2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

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Host nationChina
CityJiangmen
Dates21–31 August
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
2025年世界U21男排锦标赛
Tournament details
Host nationChina
CityJiangmen
Dates21–31 August
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place United States
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament awards
MVPIran Seyed Matin Hosseini
Best SetterIran Emran Kook Jili
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPItaly Tommaso Barotto
Best LiberoIran Seyed Morteza Tabatabaei
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Attendance26,677 (257 per match)
Official website
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The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It was held in Jiangmen Sports Center at Jiangmen, China from 21 to 31 August 2025.[1]

Starting with this edition, the tournament was expanded to include 24 teams instead of 16 teams of previous editions, following a decision adopted by FIVB in June 2023.[2]

Defending champions, Iran, claimed their third title after defeating Italy in the final.[3] The United States defeated Czech Republic in the third-place match and clinched their first medal in the competition.[4] Seyed Matin Hosseini of Iran was named the MVP of the tournament.[5]

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).[6] The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 30 April 2024, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).[7]

On 10 September 2024, FIVB announced that China had been selected as the host for the 2024 Boys' U21 World Championship.[8]

Qualification

Pools composition

The draw for the pools composition will held on 4 December 2024 at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.[9] The 24 participating teams will be split into four single round-robin pools of six with the host nations and the reigning world champions receiving the highest seeds. The rest of the qualified teams are seeded in a serpentine system based on their positions in the respective FIVB World Rankings.[10]

Seeding

Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking of each team as of 4 November 2024 are shown in brackets, except the hosts China who ranked 66th.

Seeded teams Teams to be drawn
Line 1 Line 2 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  China (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Iran (1), assigned to B1
  •  Bulgaria (2), assigned to C1
  •  Italy (3), assigned to D1

Draw

The draw procedure also followed the serpentine system and was as follows:[10]

  • 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 were placed in line 4 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
  • Teams from pot 1 were then drawn and placed in line 3 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D.

The pools composition after the draw was as follow:

Pool A
PosTeam
A1 China
A2 Egypt
A3 United States
A4 Thailand
A5 Morocco
A6 Turkey
Pool B
PosTeam
B1 Iran
B2 Poland
B3 Canada
B4 South Korea
B5 Puerto Rico
B6 Kazakhstan
Pool C
PosTeam
C1 Bulgaria
C2 Brazil
C3 Czech Republic
C4 Colombia
C5 Japan
C6 Cuba
Pool D
PosTeam
D1 Italy
D2 Argentina
D3 Tunisia
D4 France
D5 Ukraine
D6 Indonesia

Venue

Jiangmen, China
Jiangmen Sports Center
Capacity: 8,500

Competition formula 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).[11][2] Consequently, the distribution of quotas by confederation for the Women's U21 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.[citation needed]

The new competition formula was in line with the one adopted for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, which was also contested by 24 teams.[12]

Pool standing procedure

The ranking of teams in the preliminary round was established according the following criteria:[13]

