The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship will be the 18th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship.
The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship will be the 18th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship. This is the biennial international youth volleyball championship that features the under-19 female national teams of FIVB member federations. The FIVB is the world governing body of this sport. It will be held jointly in Croatia and Hungary. By the decision of the FIVB, this will be the first event with U19 national teams. In March 2022, it was decided to change the age category of the girls’ championship from U-18 and U-19. Athletes should be born on or after 1 January 2005.
Monday will see Croatia take on Poland in the FIVB Volleyball Girls U19 World Championship. Poland is currently placed in the tenth position in the Volleyball U 19 World Rankings. On the other hand, Croatia is placed in thirty-fifth place in the Volleyball U 19 World Rankings. Heading into Monday’s match, Croatia is coming after getting thrashed by Turkey in straight sets (0-3). On the other hand, the Polish team stood no chance against the dominant Japanese team (1-3). With the start of the Round of 16, both teams will put aside their recent performances and will try to secure a berth for the finals.
Originally, a total of 20 national teams were going to qualify for the final tournament. However, in January 2023, FIVB confirmed an increase in participating teams from 20 to 24. Croatia and Hungary which qualified automatically as the hosts. Other than that 19 other teams qualified through five separate continental competitions which had to be completed by 2022. The remaining 3 teams entered the competition by the Girls’ U19 FIVB World Ranking among the teams not yet qualified.
The draw for the composition of the pool took place on 31 March 2023 at the FIVB headquarters in Switzerland. The 24 teams were divided into four pools of six. Hosts Croatia and Hungary, as well as the top six teams in the current FIVB U19 girls’ world rankings, were seeded in the top two spots in each pool based on the serpentine principle. The FIVB reserved the right to seed the host teams at the top of Groups A and B regardless of their position in the world rankings. The remaining 16 teams were divided into four pools of four. This is done according to their position in the same FIVB Girls U19 World Ranking. To be drawn, the following four positions must be filled in each pool.
Tia Kovco (L), Bianka Ksenia Listes Lulic (MB), Petra Brkičić (S), Katarina Drobac (MB), Antea Perić (O), Ana Burilovic (OH), Mara Štiglić (O), Kate Lijić (S), Lara Škoro (OH), Aurora Papac (MB), Tonka Bošnjak (O), Lana Sesar (OH),
Suska Zuzanna (L), Milewska Agata (MB), Sobanty Zofia (OH), Dombrowska Amelia (OH), Fiedorowicz Anna (OH), Moszyńska Rozalia (MB), Walczak Aleksandra (S), Podlaska Martyna (O), Adamczyk Aleksandra (OH), Feliks Karolina (MB), Siuda Nadia (S), Brzoza Zofia (O)
| Schedule | Timings (IST) |
| China vs Thailand | 18:30 |
| Turkey vs Korea | 18:30 |
| Italy vs Egypt | 18:35 |
| Germany vs Mexico | 20:30 |
| Bulgaria vs Hungary | 21:30 |
| Croatia vs Poland | 21:30 |
| Argentina vs Brazil | 21:35 |
| Fixture | Scoreline | Set |
| Poland vs Japan | 25-20, 19-25, 15-25 & 21-25 | 1-3 |
| Croatia vs Turkey | 20-25, 19-25 & 18-25 | 0-3 |
| Cameroon vs Chile | 25-20, 19-25, 17-25, 15-25 | 1-3 |
| Peru vs Bulgaria | 22-25, 16-25 & 19-25 | 0-3 |
| USA vs Dominican Republic | 25-15, 25-15 & 26-24 | 3-0 |
The FIVB Volleyball U19 World Championship for Girls starts on 1 August and ends on 11 August 2023.
The LIVE Streaming of the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship 2023 will be available on Volleyball World TV. To access the streaming, one has to subscribe to the VBTV premium which will cost $3.99 per month. There is also speculation that the broadcast will also be available on the FIVB YouTube channel.
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