	4	4	7	12	0.583	399	439	0.909
6	Mexico	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	273	379	0.720

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	12:00	Russia	3–1	Tunisia	25–15	22–25	25–18	25–22		97–80	P2 P3
24 Aug	14:30	Argentina	1–3	Turkey	19–25	21–25	25–22	19–25		84–97	P2 P3
24 Aug	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Mexico	25–14	25–15	25–16			75–45	P2 P3
25 Aug	14:00	Turkey	3–0	Tunisia	25–20	25–22	25–14			75–56	P2 P3
25 Aug	16:30	Argentina	3–0	Mexico	25–17	25–19	25–14			75–50	P2 P3
25 Aug	19:00	Russia	3–1	Brazil	26–24	17–25	25–16	25–21		93–86	P2 P3
26 Aug	14:00	Turkey	3–0	Mexico	25–22	28–26	25–12			78–60	P2 P3
26 Aug	16:30	Russia	3–2	Argentina	23–25	25–21	22–25	25–22	15–9	110–102	P2 P3
26 Aug	19:20	Brazil	3–1	Tunisia	25–21	22–25	25–21	25–20		97–87	P2 P3
28 Aug	14:00	Mexico	0–3	Tunisia	22–25	21–25	24–26			67–76	P2 P3
28 Aug	16:30	Russia	3–2	Turkey	21–25	25–15	25–23	23–25	15–8	109–96	P2 P3
28 Aug	19:35	Brazil	2–3	Argentina	18–25	18–25	33–31	25–23	13–15	107–119	P2 P3
29 Aug	14:00	Russia	3–0	Mexico	25–22	25–12	25–17			75–51	P2 P3
29 Aug	16:30	Brazil	3–1	Turkey	22–25	25–18	25–19	25–21		97–83	P2 P3
29 Aug	19:10	Argentina	3–2	Tunisia	25–21	21–25	25–23	17–25	15–6	103–100	P2 P3

Final round

All times are UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00).

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

30 August

Iran	1
		31 August
Argentina	3
		Argentina	1
30 August
		Brazil	3
Brazil	3

South Korea	0
		7th place match

		31 August

		Iran	3

		South Korea	1

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	12:00	Iran	1–3	Argentina	17–25	25–16	23–25	21–25		86–91	P2 P3
30 Aug	14:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–15	25–22			75–57	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	12:00	Iran	3–1	South Korea	25–23	25–20	17–25	25–15		92–83	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	14:30	Argentina	1–3	Brazil	19–25	18–25	32–30	22–25		91–105	P2 P3

Final four

Semifinals		Final

30 August

Cuba	0
		31 August
Turkey	3
		Turkey	1
30 August
		Russia	3
Russia	3

Italy	0
		3rd place match

		31 August

		Cuba	1

		Italy	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	16:30	Cuba	0–3	Turkey	19–25	18–25	25–27			62–77	P2 P3
30 Aug	19:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–20	25–18	27–25			77–63	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	17:10	Cuba	1–3	Italy	22–25	25–18	23–25	21–25		91–93	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	19:50	Turkey	1–3	Russia	24–26	25–16	18–25	24–26		91–93	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Turkey
	Italy
4	Cuba
5	Brazil
6	Argentina
7	Iran
8	South Korea
9	Tunisia
9	Egypt
11	Mexico
11	United Arab Emirates

2015 Men's U23 World champions
Russia 1st title

12–man roster

Pavel Pankov, Ivan Demakov, Egor Feoktistov (c), Ilya Petrushov, Ivan Podrebinkin, Roman Zhos, Aleksandr Kimerov, Dmitry Volkov, Maxim Maximenko, Egor Kliuka, Sergei Nikitin, Sergey Ershov

Head coach

Mikhail Nikolaev

Awards

Most valuable player
Egor Kliuka
Best setter
Murat Yenipazar
Best outside spikers
Egor Kliuka
Gökhan Gökgöz
Best middle blockers
Ivan Demakov
Samet Güneş
Best opposite spiker
Metin Toy
Best libero
Yonder Garcia

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References

↑ Calendar
↑ "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.
↑ "Rankings". Archived from the original on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
1 2 "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.

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[1] Calendar

[2] "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.

[3] "Rankings". Archived from the original on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

[u21wr-4] 1 2 "FIVB World Ranking - Men U21 (as of December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.

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