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. Pavel Pankov was elected the Most Valuable Player.

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.

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifierHost country11 November 2014 Lausanne12014 NORCECA Championship29 July –3 August 2014 San Salvador2 Canada2014 South American Championship27–31 August 2014 Saquarema22014 Asian Championship17–25 October 2014 Manama22015 African Championship27 February – 1 March 2015 Cairo1European QualifierPool G15–17 May 2015 Bełchatów1Pool H Nova Gorica1World RankingDecember 2014 Lausanne6Total16

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. 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. The draw was held in Tijuana, Mexico on 25 June 2015. Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 22nd.

Pool APool BPool CPool D (Hosts) (1) (2) (3) (7) (6) Iran (5) (4) Canada (8) (9) (10) (11) (26) (15) (13) (18)

Squads

Venues Pool A, B, E, F and Final eightPool C, D, G, H and 9th–16th places Tijuana, Mexico Mexicali, MexicoCentro de Alto Rendimiento de TijuanaAuditorio del EstadoCapacity: 4,000Capacity: 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 All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

Classification 13th–16th

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

Classification 9th–12th

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Classification 5th–8th

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam45678 Canada9101112 Iran13141516

12–man rosterPavel Pankov (c), Kirill Ursov, Sergei Pirainen, Evgenii Andreev, Aleksandr Melnikov, Maxim Belogortcev, Alexander Goncharov, Roman Zhos, Aleksandr Kimerov, Dmitry Volkov, Mikhail Morov, Denis BogdanHead coachNikolaev Mikhail

Awards Source:

Most valuable player

Best scorer Tonček Štern (SLO) Best setter

Best outside spikers

Best middle blockers

Best opposite spiker

Best libero

See also 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

References

External links Official website Final Standing Statistics