2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship

2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship
Kejuaraan Dunia Bola Voli Putri U21 FIVB 2025
Tournament details
Host nationIndonesia
CitySurabaya
Dates7–17 August
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Bulgaria
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Merit Adigwe
Best SetterJapan Chisato Hanaoka
Best OH
  • Japan Sae Omori
  • Italy Teresa Maria Bosso
Best MB
  • Italy Dalila Marchesini
  • Brazil Luana Kuskowski
Best OPPItaly Merit Adigwe
Best LiberoJapan Ami Uchizawa
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Attendance22,357 (215 per match)
Official website
2025 Women's U21 World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship, contested by the women'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 was held in Surabaya, Indonesia from 7 to 17 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 Indonesia was selected as the host for the 2025 Women's 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 qualified through five separate continental competitions which were required to be held no later than 31 December 2024. Two remaining teams entered the tournament via the Women'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 champions (China): 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 Women'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  Indonesia 1st Debut None
Defending champions  China 22nd 1977 2023 Champions (1995, 2013, 2017, 2023)
2024 Asian Women's U20 Championship
(China Jiangmen, 1–9 July)
 South Korea 14th 1977 2011 Champions (1977, 1981)
 Japan 19th 1977 2023 Champions (2019)
 Thailand 8th 1995 2023 8th place (2007)
 Vietnam 1st Debut None
CAVB
(Africa)
2024 Women's U20 African Nations Championship
(Tunisia Tunis, 24–30 August)
 Tunisia 4th 1995 2023 13th place (1995)
 Egypt 10th 2005 2023 11th place (2005)
 Algeria 5th 1993 2013 9th place (2001)
CEV
(Europe)
2024 Women's U20 European Championship
(Bulgaria Sofia and Republic of Ireland Dublin, 5–17 August)
 Turkey 12th 1999 2023 4th place (2017, 2019)
 Italy 18th 1985 2023 Champions (2011, 2021)
 Poland 13th 1991 2023 3rd place (2003)
 Belgium[A] 3rd 2011 2021 8th place (2011)
 Bulgaria 8th 1985 2017 4th place (2009)
 Czech Republic 9th[B] 1985 2015 6th place (1991, 1997)
 Croatia 4th 2001 2007 5th place (2001)
Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking  Serbia 11th[C] 1997 2023 Runners-up (2005, 2021)
CSV
(South America)
2024 Women's U21 South American Championship
(Chile Osorno, 25–29 September)
 Brazil 23rd 1977 2023 Champions (1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
 Argentina 14th 1977 2023 7th place (2001)
 Chile 1st Debut None
NORCECA
(North, Central America
and Caribbean)
2024 Women's U21 NORCECA Championship
(Canada Toronto, 25–30 June)
 United States 13th 1977 2023 4th place (2007, 2011)
 Puerto Rico 10th 1981 2021 8th place (2005)
 Dominican Republic 14th 1995 2023 Champions (2015)
 Canada 6th 1977 1999 7th place (1977)
Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking  Mexico 13th 1977 2023 4th place (1981)

Pools composition

The draw was held on 4 December 2024 at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.[7] The 24 participating teams were 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.[8]

Seeding

Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking of each team as of 30 September 2024 are shown in brackets, except the hosts Indonesia which does not have a world ranking.

Seeded teams Teams to be drawn
Line 1 Line 2 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  South Korea (17)
  •  Chile (17)
  •  Algeria (17)
  •  Canada (21)

Draw

The draw procedure also followed the serpentine system and was as follows:[8]

  • 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  Indonesia
A2  Argentina
A3  Serbia
A4  Puerto Rico
A5  Canada
A6  Vietnam
Pool B
Pos Team
B1  China
B2  United States
B3  Mexico
B4  Dominican Republic
B5  South Korea
B6  Croatia
Pool C
Pos Team
C1  Italy
C2  Turkey
C3  Egypt
C4  Poland
C5  Algeria
C6  Czech Republic
Pool D
Pos Team
D1  Brazil
D2  Japan
D3  Tunisia
D4  Thailand
D5  Chile
D6  Bulgaria

Venues

Surabaya, Indonesia
Jawa Pos Arena Gelora Pancasila Samator Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: — Capacity: —

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).[9][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.[10]

Pool standing procedure

The ranking of teams in the preliminary round was established according the following criteria:[11]

