The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Riffa, Bahrain from 18 to 27 August 2017. 20 teams from the 5 confederations competed in the tournament.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999.

Iran won its second title in the competition, defeating Russia in the final. Japan defeated South Korea for the bronze medal. Amirhossein Esfandiar from Iran was elected the MVP.

Qualification The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifierHost country2 February 2016 Lausanne12016 NORCECA Championship24–29 June 2016 Havana22016 African Championship8–10 September 2016 Kélibia22016 South American Championship5–9 October 2016 Lima22017 Pan-American Cupfor CSV20–25 March 2017 Monterrey1for NORCECA22017 Asian Championship28 March – 5 April 2017 Naypyidaw42017 European Championship22–30 April 2017 Győr & Púchov6Total20

Pools composition Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U19 World Ranking as of January 2017. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U19 World Ranking. The twelve remaining teams were drawn in next three rows under the condition that there were not too much country in the same confederation were drawn in the same pool. The draw was held in Manama, Bahrain on 20 May 2017. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 38th.

Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (Hosts) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (9) (12) (18) (31) (8) (11) (13) (27) (10) (15) (21) (32)

Draw Pool APool BPool CPool D

Squads

Venues Isa Sports City Hall C, Riffa, Bahrain – Pool A, B and Final round Isa Sports City Hall B, Riffa, Bahrain – Pool C, D and Final round

Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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 Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

17th–20th places

Final sixteen

Round of 16

9th–16th quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam4567891011121314151617181920

12–man rosterMohammad Hossein Rasti, Mehdi Jelveh, Amir Hossein Toukhteh, Amir Mohammad Falahat, Ehsan Daneshdoust, Morteza Sharifi, Mehran Feyz, Amirhossein Esfandiar (c), Hossein Soleiman, Mohammad Reza Hazratpour, Erfan Gholamipour, Porya YaliHead coachMohammad Vakili

Awards

Most valuable player Amirhossein Esfandiar Best setter Shunsuke Nakamura Best outside spikers Amirhossein Esfandiar Pavel Tetyukhin Best middle blockers Artem Melnikov Amir Hossein Toukhteh Best opposite spiker Im Dong-hyeok Best libero Kenta Ichikawa

See also 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

References

External links Official website Final Standing Awards Statistics