2015 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was held in Resistencia and Corrientes, Argentina from 14 to 23 August 2015.

2015 Boys' U19 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	14–23 August
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament awards
MVP	Bartosz Kwolek
Best Setter	Kamil Droszyński
Best OH	Kaio Ribeiro Jan Martínez Franchi
Best MB	Scott Stadick Ali Asghar Mojarrad
Best OPP	Dmitry Yakovlev
Best Libero	Alexandre Figueiredo
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Qualification

The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships on 14 December 2013.^[1]

Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
2014 NORCECA Youth Championship	12–20 July 2014	Tulsa	3	United States
				Cuba
				Mexico
2014 Asian Youth Championship	5–13 September 2014	Colombo	4	Iran
				Japan
				China
				Chinese Taipei
2014 South American Youth Championship	10–13 September 2014	Paipa	2	Argentina
				Brazil
2015 U19 African Championship	21–24 January 2015	Kelibia	1	Egypt
2015 European Youth Championship	4–12 April 2015	Kocaeli & Sakarya	6	Poland
				Italy
				Turkey
				Germany
				Russia
				Bulgaria
U19 World Ranking	December 2014[2]	Lausanne	3	Chile
				France
				Belgium*
U19 World Ranking for NORCECA	December 2014	Santo Domingo	1	Puerto Rico
Total			20

*  South Korea was the 3rd highest team in the U19 World Ranking which were not yet qualified, but they declined participation.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB U19 World Ranking as of December 2014.^[2] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the U19 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U19 World Ranking.^[3] The draw was held in Resistencia, Argentina on 24 June 2015.^[4] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 5th.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Argentina (Hosts)	China (1)	Iran (2)	Russia (2)
United States (8)	Cuba (7)	Poland (5)	Brazil (4)
France (12)	Mexico (10)	Chile (9)	Japan (10)
Belgium (14)	Egypt (19)	Chinese Taipei (15)	Puerto Rico (15)
Turkey (22)	Italy (37)	Bulgaria (37)	Germany (37)

Squads

Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship squads

Venues

Pool A, B and Final round	Pool C, D and Final round
Resistencia, Argentina	Corrientes, Argentina
Microestadio Raúl Alejo Gronda	Estadio José Jorge Conte
Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 5,000
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Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Preliminary round

