2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, which was hosted by Puerto Rico from 11 to 19 September 2015 in the cities of Caguas, Gurabo, Juncos and Maunabo.

2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	11–19 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Dominican Republic (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Brayelin Martínez
Official website
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Dominican Republic defeated Brazil 3-2 in the final to claim their first title.^[1] This marked the first world title for Dominican Republic at any age group. Brayelin Martínez was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[2]

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.^[3]

Method of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	13 May 2015	Lausanne	1	Puerto Rico
2014 NORCECA Junior Championship	8 – 13 July 2014	Guatemala City	1	Cuba
2014 Asian Junior Championship	16 – 24 July 2014	Taipei	2	China
				Japan
2014 South American Junior Championship	29 September – 5 October 2014	Barrancabermeja	2	Brazil
				Peru
2015 African Junior Championship	27 Feb – 2 Mar 2015	Cairo	1	Egypt
European Qualification Tournament Pool H	14 – 16 May 2015	Anapa	1	Russia
European Qualification Tournament Pool G	15 – 17 May 2015	Ruma	1	Serbia
U20 World Ranking	December 2014[4]	Lausanne	7	Turkey
				Italy
				Dominican Republic
				Bulgaria
				Chinese Taipei
				Mexico
				Czech Republic
Total			16

•  United States withdrew from the tournament.^[5]

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Carolina, Puerto Rico on 1 July 2015.^[6] Numbers in brackets denote the World ranking as of December 2014.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Puerto Rico (Hosts)	China (1)	Japan (2)	Brazil (3)
Russia (7)	Serbia (6)	Italy (5)	Turkey (4)
Bulgaria (10)	Peru (9)	Chinese Taipei (12)	Dominican Republic (8)
Cuba (16)	Mexico (13)	Egypt (24)	Czech Republic (14)

Squads

Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship squads

Venues

Pools A, B, D, E, 13th–16th places, 5th–8th places, Semifinals and Finals	Pools A, B, G, 9th–12th places, Seminifinals and Finals	Pools A, D, F and Finals	Pools C, H, 13th–16th places, 9th–12th places and Finals
Maunabo, Puerto Rico	Juncos, Puerto Rico	Gurabo, Puerto Rico	Caguas, Puerto Rico
Maunabo City Coliseum	Rafael G. Amalbert Coliseum	Fernando Hernandez Coliseum	Hector Sola Bezares Coliseum
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 7,500

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

First round

• All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	153	1.471	Pool E or Pool F
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	250	237	1.055
3	Cuba	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	224	265	0.845	Pool G or Pool H
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	225	269	0.836

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Cuba	0–3	Russia	9–25	22–25	17–25			48–75	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	1–3	Bulgaria	25–23	17–25	19–25	21–25		82–98	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Cuba	1–3	Bulgaria	19–25	26–24	19–25	16–25		80–99	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	14–25	17–25	21–25			52–75	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	2–3	Cuba	14–25	20–25	25–20	25–11	7–15	91–96	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	231	194	1.191	Pool E or Pool F
2	Serbia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	237	212	1.118
3	China	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	237	229	1.035	Pool G or Pool H
4	Mexico	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	155	225	0.689

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	China	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–13	25–23			75–54	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–0	Serbia	25–18	25–21	28–26			78–65	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Mexico	0–3	Serbia	19–25	8–25	15–25			42–75	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–0	China	26–24	25–21	27–25			78–70	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	China	2–3	Serbia	20–25	25–14	25–18	17–25	5–15	92–97	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Mexico	0–3	Peru	14–25	22–25	23–25			59–75	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	182	1.357	Pool E or Pool F
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	230	186	1.237
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	213	229	0.930	Pool G or Pool H
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	156	249	0.627

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	Egypt	25–12	25–8	25–10			75–30	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Italy	22–25	12–25	21–25			55–75	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–15	25–15	25–18			75–48	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	25–17	26–24			76–59	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	Egypt	1–3	Chinese Taipei	26–24	17–25	18–25	17–25		78–99	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Japan	1–3	Italy	25–21	21–25	9–25	24–26		79–97	P2 P3

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	196	1.270	Pool E or Pool F
2	Brazil	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	213	174	1.224
3	Turkey	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	205	228	0.899	Pool G or Pool H
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	203	272	0.746

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–11	25–17			75–46	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Dominican Republic	3–0	Turkey	25–20	25–14	25–20			75–54	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Czech Republic	25–20	24–26	25–19	25–14		99–79	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Brazil	3–0	Turkey	25–19	25–17	25–17			75–53	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Czech Republic	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–15		98–78	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Dominican Republic	3–0	Brazil	25–22	25–22	25–19			75–63	P2 P3

Second round

• All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	309	249	1.241	Semifinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	250	236	1.059
3	Serbia	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	262	275	0.953	5th–8th semifinals
4	Russia	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	215	276	0.779

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Russia	1–3	Serbia	25–20	18–25	16–25	18–25		77–95	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Italy	1–3	Brazil	11–25	22–25	27–25	20–25		80–100	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Russia	2–3	Brazil	25–19	8–25	25–21	16–25	7–15	81–105	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	Italy	3–1	Serbia	19–25	25–21	25–20	25–13		94–79	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Russia	0–3	Italy	18–25	24–26	15–25			57–76	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Brazil	3–1	Serbia	25–14	27–25	27–29	25–20		104–88	P2 P3

