2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

2019 Boys' U19 World Championship
بطولة العالم للكرة الطائرة رجال تحت 19 عاما; 2019 تونس
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Tournament details
Host nation	Tunisia
Dates	21–30 August
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament awards
MVP	Tommaso Rinaldi
Best Setter	Paolo Porro
Best OH	Tommaso Rinaldi; Omar Kurbanov
Best MB	Nicola Cianciotta; Agustin Gallardo
Best OPP	Roman Murashko
Best Libero	Ilia Fedorov
Official website
	u19.boys.2019.volleyball.fivb.com
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The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia from 21 to 30 August 2019. Tunisia played hosts for this event for the first time.^[1]

The finals involved 20 teams, of which 19 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 20 teams, 13 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2017, while Colombia and Nigeria made their first appearances at a FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.

Iran was the defending champions, having won their second title in Bahrain.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001.

Qualification[edit]

A total of 20 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Tunisia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams qualified from five separate continental competitions.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host Country	28 August 2018	Lausanne	1	Tunisia
2018 European Championship	7–15 April 2018	Zlín & Púchov	6	Germany
				Czech Republic
				Italy
				Russia
				Belarus
				Bulgaria
2018 NORCECA Championship	6–10 June 2018	San José	2	Cuba
2018 NORCECA Championship	6–10 June 2018	San José	2	United States
2018 Asian Championship	29 June – 6 July 2018	Tabriz	4	Japan
				South Korea
				Iran
				Chinese Taipei
2018 African Youth Games	19–24 July 2018	Algiers	2	Nigeria¹
2018 African Youth Games	19–24 July 2018	Algiers	2	Egypt
2018 South American Championship^[2]	24–28 October 2018	Sopó	3	Brazil
				Argentina
				Colombia¹
2019 Pan-American Cup for NORCECA	24–29 April 2019	Santo Domingo	2	Mexico
2019 Pan-American Cup for NORCECA	24–29 April 2019	Santo Domingo	2	Dominican Republic
Total			20

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Pools composition[edit]

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U19 World Ranking as of 1 January 2019.^[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the U19 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U19 World Ranking. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same confederation. The draw was held in Tunis, Tunisia on 27 June 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 17th.

Seeded teams		Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Tunisia (Hosts) Iran (1) Japan (2) Russia (3)	South Korea (4) Egypt (5) Czech Republic (6) Brazil (7)	Italy (9) Argentina (10) Cuba (11) United States (12)	Germany (15) Nigeria (16) Colombia (18) Chinese Taipei (21)	Belarus (26) Bulgaria (31) Mexico (35) Dominican Republic (72)

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Tunisia	Iran	Japan	Russia
Brazil	Czech Republic	Egypt	South Korea
Cuba	Italy	Argentina	United States
Chinese Taipei	Colombia	Germany	Nigeria
Belarus	Bulgaria	Mexico	Dominican Republic

Squads[edit]

Venues[edit]

Pool A, B and Final round	Pool C, D and Final round
Tunis, Tunisia	Radès, Tunisia
El Menzah Sports Palace	Salle Omnisport de Radès
Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 17,000

Pool standing procedure[edit]

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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[edit]

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	3	1	10	11	4	2.750	363	314	1.156	Round of 16
2	Cuba	4	3	1	8	10	6	1.667	373	348	1.072
3	Belarus	4	2	2	6	9	9	1.000	390	373	1.046
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	3	4	6	9	0.667	302	337	0.896
5	Tunisia	4	1	3	2	3	11	0.273	286	342	0.836	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	10:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Belarus	15–25	25–22	16–25	25–13	5–15	86–100	P2
21 Aug	22:00	Cuba	3–0	Tunisia	25–22	25–14	25–18			75–54	P2
22 Aug	16:30	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	23–25	21–25	25–22	25–18	27–25	121–115	P2
22 Aug	19:30	Tunisia	3–2	Belarus	25–22	15–25	25–23	26–28	15–12	106–110	P2
23 Aug	10:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Cuba	18–25	25–17	19–25	20–25		82–92	P2
23 Aug	19:30	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	27–25	25–17	25–14			77–56	P2
24 Aug	13:00	Belarus	1–3	Brazil	16–25	25–19	25–27	17–25		83–96	P2
24 Aug	19:30	Tunisia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	25–27	26–28	19–25			70–80	P2
25 Aug	10:00	Belarus	3–1	Cuba	25–21	25–23	22–25	25–16		97–85	P2
25 Aug	19:30	Brazil	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–17	25–20			75–54	P2