• All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	10	12	5	2.400	388	363	1.069	Round of 16
2	Argentina	4	3	1	8	9	7	1.286	373	356	1.048
3	Turkey	4	2	2	7	9	7	1.286	354	345	1.026
4	France	4	1	3	4	6	10	0.600	350	372	0.941
5	Belgium	4	0	4	1	5	12	0.417	369	398	0.927	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	17:30	United States	3–2	Turkey	25–18	18–25	26–24	22–25	15–13	106–105	P2 P3
14 Aug	21:00	France	2–3	Argentina	25–16	23–25	27–25	27–29	12–15	114–110	P2 P3
15 Aug	17:30	France	0–3	Turkey	20–25	22–25	12–25			54–75	P2 P3
15 Aug	21:00	Belgium	2–3	United States	20–25	25–17	18–25	25–21	17–19	105–107	P2 P3
16 Aug	17:30	Belgium	1–3	France	22–25	25–21	22–25	19–25		88–96	P2 P3
16 Aug	21:00	Argentina	3–1	Turkey	22–25	25–18	25–18	25–17		97–78	P2 P3
17 Aug	17:30	United States	3–1	France	26–24	25–21	23–25	25–16		99–86	P2 P3
17 Aug	21:00	Belgium	1–3	Argentina	23–25	20–25	26–24	19–25		88–99	P2 P3
18 Aug	17:30	Belgium	1–3	Turkey	22–25	25–21	23–25	18–25		88–96	P2 P3
18 Aug	21:00	United States	3–0	Argentina	25–20	26–24	25–23			76–67	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	4	3	1	10	11	5	2.200	369	312	1.183	Round of 16
2	China	4	3	1	8	10	5	2.000	349	322	1.084
3	Cuba	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	311	312	0.997
4	Mexico	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	317	329	0.964
5	Egypt	4	0	4	0	1	12	0.083	252	323	0.780	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	09:00	Cuba	0–3	Italy	17–25	17–25	16–25			50–75	P2 P3
14 Aug	11:15	Mexico	3–0	Egypt	25–22	25–20	25–22			75–64	P2 P3
15 Aug	09:00	Mexico	1–3	Italy	17–25	25–21	19–25	18–25		79–96	P2 P3
15 Aug	11:30	China	1–3	Cuba	15–25	22–25	25–18	22–25		84–93	P2 P3
16 Aug	09:00	China	3–0	Mexico	26–24	25–17	25–21			76–62	P2 P3
16 Aug	11:00	Egypt	1–3	Italy	16–25	25–20	12–25	19–25		72–95	P2 P3
17 Aug	09:00	China	3–0	Egypt	26–24	27–25	25–15			78–64	P2 P3
17 Aug	11:00	Cuba	1–3	Mexico	25–27	20–25	26–24	22–25		93–101	P2 P3
18 Aug	09:00	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	25–19	25–20	25–13			75–52	P2 P3
18 Aug	11:00	China	3–2	Italy	26–24	22–25	22–25	25–15	16–14	111–103	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	344	284	1.211	Round of 16
2	Iran	4	3	1	9	10	4	2.500	333	265	1.257
3	Bulgaria	4	2	2	5	8	8	1.000	346	361	0.958
4	Chile	4	1	3	2	3	11	0.273	269	330	0.815
5	Chinese Taipei	4	0	4	2	4	12	0.333	316	368	0.859	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	09:03	Chile	3–2	Chinese Taipei	22–25	25–22	23–25	25–19	16–14	111–105	P2 P3
14 Aug	11:50	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	25–18	23–25	25–23	25–22		98–88	P2 P3
15 Aug	09:00	Chile	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	15–25	22–25			56–75	P2 P3
15 Aug	11:00	Iran	1–3	Poland	25–20	24–26	18–25	15–25		82–96	P2 P3
16 Aug	09:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Bulgaria	25–23	25–16	19–25	26–28	11–15	106–107	P2 P3
16 Aug	11:45	Iran	3–0	Chile	25–11	25–14	25–21			75–46	P2 P3
17 Aug	09:00	Poland	3–0	Chile	25–14	25–19	25–23			75–56	P2 P3
17 Aug	11:10	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–16	25–16			75–47	P2 P3
18 Aug	09:00	Iran	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	25–14	26–28	25–14		101–76	P2 P3
18 Aug	11:35	Poland	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–20	25–17			75–58	P2 P3

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	11	12	3	4.000	352	286	1.231	Round of 16
2	Russia	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	321	275	1.167
3	Germany	4	2	2	6	8	8	1.000	353	357	0.989
4	Japan	4	1	3	3	5	11	0.455	322	352	0.915
5	Puerto Rico	4	0	4	1	2	12	0.167	257	335	0.767	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	17:30	Japan	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–16	23–25	18–25	25–18	15–10	106–94	P2 P3
14 Aug	21:20	Brazil	3–2	Germany	20–25	25–20	20–25	25–20	15–9	105–99	P2 P3
15 Aug	17:31	Japan	2–3	Germany	25–23	24–26	24–26	25–18	9–15	107–108	P2 P3
15 Aug	21:00	Russia	1–3	Brazil	25–22	21–25	19–25	23–25		88–97	P2 P3
16 Aug	17:30	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–16	25–17			75–53	P2 P3
16 Aug	21:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Germany	18–25	27–29	17–25			62–79	P2 P3
17 Aug	17:30	Russia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	25–20	25–23			75–58	P2 P3
17 Aug	21:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–21	25–17			75–56	P2 P3
18 Aug	17:30	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–22	25–14	33–31			83–67	P2 P3
18 Aug	21:00	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–14	25–14	25–15			75–43	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

