2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nationChina
CityJiangmen
Dates21–31 August 2025
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Official website
en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/men-u21-world-championship/

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship will be the 23rd 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 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It will be held in China from 21 to 31 August 2025.[1]

Starting with this edition, the tournament is expanded to include 24 teams instead of the 16 teams of previous editions, following the decision adopted by FIVB in June 2023.[2]

Host selection

On 28 March 2024, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting one of the four Age Group World Championships in 2025 (i.e., U19 Boys' and Girls' World Championships and U21 Men's and Women's World Championships).[3] The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 30 April 2024, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).[4]

On 10 September 2024, FIVB announced that China was selected as the host for the 2024 Boys' U21 World Championship.[5]

Qualification

A total of 24 national teams qualified for the final tournament.[4] In addition to the host team and the defending champions who qualified automatically, 20 other teams were qualified through five separate continental competitions which were required to held no later than 31 December 2024. Two remaining teams entered the tournament via the Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking (as of 31 December 2024) among the teams not yet qualified.

The slot allocation per confederation was set as follows:[4]

  • Defending champion (Iran): 1
  • AVC (Asia & Oceania): 4
  • CAVB (Africa): 3
  • CEV (Europe): 6
  • CSV (South America): 3
  • NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 4
  • Host: 1
  • Top teams not yet qualified as per Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking: 2

Qualified teams

The following 24 teams qualified for the tournament.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team qualified Appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
AVC
(Asia & Oceania) 		Host nation  China 17th 1977 2019 Runners-up (1977)
Defending champions  Iran 15th 1993 2023 Champions (2019, 2023)
2024 Asian Men's U20 Championship
(Indonesia Surabaya, 23–30 July) 		 South Korea 14th 1977 2019 Champions (1987)
 Japan 14th 1977 2017 Runners-up (1989)
 Indonesia 2nd 1989 Fifteenth (1989)
 Kazakhstan 1st Debut None
Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking  Thailand 4th 1999 2023 Eighth place (2023)
CAVB
(Africa) 		2024 Men's U20 African Nations Championship
(Tunisia Tunis, 5–10 August) 		 Tunisia 14th 1985 2023 Ninth place (1999, 2005)
 Egypt 15th 1981 2023 Ninth place (2003, 2023)
 Morocco 8th 1999 2021 Ninth place (2005)
CEV
(Europe) 		2024 Men's U20 European Championship
(Serbia Vrnjačka Banja and Greece Arta, 26 August–7 September) 		 France 7th 1985 2015 Runners-up (1999)
 Czech Republic 7th[a] 1991 2023 Third place (1993)
 Bulgaria 11th 1985 2023 Champions (1991)
 Italy 17th 1985 2023 Champions (2021)
 Ukraine 4th 1999 2017 Ninth place (1999)
 Turkey 4th 2013 2017 Sixth place (2013, 2015)
Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking  Poland 13th 1989 2023 Champions (1997, 2003, 2017)
CSV
(South America) 		2024 Men's U21 South American Championship
(Peru Callao, 30 October–3 November) 		 Brazil 23rd 1977 2023 Champions (1993, 2001, 2007, 2009)
 Colombia 2nd 1977 Eighth place (1977)
 Argentina 18th 1977 2023 Runners-up (2011, 2015)
NORCECA
(North, Central America
and Caribbean) 		2024 Men's U21 NORCECA Championship
(Mexico Nogales, 9–17 June) 		 United States 11th 1977 2023 Fourth place (2011)
 Canada 14th 1977 2023 Fifth place (1999)
 Cuba 15th 1981 2021 Runners-up (1987, 2009, 2017)
 Puerto Rico 6th 1989 2019 Ninth place (1997)
  1. ^ Competed as Czechoslovakia in 1991 and 1993; 4 appearances as Czech Republic.

Pools composition

The draw for the pools composition will held on 4 December 2024 at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.[6] The 24 participating teams will be split into four single round-robin pools of six with the host nations and the reigning world champions receiving the highest seeds. The rest of the qualified teams are seeded in a serpentine system based on their positions in the respective FIVB World Rankings.[7]

Seeding

Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking of each team as of 4 November 2024 are shown in brackets, except the hosts China who ranked 66th.

Seeded teams Teams to be drawn
Line 1 Line 2 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  China (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Iran (1), assigned to B1
  •  Bulgaria (2), assigned to C1
  •  Italy (3), assigned to D1
  •  Thailand (13)
  •  France (13)
  •  South Korea (15)
  •  Colombia (15)

Draw

The draw procedure also followed the serpentine system and was as follows:[7]

  • Teams from pot 4 were drawn first and were placed in line 6 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
  • Teams from pot 3 were then drawn and placed in line 5 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D.
  • Teams from pot 2 were then drawn and were placed in line 4 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
  • Teams from pot 1 were then drawn and placed in line 3 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D.

The pools composition after the draw was as follow:

Pool A
Pos Team
A1  China
A2  Egypt
A3  United States
A4  Thailand
A5  Morocco
A6  Turkey
Pool B
Pos Team
B1  Iran
B2  Poland
B3  Canada
B4  South Korea
B5  Puerto Rico
B6  Kazakhstan
Pool C
Pos Team
C1  Bulgaria
C2  Brazil
C3  Czech Republic
C4  Colombia
C5  Japan
C6  Cuba
Pool D
Pos Team
D1  Italy
D2  Argentina
D3  Tunisia
D4  France
D5  Ukraine
D6  Indonesia

Venue

Jiangmen, China
Jiangmen Sports Center
Capacity: 8,500

Competition formula changes

In June 2023 during a three-day meeting in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the FIVB Board of Administration approved the proposal made by its Volleyball Council to increase the number of participating teams to 24 in its Age Group World Championships (U19 and U21 in both genders).[8][2] Consequently, the distribution of quotas by confederation for the Women's U21 World Championship was modified regarding previous editions, ensuring one automatic quota for the defending champion and assigning two quotas based on the corresponding FIVB Age Group World Ranking.

