2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

2021 Boys' U19 World Championship

والیبال قهرمانی زیر ۱۹ سال پسران جهان تهران ۲۰۲۱
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Tehran
Dates	24 August – 2 September
Teams	20  (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bulgaria
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament awards
MVP	Tytus Nowik
Best Setter	Stoil Palev
Best OH	Aleksandar Nikolov Kamil Szymendera
Best MB	Yousef Kazemi Jakub Majchrzak
Best OPP	Tytus Nowik
Best Libero	Kuba Hawryluk
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The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Iran from 24 August to 2 September 2021. ^[1]

Italy were the defending champions, having won their second title in Tunisia.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2003.

Qualification

A total of 20 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Iran who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams will qualify from five separate continental competitions. ^[2]

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	13 October 2020	Kerman	1	Iran
2018 Asian Championship 1	29 June – 6 July 2018	Tabriz	1	Japan
				South Korea
				Chinese Taipei
				Thailand*
NORCECA Ranking 2	January 2020	Santo Domingo	2	Cuba
				United States
				Puerto Rico
				Guatemala*
2020 European Championship	5–13 September 2020	Lecce & Marsicovetere	6	Italy
				Czech Republic
				Poland
				Bulgaria
				Germany
				Belgium
2020 African Championship	4–8 March 2021	Abuja	2	Nigeria
				Cameroon
South American Ranking			2	Brazil
				Colombia
FIVB World Rankings			6	Egypt
				Russia
				Argentina
				Belarus*
				Dominican Republic*
				India*
Total			20

* Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, United States and Puerto Rico withdrew from the competition. Thailand entered by the 5th place at the Asian Volleyball Championship and the other teams entered by the world ranking.

1. ^ On 14 December 2020, AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the 2018 Asian Championship which had not yet qualified to the tournament qualified as the AVC representatives. ^[3]

2. ^ On 30 November 2020, NORCECA announced that the 2020 NORCECA Championship which was originally the NORCECA qualifier for the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the NORCECA Ranking as of January 2020 ^[4] qualified as the NORCECA representatives. ^[5]

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Host)	Italy (1)	Russia (2)	Argentina (3)
Nigeria (9)	Czech Republic (8)	Bulgaria (6)	Egypt (4)
Poland (14)	Brazil (13)	Cameroon (12)	Germany (11)
Guatemala (49)	Colombia (25)	Belgium (20)	Cuba (18)
India (49)	Belarus (10)	Thailand (49)	Dominican Republic (24)

Squads

Main article: 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship squads

Venues

Pool A, B and Final round	Tehran 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship (Iran)	Pool C, D and Final round
Tehran, Iran		Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium		Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 3,000

