The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship will be the 22nd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship.
The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship will be the 22nd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship, contested by the women’s national teams under the age of 20 of the members of the FIVB. FIVB is volleyball’s global governing body. It will be held in Mexico from 17 to 27 August 2023. This will be the first edition with under-21 national teams after FIVB decided, in March 2022, to move the age category of the women’s U20 championship to U21 in order to align it with the Men’s U21 World Championship. Italy is the defending champion.
Sunday will see Brazil take on Japan in the 3rd-4th place playoffs of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship 2023. Heading into Sunday’s match, Brazil is coming after being defeated in a nail-biter against China (2-3). On the other hand, Japan is coming after getting thrashed by Italy (0-3). Both teams are coming after a resounding defeat in the semifinals. However, with the 3rd & 4th place finish up for grabs, Brazil & Japan will play for their pride. Let us see who has the last laugh on Sunday.
A total of 16 national teams qualified for the final tournament. Mexico qualified automatically as the host. In addition to that 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 via the Women’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 9th to 16th. The winners and runners-up of pools E and F will progress to the semifinals and eventually determine the medallists.
Isis Bortolaso Simonetti (S), Nicole Fernandes de Oliveira (OH), Julliana Vitória de Andrade Costa Gandra (MB), Jaqueline Schmitz (O), Lívia dos Santos Gomes Lima (MB), Luzia da Silva Nezzo (MB), Aline Segato Maestri (OH), Maria Clara Albrecht Carvalhaes (S), Gabriela Carneiro de Souza (O), Helena Wenk Hoengen (OH), Ana Luiza Rüdiger (O), Leticia Araujo Almeida Holanda Moura (L)
Emili Iiyama (MB), Airi Furukawa (MB), Mika Yoshitake (O), Ayane Kitamado (OH), Amika Saiki (OH), Rin Honda (MB), Megumi Fukazawa (OH), Tsugumi Fukazawa (O), Ai Hirota (OH), Haruka Kaji (S), Saki Iwamoto (S), Amika Tokumoto (L)
| Schedule (27.08.23) | Timings (IST) |
| Turkey vs USA | 1:30 |
| Egypt vs Dominican Republic | 1:30 |
| Brazil vs Japan | 4:30 |
| Cuba vs Poland | 4:30 |
| China vs Italy | 7:30 |
| Argentina vs Netherlands | 7:30 |
| Schedule (26.08.23) | Scoreline | Set |
| China vs Brazil | 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 19-25 & 15-6 | 3-2 |
| Dominican Republic vs Thailand | 25-23, 25-23 & 25-20 | 3-0 |
| Italy vs Japan | 25-22, 25-13 & 25-18 | 3-0 |
| Argentina vs Cuba | 25-20, 24-26, 25-17 & 25-19 | 3-1 |
| USA vs Mexico | 23-25, 25-21, 27-25, 24-26 & 15-11 | 3-2 |
| Netherlands vs Poland | 19-25, 25-21, 31-29 & 25-20 | 3-1 |
| Serbia vs Mexico | TBD | TBD |
| Tunisia vs Thailand | TBD | TBD |
The FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship 2023 starts on August 17 and ends on August 27, 2023.
The live coverage of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship 2023 will happen on Volleyball World TV (VBTV). The highlights of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship 2023 will be available on their official YouTube channel. To enjoy the benefits of VBTV, one has to pay $3.99 per month to watch the live action.
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