2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 18 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Durango City, Mexico. Mexico were chosen as the hosts for this event for the second time after previously hosting the 2007 tournament.^[1]

2021 FIVB Volleyball
Girls' U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
City	Durango City
Dates	20–29 September 2021
Teams	20
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament awards
MVP	Natalia Suvorova
Best Setter	Viktoriia Kobzar
Best OH	Julia Ituma Mckenna Wucherer
Best MB	Natalia Suvorova Hena Kurtagić
Best OPP	Giulia Viscioni
Best Libero	Emma Barbero
Official website
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United States were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Italy.

Qualification

A total of 20 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Mexico who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams qualified from five separate continental competitions, which were held by 31 December 2020 at the latest. However, due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent impact on some Confederations’ ability to organise the events within the given deadline, the FIVB has decided to postpone the deadline for continental qualifications to 28 February 2021. Additionally, in the case of no Continental Confederations being able to hold qualifying event, teams qualified according to the respective Continental Rankings.^[2][3][4][5]

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	2020	Lausanne	1	Mexico
2020 European Championship	1–9 October 2020	Podgorica	6	Russia  Turkey  Serbia  Italy  Romania  Poland
NORCECA Ranking			4	United States  Canada  Puerto Rico  Dominican Republic
2018 Asian Championship	20–27 May	Nakhon Pathom	1	Japan  China  Thailand  South Korea
2020 African Championship	March 2021	Abuja	2	Cameroon  Nigeria
South American Ranking			3	Brazil  Peru  Argentina
FIVB World Ranking			3	Egypt*  Bulgaria*  Slovakia*
Total				20

* Japan, China, and South Korea withdrew from the competition. Bulgaria, Egypt and Slovakia entered by the world ranking.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Mexico (22), (Host)	Italy (1)	United States (2)	Brazil (3)
Cameroon (9)	Turkey (8)	Romania (6)	Russia (4)
Serbia (12)	Peru (10)	Nigeria (11)	Bulgaria (13)
Canada (17)	Egypt (14)	Thailand (18)	Argentina (15)
Poland (20)	Dominican Republic (52)	Puerto Rico (20)	Slovakia (24)

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	4	4	0	11	12	2	6.000	335	178	1.882	Round of 16
2	Poland	4	3	1	9	11	5	2.200	337	250	1.348
3	Mexico	4	2	2	7	8	6	1.333	296	229	1.293
4	Canada	4	1	3	3	3	9	0.333	214	225	0.951
5	Cameroon[a]	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	0	300	0.000	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Cameroon was forced to withdraw team did not come to competition and their games were forfeited.^[6]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–2	Poland	22–25	25–10	23–25	25–14	15–6	110–80	P2Report
20 Sep	20:00	Mexico	3–0	Cameroon	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
21 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Cameroon	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
21 Sep	20:00	Mexico	3–0	Canada	25–18	25–7	25–22			75–47	P2Report
22 Sep	17:00	Poland	3–0	Cameroon	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
22 Sep	20:00	Canada	0–3	Serbia	11–25	10–25	22–25			43–75	P2Report
23 Sep	17:00	Cameroon	0–3	Canada	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Mexico	2–3	Poland	25–21	16–25	25–21	12–25	13–15	91–107	P2Report
24 Sep	17:00	Poland	3–0	Canada	25–18	25–18	25–13			75–49	P2Report
24 Sep	20:00	Mexico	0–3	Serbia	14–25	23–25	18–25			55–75	P2Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	322	248	1.298	Round of 16
2	Turkey	4	3	1	8	9	5	1.800	320	261	1.226
3	Dominican Republic	4	2	2	6	6	8	0.750	303	324	0.935
4	Peru	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	293	332	0.883
5	Egypt	4	0	4	1	5	12	0.417	323	396	0.816	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	11:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Turkey	15–25	21–25	18–25			54–75	P2Report
20 Sep	14:00	Egypt	1–3	Peru	25–20	22–25	20–25	22–25		89–95	P2Report
21 Sep	11:00	Egypt	1–3	Italy	25–22	12–25	10–25	16–25		63–97	P2Report
21 Sep	14:00	Peru	0–3	Turkey	13–25	21–25	10–25			44–75	P2Report
22 Sep	11:00	Peru	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–18	22–25	21–25	23–25		91–93	P2Report
22 Sep	14:00	Turkey	0–3	Italy	22–25	23–25	19–25			64–75	P2Report
23 Sep	11:00	Turkey	3–2	Egypt	25–18	25–10	21–25	20–25	15–10	106–88	P2Report
23 Sep	14:00	Italy	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–18	25–21	25–19			75–58	P2Report
24 Sep	11:00	Italy	3–0	Peru	25–21	25–23	25–19			75–63	P2Report
24 Sep	14:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Egypt	23–25	25–22	25–23	25–13		98–83	P2Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	318	167	1.904	Round of 16
2	Romania	4	3	1	8	10	5	2.000	333	246	1.354
3	Thailand	4	2	2	7	8	6	1.333	305	248	1.230
4	Puerto Rico	4	1	3	3	3	9	0.333	230	225	1.022
5	Nigeria[a]	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	0	300	0.000	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Nigeria was forced to withdraw team did not come to competition and their games were forfeited.^[7]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	11:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Romania	19–25	19–25	21–25			59–75	P2Report
20 Sep	14:00	Thailand	3–0	Nigeria	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
21 Sep	11:00	Thailand	0–3	United States	18–25	20–25	23–25			61–75	P2Report
21 Sep	14:00	Nigeria	0–3	Romania	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
22 Sep	11:00	Nigeria	0–3	Puerto Rico	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
22 Sep	17:00	Romania	1–3	United States	21–25	11–25	25–18	16–25		73–93	P2Report
23 Sep	14:00	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–9	25–15	25–9			75–33	P2Report
23 Sep	17:00	Romania	3–2	Thailand	25–15	23–25	22–25	25–19	15–10	110–94	P2Report
24 Sep	11:00	United States	3–0	Nigeria	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
24 Sep	14:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Thailand	20–25	23–25	20–25			63–75	P2Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	11	12	2	6.000	325	243	1.337	Round of 16
2	Brazil	4	3	1	10	11	4	2.750	348	292	1.192
3	Slovakia	4	2	2	6	7	8	0.875	328	330	0.994
4	Argentina	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	290	320	0.906
5	Bulgaria	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	239	345	0.693	17th–20th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	17:00	Slovakia	0–3	Russia	15–25	19–25	22–25			56–75	P2Report
20 Sep	20:00	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	24–26	25–15	25–19	25–14		99–74	P2Report
21 Sep	17:00	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	23–25	22–25	16–25			61–75	P2Report
21 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	9–25	13–25	17–25			39–75	P2Report
22 Sep	17:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Slovakia	17–25	19–25	25–21	14–25		75–96	P2Report
22 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–2	Brazil	25–23	16–25	19–25	25–14	15–12	100–99	P2Report
23 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–12	25–17	25–20			75–49	P2Report
23 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–1	Slovakia	25–16	25–16	24–26	25–22		99–80	P2Report
24 Sep	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	25–14	25–20	25–17			75–51	P2Report
24 Sep	20:00	Slovakia	3–1	Argentina	21–25	25–23	25–13	25–20		96–81	P2Report

