The 2024 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball championship contested by the women's national teams under the age of 17 of the members associations of the (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament took place in Lima, Peru from 17 to 24 August 2024.
The FIVB U17 World Championship for both genders was proposed by the FIVB Volleyball Council and unanimously approved by the FIVB Board of Administration during its meeting held in March 2022.
With a victorious streak of seven wins in seven matches and only one set lost, China clinched the first FIVB Girls' U17 World Championship title with a 3–0 win over Japan in the final. Italy completed the podium after defeating Chinese Taipei 3–1 in the third place match.
Host selection On 8 November 2023, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting the Girls' and Boys' U17 World Championships planned to take place between 1 and 31 August 2024. The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB no later than 18:00 CET (UTC+1) on 8 December 2023.
FIVB announced the hosts for both Girls' and Boys' U17 World Championships on 28 February 2024, with Peru being selected to host the inaugural edition of the Girls' U17 World Championship. Peru had previously hosted three FIVB Age Group World Championships: the Girls' U18 World Championship in 2015 and the Women's U20 World Championship in 1989 and 2011.
Venues San BorjaColiseo Eduardo Dibós Capacity: 4,600Villa El Salvador Capacity: 5.034 On 5 April 2024, Peruvian Volleyball Federation President Gino Vegas confirmed Lima as the host city, with Coliseo Eduardo Dibós, in San Borja District, and , in Villa El Salvador district, as venues of the competition.
Qualification The qualification process was announced on 28 March 2023 with a total of 16 national teams to qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Peru who qualified automatically as the host, 15 other teams qualified through five separate continental championships which were required to be held by 31 December 2023 at the latest.
The originally slot allocation was set as follows: AVC (Asia & Oceania): 3 CAVB (Africa): 3 CEV (Europe): 3 CSV (South America): 3 NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 3 Host: 1
However, the African Volleyball Confederation saw its quota reduced from 3 to 1 because its qualifying tournament only fielded three teams, instead of the minimum 4 teams required. FIVB decided to award these two places to the best fourth-place national teams from the remaining continental qualifiers, based on the Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking: Thailand (ranked 5) and Dominican Republic (ranked 13).
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeam qualifiedAVC2023 Asian Women's U16 Volleyball ChampionshipGirls' U19 FIVB World RankingCAVB2023 U17 Girls' African Nations Volleyball ChampionshipCEV2023 Women's U17 European Volleyball ChampionshipCSV2023 Girls' U17 South American Volleyball ChampionshipHost nationNORCECA2023 Girls' U17 NORCECA Volleyball ChampionshipGirls' U19 FIVB World Ranking
Pools composition The draw for the pools composition was held on 1 May 2024, 14:30 (UTC±0), at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 16 teams were split into four pools of six. The hosts Peru and the top three teams of the Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking in force at that time were seeded in the first positions of each pool in alphabetical order from pool A to pool D. FIVB reserved the right to seed the host team as head of pool A regardless of their position in the World Ranking. The remaining 16 teams were divided into three pots of four, according to their position in the same Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking, in order to be drawn to complete the following three positions in each pool.
Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking of each team () are shown in brackets, except the hosts Peru who ranked 22nd.
Seeded teamsTeams to be drawnLine 1Pot 1 (line 2)Pot 2 (line 3)Pot 3 (line 4) The draw procedure followed the serpentine system and was as follows: Teams from pot 3 were drawn first and were placed in line 4 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A. Teams from pot 2 were then drawn and placed in line 3 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D. Teams from pot 1 were drawn at the end and were placed in line 2 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
The pools composition after the draw was as follow: + Pool ATeamA1A2A3A4+ Pool BTeamB1B2B3B4+ Pool CTeamC1C2C3C4+ Pool DTeamD1D2D3D4
Squads Each national team had to register a long-list roster with up to 25 players, which eventually had to be reduced to a final list of 12 players. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Preliminary round Groups A and C took place at Coliseo Eduardo Dibós, while Groups B and D took place at Polideportivo Villa El Salvador. All match times are local times, PET (UTC−5), as listed by FIVB.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round
Main path bracket
Round of 16 Winners advanced to the quarter-finals to compete for the 1st to 8th places. Losers competed for the 9th to 16th places.
Venues: CED–Coliseo Eduardo Dibós, POL–Polideportivo Villa El Salvador.
9th–16th places The 9th to 16th places will take place at Polideportivo Villa El Salvador.
9th–16th quarter-finals
13th–16th semi-finals
9th–12th semi-finals
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
Final eight The 1st to 8th places will take place at Coliseo Eduardo Dibós.
Quarter-finals
5th–8th semi-finals
Semi-finals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Statistics
Final standing
RankTeam 4 5678910111213141516
12–girl roster1 Chen Xiaohui, 2 Guo Zhongnan, 3 Si Jingyu, 4 Sun Hongyun, 7 Zhang Zixuan, 9 Jia Jingya, 10 Huang Yuexin, 11 Li Mingjing (L), 12 Yang Shuming (c), 13 Wang Yibo, 14 Feng Linlin, 16 Chang ZixinHead coach: Yong Zhao
Individual awards The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.
Most valuable player (MVP)
Best setter
Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best libero
Statistics leaders
Best scorersRankPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Justina Fortes116541252 Decelise Champion9511111173 Hikari Kudo105281154 Ariana Vásquez913161105 Huang Yuexin89910108
Best attackersRankPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Justina Fortes1164714437.793072 Hikari Kudo1052412541.342543 Decelise Champion952810940.952324 Ariana Vásquez914015631.71287 Chen Yi91549038.72235
Best blockersRankPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Alessia Manda2812264.00662 Heloísa Andrade217133.00413 Ezel Balık2027242.8671 Caroline Rodríguez2021362.86775 Sara Lulić1824122.5754
Best serversRankPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Ana Stojanovic1719552.43912 Panthita Khongnok165902.29111 Ariana Vásquez1641002.291204 Sun Hongyun1511702.14965 Franka Golemac148632.0085 Aileen Mcallister1411672.0092
Best settersRankPlayerFaults1 Chang Ting-wei192845727.436572 Panthita Khongnok153141321.86567 Zhang Zixuan153230721.864624 Haruka Toki149451821.296715 Elif İlhan1101146615.71587
Best diggersRankPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Liana Torres159375322.712492 Dibanhi Barrera141254320.142093 Kokoro Semba113236316.141994 Maili Barroso111223515.861685 Zeynep Nur Altıntaş107245115.29182
Best receiversRankPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Dibanhi Barrera65108041.941552 Chen Yi5678837.091513 Eugenia Martínez541715024.432214 Chen Pin-yu53135045.691165 Liana Torres501413824.75202
See also 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship
References
External links
Tournament results at FIVB Live Center