  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  Argentina 5 5 0 15 15 1 15.000 395 271 1.458 1st–16th places
2  Serbia 5 4 1 11 13 6 2.167 439 343 1.280
3  Indonesia (H) 5 2 3 8 10 10 1.000 457 379 1.206
4  Puerto Rico 5 2 3 5 7 12 0.583 405 453 0.894
5  Canada 5 1 4 3 6 12 0.500 400 363 1.102 17th–24th places
6  Vietnam[a] 5 1 4 3 3 13 0.231 98 385 0.255
Source: FIVB
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ According to the FIVB, an ineligible player from Vietnam has been disqualified from the competition. In addition to disqualifying the player, the FIVB Disciplinary Panel Sub-Committee has forfeited all the matches she participated. After the event, the case will be reviewed by the FIVB Disciplinary Panel for possible consequences.[12]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 10:00 Argentina  3–0  Canada 25–19 26–24 25–15     76–58 P2 Report
7 Aug 13:00 Serbia  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–18 25–17 25–19     75–54 P2 Report
7 Aug 19:00 Indonesia  3–0  Vietnam 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 P2 Report
8 Aug 09:00 Argentina  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–23 25–23 25–21     75–67 P2 Report
8 Aug 14:00 Serbia  3–0  Vietnam 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 P2 Report
8 Aug 20:00 Indonesia  3–1  Canada 28–26 25–18 18–25 25–21   96–90 P2 Report
9 Aug 10:00 Argentina  3–1  Serbia 25–18 25–21 19–25 25–19   94–83 P2 Report
9 Aug 13:00 Canada  3–0  Vietnam 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 P2 Report
9 Aug 19:00 Indonesia  2–3  Puerto Rico 25–17 26–28 25–15 23–25 15–17 114–102 P2 Report
11 Aug 10:00 Argentina  3–0  Vietnam 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 P2 Report
11 Aug 13:00 Puerto Rico  3–1  Canada 25–20 28–26 19–25 25–20   97–91 P2 Report
11 Aug 19:00 Indonesia  2–3  Serbia 21–25 27–25 23–25 25–22 13–15 109–112 P2 Report
12 Aug 10:00 Serbia  3–1  Canada 25–22 25–22 19–25 25–17   94–86 P2 Report
12 Aug 13:00 Puerto Rico  1–3  Vietnam 17–25 21–25 25–23 22–25   85–98 P2 Report
12 Aug 19:00 Indonesia  0–3  Argentina 23–25 18–25 22–25     63–75 P2 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China 5 5 0 15 15 1 15.000 403 283 1.424 1st–16th places
2  United States 5 4 1 12 12 4 3.000 379 306 1.239
3  South Korea 5 3 2 8 10 8 1.250 380 375 1.013
4  Croatia 5 2 3 7 9 9 1.000 406 372 1.091
5  Dominican Republic 5 1 4 3 3 13 0.231 279 390 0.715 17th–24th places
6  Mexico 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 271 392 0.691
Source: FIVB
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 10:00 China  3–1  Croatia 23–25 25–23 27–25 25–21   100–94 P2 Report
7 Aug 13:00 United States  3–1  South Korea 25–17 25–19 19–25 25–20   94–81 P2 Report
7 Aug 16:00 Mexico  1–3  Dominican Republic 25–27 25–15 19–25 15–25   84–92 P2 Report
8 Aug 09:00 China  3–0  South Korea 25–21 25–20 25–17     75–58 P2 Report
8 Aug 14:00 United States  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–15 25–16 25–11     75–42 P2 Report
8 Aug 17:00 Mexico  0–3  Croatia 13–25 14–25 16–25     43–75 P2 Report
9 Aug 10:00 China  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–11 25–15 25–11     75–37 P2 Report
9 Aug 13:00 United States  3–0  Mexico 25–19 25–11 25–18     75–48 P2 Report
9 Aug 16:00 South Korea  3–2  Croatia 10–25 25–21 16–25 25–17 15–11 91–99 P2 Report
11 Aug 10:00 China  3–0  Mexico 25–16 25–10 25–10     75–36 P2 Report