Final round

• All times are Mexico Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00).

17th–18th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Result
17	Bulgaria	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	64	3.531	17th place
18	Egypt	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	214	76	2.816	18th place
19	Nigeria	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	0	150	0.000	19th place
19	Cameroon	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	0	150	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	10:00	Egypt	0–3	Bulgaria	20–25	20–25	24–26			64–76	P2Report

Final sixteen

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

26 Sep

Russia

3

27 Sep

Puerto Rico

0

Russia

3

26 Sep

Poland

0

Poland

3

28 Sep

Dominican Republic

0

Russia

3

26 Sep

Serbia

0

Brazil

3

27 Sep

Thailand

1

Brazil

1

26 Sep

Serbia

3

Serbia

3

29 Sep

Peru

1

Russia

3

26 Sep

Italy

0

Italy

3

27 Sep

Canada

0

Italy

3

26 Sep

Romania

0

Romania

3

28 Sep

Slovakia

2

Italy

3

26 Sep

United States

0

3rd place match

Turkey

3

27 Sep

29 Sep

Mexico

0

Turkey

2

Serbia

1

26 Sep

United States

3

United States

3

United States

3

Argentina

2

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	28 Sep
	Poland	2
					29 Sep
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
	28 Sep
					Romania	0
	Romania	3
	Turkey	1
					7th place match
					29 Sep
					Poland	0
					Turkey	3

	9th–16th quarterfinals				9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	27 Sep
	Puerto Rico	1
					28 Sep
	Dominican Republic	3
					Dominican Republic	3
	27 Sep
					Thailand	1
	Thailand	3
									29 Sep
	Peru	0
									Dominican Republic	0
	27 Sep
									Argentina	3
	Canada	1
					28 Sep
	Slovakia	3
					Slovakia	2
	27 Sep
					Argentina	3			11th place match
	Mexico	1
									29 Sep
	Argentina	3
									Thailand	3
									Slovakia	1

	13th–15th semifinals				13th place match
	28 Sep
	Puerto Rico	1
					29 Sep
	Peru	3
					Peru	0
	28 Sep
					Mexico	3
	Canada	0
	Mexico	3
					15th place match
					29 Sep
					Puerto Rico	3
					Canada	0

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	11:00	Russia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–12	25–11	25–13			75–36	P2Report
26 Sep	11:00	Poland	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–11	25–16			75–46	P2Report
26 Sep	14:00	Brazil	3–1	Thailand	25–19	25–23	24–26	25–23		99–91	P2Report
26 Sep	14:00	Serbia	3–1	Peru	25–13	25–21	17–25	25–15		92–74	P2Report
26 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Canada	25–10	25–10	25–13			75–33	P2Report
26 Sep	17:00	Romania	3–2	Slovakia	21–25	25–22	16–25	25–21	15–11	102–104	P2Report
26 Sep	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Mexico	25–17	25–13	25–17			75–47	P2Report
26 Sep	20:00	United States	3–2	Argentina	26–24	23–25	21–25	25–18	15–7	110–99	P2Report