  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost);
  2. 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
  3. Sets ratio;
  4. Points ratio;
  5. 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 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[7]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 13 15 5 3.000 488 413 1.182 Round of 16
2  Egypt 5 4 1 10 14 9 1.556 516 490 1.053
3  China (H) 5 3 2 10 12 7 1.714 442 403 1.097
4  Turkey 5 2 3 8 11 9 1.222 441 429 1.028
5  Thailand 5 1 4 4 5 12 0.417 337 385 0.875 17th–24th places
6  Morocco 5 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 271 375 0.723
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug11:00United States 3–0 Thailand25–2025–1525–19  75–54P2 Report
21 Aug14:00China 3–1 Turkey25–2125–2725–2325–21 100–92P2 Report
21 Aug17:00Egypt 3–0 Morocco25–2125–1025–17  75–48P2 Report
22 Aug11:00Egypt 3–2 Thailand25–2014–2522–2525–1715–10101–97P2 Report
22 Aug14:00United States 3–2 Turkey21–2525–1325–2221–2515–7107–92P2 Report
22 Aug17:00China 3–0 Morocco25–1325–1725–20  75–50P2 Report
23 Aug11:00Egypt 2–3 United States24–2633–3135–3725–2310–15127–132P2 Report
23 Aug14:00Morocco 0–3 Turkey20–2521–2519–25  60–75P2 Report
23 Aug17:00China 3–0 Thailand25–1825–1725–19  75–54P2 Report
25 Aug11:00Egypt 3–2 Turkey26–2422–2514–2525–1718–16105–107P2 Report
25 Aug14:00China 1–3 United States26–2421–2521–2518–25 86–99P2 Report
25 Aug17:00Thailand 3–0 Morocco25–1925–1925–21  75–59P2 Report
26 Aug11:00Thailand 0–3 Turkey18–2517–2522–25  57–75P2 Report
26 Aug14:00United States 3–0 Morocco25–1125–2025–23  75–54P2 Report
26 Aug17:00China 2–3 Egypt18–2522–2528–2625–1713–15106–108P2 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 5 5 0 14 15 4 3.750 458 363 1.262 Round of 16
2  Poland 5 4 1 12 13 3 4.333 380 336 1.131
3  Kazakhstan 5 2 3 7 9 10 0.900 431 442 0.975
4  South Korea 5 2 3 6 9 12 0.750 457 458 0.998
5  Canada 5 2 3 6 8 11 0.727 410 430 0.953 17th–24th places
6  Puerto Rico 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 288 395 0.729
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug11:00Iran 3–1 Kazakhstan25–1921–2525–2325–17 96–84P2 Report
21 Aug14:00Poland 3–0 Puerto Rico25–1525–2225–22  75–59P2 Report
21 Aug17:00Canada 2–3 South Korea28–2620–2518–2525–157–1598–106P2 Report
22 Aug11:00Iran 3–0 Puerto Rico25–1425–1425–9  75–37P2 Report
22 Aug14:00Poland 3–0 South Korea25–1625–2125–20  75–57P2 Report
22 Aug17:00Canada 3–2 Kazakhstan34–3223–2522–2525–2115–13119–116P2 Report
23 Aug11:00Iran 3–2 South Korea31–3325–1525–2222–2515–12118–107P2 Report
23 Aug14:00Poland 3–0 Canada26–2425–1825–20  76–62P2 Report
23 Aug17:00Puerto Rico 0–3 Kazakhstan23–2521–2516–25  60–75P2 Report
25 Aug11:00Iran 3–0 Canada25–2025–1425–22  75–56P2 Report
25 Aug14:00Poland 3–0 Kazakhstan25–2125–2125–22  75–64P2 Report
25 Aug17:00South Korea 3–1 Puerto Rico25–1720–2525–1625–17 95–75P2 Report
26 Aug11:00Iran 3–1 Poland25–1819–2525–1725–19 94–79P2 Report
26 Aug14:00Canada 3–0 Puerto Rico25–2125–1825–18  75–57P2 Report
26 Aug17:00South Korea 1–3 Kazakhstan25–1723–2522–2522–25 92–92P2 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Czech Republic 5 5 0 14 15 3 5.000 433 367 1.180 Round of 16
2  Japan 5 4 1 11 13 5 2.600 426 353 1.207
3  Cuba 5 3 2 9 11 9 1.222 445 445 1.000
4  Bulgaria 5 2 3 6 9 11 0.818 421 439 0.959
5  Brazil 5 1 4 4 5 12 0.417 360 388 0.928 17th–24th places
6  Colombia 5 0 5 1 2 15 0.133 339 432 0.785
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug11:00Bulgaria 1–3 Cuba25–1617–2523–2521–25 86–91P2 Report
21 Aug14:00Brazil 0–3 Japan21–2523–2520–25  64–75P2 Report
21 Aug17:00Czech Republic 3–0 Colombia25–1525–1725–16  75–48P2 Report
22 Aug11:00Bulgaria 2–3 Japan25–2220–2518–2525–2312–15100–110P2 Report
22 Aug14:00Brazil 3–0 Colombia25–2127–2525–20  77–66P2 Report
22 Aug17:00Czech Republic 3–2 Cuba18–2525–2326–2424–2615–9108–107P2 Report
23 Aug11:00Bulgaria 3–0 Colombia31–2925–2025–21  81–70P2 Report
23 Aug14:00Brazil 0–3 Czech Republic21–2520–2523–25  64–75P2 Report
23 Aug17:00Japan 3–0 Cuba25–2325–1725–8  75–48P2 Report
25 Aug11:00Bulgaria 0–3 Czech Republic22–2516–2519–25  57–75P2 Report
25 Aug14:00Brazil 0–3 Cuba23–2519–2520–25  62–75P2 Report
25 Aug17:00Colombia 0–3 Japan16–2511–2514–25  41–75P2 Report
26 Aug11:00Czech Republic 3–1 Japan23–2525–1927–2525–22 100–91P2 Report
26 Aug14:00Bulgaria 3–2 Brazil25–1725–1620–2512–2515–1097–93P2 Report
26 Aug17:00Colombia 2–3 Cuba17–2541–3921–2525–2010–15114–124P2 Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Italy 5 5 0 15 15 1 15.000 400 323 1.238 Round of 16
2  France 5 4 1 12 13 5 2.600 435 385 1.130
3  Ukraine 5 3 2 8 10 9 1.111 441 411 1.073
4  Argentina 5 2 3 5 8 11 0.727 413 439 0.941
5  Indonesia 5 1 4 5 7 13 0.538 430 460 0.935 17th–24th places
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 296 397 0.746
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Aug20:00Italy 3–0 Indonesia25–2125–1725–22  75–60P2 Report
21 Aug20:00Tunisia 0–3 France20–2517–2516–25  53–75P2 Report
21 Aug20:00Argentina 1–3 Ukraine21–2520–2525–2321–25 87–98P2 Report
22 Aug20:00Argentina 1–3 France20–2525–2221–2519–25 85–97P2 Report
22 Aug20:00Italy 3–0 Ukraine25–2025–2328–26  78–69P2 Report
22 Aug20:00Tunisia 1–3 Indonesia25–2221–2518–2519–25 83–97P2 Report
23 Aug20:00Argentina 3–0 Tunisia25–1725–2125–23  75–61P2 Report
23 Aug20:00Ukraine 3–2 Indonesia25–1826–2825–2223–2515–7114–100P2 Report
23 Aug20:00Italy 3–1 France25–2222–2525–2325–23 97–93P2 Report
25 Aug20:00France 3–1 Ukraine25–2025–2320–2525–17 95–85P2 Report
25 Aug20:00Italy 3–0 Tunisia25–1725–1325–18  75–48P2 Report
25 Aug20:00Argentina 3–2 Indonesia23–2527–2523–2525–2015–13113–108P2 Report
26 Aug20:00France 3–0 Indonesia25–2325–2125–21  75–65P2 Report
26 Aug20:00Italy 3–0 Argentina25–1825–1825–17  75–53P2 Report
26 Aug20:00Tunisia 0–3 Ukraine13–2518–2520–25  51–75P2 Report