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	11	12	3	4.000	357	248	1.440	Round of 16
2	Czech Republic	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	264	232	1.138
3	Iran	4	2	2	6	7	8	0.875	323	340	0.950
4	Bulgaria	4	1	3	4	6	10	0.600	331	366	0.904
5	Colombia	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	261	350	0.746	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	13:00	Bulgaria	2–3	Italy	14–25	25–21	17–25	25–22	7–15	88–108	P2
21 Aug	16:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Colombia	25–13	25–16	25–17			75–46	P2
22 Aug	10:00	Italy	3–0	Czech Republic	25–14	25–12	25–13			75–39	P2
22 Aug	13:00	Iran	3–1	Bulgaria	25–21	21–25	25–22	25–20		96–88	P2
23 Aug	13:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Iran	25–17	25–17	25–22			75–56	P2
23 Aug	16:30	Colombia	0–3	Italy	18–25	19–25	13–25			50–75	P2
24 Aug	10:00	Iran	3–1	Colombia	25–27	25–21	25–17	25–13		100–78	P2
24 Aug	16:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Czech Republic	22–25	11–25	22–25			55–75	P2
25 Aug	13:00	Colombia	1–3	Bulgaria	16–25	21–25	26–24	24–26		87–100	P2
25 Aug	16:30	Italy	3–1	Iran	25–16	25–18	24–26	25–11		99–71	P2

Pool C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	4	0	10	12	5	2.400	373	349	1.069	Round of 16
2	Japan	4	2	2	7	9	6	1.500	342	304	1.125
3	Argentina	4	2	2	6	8	8	1.000	349	366	0.954
4	Germany	4	2	2	6	8	9	0.889	362	362	1.000
5	Mexico	4	0	4	1	3	12	0.250	299	344	0.869	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	10:00	Mexico	1–3	Argentina	21–25	25–17	14–25	20–25		80–92	P2
21 Aug	13:00	Egypt	3–2	Germany	17–25	27–25	25–17	13–25	17–15	99–107	P2
22 Aug	10:00	Argentina	1–3	Egypt	23–25	16–25	25–21	12–25		76–96	P2
22 Aug	13:00	Japan	3–0	Mexico	25–17	25–21	25–13			75–51	P2
23 Aug	10:00	Egypt	3–2	Japan	25–19	25–20	23–25	15–25	15–10	103–99	P2
23 Aug	13:00	Germany	3–1	Argentina	25–21	22–25	25–20	25–21		97–87	P2
24 Aug	10:00	Japan	3–0	Germany	25–14	25–22	25–20			75–56	P2
24 Aug	13:00	Mexico	0–3	Egypt	23–25	23–25	21–25			67–75	P2
25 Aug	10:00	Germany	3–2	Mexico	25–21	23–25	25–18	14–25	15–12	102–101	P2
25 Aug	13:00	Argentina	3–1	Japan	25–23	18–25	26–24	25–21		94–93	P2

Pool D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	322	224	1.438	Round of 16
2	United States	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	285	300	0.950
3	South Korea	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	332	310	1.071
4	Nigeria	4	2	2	6	6	6	1.000	266	282	0.943
5	Dominican Republic	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	222	311	0.714	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
21 Aug	16:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	18–25	29–31	17–25		64–81	P2
21 Aug	18:30	South Korea	0–3	Nigeria	20–25	26–28	24–26		70–79	P2
22 Aug	16:30	United States	1–3	South Korea	27–25	17–25	20–25	22–25	86–100	P2
22 Aug	19:30	Russia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–14	25–17		75–48	P2
23 Aug	16:30	South Korea	1–3	Russia	25–22	21–25	18–25	23–25	87–97	P2
23 Aug	19:30	Nigeria	0–3	United States	22–25	19–25	20–25		61–75	P2
24 Aug	16:30	Russia	3–0	Nigeria	25–15	25–14	25–17		75–46	P2
24 Aug	19:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	South Korea	17–25	16–25	15–25		48–75	P2
25 Aug	16:30	Nigeria	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	30–28	25–17		80–62	P2
25 Aug	19:30	United States	0–3	Russia	12–25	19–25	12–25		43–75	P2

Final round[edit]

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

17th–20th places[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
17	Tunisia	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	274	258	1.062
18	Mexico	3	2	1	5	8	7	1.143	299	306	0.977
19	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	265	259	1.023
20	Colombia	3	0	3	1	4	9	0.444	271	286	0.948