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

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	4	4	0	12	12	0	MAX	300	150	2.000	Round of 16
2	Iran	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	286	185	1.546
3	India	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	280	237	1.181
4	Nigeria	4	1	3	3	4	9	0.444	255	249	1.024
5	Guatemala [a]	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	0	300	0.000	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Guatemala was forced to withdraw after several team members tested positive for COVID-19 and their games were forfeited. ^[6]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	13:00	Nigeria	1–3	India	17–25	25–23	21–25	24–26		87–99	P2 Report
25 Aug	13:00	Poland	3–0	Nigeria	25–10	25–14	25–18			75–42	P2 Report
25 Aug	19:00	Iran	3–0	India	25–22	25–15	25–22			75–59	P2 Report
26 Aug	19:00	Poland	3–0	India	25–14	25–15	25–18			75–47	P2 Report
27 Aug	19:00	Iran	0–3	Poland	23–25	23–25	15–25			61–75	P2 Report
28 Aug	19:00	Iran	3–0	Nigeria	25–19	25–13	25–19			75–51	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	12	12	0	MAX	306	233	1.313	Round of 16
2	Brazil	4	3	1	8	9	6	1.500	350	308	1.136
3	Czech Republic	4	2	2	7	8	7	1.143	336	329	1.021
4	Colombia	4	1	3	3	5	10	0.500	316	374	0.845
5	Belarus	4	0	4	0	1	12	0.083	259	323	0.802	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	10:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Colombia	21–25	25–18	32–30	25–17		103–90	P2 Report
24 Aug	16:00	Italy	3–0	Brazil	27–25	25–21	25–21			77–67	P2 Report
25 Aug	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Belarus	25–20	25–16	25–21			75–57	P2 Report
25 Aug	16:00	Italy	3–0	Czech Republic	25–19	29–27	25–15			79–61	P2 Report
26 Aug	10:00	Italy	3–0	Belarus	25–21	25–16	25–17			75–54	P2 Report
26 Aug	16:00	Brazil	3–1	Colombia	27–29	25–12	25–12	26–24		103–77	P2 Report
27 Aug	10:00	Italy	3–0	Colombia	25–17	25–16	25–18			75–51	P2 Report
27 Aug	16:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Belarus	25–13	25–19	25–23			75–55	P2 Report
28 Aug	10:00	Brazil	3–2	Czech Republic	25–21	21–25	19–25	25–17	15–9	105–97	P2 Report
28 Aug	16:00	Colombia	3–1	Belarus	25–18	25–23	19–25	29–27		98–93	P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	361	319	1.132	Round of 16
2	Bulgaria	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	331	283	1.170
3	Belgium	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	338	338	1.000
4	Thailand	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	312	331	0.943
5	Cameroon	4	0	4	0	1	12	0.083	252	323	0.780	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	10:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–21	25–22			75–62	P2 Report
24 Aug	19:00	Russia	3–1	Belgium	23–25	25–23	25–19	34–32		107–99	P2 Report
25 Aug	13:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Russia	25–21	22–25	30–32	22–25		99–103	P2 Report
25 Aug	16:00	Thailand	3–1	Cameroon	21–25	25–13	25–21	25–20		96–79	P2 Report
26 Aug	10:00	Russia	3–0	Cameroon	25–17	26–24	25–19			76–60	P2 Report
26 Aug	13:00	Belgium	0–3	Bulgaria	30–32	17–25	15–25			62–82	P2 Report
27 Aug	13:00	Cameroon	0–3	Belgium	19–25	16–25	22–25			57–75	P2 Report
27 Aug	16:00	Russia	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–23	25–23			75–61	P2 Report
28 Aug	10:00	Thailand	1–3	Belgium	21–25	28–26	19–25	24–26		92–102	P2 Report
28 Aug	19:00	Cameroon	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	18–25	19–25			56–75	P2 Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	342	213	1.606	Round of 16
2	Germany	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	317	201	1.577
3	Egypt	4	2	2	5	6	8	0.750	286	258	1.109
4	Cuba	4	1	3	4	6	9	0.667	312	285	1.095
5	Dominican Republic [a]	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	0	300	0.000	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Dominican Republic was forced to withdraw after several team members tested positive for COVID-19 and their games were forfeited. ^[7]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	13:00	Egypt	0–3	Argentina	16–25	10–25	22–25			48–75	P2 Report
24 Aug	16:00	Germany	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–19	25–18			75–56	P2 Report
25 Aug	10:00	Argentina	3–1	Germany	25–23	25–22	19–25	25–22		94–92	P2 Report
26 Aug	16:00	Argentina	3–1	Cuba	25–18	25–17	23–25	25–13		98–73	P2 Report
27 Aug	10:00	Egypt	0–3	Germany	19–25	15–25	17–25			51–75	P2 Report
28 Aug	13:00	Egypt	3–2	Cuba	24–26	27–25	21–25	25–23	15–9	112–108	P2 Report

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

17th–18th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Result
17	Belarus	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	48	4.688	17th place
18	Cameroon	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	198	75	2.640	18th place
19	Guatemala	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	0	150	0.000	19th place
19	Dominican Republic	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	0	150	0.000

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	20:10	Belarus	3–0	Cameroon	25–20	25–13	25–15			75–48	P2 Report

Final sixteen

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

30 Aug

Argentina

3

31 Aug

Thailand

0

Argentina

1

30 Aug

Iran

3

Iran

3

1 Sep

Czech Republic

0

Iran

1

30 Aug

Poland

3

Germany

3

31 Aug

Belgium

2

Germany

0

30 Aug

Poland

3

Poland

3

2 Sep

Colombia

0

Poland

3

30 Aug

Bulgaria

0

Italy

3

31 Aug

Nigeria

0

Italy

2

30 Aug

Bulgaria

3

Bulgaria

3

1 Sep

Egypt

0

Bulgaria

3

30 Aug

Russia

2

3rd place match

Brazil

3

31 Aug

2 Sep

India

0

Brazil

0

Iran

3

30 Aug

Russia

3

Russia

2

Russia

3

Cuba

0

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	1 Sep
	Argentina	3
					2 Sep
	Germany	0
					Argentina	3
	1 Sep
					Italy	1
	Italy	3
	Brazil	0
					7th place match
					2 Sep
					Germany	1
					Brazil	3

