The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship was the 19th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball championship contested by the women's national teams under the age of 19 of the members associations of the (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It was held in Croatia and Serbia from 2 to 13 July 2025.
Originally planned to be held from 7 to 20 July 2024, the tournament dates were moved up by one week at the hosts' request.
Starting with this edition, the tournament was officially expanded from 20 to 24 teams (although the 2023 edition had already been played with 24 teams), following the decision adopted by FIVB in June 2023.
Host selection On 28 March 2024, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting one of the four Age Group World Championships in 2025 (i.e., U19 Boys' and Girls' World Championships and U21 Men's and Women's World Championships). The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 30 April 2024, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).
FIVB announced the hosts for its four Age Group World Championship on 10 September 2024, with the joint bid of Croatia and Serbia being selected to host the 2023 Girls' U19 World Championship. This will be the second time that the FIVB Girls' U19 World Championship is shared by two countries after the previous edition also organized by Croatia, which repeats as host for the third time and Hungary.But this time the event is shared with Serbia.
Qualification A total of 24 national teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to the defending champions and the two hosts which qualified automatically, 18 other teams qualified through five separate continental competitions which had to be completed by 31 December 2024 at the latest. Three remaining teams entered the tournament via the Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking (as of 24 September 2024) among the teams not yet qualified.
The original slot allocation was set as follows: Defending champion (United States): 1 Hosts (Croatia and Serbia): 2 AVC (Asia & Oceania): 4 CAVB (Africa): 3 CEV (Europe): 6 CSV (South America): 3 NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 4 Top teams not yet qualified as per Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking: 1
However, the African Volleyball Confederation saw its quota reduced from 3 to 1 since its qualifying tournament featured only two teams, thus failing to meet the required minimum of four participating teams. Those two remaining places were added to the quota of teams that entered the competition through the Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking (making a total of 3 slots for this via): Turkey (ranked 4), Egypt (ranked 11) and Chile (ranked 20).
Qualified teams The following twenty-four teams qualified for the tournament.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeam qualifiedAppearancesPrevious best performanceFirstLastAVC2024 Asian Women's U18 Championship16th19892023 (1995, 1999)7th19992015 (2001)14th19952023 (2001, 2003, 2007, 2013)11th19972023 (1997)CAVB2024 Girls' U18 African Nations Championship5th20052013 (2005)Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking11th19932023 (1993, 2005)CEV2024 Women's U18 European Championship16th19952023 (2015, 2017)4th20072015 (2009)12th19912023 (2001)6th19892023 (1989)7th20072023 (2011)2nd (2001)Host nations6th19992023 (2003, 2023)a10th20032023 (2009)Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking12th19932023 (2011)CSV2024 Girls' U19 South American Championship14th19892023 (1991, 2017)19th (all)19892023 (1997, 2005, 2009)11th19892023 (1993, 2013)Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking2nd (2023)NORCECADefending champions14th19892023 (2019, 2023)2024 Girls' U19 NORCECA Continental Championship12th19932023 (1993, 2009)9th19912023 (1991)5th19892023 (1989)10th19972023 (2017)
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Pools composition The draw was held on 4 December 2024, 13:00 UTC±0, at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 24 participating teams were split into four pools of six. The hosts Croatia and Serbia, defending champions United States and the top five teams of the Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking ( were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system. FIVB reserved the right to seed the host teams as heads of pools A and B regardless of their position in the World Ranking (with the highest ranked team as head of Pool A and next ranked team as head of Pool B). The remaining 16 non-seeded teams were allocated into four pots according to their position in the same Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking, in order to be drawn to complete the following four positions in each pool.
Seeding Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking of each team are shown in brackets, except the hosts Croatia and Serbia who ranked 7th and 26th, respectively.
Seeded teamsUnseeded teams to be drawnLine 1Line 2Pot 1 (line 3)Pot 2 (line 4)Pot 3 (line 5)Pot 4 (line 6)
Draw The draw procedure for the pools composition also followed the serpentine system and was as follows: Teams from pot 4 were drawn first and were placed in line 6 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A. Teams from pot 3 were then drawn and placed in line 5 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D. Teams from pot 2 were then drawn and placed in line 4 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A. Teams from pot 1 were drawn at the end and were placed in line 3 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D.
The pools composition after the draw was as follow: + Pool ATeamA1A2A3A4A5A6+ Pool BTeamB1B2B3B4B5B6+ Pool CTeamC1C2C3C4C5C6+ Pool DTeamD1D2D3D4D5D6
Venues OsijekGradski vrt Hall Capacity: 3,538 (Central Court)1,770 (Small Hall) On 11 October 2024, FIVB confirmed Osijek in Croacia and Belgrade in Serbia as the host cities. Subsequently, Belgrade was replaced by Vrnjačka Banja and Trstenik as the Serbian host cities, at request of the Volleyball Federation of Serbia. Osijek, Croatia will host Pool A and C at the Gradski vrt Hall. On the other hand, Serbia will host Pool B and D, with Pool B competing at the Sports Hall "Vlade Divac" (also known as Sports Hall "Vrnjačka Banja") in Vrnjačka Banja and Pool D taking place at the Sports Hall "Trstenik" in Trstenik.