11 Aug 13:00 United States  3–0  Croatia 27–25 25–17 25–15     77–57 P2 Report
11 Aug 16:00 Dominican Republic  0–3  South Korea 12–25 20–25 15–25     47–75 P2 Report
12 Aug 10:00 China  3–0  United States 25–20 25–12 28–26     78–58 P2 Report
12 Aug 13:00 Mexico  0–3  South Korea 20–25 22–25 18–25     60–75 P2 Report
12 Aug 16:00 Dominican Republic  0–3  Croatia 29–31 21–25 11–25     61–81 P2 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 5 4 1 13 14 3 4.667 394 315 1.251 1st–16th places
2  Italy 5 4 1 12 14 5 2.800 434 343 1.265
3  Turkey 5 3 2 9 11 8 1.375 422 364 1.159
4  Czech Republic 5 3 2 8 9 8 1.125 354 355 0.997
5  Egypt 5 1 4 3 3 12 0.250 269 357 0.754 17th–24th places
6  Algeria 5 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 236 375 0.629
Source: FIVB
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 10:00 Italy  3–0  Czech Republic 25–20 25–15 25–18     75–53 P2 Report
7 Aug 13:00 Turkey  3–0  Algeria 25–12 25–11 25–14     75–37 P2 Report
7 Aug 16:00 Egypt  0–3  Poland 15–25 16–25 23–25     54–75 P2 Report
8 Aug 09:00 Italy  3–0  Algeria 25–18 25–11 25–16     75–45 P2 Report
8 Aug 14:00 Turkey  0–3  Poland 19–25 24–26 21–25     64–76 P2 Report
8 Aug 17:00 Egypt  0–3  Czech Republic 23–25 19–25 12–25     54–75 P2 Report
9 Aug 10:00 Italy  3–2  Poland 25–23 25–16 21–25 19–25 15–4 105–93 P2 Report
9 Aug 13:00 Turkey  3–0  Egypt 25–14 25–10 25–14     75–38 P2 Report
9 Aug 16:00 Algeria  0–3  Czech Republic 22–25 11–25 14–25     47–75 P2 Report
11 Aug 10:00 Italy  3–0  Egypt 25–17 25–13 25–18     75–48 P2 Report
11 Aug 13:00 Turkey  2–3  Czech Republic 22–25 24–26 25–21 25–22 8–15 104–109 P2 Report
11 Aug 16:00 Poland  3–0  Algeria 25–20 25–17 25–13     75–50 P2 Report
12 Aug 10:00 Italy  2–3  Turkey 25–21 20–25 23–25 25–18 11–15 104–104 P2 Report
12 Aug 13:00 Egypt  3–0  Algeria 25–22 25–17 25–18     75–57 P2 Report
12 Aug 16:00 Poland  3–0  Czech Republic 25–13 25–9 25–20     75–42 P2 Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Japan 5 5 0 15 15 2 7.500 420 300 1.400 1st–16th places
2  Brazil 5 4 1 12 13 3 4.333 387 272 1.423
3  Bulgaria 5 2 3 7 8 9 0.889 346 376 0.920
4  Thailand 5 2 3 6 6 9 0.667 306 337 0.908
5  Chile 5 2 3 5 7 12 0.583 373 424 0.880 17th–24th places
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 270 393 0.687
Source: FIVB
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 16:00 Brazil  3–0  Bulgaria 25–12 25–18 25–19     75–49 P2 Report
7 Aug 19:00 Tunisia  0–3  Thailand 20–25 15–25 23–25     58–75 P2 Report
7 Aug 19:00 Japan  3–1  Chile 25–15 21–25 25–16 25–10   96–66 P2 Report
8 Aug 17:00 Japan  3–0  Thailand 25–15 25–18 25–17     75–50 P2 Report
8 Aug 20:00 Brazil  3–0  Chile 25–19 25–14 25–21     75–54 P2 Report
8 Aug 20:00 Tunisia  0–3  Bulgaria 20–25 12–25 20–25     52–75 P2 Report
9 Aug 16:00 Japan  3–0  Tunisia 25–18 25–13 25–18     75–49 P2 Report
9 Aug 19:00 Chile  3–2  Bulgaria 26–24 19–25 22–25 25–14 15–10 107–98 P2 Report
9 Aug 19:00 Brazil  3–0  Thailand 25–13 25–12 25–14     75–39 P2 Report
11 Aug 16:00 Thailand  3–0  Chile 25–22 25–16 25–15     75–53 P2 Report
11 Aug 19:00 Brazil  3–0  Tunisia 25–12 25–11 25–8     75–31 P2 Report
11 Aug 19:00 Japan  3–0  Bulgaria 25–19 25–17 25–12     75–48 P2 Report
12 Aug 16:00 Thailand  0–3  Bulgaria 20–25 24–26 23–25     67–76 P2 Report
12 Aug 19:00 Brazil  1–3  Japan 26–24 17–25 22–25 22–25   87–99 P2 Report
12 Aug 19:00 Tunisia  1–3  Chile 20–25 25–18 21–25 14–25   80–93 P2 Report

