The FIVB Youth and Junior World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's age-group (U- categories) national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their ranking in each FIVB appointed international tournaments, like the previous senior world ranking system. The rankings are used in international competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. Specific procedures for seeding and pooling are established by the FIVB in each competition's formula, but the method usually employed is the serpentine system.
The FIVB Youth and Junior World Rankings are composed of: FIVB Youth World Rankings for boy's under-19 and women's under-18 FIVB Junior World Rankings for men's under-21 and women's under-20 while FIVB under-23 World Rankings are dissolved.
Calculation method The system of point attribution for the selected FIVB World and Official Competitions below is as follows: World Championship final and qualifying tournaments: included for 2 years and points are also granted for the qualification matches, to the best non-qualified teams. Continental Championship final and qualifying tournaments: included for 2 years and points are also granted for the qualification matches, to the best non-qualified teams.
Points for final qualifiers Place WJCH WYCH CCH 1100 100 30 290 90 26 380 80 22 470 70 18 560 60 14 650 50 10 740 40 5 830 30 5 925 25 3 1020 20 3 1118 18 3 1215 15 3 1313 13 2 1412 12 2 1511 11 2 1610 10 2 17 8 18 7 19 6 20 5 QT 2 D2 2
Examples These are example how world ranking works. TeamRoundEJCH 2018 WJCH 2019 TotalRank Point Rank Point Final 1 30 2 90 120 Qualification Q 0 colspan=2 0 Total 1 30 2 90 130 Final 6 10 DNQ 0 10 Qualification Q 0 colspan=2 0 Total 6 10 DNQ 0 10 Final DNQ 0 DNQ 0 0 Qualification R3-3 2 colspan=2 2 Total 1 2 DNQ 0 2
FIVB Junior World Rankings Top 20 rankings As of 12 September 2025 Men's U21 Rank Change* Team Points 1 130 2 7 110 3 104 4 6 92 5 8 90 6 55 7 5 46 8 12 43 9 6 41 10 5 40 10 2 40 10 8 40 10 56 40 14 7 39 15 7 36 15 36 17 13 33 18 32 19 47 30 20 28 20 28 As of 20 August 2025 Women's U21 Rank Change* Team Points 1 1 126 2 2 116 3 100 4 3 90 5 23 80 6 6 68 7 66 8 3 60 9 3 55 10 40 11 4 37 12 1 36 13 4 35 14 11 34 15 1 33 16 3 32 16 1 32 16 1 32 19 2 28 20 11 24 20 5 24 *Change: Men's versus September 2024 *Change: Women's versus August 2024
FIVB Youth World Rankings Top 20 rankings As of 8 August 2025 Boys' U19RankChange*TeamPoints 1 130 2 17 112 3 19 98 4 2 96 5 86 6 8 55 7 19 54 8 d 53 9 46 10 45 11 8 41 12 7 35 13 1 34 13 3 34 15 11 30 15 7 30 17 4 29 18 11 28 18 7 28 18 6 28As of 15 July 2025 Girls' U19RankChange*TeamPoints 1 7 130 2 1 120 3 10 98 4 2 82 5 5 80 6 2 73 7 4 66 8 3 60 9 46 10 10 40 11 7 38 12 3 34 13 1 33 13 6 33 15 9 31 16 5 30 17 10 28 18 6 27 19 3 26 20 24 20 2 24 *Change: Men's versus August 2024 *Change: Women's versus July 2024
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