The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship is the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 18 of the members of the (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Egypt from 5 to 14 September 2019. Egypt were chosen as the hosts for this event for the first time.

The finals involve 20 teams, of which 19 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 20 teams, 13 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2017, while Cameroon and DR Congo made their first appearances at a FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.

The United States won the first title, after defeated Italy 3–2 in final.

Qualification A total of 20 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Egypt who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams qualify from five separate continental competitions.

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifierHost country 2018 Lausanne 1 2018 European Championship 13–21 April 2018 Sofia 6 2018 Asian Championship 20–27 May Nakhon Pathom 4 2018 South American Championship 8–12 July 2018 Valledupar 3 2018 African Youth Games 18–23 July 2018 Algiers 2 2018 NORCECA Championship Tegucigalpa 2 2019 Pan-American Cup for NORCECA 21–26 May 2019 Durango City 2 Total 20

1.Teams that will make their debut.

Draw Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines following the World Ranking. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same confederation. The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt on 1 July 2019. Rankings as of 1 January 2019 are shown in brackets, except the hosts Egypt who ranked 14th.

Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (Host) (1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (18) (18) (20) (21) (25) (35) (66)

Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool D

Squads

Venues Pool A, B and Final roundPool C, D and Final round Ismailia, Egypt Cairo, EgyptSuez Canal Authority Indoor Halls ComplexCairo Stadium Indoor Halls ComplexCapacity: 11,000Capacity: 20,000

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 Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

17th–20th places

Final sixteen

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

Final standing

RankTeam4567891011121314151617181920

12–woman rosterSetters: Kami Miner, Kennedi Orr Outside Hitters: Elena Oglivie, Lindsay Krause, Jess Mruzik, Emily Londot, Allison Jacobs Middle Blockers: Caroline Crawford, Devyn Robinson, Carter Booth Libero: Lexi Rodriguez, Sydney TaylorHead coachJames Stone

Awards

Most valuable player Jessica Mruzik Best setter Kennedi Orr Best outside spikers Ana Cristina de Souza Oghosasere Omoruyi Best middle blockers Devyn Robinson Emma Graziani Best opposite spiker: Giorgia Frosini Best libero Zhu Xingchen

See also 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

References

External links Official website