2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship

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Host nationIndonesia
CitySurabaya
Dates7–17 August
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship
Kejuaraan Dunia Bola Voli Putri U21 FIVB 2025
Tournament details
Host nationIndonesia
CitySurabaya
Dates7–17 August
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Bulgaria
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Merit Adigwe
Best SetterJapan Chisato Hanaoka
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPItaly Merit Adigwe
Best LiberoJapan Ami Uchizawa
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Attendance22,357 (215 per match)
Official website
2025 Women's U21 World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship, contested by the women'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 Surabaya, Indonesia from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1]

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

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).[3] The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 30 April 2024, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).[4]

On 10 September 2024, FIVB announced that Indonesia was selected as the host for the 2025 Women's U21 World Championship.[5]

Qualification

A total of 24 national teams qualified for the final tournament.[4] In addition to the host team and the defending champions who qualified automatically, 20 other teams qualified through five separate continental competitions which were required to be held no later than 31 December 2024. Two remaining teams entered the tournament via the Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking (as of 31 December 2024) among the teams not yet qualified.

The slot allocation per confederation was set as follows:[4]

  • Defending champions (China): 1
  • AVC (Asia & Oceania): 4
  • CAVB (Africa): 3
  • CEV (Europe): 6
  • CSV (South America): 3
  • NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 4
  • Host: 1
  • Top teams not yet qualified as per Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking: 2

Qualified teams

The following 24 teams qualified for the tournament.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team qualified Appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
AVC
(Asia & Oceania)		 Host nation  Indonesia 1st Debut None
Defending champions  China 22nd 1977 2023 Champions (1995, 2013, 2017, 2023)
2024 Asian Women's U20 Championship
(China Jiangmen, 1–9 July)		  South Korea 14th 1977 2011 Champions (1977, 1981)
 Japan 19th 1977 2023 Champions (2019)
 Thailand 8th 1995 2023 8th place (2007)
 Vietnam 1st Debut None
CAVB
(Africa)		 2024 Women's U20 African Nations Championship
(Tunisia Tunis, 24–30 August)		  Tunisia 4th 1995 2023 13th place (1995)
 Egypt 10th 2005 2023 11th place (2005)
 Algeria 5th 1993 2013 9th place (2001)
CEV
(Europe)		 2024 Women's U20 European Championship
(Bulgaria Sofia and Republic of Ireland Dublin, 5–17 August)		  Turkey 12th 1999 2023 4th place (2017, 2019)
 Italy 18th 1985 2023 Champions (2011, 2021)
 Poland 13th 1991 2023 3rd place (2003)
 Belgium[A] 3rd 2011 2021 8th place (2011)
 Bulgaria 8th 1985 2017 4th place (2009)
 Czech Republic 9th[B] 1985 2015 6th place (1991, 1997)
 Croatia 4th 2001 2007 5th place (2001)
Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking  Serbia 11th[C] 1997 2023 Runners-up (2005, 2021)
CSV
(South America)		 2024 Women's U21 South American Championship
(Chile Osorno, 25–29 September)		  Brazil 23rd 1977 2023 Champions (1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
 Argentina 14th 1977 2023 7th place (2001)
 Chile 1st Debut None
NORCECA
(North, Central America
and Caribbean)		 2024 Women's U21 NORCECA Championship
(Canada Toronto, 25–30 June)		  United States 13th 1977 2023 4th place (2007, 2011)
 Puerto Rico 10th 1981 2021 8th place (2005)
 Dominican Republic 14th 1995 2023 Champions (2015)
 Canada 6th 1977 1999 7th place (1977)
Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking  Mexico 13th 1977 2023 4th place (1981)

Pools composition

The draw was held on 4 December 2024 at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.[7] The 24 participating teams were 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.[8]

Seeding

Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking of each team as of 30 September 2024 are shown in brackets, except the hosts Indonesia which does not have a world ranking.

Seeded teams Teams to be drawn
Line 1 Line 2 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Draw

The draw procedure also followed the serpentine system and was as follows:[8]

  • 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 Indonesia
A2 Argentina
A3 Serbia
A4 Puerto Rico
A5 Canada
A6 Vietnam
Pool B
PosTeam
B1 China
B2 United States
B3 Mexico
B4 Dominican Republic
B5 South Korea
B6 Croatia
Pool C
PosTeam
C1 Italy
C2 Turkey
C3 Egypt
C4 Poland
C5 Algeria
C6 Czech Republic
Pool D
PosTeam
D1 Brazil
D2 Japan
D3 Tunisia
D4 Thailand
D5 Chile
D6 Bulgaria

Venues

Surabaya, Indonesia
Jawa Pos Arena Gelora Pancasila Samator Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: — Capacity: —

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).[9][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.

