The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the 19th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball championship contested by the men'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 Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 24 July to 3 August 2025.
Starting with this edition, the tournament was expanded from 20 to 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 Uzbekistan being selected to host the 2025 Boys' U19 World Championship. This will be the first time that Uzbekistan will host an FIVB volleyball event in any category.
Qualification A total of 24 national teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to the host Uzbekistan and defending champions France which qualified automatically, 20 other teams qualified through five separate continental competitions which had to be completed by 31 December 2024 at the latest. Two remaining teams entered the tournament via the Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking (as of 24 September 2024) among the teams not yet qualified.
The slot allocation was set as follows: Defending champion (France): 1 Host (Uzbekistan): 1 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 Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking: 2
Qualified teams The following twenty-four teams qualified for the tournament.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeam qualifiedAppearancesPrevious best performanceFirstLastAVCHost nation1DebutNone2024 Asian Men's U18 Championship819992017 (2007, 2013)1519892023 (2007, 2017)1DebutNone1319892023 (1993)Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking1319892023 (1991, 1993, 2023)CAVB2024 Boys' U18 African Nations Championship1219952019 (2009)1519932023 (2001, 2019)619912013 (1991)CEVDefending champions1519892023 (2023)2024 Boys' U18 European Championship1219952023 (1997, 2019)1319932021 (2015, 2021)419852011 (2011)319932013 (1993)620072023 (2007, 2023)519932017 (1993, 2015)Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking919892023 (2021)CSV2024 Boys' U19 South American Championship1419892023 (2015)1919892023 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003)420192023 (2023)NORCECA2024 Boys' U19 NORCECA Continental Championship1019952023 (2023)1119912021 (2011)1119892023 (1995)2 (2005)
Pools composition The draw was held on 4 December 2024, 13:30 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 Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking of each team are shown in brackets, except the hosts Uzbekistan who ranked 58th.
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 On 11 October 2024, FIVB confirmed Tashkent as the host city. The competition is entirely played at the Saxovat Sport Servis sport complex located in the Yunusabad district.
Competition format and changes In June 2023 during a three-day meeting in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the FIVB Board of Administration approved the proposal made by its Volleyball Council to increase the number of participating teams to 24 in its Age Group World Championships (U19 and U21 in both genders). Consequently, the distribution of quotas by confederation for the Boys' U19 World Championship was modified regarding previous editions, ensuring one automatic quota for the defending champion and assigning two quotas based on the corresponding FIVB Age Group World Ranking.
The new competition format is in line with the one adopted for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship. The 24 teams were split into four single round-robin pools of six with the top four teams from each pool advancing to the round of 16, while the ramaining two teams continuing 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 times are Uzbekistan Time (UTC+05:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round All times are Uzbekistan Time (UTC+05:00).
17th–24th places
17th–24th quarterfinals
21st–24th semifinals
17th–20th semifinals
23rd place match
21st place match
19th place match
17th place match
1st–16th places
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
14–boy rosterPierre Delaporte, Théo Martzluff, Ino Dukic, Thomas Schmitz-Straumann, Guillaume Respaut, Andrej Jokanovic, Viden Natzev, William Laplace, Sadjhy Crane, Adelin Nowaczyk, Daniel Iyegbekedo, Noa Duflos Rossi (c)Head coachJean-Manuel Leprovost
Awards The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.
Most valuable player Andrej Jokanovic Best setter Maciej Drąg Best outside spikers Andrej Jokanovic Noa Duflos Rossi Best middle blockers Tymoteusz Lenik Daniel Iyegbekedo Best opposite spiker César Irache Best libero Guillaume Respaut
Statistics leaders The statistics of leaders for each skill are recorded throughout the tournament.
Best ScorersRankPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 César Irache20811112312 Karen Masajedi1847111973 Maksymilian Łysoń1711471914 Grant Lamoureux14915161775 Maicol Ortiz1382211166
Best AttackersRankPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 César Irache2088315746.434482 Karen Masajedi1848612147.063913 Maksymilian Łysoń171546758.562924 Grant Lamoureux1495611346.863185 Guilhem Hubert1426010745.95309
Best BlockersRankPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Muhammad Saud3342483.671232 Mohammad Nima Bateni3148563.441353 Roman Payne2930353.22944 Tymoteusz Lenik2643432.891125 Tuur Vanbroekhoven2435452.67104 Iván Pavón2441382.67103
Best ServersRankPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Bang Kang-ho21241072.331522 Andrej Jokanovic16231171.781563 İsmail Ayrancı1411551.75804 Guilhem Hubert1330951.44138 Grant Lamoureux1343861.44142
Best SettersRankPlayerFaults1 Abu Bakar Siddique295840132.787042 Maciej Drąg293532932.566273 Théo Martzluff272351330.227884 Arshia Saedati266640129.566735 Ernesto Gómez246363327.33882
Best DiggersRankPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Ryota Nakayama116365412.892062 Parker Ocampo99202012.381393 Valentín Yapura98444910.891914 Thomas Neyens8928369.891535 Khizar Hayat8833389.78159 Layton Bluth8824389.78150
Best ReceiversRankPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Mario García711015629.962372 Layton Bluth661313331.132123 Mahdi Sakhavi64613331.532034 Andrej Jokanovic61718624.02218 Bang Kang-ho61914827.98271
See also 2025 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
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