The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 24 to 31 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.Calendar
Competition formula The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.
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.
Method of QualificationDate Venue Vacancies QualifiedHost country 11 November 2014 Lausanne1 U20 European Ranking18 September 2014 Luxembourg22014 U23 Pan-American Cup5–10 October 2014 Havana2 2014 U23 South American Championship8–12 October 2014 Saquarema2 2014 U23 African Championship7–12 November 2014 Sharm El Sheikh2 2015 Asian U23 Championship12–20 May 2015 Naypyidaw2 U21 World RankingDecember 2014 Lausanne1 Total 12
Pools composition Teams were seeded 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. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 72nd.
Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (5) (6) (13) (7) (16) (22) (26) (25)
Squads
Venues Pool A and Final roundPool B Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHamdan Sports ComplexSheikh Rashid Bin Maktoum Sports HallCapacity: 3,000Capacity: 3,000
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
Preliminary round All times are UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00).
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678911
12–man rosterPavel Pankov, Ivan Demakov, Egor Feoktistov (c), Ilya Petrushov, Ivan Podrebinkin, Roman Zhos, Aleksandr Kimerov, Dmitry Volkov, Maxim Maximenko, Egor Kliuka, Sergei Nikitin, Sergey ErshovHead coachMikhail Nikolaev
Awards
Most valuable player Egor Kliuka Best setter Murat Yenipazar Best outside spikers Egor Kliuka Gökhan Gökgöz Best middle blockers Ivan Demakov Samet Güneş Best opposite spiker Metin Toy Best libero Yonder Garcia
See also 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship
References
External links Official website Final Standing Awards Statistics