Final round

17th–24th places

21st place match21st–24th semifinals17th–24th quarterfinals17th–20th semifinals17th place match
13 August
 Canada3
15 August Algeria015 August
 Algeria0 Canada3
 Tunisia313 August Dominican Republic0
 Dominican Republic3
16 August Tunisia016 August
 Tunisia1 Canada3
 Egypt313 August Chile1
 Egypt1
15 August Vietnam315 August
23rd place match Egypt3 Vietnam119th place match
16 August Mexico013 August Chile316 August
 Algeria2 Chile3 Dominican Republic0
 Mexico3 Mexico0 Vietnam3

17th–24th quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 10:00 Canada  3–0  Algeria 25–18 25–11 25–18     75–47 P2 Report
13 Aug 13:00 Egypt  1–3  Vietnam 16–25 24–26 25–22 20–25   85–98 P2 Report
13 Aug 16:00 Dominican Republic  3–0  Tunisia 25–21 25–22 25–17     75–60 P2 Report
13 Aug 19:00 Chile  3–0  Mexico 25–19 25–14 25–21     75–54 P2 Report

21st–24th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 09:00 Algeria  0–3  Tunisia 24–26 11–25 11–25     46–76 P2 Report
15 Aug 14:00 Egypt  3–0  Mexico 25–22 25–13 25–16     75–51 P2 Report

17th–20th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 17:00 Canada  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–20 25–23 25–23     75–66 P2 Report
15 Aug 20:00 Vietnam  1–3  Chile 17–25 15–25 25–17 20–25   77–92 P2 Report

23rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 10:00 Algeria  2–3  Mexico 25–16 25–23 25–27 12–25 12–15 99–106 P2 Report

21st place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 13:00 Tunisia  1–3  Egypt 25–19 18–25 20–25 19–25   82–94 P2 Report

19th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 16:00 Dominican Republic  0–3  Vietnam 19–25 17–25 17–25     53–75 P2 Report

17th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 19:00 Canada  3–1  Chile 25–12 23–25 25–21 25–21   98–79 P2 Report

1st–16th places

9th place match9th–12th semifinals9th–16th quarterfinalsRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
13 August
 Argentina3
15 August15 August
 Czech Republic0
 Czech Republic3 Argentina0
13 August
 South Korea1 Brazil3
 Brazil3
16 August16 August
 South Korea0
 Czech Republic3 Brazil0
13 August
 Thailand2 Italy3
 China3
15 August15 August
 Thailand0
 Thailand3 China0
13 August
 Indonesia0 Italy3
 Italy3
17 August17 August
 Indonesia1
 Czech Republic0 Italy3
13 August
 United States3 Japan2
 Poland3
15 August15 August
 Puerto Rico0
11th place match Puerto Rico0 Poland13rd place match
13 August
17 August United States3 Bulgaria317 August
 United States0
 Thailand216 August16 August Brazil3
 Bulgaria3
 Croatia3 United States3 Bulgaria0 Bulgaria1
13 August
 Croatia1 Japan3
 Japan3
15 August15 August
 Croatia1
13th place match13th–16th semifinals Croatia3 Japan35th–8th semifinals5th place match
13 August
16 August Serbia0 Turkey016 August
 Serbia0
 South Korea3 Argentina1
17 August Turkey317 August
 Indonesia2 China3
 South Korea3 China3
16 August16 August
 Serbia0 Poland1
 Puerto Rico0 Poland3
 Serbia3 Turkey2
15th place match7th place match
17 August17 August
 Indonesia2 Argentina3
 Puerto Rico3 Turkey0