Final round

17th–24th places

21st place match21st–24th semifinals17th–24th quarterfinals17th–20th semifinals17th place match
27 August
 Thailand3
29 August Colombia029 August
 Colombia3 Thailand2
 Tunisia127 August Canada3
 Canada3
30 August Tunisia030 August
 Colombia3 Canada3
 Puerto Rico127 August Brazil2
 Brazil3
29 August Morocco029 August
23rd place match Morocco1 Brazil319th place match
30 August Puerto Rico327 August Indonesia130 August
 Tunisia2 Indonesia3 Thailand1
 Morocco3 Puerto Rico0 Indonesia3

17th–24th quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug11:00Thailand 3–0 Colombia25–2125–2125–16  75–58P2 Report
27 Aug14:00Brazil 3–0 Morocco25–2227–2525–19  77–66P2 Report
27 Aug17:00Canada 3–0 Tunisia25–1025–1825–18  75–46P2 Report
27 Aug20:00Indonesia 3–0 Puerto Rico25–2025–2325–15  75–58P2 Report

21st–24th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug11:00Colombia 3–1 Tunisia17–2525–2025–1125–18 92–74P2 Report
29 Aug14:00Morocco 1–3 Puerto Rico25–2026–2822–2521–25 94–98P2 Report

17th–20th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug17:00Thailand 2–3 Canada25–1820–2523–2525–2213–15106–105P2 Report
29 Aug20:00Brazil 3–1 Indonesia25–2025–2725–1925–22 100–88P2 Report

23rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug11:00Tunisia 2–3 Morocco25–2726–2423–2525–2212–15111–113P2 Report

21st place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug14:00Colombia 3–1 Puerto Rico25–2225–1723–2525–23 98–87P2 Report

19th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug17:00Thailand 1–3 Indonesia23–2513–2525–2027–29 88–99P2 Report

17th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug20:00Canada 3–2 Brazil23–2525–2026–2825–2018–16117–109P2 Report

