The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship will be the 22nd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship will be the 22nd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship. It is a biennial international junior volleyball championship contested by the men’s national teams under the age of 21. The teams who are contesting the World Championship must be the members associations of the FIVB. The FIVB is the sport’s global governing body. It will be held in Manama, Bahrain from 7 to 16 July 2023.
Wednesday will see Argentina take on Belgium in the U-21 of the Volleyball World Championship. Belgium is currently ranked fifth in the world rankings. While Thailand is currently the world no. 3 in the FIVB rankings for U-21 Men. Heading into Wednesday’s game, Argentina is coming after winning a nail-biter against Belgium (3-2). Argentina will be facing Italy next. On the other hand, Belgium will be facing Brazil in its next encounter. After their previous encounter, the Belgians will look to settle the score with Argentina.
A total of 16 national teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Mexico who qualified automatically as the host, 10 other teams qualified through five separate continental competitions which were required to be held by 31 December 2022 at the latest. The remaining 5 teams entered the competition by the Men’s U21 FIVB World Ranking among the teams not yet qualified.
Teams will play a round-robin in each pool. The top two teams from each pool will advance to round-robin pools E and F of the second phase, while the rest will move to pools G and H to continue the battles for classification from eighth to 16th. The winners and runners-up of pools E and F will progress to the semifinals and eventually determine the medallists.
Albrecht Manuel (L), Conde Lucas (OH), Vazquez Ezequiel (S), Gomez German Alfredo (O), Rojas Nahuel (OH), Turcitu Giuliano (OH), Garcia Nahuel (MB), Salazar Imanol (MB), Oldani Nicolas (MB), DENIS CABAÑAS Pablo Cesar (O), Ovalles Alonso Luca Martiniano (S), Diaz Fausto (OH)
Van Looveren Tijl (S), Dermaux Basil (O), Reggers Ferre (O), Verhamme Jasper (MB), Schroeven Jippe (O), De Bruyn Sietse (OH), Verwimp Kobe (OH), Beelaert Lennert (OH), Vlahovic Simon Luka (MB), Van Loon Robbe (MB), Perin Pierre (OH), Ponseele Robbe (S)
Wednesday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
Canada vs India | 1:30 pm |
Egypt vs Mexico | 1:30 pm |
Bulgaria vs Poland | 4:30 pm |
Czech Republic vs USA | 4:30 pm |
Iran vs Thailand | 7:30 pm |
Brazil vs Italy | 7:30 pm |
Argentina vs Belgium | 10:30 pm |
Bahrain vs Tunisia | 10:30 pm |
Tuesday Games | Scoreline | Sets |
Egypt vs USA | 25-20, 25-20, 22-25 & 25-20 | 3-1 |
Canada vs Tunisia | 25-22, 17-25, 25-22 & 25-18 | 3-1 |
Czech Republic vs Mexico | TBD | TBD |
Iran vs Poland | TBD | TBD |
Brazil vs Belgium | TBD | TBD |
Bulgaria vs Thailand | TBD | TBD |
Bahrain vs India | TBD | TBD |
Argentina vs Italy | TBD | TBD |
The 2023 Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship will commence on July 07 and end on July 16.
All the 2023 Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship matches will be streamed live on Volleyball World TV. Viewers can access it from the volleyballworld. tv. Viewers can also tune in to the official youtube channel of Volleyballworld.
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