	9th–16th quarterfinals				9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	31 Aug
	Thailand	1
					1 Sep
	Czech Republic	3
					Czech Republic	3
	31 Aug
					Belgium	1
	Belgium	3
									2 Sep
	Colombia	0
									Czech Republic	3
	31 Aug
									India	1
	Nigeria	1
					1 Sep
	Egypt	3
					Egypt	2
	31 Aug
					India	3			11th place match
	India	3
									2 Sep
	Cuba	0
									Belgium	3
									Egypt	1

	13th–15th semifinals				13th place match
	1 Sep
	Thailand	3
					2 Sep
	Colombia	2
					Thailand	3
	1 Sep
					Nigeria	2
	Nigeria	3
	Cuba	2

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	9:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Egypt	25–14	25–22	25–12			75–48	P2 Report
30 Aug	10:00	Italy	3–0	Nigeria	25–14	25–17	25–15			75–46	P2 Report
30 Aug	12:00	Russia	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–18	25–17			75–54	P2 Report
30 Aug	13:00	Brazil	3–0	India	25–19	25–17	25–23			75–59	P2 Report
30 Aug	14:30	Argentina	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–17	25–15			75–47	P2 Report
30 Aug	16:00	Poland	3–0	Colombia	25–19	25–22	25–12			75–53	P2 Report
30 Aug	17:00	Germany	3–2	Belgium	17–25	28–26	17–25	29–27	15–9	106–112	P2 Report
30 Aug	19:00	Iran	3–0	Czech Republic	26–24	25–20	25–13			76–57	P2 Report

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	10:00	Nigeria	1–3	Egypt	25–22	19–25	21–25	23–25		88–97	P2 Report
31 Aug	13:00	India	3–0	Cuba	25–20	25–17	25–17			75–54	P2 Report
31 Aug	16:00	Thailand	1–3	Czech Republic	22–25	17–25	25–23	20–25		84–98	P2 Report
31 Aug	19:00	Belgium	3–0	Colombia	32–30	25–22	25–17			82–69	P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	10:00	Italy	2–3	Bulgaria	27–25	25–27	25–21	29–31	16–18	122–122	P2 Report
31 Aug	13:30	Brazil	0–3	Russia	19–25	25–27	15–25			59–77	P2 Report
31 Aug	16:00	Germany	0–3	Poland	19–25	23–25	26–28			68–78	P2 Report
31 Aug	19:00	Argentina	1–3	Iran	21–25	26–24	19–25	11–25		77–99	P2 Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	10:00	Thailand	3–2	Colombia	23–25	25–21	25–20	19–25	15–11	107–102	P2 Report
1 Sep	13:00	Nigeria	3–2	Cuba	25–10	25–20	22–25	20–25	15–13	107–93	P2 Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	16:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Belgium	25–18	25–18	21–25	25–20		96–81	P2 Report
1 Sep	19:00	Egypt	2–3	India	25–16	27–25	26–28	16–25	12–15	106–109	P2 Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	10:00	Argentina	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–18	25–23			75–64	P2 Report
1 Sep	13:00	Italy	3–0	Brazil	25–18	25–17	25–18			75–53	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	16:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Russia	14–25	25–21	25–20	20–25	15–13	99–104	P2 Report
1 Sep	19:10	Iran	1–3	Poland	24–26	23–25	25–23	20–25		92–99	P2 Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	12:30	Thailand	3–2	Nigeria	25–15	25–20	17–25	26–28	15–13	108–101	P2 Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	15:15	Belgium	3–1	Egypt	23–25	25–14	25–19	25–23		98–81	P2 Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	3–1	India	25–21	25–16	22–25	25–16		97–78	P2 Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	10:00	Germany	1–3	Brazil	17–25	25–23	24–26	24–26		90–100	P2 Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	13:00	Argentina	3–1	Italy	18–25	25–20	25–19	25–21		93–85	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	16:00	Iran	3–2	Russia	25–14	22–25	27–25	21–25	15–6	110–95	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	19:00	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	P2 Report

