Volleyball competition held in Mexico
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship , which was hosted by Mexico from 11 to 20 September 2015 in the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana .
Russia , won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3-2 in the final match, thus securing the country's tenth title and the third in a row, after winning the editions of 2011 in Brazil and 2013 in Turkey .[ 1] Pavel Pankov 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]
Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of December 2014.[ 4] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the U21 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking.[ 5] The draw was held in Tijuana , Mexico on 25 June 2015.[ 6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 22nd.
Squads
Venues
Pool A, B, E, F and Final eight
Pool C, D, G, H and 9th–16th places
Tijuana , Mexico
Mexicali , Mexico
Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Tijuana
Auditorio del Estado
Capacity: 4,000
Capacity: 5,000
Pool standing procedure
Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
11 Sep
12:00
Brazil
3–0
Cuba
25–21
25–18
25–15
75–54
P2 P3
11 Sep
19:00
Iran
1–3
China
21–25
14–25
25–19
21–25
81–94
P2 P3
12 Sep
12:00
Cuba
0–3
China
20–25
16–25
18–25
54–75
P2 P3
12 Sep
19:00
Brazil
3–0
Iran
25–11
25–18
25–21
75–50
P2 P3
13 Sep
12:00
Iran
3–1
Cuba
18–25
25–17
25–18
25–18
93–78
P2 P3
13 Sep
19:00
China
1–3
Brazil
24–26
22–25
25–23
22–25
93–99
P2 P3
Pool D
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Second round
Pool E
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Pool F
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Pool G
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Pool H
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Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
15 Sep
12:00
Poland
3–2
Cuba
25–20
30–32
16–25
25–20
15–12
111–109
P2 P3
15 Sep
17:00
Egypt
0–3
France
15–25
19–25
22–25
56–75
P2 P3
16 Sep
12:00
France
3–1
Cuba
25–23
25–22
19–25
25–16
94–86
P2 P3
16 Sep
15:00
Egypt
1–3
Poland
25–23
21–25
21–25
17–25
84–98
P2 P3
17 Sep
14:00
Cuba
3–1
Egypt
25–18
25–21
22–25
25–21
97–85
P2 P3
17 Sep
17:00
Poland
3–1
France
25–16
25–17
28–30
25–19
103–82
P2 P3
Final round
Classification 13th–16th
13th–16th semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
12:00
Japan
3–1
Egypt
25–18
27–29
25–21
25–20
102–88
P2 P3
19 Sep
14:00
Cuba
3–0
Mexico
25–19
25–23
25–22
75–64
P2 P3
15th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
10:00
Egypt
3–0
Mexico
27–25
25–19
25–21
77–65
P2 P3
13th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
12:00
Japan
0–3
Cuba
21–25
19–25
16–25
56–75
P2 P3
Classification 9th–12th
9th–12th semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
17:00
United States
1–3
France
22–25
20–25
25–16
21–25
88–91
P2 P3
19 Sep
19:00
Poland
3–1
Iran
21–25
25–21
25–22
25–19
96–87
P2 P3
11th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
15:00
United States
3–2
Iran
25–18
25–18
21–25
12–25
15–10
98–96
P2 P3
9th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
17:00
France
0–3
Poland
20–25
28–30
19–25
67–80
P2 P3
Classification 5th–8th
5th–8th semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
12:00
Canada
0–3
Turkey
23–25
14–25
16–25
53–75
P2 P3
19 Sep
14:00
Italy
3–1
Slovenia
25–20
25–16
19–25
25–20
94–81
P2 P3
7th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
10:00
Canada
1–3
Slovenia
25–23
18–25
18–25
11–25
72–98
P2 P3
5th place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
12:00
Turkey
0–3
Italy
22–25
17–25
16–25
55–75
P2 P3
Final four
Semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
17:00
Argentina
3–0
China
25–22
26–24
25–14
76–60
P2 P3
19 Sep
19:00
Russia
3–1
Brazil
25–23
25–21
18–25
25–21
93–90
P2 P3
3rd place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
15:00
China
3–1
Brazil
25–19
25–21
27–29
25–21
102–90
P2 P3
Final
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
20 Sep
17:00
Argentina
2–3
Russia
25–20
25–18
16–25
21–25
11–15
98–103
P2 P3
Final standing
2015 Men's U21 World Champions
Russia 10th title
12–man Roster
Pavel Pankov , Kirill Ursov , Sergei Pirainen , Evgenii Andreev , Aleksandr Melnikov , Maxim Belogortcev , Alexander Goncharov , Roman Zhos , Alexander Kimerov , Dmitry Volkov , Mikhail Morov , Denis Bogdan
Head Coach
Nikolaev Mikhail
Awards
Most Valuable Player
Best Setter
Best Outside Spikers
Best Middle Blockers
Best Opposite Spiker
Best Libero
See also
References
External links
FIVB Volleyball Junior World Championship
Men
Tournament Squads Qualification
Women
Tournament Squads Qualification