1st–16th places

9th place match9th–12th semifinals9th–16th quarterfinalsRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
27 August
 United States3
29 August29 August
 Bulgaria0
 Bulgaria3 United States3
27 August
 Kazakhstan2 France2
 France3
30 August30 August
 Kazakhstan0
 Bulgaria3 United States0
27 August
 Japan1 Iran3
 Japan2
29 August29 August
 China3
 Japan3 China0
27 August
 Argentina2 Iran3
 Iran3
31 August31 August
 Argentina1
 Bulgaria0 Iran3
27 August
 Ukraine3 Italy1
 Poland3
29 August29 August
 Ukraine1
11th place match Ukraine3 Poland13rd place match
27 August
31 August Turkey1 Czech Republic331 August
 Czech Republic3
 Japan330 August30 August United States3
 Turkey1
 South Korea1 Ukraine3 Czech Republic0 Czech Republic0
27 August
 South Korea1 Italy3
 Egypt0
29 August29 August
 Cuba3
13th place match13th–16th semifinals Egypt2 Cuba15th–8th semifinals5th place match
27 August
30 August South Korea3 Italy330 August
 Italy3
 Kazakhstan3 France3
31 August South Korea031 August
 Argentina2 China0
 Kazakhstan0 France3
30 August30 August
 Egypt3 Poland1
 Turkey1 Poland3
 Egypt3 Cuba0
15th place match7th place match
31 August31 August
 Argentina3 China1
 Turkey1 Cuba3

Round of 16

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug11:00France 3–0 Kazakhstan25–1525–1625–18  75–49P2 Report
27 Aug11:00United States 3–0 Bulgaria25–1925–1725–20  75–56P2 Report
27 Aug14:00Iran 3–1 Argentina22–2525–2025–1625–23 97–84P2 Report
27 Aug14:00Egypt 0–3 Cuba28–3025–2717–25  70–82P2 Report
27 Aug17:00Poland 3–1 Ukraine25–1716–2525–1725–22 91–81P2 Report
27 Aug17:00Czech Republic 3–1 Turkey23–2525–1525–1825–22 98–80P2 Report
27 Aug20:00Japan 2–3 China25–1723–2521–2527–2513–15109–107P2 Report
27 Aug20:00Italy 3–0 South Korea25–1225–2225–15  75–49P2 Report

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug11:00Kazakhstan 2–3 Bulgaria19–2519–2525–2125–239–1597–109P2 Report
29 Aug14:00Ukraine 3–1 Turkey23–2525–2125–2125-18 98–67P2 Report
29 Aug17:00Japan 3–2 Argentina27–2925–1622–2525–1915–13114–102P2 Report
29 Aug20:00Egypt 2–3 South Korea26–2825–2230–2823–2512–15116–118P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Aug11:00France 2–3 United States25–2117–2525–2223–2512–15102–108P2 Report
29 Aug14:00Poland 1–3 Czech Republic13–2525–2021–2528–30 87–100P2 Report
29 Aug17:00China 0–3 Iran21–2516–2515–25  52–75P2 Report
29 Aug20:00Cuba 1–3 Italy18–2525–2218–2521–25 82–97P2 Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug11:00Kazakhstan 3–2 Argentina26–2825–2118–2526–2415–11110–109P2 Report
30 Aug14:00Turkey 1–3 Egypt22–2519–2525–2022–25 88–95P2 Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug17:00Bulgaria 3–1 Japan25–2012–2525–1725–22 87–84P2 Report
30 Aug20:00Ukraine 3–1 South Korea25–2225–2325–2725–18 100–90P2 Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug11:00Poland 3–0 Cuba25–2025–2025–19  75–59P2 Report
30 Aug14:00France 3–0 China25–2125–2125–22  75–64P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug17:00Czech Republic 0–3 Italy20–2522–2518–25  60–75P2 Report
30 Aug20:00United States 0–3 Iran21–2520–2520–25  61–75P2 Report

15th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug10:00Argentina 3–1 Turkey25–1723–2525–1625–20 98–78P2 Report

13th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug13:00Kazakhstan 0–3 Egypt22–2519–2528–30  69–80P2 Report

11th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug16:00Japan 3–1 South Korea25–1819–2525–2225–21 94–86P2 Report

9th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug19:00Bulgaria 0–3 Ukraine23–2521–2523–25  67–75P2 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug14:00China 1–3 Cuba20–2519–2525–2022–25 86–95P2 Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug11:00France 3–1 Poland21–2525–1925–2325–21 96–88P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug17:00United States 3–0 Czech Republic25–2025–1925–18  75–57P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug20:00Iran 3–1 Italy15–2525–1825–2225–14 90–79P2 Report

Final standing

Awards

The following individual awards was presented at the end of the tournament.[5]

Statistics leaders

The statistics of leaders for each skill are recorded throughout the tournament.

Best Receivers[20]
Rank Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Thailand Nakharin Inthanu 81 9 97 43.32 187
2 China Wang Bohan 80 11 147 33.61 238
3 Turkey Yiğit Hamza Aslan 73 14 163 29.20 250
4 Egypt Hamza Awad 68 7 168 27.98 243
5 Brazil Martos Antonio Soares Neto 64 6 116 34.41 186

See also

References

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