The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the sixteenth 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 Tunis and Radès, Tunisia from 21 to 30 August 2019. Tunisia played hosts for this event for the first time.
The finals involved 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 Colombia and Nigeria made their first appearances at a FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.
Iran was the defending champions, having won their second title in Bahrain.
Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001.
Qualification A total of 20 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Tunisia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams qualified from five separate continental competitions.
Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifierHost Country28 August 2018 Lausanne12018 European Championship7–15 April 2018 Zlín & Púchov62018 NORCECA Championship6–10 June 2018 San José22018 Asian Championship29 June – 6 July 2018 Tabriz42018 African Youth Games19–24 July 2018 Algiers22018 South American Championship24–28 October 2018 Sopó32019 Pan-American Cup for NORCECA24–29 April 2019 Santo Domingo2Total20
1.Teams that made their debut.
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 1 January 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the U19 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U19 World Ranking. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same confederation. The draw was held in Tunis, Tunisia on 27 June 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 17th.
Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (Hosts) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (9) (10) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (21) (26) (31) (35) (72)
Draw Pool APool BPool CPool D
Squads
Venues Pool A, B and Final roundPool C, D and Final round Tunis, Tunisia Radès, TunisiaEl Menzah Sports PalaceSalle Omnisport de RadèsCapacity: 5,500Capacity: 17,000
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 Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
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 rosterDamiano Catania, Leonardo Ferrato, Federico Crosato, Alessandro Michieletto, Piervito Disabato (c), Alberto Pol, Tommaso Stefani, Alessandro Gianotti, Giulio Magalini, Tommaso Rinaldi, Paolo Porro, Nicola CianciottaHead coachVincenzo Fanizza
Awards
Most valuable player Tommaso Rinaldi Best setter Paolo Porro Best outside spikers Tommaso Rinaldi Omar Kurbanov Best middle blockers Nicola Cianciotta Agustin Gallardo Best opposite spiker Roman Murashko Best libero Ilia Fedorov
See also 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
References
External links Official website