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. It is the biennial international youth volleyball championship contested by the women’s national teams under the age of 19 of the members associations of FIVB. FIVB is the sport’s global governing body. It will be held in Croatia and Hungary jointly. This will be the first edition with under-19 national teams after FIVB decided. In March 2022, it was decided to move the age category of the girls’ championship from U-18 and U-19. Athletes should be born on or after 1 January 2005.
Wednesday will see Dominican Republic take on Puerto Rica in the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship. The Dominican Republic is ranked ninth in the FIVB U 19 World Rankings. While Puerto Rico is ranked thirteenth in the FIVB U 19 World Rankings. It will be an interesting clash on the opening day of Pool B.
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 was held on 31 March 2023 at the FIVB headquarters in Switzerland. The 24 teams were split into four pools of six. The hosts Croatia and Hungary and the top six teams of the Girls’ U19 FIVB World Ranking in force at that time were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system. FIVB reserved the right to seed the host teams as heads of pools A and B regardless of their position in the World Ranking. The remaining 16 teams were divided into four pots of four. This is according to their position in the same Girls’ U19 FIVB World Ranking. In order to be drawn complete the following four positions in each pool.
Fernandez Rojas Kirssy (L), Ramirez Terrero Yuseiry Del Carmen (OH), Arias Alejo Julie Millaray (OH), Firpo Filpo Yalyn Victoria (MB), Liberato Gomez Ailyn Miabela (S), Rodriguez Fung Ariana (S), Flete Saviñon Jismeily (OH), Paniagua Hinojosa Crismeily (S), Maleno Mendez Dilenny Michel (OH), Puente Estrella Selanny (MB), Puente Estrella Glorybell (MB), Alonzo Vargas Katielle Altagracia (OH)
Skerrett Walker Destiny Angelie (OH), Valencia Medina Dariana Paola (S), Guibert Rivera Alana Antonela (MB), Carrion Gonzalez Chareika (OH), Mieles Rosado Kamila Isabel (L), Garcia Guerrios Elena Cristina (OH), Francis Garay Yarimar (MB), Cruz Martinez Ainoah Andrea (L), Rivera Torres Juliana Milayne (S), Lopez Villanueva Grace Mar (OH), Maynulet Vizcarrondo Elena Margarita (OH), Sanabria Lorenzo Victoria (MB)
| Schedule (2.08.23) | Timings (IST) |
| Dominican Republic Vs Puerto Rico | 00:30 |
| Egypt Vs Cameroon | 00:30 |
| Poland Vs Mexico | 00:30 |
| Thailand Vs Peru | 00:35 |
| Egypt Vs Chile | 18:30 |
| Turkey Vs Puerto Rico | 18:30 |
| USA Vs Japan | 18:30 |
| Italy Vs Canada | 18:35 |
| Croatia Vs Nigeria | 21:30 |
| Hungary Vs China | 21:30 |
| Serbia Vs Mexico | 21:30 |
| Brazil Vs Peru | 21:35 |
The FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship is scheduled to start on August 1 and will end on August 11, 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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