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	228	159	1.434	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	205	190	1.079
3	Peru	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	198	208	0.952	5th–8th semifinals
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	154	228	0.675

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–15	25–14			75–51	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–21	25–12			75–54	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Bulgaria	25–11	25–17	25–18			75–46	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	Peru	0–3	Japan	20–25	24–26	17–25			61–76	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	25–16	25–12	28–26			78–54	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Peru	0–3	Dominican Republic	14–25	22–25	26–28			62–78	P2 P3

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	254	202	1.257	9th–12th semifinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	269	246	1.093
3	Cuba	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	234	267	0.876	13th–16th semifinals
4	Mexico	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	238	280	0.850

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Mexico	25–13	25–20	25–16			75–49	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Cuba	0–3	Czech Republic	29–31	13–25	22–25			64–81	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Czech Republic	25–23	15–25	24–26	25–13	15–9	104–96	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	Cuba	3–2	Mexico	20–25	25–23	26–24	27–29	15–10	113–111	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–22	25–16			75–57	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Czech Republic	3–1	Mexico	25–18	17–25	25–20	25–15		92–78	P2 P3

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	298	271	1.100	9th–12th semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	238	198	1.202
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	3	5	8	0.625	261	277	0.942	13th–16th semifinals
4	Egypt	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	227	277	0.819

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	China	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–2	Puerto Rico	22–25	25–18	23–25	25–18	15–12	110–98	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Egypt	25–16	25–23	18–25	25–21		93–85	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–20	25–14			75–54	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	China	1–3	Turkey	25–16	20–25	20–25	23–25		88–95	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	3–2	Egypt	25–16	25–10	18–25	23–25	18–16	109–92	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Classification 13th–16th

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	18 Sept
	Cuba	3
					19 Sept
	Egypt	0
					Cuba	3
	18 Sept
					Puerto Rico	2
	Puerto Rico	3
	Mexico	1
					15th place match
					19 Sept
					Egypt	1
					Mexico	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:00	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	25–23	25–18	25–17			75–58	P2 P3
18 Sep	17:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	Mexico	25–22	25–16	17–25	25–19		92–85	P2 P3

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	14:00	Egypt	1–3	Mexico	20–25	25–18	21–25	18–25		84–93	P2 P3

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16:30	Cuba	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–18	22–25	25–23	20–25	15–7	107–98	P2 P3

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	18 Sept
	Chinese Taipei	0
					19 Sept
	China	3
					China	3
	18 Sept
					Turkey	1
	Turkey	3
	Czech Republic	0
					11th place match
					19 Sept
					Chinese Taipei	3
					Czech Republic	1

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	12–25	21–25	11–25			44–75	P2 P3
18 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–0	Czech Republic	25–9	25–19	25–13			75–41	P2 P3

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Czech Republic	26–24	25–15	22–25	25–19		98–83	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	20:00	China	3–1	Turkey	25–20	17–25	25–19	26–24		93–88	P2 P3

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	18 Sept
	Serbia	3
					19 Sept
	Bulgaria	0
					Serbia	3
	18 Sept
					Peru	1
	Peru	3
	Russia	1
					7th place match
					19 Sept
					Bulgaria	2
					Russia	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–20	29–27			79–70	P2 P3
18 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–1	Russia	12–25	25–21	25–16	25–22		87–84	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	14:00	Bulgaria	2–3	Russia	22–25	25–23	26–24	18–25	9–15	100–112	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16:30	Serbia	3–1	Peru	18–25	26–24	25–23	25–23		94–95	P2 P3

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	18 Sept
	Brazil	3
					19 Sept
	Japan	0
					Brazil	2
	18 Sept
					Dominican Republic	3
	Dominican Republic	3
	Italy	2
					3rd place match
					19 Sept
					Japan	0
					Italy	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	19:30	Dominican Republic	3–2	Italy	25–20	19–25	25–22	24–26	15–7	108–100	P2 P3
18 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–15	25–21			75–54	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Japan	0–3	Italy	26–28	22–25	19–25			67–78	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	20:00	Brazil	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–17	21–25	17–25	26–24	14–16	103–107	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Dominican Republic  Brazil  Italy 4  Japan 5  Serbia 6  Peru 7  Russia 8  Bulgaria 9  China 10  Turkey 11  Chinese Taipei 12  Czech Republic 13  Cuba 14  Puerto Rico 15  Mexico 16  Egypt

2015 Women's U20 World champions  Dominican Republic 1st title 12–woman roster Jineiry Martínez, Gaila González, Vielka Peralta, María García, Natalia Martínez, Angelica Hinojosa, Ayleen Rivero, Massiel Matos, Yokaty Pérez, Larysmer Martínez, Lisbeth Rosario, Brayelin Martínez (c) Head coach Wagner Pacheco

Awards

• Most valuable player
  •  Brayelin Martínez (DOM)
• Best setter
  •  Misaki Shirai (JPN)
• Best outside spikers
  •  Brayelin Martínez (DOM)
  •  Bojana Milenković (SRB)
• Best middle blockers
  •  Maja Aleksić (SRB)
  •  Anna Danesi (ITA)
• Best Opposite
  •  Lorenne Teixeira (BRA)
• Best libero
  •  Zhana Todorova (BUL)

See also

• 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship