2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

2015 Women's U23 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Turkey
Dates12 – 19 August 2015
Teams12
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Juma Silva (BRA)
← 2013
2017 →

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.[1]

Competition formula

The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.

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.[2]

Method of QualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country11 November 2014Switzerland Lausanne1 Turkey
2014 African U23 Championship[3]7 – 9 September 2014Algeria Algiers1 Egypt
2014 U22 South American Championship7 – 13 September 2014Colombia Popayán2 Brazil
 Colombia
U19 European Rankings[4]18 September 2014Luxembourg Luxembourg2 Bulgaria
 Italy
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup5 – 10 October 2014Peru Ica2 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
2015 U23 Asian Championship1 – 9 May 2015Philippines Pasig2 China
 Thailand
U20 World Ranking[5]as of 1 January 2015Switzerland Lausanne2 Japan
 Peru
Total12

Pools composition

The pool composition was drawn by Serpentine system based on U20 World ranking. Number in the bracket denote the World ranking except the host who ranked 4th.

Pool A Pool B
 Turkey (host)  China (1)
 Brazil (3)  Japan (2)
 Italy (5)  Dominican Republic (8)
 Bulgaria (10)  Peru (9)
 Colombia (15)  Cuba (16)
 Egypt (24)  Thailand (18)

Squads

Venues

Pool A Pool B
Turkey Ankara, Turkey
Ankara Arena Başkent Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 10,400 Capacity: 7,600

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

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Turkey 5 5 0 14 15 3 5.000 429 318 1.349 Semifinals
2  Brazil 5 4 1 12 12 4 3.000 373 300 1.243
3  Italy 5 3 2 8 11 8 1.375 432 417 1.036 5th to 8th Classification
4  Bulgaria 5 2 3 7 8 9 0.889 370 378 0.979
5  Colombia 5 1 4 3 3 12 0.250 306 363 0.843
6  Egypt 5 0 5 1 2 15 0.133 276 410 0.673
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Aug14:00Brazil 3–0 Colombia25–1525–1525–18  75–48P2 P3
12 Aug16:30Italy 3–0 Bulgaria25–2325–2025–19  75–62P2 P3
12 Aug19:00Turkey 3–0 Egypt25–1025–1725–13  75–40P2 P3
13 Aug14:00Bulgaria 3–0 Colombia25–2225–1730–28  80–67P2 P3
13 Aug16:30Brazil 3–0 Egypt25–625–1525–11  75–32P2 P3
13 Aug19:00Turkey 3–1 Italy25–1522–2525–1825–22 97–80P2 P3
14 Aug14:00Italy 3–0 Colombia25–1926–2425–21  76–64P2 P3
14 Aug16:30Bulgaria 3–0 Egypt25–1625–1825–15  75–49P2 P3
14 Aug19:00Turkey 3–0 Brazil25–1825–1525–14  75–47P2 P3
15 Aug14:00Colombia 3–0 Egypt25–1425–1926–24  76–57P2 P3
15 Aug16:30Brazil 3–1 Italy30–2816–2525–1925–20 96–92P2 P3
15 Aug19:00Turkey 3–2 Bulgaria25–2025–2223–2519–2515–8107–100P2 P3
17 Aug14:00Italy 3–2 Egypt22–2522–2525–2125–1515–12109–98P2 P3
17 Aug16:30Brazil 3–0 Bulgaria25–1725–830–28  80–53P2 P3
17 Aug19:00Turkey 3–0 Colombia25–2125–1325–17  75–51P2 P3

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Dominican Republic 5 4 1 12 13 4 3.250 405 324 1.250 Semifinals
2  Japan 5 4 1 12 13 4 3.250 404 339 1.192
3  China 5 4 1 12 12 6 2.000 428 354 1.209 5th to 8th Classification
4  Thailand 5 2 3 6 7 10 0.700 380 402 0.945
5  Peru 5 1 4 3 6 12 0.500 372 407 0.914
6  Cuba 5 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 217 380 0.571
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Aug14:00China 3–1 Thailand25–2725–1925–2125–23 100–90P2 P3
12 Aug16:30Dominican Republic 3–1 Peru25–2125–1723–2525–17 98–80P2 P3
12 Aug19:00Japan 3–0 Cuba25–1625–1025–20  75–46P2 P3
13 Aug14:00Peru 1–3 Thailand25–2117–2522–2521–25 85–96P2 P3
13 Aug16:30Dominican Republic 3–0 Cuba25–1925–1325–9  75–41P2 P3
13 Aug19:00China 3–1 Japan23–2525–1625–2227–25 100–88P2 P3
14 Aug14:00Japan 3–0 Thailand25–2025–2325–15  75–58P2 P3
14 Aug16:30Peru 3–0 Cuba25–925–1025–22  75–41P2 P3
14 Aug19:00China 0–3 Dominican Republic19–2519–2518–25  56–75P2 P3
15 Aug14:00Cuba 0–3 Thailand17–2528–3022–25  67–80P2 P3
15 Aug16:30China 3–1 Peru22–2525–2025–1825–16 97–79P2 P3
15 Aug19:00Japan 3–1 Dominican Republic25–2025–1816–2525–19 91–82P2 P3
17 Aug14:00Dominican Republic 3–0 Thailand25–2225–2125–13  75–56P2 P3
17 Aug16:30Japan 3–0 Peru25–1825–2025–15  75–53P2 P3
17 Aug19:00China 3–0 Cuba25–625–825–8  75–22P2 P3

Final round

5th–8th places

 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
 Italy3
 
19 August
 
 Thailand0
 
 Italy0
 
18 August
 
 China3
 
 China3
 
 
 Bulgaria1
 
7th place
 
 
19 August
 
 
 Thailand2
 
 
 Bulgaria3

Classification 5th and 8th

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug11:00Italy 3–0 Thailand25–2327–2528–26  80–74P2 P3
18 Aug13:30China 3–1 Bulgaria22–2525–2125–2025–19 97–85P2 P3

Classification 7th

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Aug11:00Thailand 2–3 Bulgaria21–2525–2125–1712–258–1591–103P2 P3

Classification 5th

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Aug13:30Italy 0–3 China21–2520–2525–27  66–77P2 P3

Championship round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
 Turkey3
 
19 August
 
 Japan1
 
 Turkey1
 
18 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Dominican Republic 2
 
 
 Brazil3
 
Third place
 
 
19 August
 
 
 Japan2
 
 
 Dominican Republic 3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug16:00Dominican Republic 2–3 Brazil25–1921–2525–1522–259–15102–99P2 P3
18 Aug18:30Turkey 3–1 Japan25–2025–1224–2625–22 99–80P2 P3

Bronze medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Aug16:00Japan 2–3 Dominican Republic25–2125–1721–2516–2511–1598–103P2 P3

Gold medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Aug18:30Turkey 1–3 Brazil21–2525–2119–2522–25 87–96P2 P3

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Calendar
  2. ↑ "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "CONFEDERATION AFRICAINE DE VOLLEYBALL". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  4. ↑ "CEV European National Team Ranking List - U19 Women (as per 18.09.2014)". CEV. 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "FIVB World Ranking - Women U20 As per December 2014". FIVB. January 2015.