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.[10]

Pool standing procedure

The ranking of teams in the preliminary round was established according the following criteria:[11]

  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.[4]

Preliminary round

Final round

17th–24th places

21st place match21st–24th semifinals17th–24th quarterfinals17th–20th semifinals17th place match
13 August
 Canada3
15 August Algeria015 August
 Algeria0 Canada3
 Tunisia313 August Dominican Republic0
 Dominican Republic3
16 August Tunisia016 August
 Tunisia1 Canada3
 Egypt313 August Chile1
 Egypt1
15 August Vietnam315 August
23rd place match Egypt3 Vietnam119th place match
16 August Mexico013 August Chile316 August
 Algeria2 Chile3 Dominican Republic0
 Mexico3 Mexico0 Vietnam3

17th–24th quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug10:00Canada 3–0 Algeria25–1825–1125–18  75–47P2 Report
13 Aug13:00Egypt 1–3 Vietnam16–2524–2625–2220–25 85–98P2 Report
13 Aug16:00Dominican Republic 3–0 Tunisia25–2125–2225–17  75–60P2 Report
13 Aug19:00Chile 3–0 Mexico25–1925–1425–21  75–54P2 Report

21st–24th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug09:00Algeria 0–3 Tunisia24–2611–2511–25  46–76P2 Report
15 Aug14:00Egypt 3–0 Mexico25–2225–1325–16  75–51P2 Report

17th–20th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug17:00Canada 3–0 Dominican Republic25–2025–2325–23  75–66P2 Report
15 Aug20:00Vietnam 1–3 Chile17–2515–2525–1720–25 77–92P2 Report

23rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug10:00Algeria 2–3 Mexico25–1625–2325–2712–2512–1599–106P2 Report

21st place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug13:00Tunisia 1–3 Egypt25–1918–2520–2519–25 82–94P2 Report

19th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug16:00Dominican Republic 0–3 Vietnam19–2517–2517–25  53–75P2 Report

17th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug19:00Canada 3–1 Chile25–1223–2525–2125–21 98–79P2 Report

1st–16th places

Round of 16

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug10:00China 3–0 Thailand25–1525–1825–19  75–52P2 Report
13 Aug13:00Brazil 3–0 South Korea25–2325–1725–17  75–57P2 Report
13 Aug13:00Argentina 3–0 Czech Republic25–1525–1325–19  75–47P2 Report
13 Aug16:00Serbia 0–3 Turkey14–2523–2510–25  47–75P2 Report
13 Aug16:00United States 0–3 Bulgaria23–2516–2515–25  54–75P2 Report
13 Aug19:00Italy 3–1 Indonesia25–1225–1921–2525–13 96–69P2 Report
13 Aug19:00Japan 3–1 Croatia25–1622–2525–1725–17 97–75P2 Report
13 Aug21:30Poland 3–0 Puerto Rico25–1525–1625–13  75–44P2 Report

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug09:00South Korea 1–3 Czech Republic22–2522–2526–2420–25 90–99P2 Report
15 Aug14:00United States 3–0 Puerto Rico25–2325–1825–16  75–57P2 Report
15 Aug17:00Serbia 0–3 Croatia23–2518–2518–25  59–75P2 Report
15 Aug20:00Indonesia 0–3 Thailand24–2619–2522–25  65–76P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug09:00Brazil 3–0 Argentina25–1925–1825–14  75–51P2 Report
15 Aug14:00Bulgaria 3–1 Poland25–2322–2525–2325–18 97–89P2 Report
15 Aug17:00Italy 3–0 China25–2325–1925–15  75–57P2 Report
15 Aug20:00Turkey 0–3 Japan23–2521–2520–25  64–75P2 Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug10:00Serbia 3–0 Puerto Rico25–1125–2125–19  75–51P2 Report
16 Aug19:00South Korea 3–2 Indonesia22–2525–1517–2525–1815–5104–88P2 Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug10:00United States 3–1 Croatia26–2825–2225–1625–15 101–81P2 Report
16 Aug13:00Czech Republic 3–2 Thailand25–2221–2525–1919–2515–11105–102P2 Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug16:00Poland 3–2 Turkey25–2319–2522–2525–1817–15108–106P2 Report
16 Aug19:00Argentina 1–3 China12–2525–2221–2522–25 80–97P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug13:00Brazil 0–3 Italy16–2521–2519–25  56–75P2 Report
16 Aug16:00Bulgaria 0–3 Japan17–2518–2513–25  48–75P2 Report

15th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug10:00Indonesia 2–3 Puerto Rico24–2625–1925–2222–2512–15108–107P2 Report

13th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug16:00South Korea 3–0 Serbia25–2025–1825–22  75–60P2 Report

11th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug10:00Thailand 2–3 Croatia25–2021–2521–2525–1612–15104–101P2 Report

9th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug19:00Czech Republic 0–3 United States21–2520–2518–25  59–75P2 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug13:00Argentina 3–0 Turkey25–2125–1825–21  75–60P2 Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug13:00China 3–1 Poland23–2525–2125–2325–17 98–86P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug16:00Brazil 3–1 Bulgaria25–1925–2014–2525–21 89–85P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug19:00Italy 3–2 Japan25–2222–2515–2525–1915–11102–102P2 Report

Final standing

Awards

The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.[13]

Statistics leaders

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

Best Receivers[20]
Rank Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Indonesia Indah Guretno 62910834.64179
2 Thailand Warisara Seetaloed 611215626.64229
3 South Korea Yu Ga-ram 541213327.14199
4 Serbia Anja Mihajlović 492312724.62199
Japan Sae Omori 49413526.06188

See also

Notes

References

External links

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