Round of 16

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 10:00 China  3–0  Thailand 25–15 25–18 25–19     75–52 P2 Report
13 Aug 13:00 Brazil  3–0  South Korea 25–23 25–17 25–17     75–57 P2 Report
13 Aug 13:00 Argentina  3–0  Czech Republic 25–15 25–13 25–19     75–47 P2 Report
13 Aug 16:00 Serbia  0–3  Turkey 14–25 23–25 10–25     47–75 P2 Report
13 Aug 16:00 United States  0–3  Bulgaria 23–25 16–25 15–25     54–75 P2 Report
13 Aug 19:00 Italy  3–1  Indonesia 25–12 25–19 21–25 25–13   96–69 P2 Report
13 Aug 19:00 Japan  3–1  Croatia 25–16 22–25 25–17 25–17   97–75 P2 Report
13 Aug 21:30 Poland  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–15 25–16 25–13     75–44 P2 Report

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 09:00 South Korea  1–3  Czech Republic 22–25 22–25 26–24 20–25   90–99 P2 Report
15 Aug 14:00 United States  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–23 25–18 25–16     75–57 P2 Report
15 Aug 17:00 Serbia  0–3  Croatia 23–25 18–25 18–25     59–75 P2 Report
15 Aug 20:00 Indonesia  0–3  Thailand 24–26 19–25 22–25     65–76 P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 09:00 Brazil  3–0  Argentina 25–19 25–18 25–14     75–51 P2 Report
15 Aug 14:00 Bulgaria  3–1  Poland 25–23 22–25 25–23 25–18   97–89 P2 Report
15 Aug 17:00 Italy  3–0  China 25–23 25–19 25–15     75–57 P2 Report
15 Aug 20:00 Turkey  0–3  Japan 23–25 21–25 20–25     64–75 P2 Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 10:00 Serbia  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–11 25–21 25–19     75–51 P2 Report
16 Aug 19:00 South Korea  3–2  Indonesia 22–25 25–15 17–25 25–18 15–5 104–88 P2 Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 10:00 United States  3–1  Croatia 26–28 25–22 25–16 25–15   101–81 P2 Report
16 Aug 13:00 Czech Republic  3–2  Thailand 25–22 21–25 25–19 19–25 15–11 105–102 P2 Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 16:00 Poland  3–2  Turkey 25–23 19–25 22–25 25–18 17–15 108–106 P2 Report
16 Aug 19:00 Argentina  1–3  China 12–25 25–22 21–25 22–25   80–97 P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug 13:00 Brazil  0–3  Italy 16–25 21–25 19–25     56–75 P2 Report
16 Aug 16:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Japan 17–25 18–25 13–25     48–75 P2 Report

15th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 10:00 Indonesia  2–3  Puerto Rico 24–26 25–19 25–22 22–25 12–15 108–107 P2 Report

13th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 16:00 South Korea  3–0  Serbia 25–20 25–18 25–22     75–60 P2 Report

11th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 10:00 Thailand  2–3  Croatia 25–20 21–25 21–25 25–16 12–15 104–101 P2 Report

9th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 19:00 Czech Republic  0–3  United States 21–25 20–25 18–25     59–75 P2 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 13:00 Argentina  3–0  Turkey 25–21 25–18 25–21     75–60 P2 Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 13:00 China  3–1  Poland 23–25 25–21 25–23 25–17   98–86 P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 16:00 Brazil  3–1  Bulgaria 25–19 25–20 14–25 25–21   89–85 P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 19:00 Italy  3–2  Japan 25–22 22–25 15–25 25–19 15–11 102–102 P2 Report

Final standing

Awards

The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.[13]

  • Most valuable player
    Italy Merit Adigwe
  • Best setter
    Japan Chisato Hanaoka
  • Best outside spikers
    Japan Sae Omori
    Italy Teresa Maria Bosso
  • Best middle blockers
    Italy Dalila Marchesini
    Brazil Luana Kuskowski
  • Best opposite spiker
    Italy Merit Adigwe
  • Best libero
    Japan Ami Uchizawa

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Belgium's volleyball federation withdrew its team from the competition citing financial problems and excessive travel costs.[6]
  2. ^ Competed as Czechoslovakia in 1985 and 1991; 7 appearances as Czech Republic.
  3. ^ Competed as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro in 1997, 1999 and 2005; 8 appearances as Serbia.

References

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  8. ^ a b "Drawing of Lots - Volleyball Youth World Championship 2025". FIVB. 4 December 2024 – via YouTube.
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