The Gradski vrt Hall is a multi-purpose indoor arena comprising 7 main halls. Matches will be played in the two halls with spectator seats, called Hall A and B (referred to as Central Court and Small Hall by the FIVB).
Vrnjačka BanjaTrstenikSports Hall "Vlade Divac"Sports Hall "Trstenik" Capacity: 1,300 Capacity: 750
Competition format and changes Although the previous edition of the tournament had already been played with 24 teams, the increase became official in June 2023 after the FIVB Board of Administration approved the proposal of its Volleyball Council to have 24 teams participating in all its Age Group World Championships (U19 and U21 in both genders). This increased one more place for the African Volleyball Confederation in addition to securing an automatic place for the defending champion and allocating two places for teams that qualify based on the corresponding FIVB Age Group World Ranking.
The competition format remained the same as the one adopted in the previous edition, with the 24 teams being split into four single round-robin pools of six. The top four teams from each pool advances to the round of 16, while the ramaining two continue their participation in the playoffs for places from 17th to 24th. The round of 16 winners advances to the quarter-finals, while the losers continue their participation in the playoffs for places from 9th to 16th. Finally, the 24 teams go through another three rounds: quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals for each team's final placement level (17th–24th, 9th–16th and 1st–8th).
Pool standing procedure The ranking of teams in the preliminary round was established according the following criteria:
Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost); Match points; Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser Sets ratio; Points ratio; If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
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 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Preliminary round All match times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool A Venue: Gradski vrt Hall–Central Court.
Pool B Venue: Sports Hall "Vlade Divac".
Pool C Venue: Gradski vrt Hall–Small Court.
Pool D Venue: Sports Hall "Trstenik".
Final round All match times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
17th–24th places Venues: GSH–Gradski vrt Small Hall, TRS–Sports Hall "Trstenik".
17th–24th quarterfinals
21st–24th semifinals
17th–20th semifinals
23rd place match
21st place match
19th place match
17th place match
1st–16th places Venues: GCC–Gradski vrt Central Court, GSH–Gradski vrt Small Hall, VLA–Sports Hall "Vlade Divac", TRS–Sports Hall "Trstenik".
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
RankTeam456789101112131415161718192021222324 Qualified for the 2027 World Championship
12–girl rosterSimona Ivanova, Viktoria Ninova (c), Nicol Okoro, Alexandra Kitipova, Edna Todorova, Dimana Ivanova, Stefani Dyankova, Kalina Veneva, Viara Parapunova, Elisaveta Sarieva, Denitsa Angelova, Darina NanevaHead coachAtanas Petrov
Awards The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.
Most valuable player Dimana Ivanova Best setter Dimana Ivanova Best outside spikers Kalina Veneva Suliane Davis Best middle blockers Denitsa Angelova Maja Koput Best opposite spiker Henley Anderson Best libero Viktoria Ninova
Statistics leaders The statistics of leaders for each skill are recorded throughout the tournament.
Best ScorersRankPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Rion Chuganji16118111902 Asja Zolota12920111603 Luize Tavares1192571514 Mila Vlahović10715161385 Kalina Veneva1151111137
Best AttackersRankPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Rion Chuganji1616216541.493882 Asja Zolota1297116635.253663 Luize Tavares1194217235.743334 Kalina Veneva1154015237.463075 Xu Zhen-xuan1114712938.68287
Best BlockersRankPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Alessandra Talarico4051564.441472 Begüm Kaçmaz3332483.671133 Klara Vasilj3238283.56984 Denitsa Angelova3028433.33101 Maja Koput3051393.33120
Best ServersRankPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Denitsa Angelova1723761.891162 Yuzuki Baba16181051.78139 Mila Vlahović1623581.7897 Suliane Davis1617871.781205 Darina Naneva1521941.67130 Maša Vrcelj15201091.88144 Elena Martić1518811.67114 Zhai Yurui1521911.67127
Best SettersRankPlayerFaults1 Chang Ting-wei297245733.007562 Asia Spaziano254259628.22852 Dimana Ivanova240768826.679354 Remy Catojo2331448329.127305 Genevieve Harris206461122.89821
Best DiggersRankPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Carla Stošić160254417.782292 Jaidee Sirikarnda157554617.442583 Viktoria Ninova138343215.332044 Nanami Tokumoto132314014.672035 Duru Zambak129434414.33216
Best ReceiversRankPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Jaidee Sirikarnda611917723.742572 Chen Pin-yu581310133.721723 Julieta Ruelli561215625.00224 Sun Yu-hsin56149833.331685 Chen Yi551110731.79173
See also 2025 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
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