International volleyball competition
Volleyball competition held in Mexico
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship , which was hosted by Mexico from 11 to 20 September 2015 in the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana .
Russia , won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3-2 in the final match, thus securing the country's tenth title and the third in a row, after winning the editions of 2011 in Brazil and 2013 in Turkey .[1] Pavel Pankov was elected the Most Valuable Player .[2]
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.[3]
Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool 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. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking.[5] The draw was held in Tijuana , Mexico on 25 June 2015.[6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 22nd.
Squads
Venues
Pool A, B, E, F and Final eight
Pool C, D, G, H and 9th–16th places
Tijuana , Mexico
Mexicali , Mexico
Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Tijuana
Auditorio del Estado
Capacity: 4,000
Capacity: 5,000
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
First round
Pool A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Turkey
3
3
0
9
9
1
9.000
247
198
1.247
Pool E or Pool F
2
Canada
3
2
1
5
7
5
1.400
283
254
1.114
3
Mexico
3
1
2
3
3
6
0.500
181
210
0.862
Pool G or Pool H
4
Egypt
3
0
3
1
2
9
0.222
226
274
0.825
Pool B
Pool C
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Brazil
3
3
0
9
9
1
9.000
249
197
1.264
Pool E or Pool F
2
China
3
2
1
6
7
4
1.750
262
234
1.120
3
Iran
3
1
2
3
4
7
0.571
224
247
0.907
Pool G or Pool H
4
Cuba
3
0
3
0
1
9
0.111
186
243
0.765
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
11 Sep
12:00
Brazil
3–0
Cuba
25–21
25–18
25–15
75–54
P2 P3
11 Sep
19:00
Iran
1–3
China
21–25
14–25
25–19
21–25
81–94
P2 P3
12 Sep
12:00
Cuba
0–3
China
20–25
16–25
18–25
54–75
P2 P3
12 Sep
19:00
Brazil
3–0
Iran
25–11
25–18
25–21
75–50
P2 P3
13 Sep
12:00
Iran
3–1
Cuba
18–25
25–17
25–18
25–18
93–78
P2 P3
13 Sep
19:00
China
1–3
Brazil
24–26
22–25
25–23
22–25
93–99
P2 P3
Pool D
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Italy
3
3
0
9
9
2
4.500
275
226
1.217
Pool E or Pool F
2
Slovenia
3
2
1
5
7
6
1.167
292
300
0.973
3
France
3
1
2
4
5
7
0.714
265
282
0.940
Pool G or Pool H
4
Japan
3
0
3
0
3
9
0.333
269
293
0.918
Second round
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
15 Sep
12:00
Poland
3–2
Cuba
25–20
30–32
16–25
25–20
15–12
111–109
P2 P3
15 Sep
17:00
Egypt
0–3
France
15–25
19–25
22–25
56–75
P2 P3
16 Sep
12:00
France
3–1
Cuba
25–23
25–22
19–25
25–16
94–86
P2 P3
16 Sep
15:00
Egypt
1–3
Poland
25–23
21–25
21–25
17–25
84–98
P2 P3
17 Sep
14:00
Cuba
3–1
Egypt
25–18
25–21
22–25
25–21
97–85
P2 P3
17 Sep
17:00
Poland
3–1
France
25–16
25–17
28–30
25–19
103–82
P2 P3
Final round
Classification 13th–16th
13th–16th semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
12:00
Japan
3–1
Egypt
25–18
27–29
25–21
25–20
102–88
P2 P3
19 Sep
14:00
Cuba
3–0
Mexico
25–19
25–23
25–22
75–64
P2 P3
15th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
10:00
Egypt
3–0
Mexico
27–25
25–19
25–21
77–65
P2 P3
13th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
12:00
Japan
0–3
Cuba
21–25
19–25
16–25
56–75
P2 P3
Classification 9th–12th
9th–12th semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
17:00
United States
1–3
France
22–25
20–25
25–16
21–25
88–91
P2 P3
19 Sep
19:00
Poland
3–1
Iran
21–25
25–21
25–22
25–19
96–87
P2 P3
11th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
15:00
United States
3–2
Iran
25–18
25–18
21–25
12–25
15–10
98–96
P2 P3
9th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
17:00
France
0–3
Poland
20–25
28–30
19–25
67–80
P2 P3
Classification 5th–8th
5th–8th semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
12:00
Canada
0–3
Turkey
23–25
14–25
16–25
53–75
P2 P3
19 Sep
14:00
Italy
3–1
Slovenia
25–20
25–16
19–25
25–20
94–81
P2 P3
7th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
10:00
Canada
1–3
Slovenia
25–23
18–25
18–25
11–25
72–98
P2 P3
5th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
12:00
Turkey
0–3
Italy
22–25
17–25
16–25
55–75
P2 P3
Final four
Semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
17:00
Argentina
3–0
China
25–22
26–24
25–14
76–60
P2 P3
19 Sep
19:00
Russia
3–1
Brazil
25–23
25–21
18–25
25–21
93–90
P2 P3
3rd place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
15:00
China
3–1
Brazil
25–19
25–21
27–29
25–21
102–90
P2 P3
Final
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
17:00
Argentina
2–3
Russia
25–20
25–18
16–25
21–25
11–15
98–103
P2 P3
Final standing
2015 Men's U21 World champions
Russia 10th title
12–man roster
Pavel Pankov (c ), Kirill Ursov , Sergei Pirainen , Evgenii Andreev , Aleksandr Melnikov , Maxim Belogortcev , Alexander Goncharov , Roman Zhos , Aleksandr Kimerov , Dmitry Volkov , Mikhail Morov , Denis Bogdan
Head coach
Nikolaev Mikhail
Awards
Source:[7]
Most valuable player
Best scorer
Best setter
Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best libero
See also
References
External links
FIVB Volleyball Junior World Championship
Men Women