2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

2015 Women's U23 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Turkey
Dates12 – 19 August 2015
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Juma Silva (BRA)
Official website
Official Website

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]

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 Switzerland Lausanne 1  Turkey
2014 African U23 Championship[3] 7 – 9 September 2014 Algeria Algiers 1  Egypt
2014 U22 South American Championship 7 – 13 September 2014 Colombia Popayán 2  Brazil
 Colombia
U19 European Rankings[4] 18 September 2014 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2  Bulgaria
 Italy
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup 5 – 10 October 2014 Peru Ica 2  Dominican Republic
 Cuba
2015 U23 Asian Championship 1 – 9 May 2015 Philippines Pasig 2  China
 Thailand
U20 World Ranking[5] as of 1 January 2015 Switzerland 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
Turkey 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

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

5th–8th places

 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
 Italy3
 
19 August
 
 Thailand0
 
 Italy0
 
18 August
 
 China3
 
 China3
 
 
 Bulgaria1
 
7th place
 
 
19 August
 
 
 Thailand2
 
 
 Bulgaria3

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

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
 Turkey3
 
19 August
 
 Japan1
 
 Turkey1
 
18 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Dominican Republic 2
 
 
 Brazil3
 
Third place
 
 
19 August
 
 
 Japan2
 
 
 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

Awards

See also

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.