The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was held in Uberlândia, Brazil from 6 to 13 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament.
Twenty-one point rule For this tournament, the first four sets were played over 21 points.
Qualification The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship will feature two countries per confederation plus the host Brazil and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case Russia.
ConfederationMethod of QualificationVacancies Qualified Host1 CAVB FIVB Senior Ranking2 AVC FIVB Senior Ranking2 CEV FIVB Junior and Youth Ranking2 NORCECA 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup2 CSV 2 Best ranked team1
Pools composition Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 July 2013. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.
Pool APool B (Hosts) (2) (8) (7) (9) (12) (14) (12) (15) (20) (41) (23)
Venue All matches Uberlândia, BrazilGinásio Municipal Tancredo NevesCapacity: 8,000
Pool standing procedure Match points Number of matches won 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 Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam456789101112
13–man rosterAlan Souza, Fernando Kreling, Otávio Pinto, Lucas Lóh, Thiago Veloso, Ricardo Lucarelli Souza (c), Felipe Quaresma, Ary Nóbrega, Matheus Cunda, Leandro Santos, Rafael Araújo, Ricardo Rego, Guilherme KachelHead coachRoberley Leonaldo
Awards
Most valuable player Ricardo Lucarelli Souza Best setter Dmitry Kovalev Best Outside Spikers Uroš Kovačević Filip Stoilović Best Middle Blockers Ventsislav Ragin Matheus Cunda Best opposite spiker Aleksandar Atanasijević Best libero Guilherme Kachel
References
External links Official website Final Standing Awards Statistics