Final standings

Rank Team   Poland   Bulgaria   Iran 4   Russia 5   Argentina 6   Italy 7   Brazil 8   Germany 9   Czech Republic 10   India 11   Belgium 12   Egypt 13   Thailand 14   Nigeria 15   Colombia   Cuba 17   Belarus 18   Cameroon 19   Dominican Republic   Guatemala

2021 Boys' U19 World champions  Poland 2nd title 12–man roster Jakub Majchrzak, Kamil Szymendera, Jakub Olszewski, Kajetan Kubicki, Tytus Nowik, Mateusz Kufka, Piotr Śliwka, Dominik Czerny, Kuba Hawryluk, Mateusz Nowak, Damian Biliński, Kacper Ratajewski Head coach Michał Bąkiewicz

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Tytus Nowik

• Best setter

  Stoil Palev

• Best outside spikers

  Aleksandar Nikolov

  Kamil Szymendera

• Best middle blockers

  Yousef Kazemi

  Jakub Majchrzak

• Best opposite spiker

  Tytus Nowik

• Best libero

  Kuba Hawryluk

Statistics leaders

All round

Statistics leaders correct as of All round. ^[8]

Best Scorers Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Ferre Reggers 131 17 10 158 2 Aleksandar Nikolov 112 8 16 136 3 Martinez Palacios 108 21 0 129 4 Luca Porro 105 6 11 122 5 Arthur Bento 104 7 5 116

Best Attackers Player Spikes Errors Attempts Total 1 Ferre Reggers 131 42 107 16.38% 2 Aleksandar Nikolov 109 24 53 15.57% 3 Martinez Palacios 108 55 74 15.43% 4 Mikhail Labinskii 108 43 62 13.50% 5 Timofei Tikhonov 108 33 57 13.50%

Best Blockers Player Blocks Errors Rebounds % per match 1 Jakub Klajmon 32 26 7 4.00% 2 Imanol Salazar 26 39 28 3.71% 3 Martinez Palacios 21 19 14 3.00% 4 Jakub Majchrzak 20 21 14 2.86% 5 Yousef Kazemi 18 37 21 2.57%

Best Servers Player Aces Errors Attempts % per match 1 Kirill Vlasov 19 24 58 2.38% 2 Aleksandar Nikolov 16 27 76 2.00% 3 Khanzadeh Firouzjah 12 14 68 1.71% 4 Luca Porro 11 28 79 1.38% 5 Mikhail Labinskii 11 28 80 1.38%

Best Setters Player Successful Errors Attempts Success % 1 Choedchai Chimphiphob 284 10 441 38.64% 2 Simon Bryknar 257 3 406 32.12% 3 Mattia Boninfante 195 1 428 31.25% 4 Eid Yassin 165 5 423 27.82% 5 Nikita Borchikov 159 4 260 37.59%

Best Diggers Player Digs Errors Receptions % per match 1 Gabriele Laurenzano 83 26 4 10.38% 2 Matej Salek 73 32 12 9.12% 3 Venu Chikkanna 65 21 7 9.29% 3 Albrecht Manuel 60 14 5 8.57% 5 Kuba Hawryluk 60 14 11 8.57%

Best Receivers Player Successful Error Attempts Success % 1 Mikhail Labinskii 70 3 105 39.33% 2 Venu Chikkanna 69 3 119 36.13% 3 Lucas Conde 66 5 99 38.82% 4 Sajad Jelodarian Maman 64 5 78 43.54% 5 lvaro Luis Ricardo Gomez 54 7 115 30.68%

See also

• 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

References

1. "FIVB announces hosts for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships". FIVB. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
2. "Qualification process for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships updated". FIVB. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
3. "All four AVC Age Group Championships cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic". AVC. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
4. "NORCECA U-19 Boy's Youth Rankings 2019". NORCECA. January 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
5. "NORCECA Age-group Continental Championships will not be held". NORCECA. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
6. "Iran after U19 world volleyball title on home soil". irandaily.ir. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
7. "FIVB Statement on COVID-19 protocols at Boys' U19 World Championship". fivb.com. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
8. "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship 2021". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

External links

• Official website