The new competition formula was in line with the one adopted for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, which was also contested by 24 teams.[9]

Pool standing procedure

The ranking of teams in the preliminary round was established according the following criteria:[10]

  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost);
  2. Match points;
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. Sets ratio;
  4. Points ratio;
  5. If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Each national team had to register a long-list roster with up to 25 players, which eventually had to be reduced to a final list of 12 players. Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[4]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Round of 16
2  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
5  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 17–24 places
6  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: FIVB
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug 11:00 United States  –  Thailand – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 14:00 China  –  Turkey – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 17:00 Egypt  –  Morocco – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 11:00 Egypt  –  Thailand – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 14:00 United States  –  Turkey – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 17:00 China  –  Morocco – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 11:00 Egypt  –  United States – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 14:00 Morocco  –  Turkey – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 17:00 China  –  Thailand – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 11:00 Egypt  –  Turkey – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 14:00 China  –  United States – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 17:00 Thailand  –  Morocco – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 11:00 Thailand  –  Turkey – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 14:00 United States  –  Morocco – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 17:00 China  –  Egypt – – –     0–0 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Round of 16
2  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
5  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 17–24 places
6  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug 11:00 Iran  –  Kazakhstan – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 14:00 Poland  –  Puerto Rico – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 17:00 Canada  –  South Korea – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 11:00 Iran  –  Puerto Rico – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 14:00 Poland  –  South Korea – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 17:00 Canada  –  Kazakhstan – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 11:00 Iran  –  South Korea – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 14:00 Poland  –  Canada – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 17:00 Puerto Rico  –  Kazakhstan – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 11:00 Iran  –  Canada – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 14:00 Poland  –  Kazakhstan – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 17:00 South Korea  –  Puerto Rico – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 11:00 Iran  –  Poland – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 14:00 Canada  –  Puerto Rico – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 17:00 South Korea  –  Kazakhstan – – –     0–0 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Round of 16
2  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
5  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 17–24 places
6  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug 11:00 Bulgaria  –  Cuba – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 14:00 Brazil  –  Japan – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 17:00 Czech Republic  –  Colombia – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 11:00 Bulgaria  –  Japan – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 14:00 Brazil  –  Colombia – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 17:00 Czech Republic  –  Cuba – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 11:00 Bulgaria  –  Colombia – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 14:00 Brazil  –  Czech Republic – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 17:00 Japan  –  Cuba – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 11:00 Bulgaria  –  Czech Republic – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 14:00 Brazil  –  Cuba – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 17:00 Colombia  –  Japan – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 11:00 Czech Republic  –  Japan – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 14:00 Bulgaria  –  Brazil – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 17:00 Colombia  –  Cuba – – –     0–0 Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Round of 16
2  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
5  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 17–24 places
6  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug 20:00 Italy  –  Indonesia – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 20:00 Tunisia  –  France – – –     0–0 Report
21 Aug 20:00 Argentina  –  Ukraine – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 20:00 Argentina  –  France – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 20:00 Italy  –  Ukraine – – –     0–0 Report
22 Aug 20:00 Tunisia  –  Indonesia – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 20:00 Argentina  –  Tunisia – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 20:00 Ukraine  –  Indonesia – – –     0–0 Report
23 Aug 20:00 Italy  –  France – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 20:00 France  –  Ukraine – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 20:00 Italy  –  Tunisia – – –     0–0 Report
25 Aug 20:00 Argentina  –  Indonesia – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 20:00 France  –  Indonesia – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 20:00 Italy  –  Argentina – – –     0–0 Report
26 Aug 20:00 Tunisia  –  Ukraine – – –     0–0 Report

Final round

17th–24th places

21st place match21st–24th semifinals17th–24th quarterfinals17th–20th semifinals17th place match
27 August
29 August29 August
27 August
30 August30 August
27 August
29 August29 August
23rd place match19th place match
30 August27 August30 August

17th–24th quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

21st–24th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

17th–20th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

23rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

21st place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

19th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

17th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

1st–16th places

1st–16th places

9th place match9th–12th semifinals9th–16th quarterfinalsRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
27 August
29 August29 August
27 August
30 August30 August
27 August
29 August29 August
27 August
31 August31 August
27 August
29 August29 August
11th place match3rd place match
27 August
31 August31 August
30 August30 August
27 August
29 August29 August
13th place match13th–16th semifinals5th–8th semifinals5th place match
27 August
30 August30 August
31 August31 August
30 August30 August
15th place match7th place match
31 August31 August

Round of 16

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
9th–16th quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
Quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
29 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
13th–16th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
9th–12th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
5th–8th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
30 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
15th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
13th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
11th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
9th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report
Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug     –   – – –     0–0 Report

Final standing

Awards

The following individual awards will be presented at the end of the tournament.

  • Most valuable player
  • Best setter
  • Best outside spikers
  • Best middle blockers
  • Best opposite spiker
  • Best libero

See also

References

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