17th–20th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Belgium	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	259	202	1.282
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	259	275	0.942
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	5	7	6	1.167	280	286	0.979
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	213	248	0.859

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	15:00	JJC	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Puerto Rico	24–26	32–34	25–20	25–17	16–14	122–111	P2 P3
19 Aug	15:00	RAG	Belgium	3–0	Egypt	28–26	25–21	25–19			78–66	P2 P3
21 Aug	11:00	JJC	Egypt	0–3	Puerto Rico	22–25	21–25	15–25			58–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	11:00	RAG	Belgium	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–9	25–22			75–42	P2 P3
22 Aug	11:00	JJC	Puerto Rico	2–3	Belgium	25–21	20–25	25–20	17–25	7–15	94–106	P2 P3
22 Aug	11:00	RAG	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Egypt	19–25	25–17	26–24	25–23		95–89	P2 P3

Final sixteen

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

19 August – Resistencia

Italy

3

21 August – Resistencia

France

2

Italy

2

19 August – Corrientes

Iran

3

Iran

3

22 August – Resistencia

Germany

0

Iran

1

19 August – Resistencia

Poland

3

China

3

21 August – Resistencia

Turkey

0

China

0

19 August – Corrientes

Poland

3

Poland

3

23 August – Resistencia

Japan

1

Poland

3

19 August – Corrientes

Argentina

2

Brazil

3

21 August – Resistencia

Chile

0

Brazil

1

19 August – Resistencia

Argentina

3

Argentina

3

22 August – Resistencia

Cuba

0

Argentina

3

19 August – Corrientes

Russia

2

3rd place match

Russia

3

21 August – Resistencia

23 August – Resistencia

Bulgaria

1

Russia

3

Iran

3

19 August – Resistencia

United States

0

Russia

1

United States

3

Mexico

0

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	22 August – Resistencia
	Italy	3
					23 August – Resistencia
	China	0
					Italy	3
	22 August – Resistencia
					Brazil	0
	Brazil	3
	United States	2
					7th place match
					23 August – Resistencia
					China	0
					United States	3

	9th–16th quarterfinals				9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	21 August – Corrientes
	France	3
					22 August – Corrientes
	Germany	2
					France	2
	21 August – Corrientes
					Turkey	3
	Turkey	3
									23 August – Corrientes
	Japan	1
									Turkey	3
	21 August – Corrientes
									Cuba	0
	Chile	0
					22 August – Corrientes
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	3
	21 August – Corrientes
					Bulgaria	2			11th place match
	Bulgaria	3
									23 August – Corrientes
	Mexico	0
									France	3
									Bulgaria	2

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	22 August – Corrientes
	Germany	3
					23 August – Corrientes
	Japan	0
					Germany	3
	22 August – Corrientes
					Mexico	1
	Chile	2
	Mexico	3
					15th place match
					23 August – Corrientes
					Japan	3
					Chile	0

Round of 16

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	09:00	RAG	Italy	3–2	France	25–15	19–25	21–25	25–21	15–11	105–97	P2 P3
19 Aug	09:00	JJC	Iran	3–0	Germany	25–14	25–18	25–22			75–54	P2 P3
19 Aug	11:00	JJC	Poland	3–1	Japan	20–25	25–15	25–11	25–13		95–64	P2 P3
19 Aug	12:00	RAG	China	3–0	Turkey	25–19	25–22	25–20			75–61	P2 P3
19 Aug	17:30	RAG	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–16	25–22			75–56	P2 P3
19 Aug	18:07	JJC	Brazil	3–0	Chile	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49	P2 P3
19 Aug	20:15	JJC	Russia	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	25–19	23–25	25–17		98–81	P2 P3
19 Aug	21:00	RAG	Argentina	3–0	Cuba	26–24	25–20	25–19			76–63	P2 P3

