2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

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]

2015 Women's U23 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	12 – 19 August 2015
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Juma Silva (BRA)
Official website
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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 Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	11 November 2014	Lausanne	1	Turkey
2014 African U23 Championship[3]	7 – 9 September 2014	Algiers	1	Egypt
2014 U22 South American Championship	7 – 13 September 2014	Popayán	2	Brazil
				Colombia
U19 European Rankings[4]	18 September 2014	Luxembourg	2	Bulgaria
				Italy
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup	5 – 10 October 2014	Ica	2	Dominican Republic
				Cuba
2015 U23 Asian Championship	1 – 9 May 2015	Pasig	2	China
				Thailand
U20 World Ranking[5]	as of 1 January 2015	Lausanne	2	Japan
				Peru
Total			12

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

Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B
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

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Aug	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Colombia	25–15	25–15	25–18			75–48	P2 P3
12 Aug	16:30	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–20	25–19			75–62	P2 P3
12 Aug	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Egypt	25–10	25–17	25–13			75–40	P2 P3
13 Aug	14:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Colombia	25–22	25–17	30–28			80–67	P2 P3
13 Aug	16:30	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–6	25–15	25–11			75–32	P2 P3
13 Aug	19:00	Turkey	3–1	Italy	25–15	22–25	25–18	25–22		97–80	P2 P3
14 Aug	14:00	Italy	3–0	Colombia	25–19	26–24	25–21			76–64	P2 P3
14 Aug	16:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–18	25–15			75–49	P2 P3
14 Aug	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Brazil	25–18	25–15	25–14			75–47	P2 P3
15 Aug	14:00	Colombia	3–0	Egypt	25–14	25–19	26–24			76–57	P2 P3
15 Aug	16:30	Brazil	3–1	Italy	30–28	16–25	25–19	25–20		96–92	P2 P3
15 Aug	19:00	Turkey	3–2	Bulgaria	25–20	25–22	23–25	19–25	15–8	107–100	P2 P3
17 Aug	14:00	Italy	3–2	Egypt	22–25	22–25	25–21	25–15	15–12	109–98	P2 P3
17 Aug	16:30	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	25–17	25–8	30–28			80–53	P2 P3
17 Aug	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Colombia	25–21	25–13	25–17			75–51	P2 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: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Aug	14:00	China	3–1	Thailand	25–27	25–19	25–21	25–23		100–90	P2 P3
12 Aug	16:30	Dominican Republic	3–1	Peru	25–21	25–17	23–25	25–17		98–80	P2 P3
12 Aug	19:00	Japan	3–0	Cuba	25–16	25–10	25–20			75–46	P2 P3
13 Aug	14:00	Peru	1–3	Thailand	25–21	17–25	22–25	21–25		85–96	P2 P3
13 Aug	16:30	Dominican Republic	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–13	25–9			75–41	P2 P3
13 Aug	19:00	China	3–1	Japan	23–25	25–16	25–22	27–25		100–88	P2 P3
14 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–23	25–15			75–58	P2 P3
14 Aug	16:30	Peru	3–0	Cuba	25–9	25–10	25–22			75–41	P2 P3
14 Aug	19:00	China	0–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	19–25	18–25			56–75	P2 P3
15 Aug	14:00	Cuba	0–3	Thailand	17–25	28–30	22–25			67–80	P2 P3
15 Aug	16:30	China	3–1	Peru	22–25	25–20	25–18	25–16		97–79	P2 P3
15 Aug	19:00	Japan	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–18	16–25	25–19		91–82	P2 P3
17 Aug	14:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–21	25–13			75–56	P2 P3
17 Aug	16:30	Japan	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–20	25–15			75–53	P2 P3
17 Aug	19:00	China	3–0	Cuba	25–6	25–8	25–8			75–22	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

5th–8th places

	Semifinals				5th place
	18 August
	Italy	3
					19 August
	Thailand	0
					Italy	0
	18 August
					China	3
	China	3
	Bulgaria	1
					7th place
					19 August
					Thailand	2
					Bulgaria	3

Classification 5th and 8th

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	11:00	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–23	27–25	28–26			80–74	P2 P3
18 Aug	13:30	China	3–1	Bulgaria	22–25	25–21	25–20	25–19		97–85	P2 P3

Classification 7th

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	11:00	Thailand	2–3	Bulgaria	21–25	25–21	25–17	12–25	8–15	91–103	P2 P3

Classification 5th

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	13:30	Italy	0–3	China	21–25	20–25	25–27			66–77	P2 P3

Championship round

	Semifinals				Final
	18 August
	Turkey	3
					19 August
	Japan	1
					Turkey	1
	18 August
					Brazil	3
	Dominican Republic	2
	Brazil	3
					Third place
					19 August
					Japan	2
					Dominican Republic	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	16:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	Brazil	25–19	21–25	25–15	22–25	9–15	102–99	P2 P3
18 Aug	18:30	Turkey	3–1	Japan	25–20	25–12	24–26	25–22		99–80	P2 P3

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	16:00	Japan	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–21	25–17	21–25	16–25	11–15	98–103	P2 P3

Gold medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	18:30	Turkey	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–21	19–25	22–25		87–96	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Turkey  Dominican Republic 4  Japan 5  China 6  Italy 7  Bulgaria 8  Thailand 9  Peru  Colombia 11  Cuba  Egypt

2015 Women's U23 World champions  Brazil 1st title 12–woman roster Milka Silva, Naiane Rios, Juma Silva, Saraelen Lima, Ana Paula Borgo, Rosamaria Montibeller (c), Valquiria Dullius, Gabriella Souza, Juliana Fillipelli, Drussyla Costa, Kasiely Clemente, Lorenne Teixeira Head coach Wagner Coppini Fernandes

Awards

• Most valuable player
  • Juma Silva
• Best setter
  • Juma Silva
• Best Outside Spikers
  • Brayelin Martinez
  • Arisa Inoue
• Best middle blocker
  • Kübra Akman
  • Sara Bonifacio
• Best opposite spiker
  • Rosamaria Montibeller
• Best libero
  • Gizem Örge

See also

• 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

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.

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