The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship will be the twentieth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 20 of the members of the (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Mexico from 12 to 21 July 2019. Mexico played hosts for this event for the fourth time.
The finals involved 16 teams, of which 15 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 16 teams, 15 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2017, while Rwanda made its first appearances at an FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.
China is the defending champions, having won their third title in Mexico.
Qualification A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Mexico, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 10 teams qualified via six separate continental tournaments while the remaining 5 teams qualified via the FIVB Junior World Ranking.
Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies QualifierHost country Lausanne 1 2018 Asian Championship 10–17 June 2018 Bắc Ninh and Từ Sơn 2 2018 NORCECA Championship 16–24 June 2018 Aguascalientes City 1 2018 African Championship 26 August – 2 September 2018 Nairobi 2 2018 European Championship 1–9 September 2018 Tirana and Durrës 2 2018 South American Championship 17–21 October 2018 Lima 2 2019 Pan-American Cup 13–18 May 2019 1 FIVB Junior World RankingAs per 1 January 2019 Lausanne 5 Total 16
Pools composition
First round The draw was held in León, Mexico on 18 June 2019. Mexico as a host country team were seeded in the top position of pool A. The top seven teams from World ranking as per January 2019 were seed in serpentine system in first two rows. The eight remaining teams were drawn in next two rows. Numbers in brackets denote the World ranking.
Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2 (Host) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (13) (13) (16) (17) Draw Pool APool BPool CPool D
Second round Pool 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%
Venues
LeónAguascalientes CityDomo de la FeriaHermanos Carreon StadiumCapacity: 5000Capacity: 3000No Image
Referees There were sixteen referees from 5 continental confederations in this tournament.
AVC (1) Irina Kabulbekova
CAVB (2) Marthe Clémence Eyike Abderrazek Hariz
CEV (4) Sinisa Isajlovic Sabine Witte Roy Goren Sanja Miklosic
CSV (4) Ângela Grass Misael Galindo Reyez Rocio Aida Huarcaya Lopez José Blanco Gonto
NORCECA (5) Andrew Robb Lourdes Perez Perez Nestor Bienvenido Mateo Perez
Pablo Mendoza Sanchez
Squads
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 Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round All times are Central Daylight Time Zone (UTC−05:00).
Classification 13th–16th
13th–16th semifinals
15th-place match
13th-place match
Classification 9th–12th
9th–12th semifinals
11th-place match
9th-place match
Classification 5th–8th
5th–8th semifinals
7th-place match
5th-place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd-place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516
12–man rosterMiyu Nakagawa, Nichika Yamada, Mayu Ishikawa (c), Shion Hirayama, Yuki Nishikawa, Haruna Soga, Ameze Miyabe, Ayaka Araki, Minami Nishimura, Rena Mizusugi, Kanon Sonoda, Tsukasa NakagawaHead coachAihara Noboru
Awards
Most valuable player Mayu Ishikawa Best setter Tsukasa Nakagawa Best outside spikers Haruna Soga Mayu Ishikawa Best middle blockers Yulia Brovkina Merve Atlıer Best opposite spiker Terry Enweonwu Best libero Ni Feifan
See also 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
References
External links Official website