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.
Saturday will see Brazil take on Thailand in the 5th-8th playoffs of the U-21 of the Volleyball World Championship. Thailand is currently ranked twelfth in the world rankings. While Brazil is currently the world no. 7 in the FIVB rankings for U-21 Men. Heading into Saturday’s game, Brazil is coming with a defeat from Argentina (0-3). While on the other hand, Poland is also coming with a defeat against Poland (0-3). Talking about the pool standings, Brazil is currently in third place in Pool F. On the other hand, Thailand is in fourth place in Pool E. Saturday’s contest will be a crucial one for both teams.
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.
Cardoso Gustavo (S), Baioco Cipriano Filipe (L), Amorim da Silva Souza Guilherme (OH), Oliveira Morais do Nascimento Thiery Fellipe (MB), Carazzai de Morais Neufeld Samuel (O), Sabi Faquin Eduardo (S), Dos Santos Lima João Vitor (OH), Dos Santos França Maicon (MB), Alves da Silva Bryan Lucas (O), Guedes de Paula Henrique (MB), Bento Buczmiejuk Arthur (OH), Bergmann Lukas Felipe (OH)
Bunsuk Kritsadikon (S), Thanomnoi Jakkrit (OH), Sangsak Kittipong (OH), Bootsamrit Panya (OH), Paradech Paitoon (O), Yotsanthia Pramot (S), Ponsaen Withawat (MB), Takabut Phutidol (L), Khumpumee Panupong (MB), Aboubaca Sow Suwit (OH), Muangkot Narathon (L), Muangkao Chutiphong (MB)
| Saturday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Bahrain vs USA (Playoff 13-16) | 12:30 pm |
| Poland vs Belgium (Playoff 5-8) | 1:30 pm |
| Mexico vs Tunisia (Playoff 13-16) | 3:30 pm |
| Brazil vs Thailand (Playoff 5-8) | 4:30 pm |
| Czech Republic vs India (Playoff 9-12) | 6:30 pm |
| Italy vs Bulgaria (Semifinals) | 7:30 pm |
| Canada vs Egypt (Playoff 9-12) | 9:30 pm |
| Iran vs Argentina (Semifinals) | 10:30 pm |
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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