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	12:30	Puerto Rico	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–18	13–25	12–25	18–25		68–93	P2Report
27 Sep	15:00	Thailand	3–0	Peru	25–23	25–18	25–17			75–58	P2Report
27 Sep	17:30	Canada	1–3	Slovakia	25–23	22–25	17–25	11–25		75–98	P2Report
27 Sep	20:00	Mexico	1–3	Argentina	25–23	23–25	23–25	15–25		86–98	P2Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	11:00	Russia	3–0	Poland	25–11	25–12	25–15			75–38	P2Report
27 Sep	14:00	Brazil	1–3	Serbia	23–25	20–25	25–22	20–25		88–97	P2Report
27 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Romania	25–15	25–18	25–13			75–46	P2Report
27 Sep	20:00	Turkey	2–3	United States	25–19	23–25	25–22	21–25	9–15	103–106	P2Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	11:00	Puerto Rico	1–3	Peru	17–25	27–25	21–25	26–28		91–103	P2Report
28 Sep	14:00	Canada	0–3	Mexico	20–25	26–28	16–25			62–78	P2Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Thailand	25–16	25–18	24–26	25–20		99–80	P2Report
28 Sep	20:00	Slovakia	2–3	Argentina	25–16	21–25	25–23	19–25	5–15	95–104	P2Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	11:00	Poland	2–3	Brazil	17–25	25–22	22–25	25–19	11–15	100–106	P2Report
28 Sep	14:00	Romania	3–1	Turkey	25–20	23–25	25–18	25–19		98–82	P2Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Serbia	25–13	25–8	25–21			75–42	P2Report
28 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–0	United States	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	P2Report

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	10:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–21	28–26	25–23			78–70	P2Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	13:00	Peru	0–3	Mexico	18–25	16–25	14–25			48–75	P2Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–1	Slovakia	22–25	25–22	25–19	25–23		97–89	P2Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	19:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Argentina	20–25	17–25	18–25			55–75	P2Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	11:00	Poland	0–3	Turkey	21–25	17–25	25–27			63–77	P2Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Romania	25–17	25–14	25–12			75–43	P2Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Serbia	1–3	United States	23–25	18–25	28–26	18–25		87–101	P2Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–16	25–17	25–20			75–53	P2Report

Final standings

Rank Team  Russia  Italy  United States 4  Serbia 5  Brazil 6  Romania 7  Turkey 8  Poland 9  Argentina 10  Dominican Republic 11  Thailand 12  Slovakia 13  Mexico 14  Peru 15  Puerto Rico 16  Canada 17  Bulgaria 18  Egypt 19  Nigeria  Cameroon

2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship  Russia 3rd title 12–Women Roster Natalia Suvorova, Anastasiia Kapralova, Victoria Demidova, Irina Artiukhina, Daria Zamanskaia, Alina Rubtsova, Alina Popova, Oksana Shvydkaia, Viktoriia Kobzar, Anna Khabibrakhmanova, Anastasiia Zhabrova, Varvara Sergeeva Head coach Alexander Karikov

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Natalia Suvorova

• Best setter

  Viktoriia Kobzar

• Best outside spikers

  Julia Ituma

  Mckenna Wucherer

• Best middle blockers

  Natalia Suvorova

  Hena Kurtagić

• Best opposite spiker

  Giulia Viscioni

• Best libero

  Emma Barbero

See also

• 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

References

1. "Mexico to host FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in 2021". norceca.info. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
2. "Qualification process for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships updated". fivb.com. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
3. "FIVB announces hosts for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships". cev.eu. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
4. "Dates and venues for 2020 African Age Group Nations Championships announced". cavb.org. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
5. "NORCECA Age-group Continental Championships will not be held". norceca.info. 1 December 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
6. "Comunicado Oficial: Lamentablemente por probelmas de fuerza mayor, la Selección de Camerún NO PARTICIPARÁ dentro del Mundial U18 FIVB Durango, México 2021. Por lo que informamos a quienes hayan adquirido el boleto para el encuentro de este lunes 20 de Septiembre contra la Selección de México, pueden acudir al juego de #México Vs. #Canadá para el día martes 21 de Septiembre". ieddurango. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
7. "Por custiones de fuerza Mayor las representantes de las Selección de Nigeria no participarán en el presente Mundial de Voleibol Sub 18 a desarrollarse en nuestra entidad, por lo que quienes hayan comprado boletos para ver a estas 2 selecciones podrán ingresar a algún otro partido con boletaje disponible. Agradecemos su comprensión por estas cuestiones ajenas y de fuerza mayor y deseamos que disfruten de este evento de primer nivel a nivel mundial". ieddurango. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

External links

• Official website