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	22:00	EMS	Tunisia	3–0	Dominican Republic	27–25	25–21	26–24			78–70	P2
27 Aug	22:20	SOR	Colombia	2–3	Mexico	23–25	25–14	25–18	20–25	11–15	104–97	P2
28 Aug	22:15	SOR	Tunisia	3–1	Colombia	25–20	24–26	25–15	25–21		99–82	P2
28 Aug	22:20	EMS	Mexico	2–3	Dominican Republic	15–25	21–25	25–17	25–23	10–15	96–105	P2
29 Aug	22:00	EMS	Colombia	1–3	Dominican Republic	13–25	20–25	25–11	27–29		85–90	P2
29 Aug	22:08	SOR	Tunisia	2–3	Mexico	25–21	25–20	14–25	23–25	10–15	97–106	P2

Final sixteen[edit]

27 August – Tunis

Russia

3

28 August – Tunis

Germany

0

Russia

3

27 August – Radès

Iran

1

Cuba

0

29 August – Tunis

Iran

3

Russia

3

27 August – Tunis

Argentina

0

United States

0

28 August – Tunis

Argentina

3

Argentina

3

27 August – Radès

Bulgaria

2

Brazil

2

30 August – Tunis

Bulgaria

3

Russia

1

27 August – Tunis

Italy

3

Italy

3

28 August – Tunis

Chinese Taipei

0

Italy

3

27 August – Radès

Japan

0

Japan

3

29 August – Tunis

South Korea

1

Italy

3

27 August – Tunis

Egypt

0

3rd place match

Czech Republic

0

28 August – Tunis

30 August – Tunis

Belarus

3

Belarus

0

Argentina

3

27 August – Radès

Egypt

3

Egypt

1

Egypt

3

Nigeria

0

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

29 August – Tunis

Iran	3
		30 August – Tunis
Bulgaria	0
		Iran	3
29 August – Tunis
		Japan	1
Japan	3

Belarus	1
		7th place match

		30 August – Tunis

		Bulgaria	3

		Belarus	1

9th–16th quarterfinals		9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

28 August – Radès

Germany	0
		29 August – Radès
Cuba	3
		Cuba	0
28 August – Radès
		Brazil	3
United States	2
				30 August – Radès
Brazil	3
				Brazil	3
28 August – Radès
				Czech Republic	0
Chinese Taipei	0
		29 August – Radès
South Korea	3
		South Korea	2
28 August – Radès
		Czech Republic	3	11th place match
Czech Republic	3
				30 August – Radès
Nigeria	2
				Cuba	1

				South Korea	3

13th–16th semifinals		13th place match

29 August – Radès

Germany	3
		30 August – Radès
United States	1
		Germany	3
29 August – Radès
		Nigeria	0
Chinese Taipei	0

Nigeria	3
		15th place match

		30 August – Radès

		United States	3

		Chinese Taipei	0

Round of 16[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	10:00	EMS	Italy	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–7	25–17	25–22			75–46	P2
27 Aug	10:00	SOR	Japan	3–1	South Korea	22–25	25–19	25–18	25–17		97–79	P2
27 Aug	13:00	EMS	Czech Republic	0–3	Belarus	23–25	20–25	20–25			63–75	P2
27 Aug	13:00	SOR	Egypt	3–0	Nigeria	25–16	25–20	29–27			79–63	P2
27 Aug	16:00	EMS	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–11	25–20	25–20			75–51	P2
27 Aug	16:00	SOR	Cuba	0–3	Iran	19–25	24–26	22–25			65–76	P2
27 Aug	19:00	EMS	United States	0–3	Argentina	20–25	19–25	14–25			53–75	P2
27 Aug	19:00	SOR	Brazil	2–3	Bulgaria	23–25	26–24	25–19	21–25	6–15	101–108	P2

9th–16th quarterfinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	10:00	SOR	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	24–26	21–25	21–25			66–76	P2
28 Aug	13:00	SOR	Czech Republic	3–2	Nigeria	25–19	16–25	25–16	22–25	15–10	103–95	P2
28 Aug	16:00	SOR	Germany	0–3	Cuba	15–25	15–25	21–25			51–75	P2
28 Aug	19:00	SOR	United States	2–3	Brazil	26–24	23–25	25–21	17–25	10–15	101–110	P2

Quarterfinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	10:00	EMS	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–12	25–14			75–43	P2
28 Aug	13:00	EMS	Belarus	0–3	Egypt	21–25	18–25	18–25			57–75	P2
28 Aug	16:00	EMS	Russia	3–1	Iran	21–25	25–18	25–20	25–23		96–86	P2
28 Aug	19:00	EMS	Argentina	3–2	Bulgaria	25–19	21–25	26–24	21–25	15–13	108–106	P2

13th–16th semifinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	10:00	SOR	Germany	3–1	United States	25–19	19–25	25–19	25–14		94–77	P2
29 Aug	13:00	SOR	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Nigeria	22–25	21–25	21–25			64–75	P2

9th–12th semifinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	16:00	SOR	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	24–26	19–25	20–25			63–76	P2
29 Aug	19:00	SOR	South Korea	2–3	Czech Republic	29–31	25–22	18–25	25–19	14–16	111–113	P2

5th–8th semifinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	10:00	EMS	Iran	3–0	Bulgaria	25–22	25–22	25–15			75–59	P2
29 Aug	13:00	EMS	Japan	3–1	Belarus	25–27	25–18	25–18	33–31		108–94	P2

Semifinals[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	16:00	EMS	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–21	25–18	27–25			77–64	P2
29 Aug	19:00	EMS	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–18	25–16	25–17			75–51	P2

15th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	09:00	SOR	United States	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–21	25–15			75–56	P2

13th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	11:50	SOR	Germany	3–0	Nigeria	26–24	25–22	25–15			76–61	P2

11th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	14:40	SOR	Cuba	1–3	South Korea	21–25	25–18	24–26	23–25		93–94	P2

9th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	17:30	SOR	Brazil	3–0	Czech Republic	25–13	25–21	25–19			75–53	P2

7th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	09:00	EMS	Bulgaria	3–1	Belarus	25–21	25–19	20–25	25–17		95–82	P2

5th place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	11:50	EMS	Iran	3–1	Japan	28–26	23–25	25–16	25–23		101–90	P2

3rd place match[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	14:40	EMS	Argentina	3–1	Egypt	25–19	25–19	23–25	25–17		98–80	P2

Final[edit]

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	20:00	EMS	Russia	1–3	Italy	24–26	25–21	19–25	18–25		86–97	P2

Final standing[edit]

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Russia
	Argentina
4	Egypt
5	Iran
6	Japan
7	Bulgaria
8	Belarus
9	Brazil
10	Czech Republic
11	South Korea
12	Cuba
13	Germany
14	Nigeria
15	United States
16	Chinese Taipei
17	Tunisia
18	Mexico
19	Dominican Republic
20	Colombia

2019 Boys' U19 World champions
Italy 2nd title

12–man roster

Damiano Catania, Leonardo Ferrato, Federico Crosato, Alessandro Michieletto, Piervito Disabato (c), Alberto Pol, Tommaso Stefani, Alessandro Gianotti, Giulio Magalini, Tommaso Rinaldi, Paolo Porro, Nicola Cianciotta

Head coach

Vincenzo Fanizza

Awards[edit]

Most valuable player
Tommaso Rinaldi
Best setter
Paolo Porro
Best outside spikers
Tommaso Rinaldi

Omar Kurbanov
Best middle blockers
Nicola Cianciotta

Agustin Gallardo
Best opposite spiker
Roman Murashko
Best libero
Ilia Fedorov

References[edit]

^ "Egypt, Tunisia, Mexico, Bahrain to host Age-Group World Championships in 2019". FIVB. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ "XXI Campeonato Sudamericano U19 Masculino 2018 – Sopó – Colombia". CSV. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "FIVB World Ranking - Boys U19 (as of January 2019)". FIVB. January 2019.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Egypt, Tunisia, Mexico, Bahrain to host Age-Group World Championships in 2019". FIVB. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[2] "XXI Campeonato Sudamericano U19 Masculino 2018 – Sopó – Colombia". CSV. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[3] "FIVB World Ranking - Boys U19 (as of January 2019)". FIVB. January 2019.

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Qualification[edit]

Pools composition[edit]

Squads[edit]

Venues[edit]

Pool standing procedure[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pool B[edit]

Pool C[edit]

Pool D[edit]

Final round[edit]

17th–20th places[edit]

Final sixteen[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

9th–16th quarterfinals[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

13th–16th semifinals[edit]

9th–12th semifinals[edit]

5th–8th semifinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

15th place match[edit]

13th place match[edit]

11th place match[edit]

9th place match[edit]

7th place match[edit]

5th place match[edit]

3rd place match[edit]

Final[edit]

Final standing[edit]

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]