The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the twentieth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Riffa, Bahrain from 18 to 27 July 2019. 16 teams from the 5 confederations competed in the tournament.
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999.
Iran won its first title in the competition, defeating Italy in the final. Brazil defeated Russia for the bronze medal. Amirhossein Esfandiar from Iran was elected the MVP.
Qualification A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Bahrain, who qualified automatically as hosts, another 10 teams qualified via six separate continental tournaments while the remaining 5 teams qualified via the FIVB U21 World Ranking.
Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifierHost country28 August 2018 Lausanne12018 European Championship14–22 July 2018 Kortrijk, The Hague & Ede22018 Asian Championship21–28 July 2018 Riffa22018 NORCECA Championship27 August – 1 September 2018 Havana12018 African Championship12–19 September 2018 Abuja22018 South American Championship23–27 October 2018 Bariloche22019 Pan-American Cup5–11 May 2019 Lima1World RankingJanuary 2019 Lausanne5Total16
Pools composition
First round Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of January 2019. 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 Manama, Bahrain on 3 June 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 42nd.
Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2 (Hosts) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (12) (15) (77)
Draw Pool APool BPool CPool D
Second round Final eight9th–16th placesPool EPool FPool GPool Hwidth=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3%
Squads
Venues Isa Sports City Hall C, Riffa, Bahrain – Pool A, C, E, F, 5th–8th places and Final four Isa Sports City Hall B, Riffa, Bahrain – Pool B, D, G, H, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places
Referees There were sixteen referees from 5 continental confederations in this tournament.
AVC (5) Toan Phong Nguyen
Tatsuhiro Sawa Bae Sun-ok Jirasak Pumduang
CAVB (2) Redha Bouzidi Edgar Serole
CEV (2) Aleksandar Vinaliev Nicholas Heckford Igor Porvaznik
CSV (2) José Luis Barrios Paulo Luis Beal
NORCECA (3) Lanza Miller Daniel Gonzalez Miguel A. Figueroa Medina
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
First round All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
13th–16th places
13th–16th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
9th–12th places
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516
12–man rosterJelveh, Hazratpour, Toukhteh, Falahat, Daneshdoust, Feyz, Saadat, Esfandiar (c), Kamalabadi, Saberi, Yali, SharifiHead coachAtaei
Awards
Most valuable player Amirhossein Esfandiar Best setter Lorenzo Sperotto Best outside spikers Daniele Lavia Morteza Sharifi Best middle blockers Lorenzo Cortesia Guilherme Voss Santos Best opposite spiker Maksim Sapozhkov Best libero Mohammad Reza Hazratpour
See also 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
References
External links Official website Final Standing Statistics