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	14:30	JJC	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	P2 P3
21 Aug	16:30	JJC	Chile	0–3	Cuba	17–25	14–25	23–25			54–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	19:00	JJC	Turkey	3–1	Japan	25–21	25–22	16–25	25–19		91–87	P2 P3
21 Aug	21:00	JJC	France	3–2	Germany	22–25	25–23	15–25	25–22	15–13	102–108	P2 P3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	14:30	RAG	Russia	3–0	United States	25–22	25–20	25–23			75–65	P2 P3
21 Aug	16:45	RAG	Italy	2–3	Iran	25–17	25–22	20–25	20–25	11–15	101–104	P2 P3
21 Aug	19:45	RAG	China	0–3	Poland	19–25	17–25	22–25			58–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	21:45	RAG	Brazil	1–3	Argentina	24–26	25–21	22–25	20–25		91–97	P2 P3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:30	JJC	Chile	2–3	Mexico	25–23	25–16	23–25	14–25	12–15	99–104	P2 P3
22 Aug	16:30	JJC	Germany	3–0	Japan	25–16	25–21	28–26			78–63	P2 P3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	19:00	JJC	Cuba	3–2	Bulgaria	16–25	21–25	25–20	28–26	15–12	105–108	P2 P3
22 Aug	21:00	JJC	France	2–3	Turkey	16–25	25–21	25–21	22–25	12–15	100–107	P2 P3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:30	RAG	Italy	3–0	China	25–16	25–17	26–24			76–57	P2 P3
22 Aug	19:10	RAG	Brazil	3–2	United States	25–21	22–25	25–22	15–25	15–10	102–103	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	16:30	RAG	Iran	1–3	Poland	25–18	21–25	20–25	22–25		88–93	P2 P3
22 Aug	22:10	RAG	Argentina	3–2	Russia	25–22	20–25	23–25	25–21	15–11	108–104	P2 P3

15th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	10:00	JJC	Japan	3–0	Chile	25–22	25–23	25–19			75–64	P2 P3

13th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	12:30	JJC	Germany	3–1	Mexico	26–28	25–18	25–15	25–20		101–81	P2 P3

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	15:00	JJC	France	3–2	Bulgaria	29–27	23–25	25–20	20–25	15–11	112–108	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	17:45	JJC	Turkey	3–0	Cuba	25–11	35–33	26–24			86–68	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	11:00	RAG	China	0–3	United States	21–25	23–25	15–25			59–75	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	14:30	RAG	Italy	3–0	Brazil	25–20	25–22	25–21			75–63	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	17:00	RAG	Iran	3–1	Russia	25–17	26–28	25–16	25–23		101–84	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	19:30	RAG	Poland	3–2	Argentina	22–25	25–23	28–30	25–18	15–7	115–103	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Poland  Argentina  Iran 4  Russia 5  Italy 6  Brazil 7  United States 8  China 9  Turkey 10  Cuba 11  France 12  Bulgaria 13  Germany 14  Mexico 15  Japan 16  Chile 17  Belgium 18  Chinese Taipei 19  Puerto Rico 20  Egypt

2015 Boys' U19 World champions  Poland 1st title 12–man roster Patryk Niemiec, Bartosz Kwolek, Jakub Kochanowski (c), Łukasz Kozub, Jakub Szymański, Jędrzej Gruszczyński, Jakub Ziobrowski, Damian Domagała, Kamil Droszyński, Dawid Woch, Mateusz Masłowski, Tomasz Fornal Head coach Sebastian Pawlik

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Bartosz Kwolek

• Best setter

  Kamil Droszyński

• Best outside spikers

  Kaio Ribeiro

  Jan Martínez Franchi

• Best middle blockers

  Scott Stadick

  Aliasghar Mojarad

• Best opposite spiker

  Dmitry Yakovlev

• Best libero

  Alexandre Figueiredo

See also

• 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship