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.
Friday will see Egypt take on Italy in the U-21 of the Volleyball World Championship. Egypt is currently ranked ninth in the world rankings. While Italy is the current World no. 1 in the FIVB rankings for U-21 Men. Although it will be a tough encounter for the Egyptians, the Pharaohs of Africa will hope to come out with a win.
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.
Mohamed Zyad (O), Khalifa Aly (OH), Abdalla Hazem (OH), Hermash Omar (S), Aboulhassan Yassen (L), Eid Yassin (S), Ellabany Ahmed (O), Ibrahim Ahmed (MB), Mohammed Abdelrahman (MB), Awad Hamza (OH), Said Abdalla (MB), Elzomor Amr (OH)
Boninfante Mattia (S), Volpe Nicolò (MB), Eccher Mattia (MB), Bovolenta Alessandro Alberto (O), Arguelles Sanchez Edwin (O), Bartolucci Filippo (MB), Fanizza Alessandro (S), Laurenzano Gabriele (L), Orioli Mattia (OH), Staforini Matteo (L), Iervolino Riccardo (OH), Roberti Federico (OH)
Saturday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
Egypt vs Italy | 1:30 pm |
Canada vs Poland | 1:30 pm |
Brazil vs Mexico | 4:30 pm |
Bulgaria vs India | 4:30 pm |
Czechia vs Argentina | 7:30 pm |
Iran vs Tunisia | 7:30 pm |
Belgium vs United States | 10:30 pm |
Bahrain vs Thailand | 10:30 pm |
The 2023 Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship will commence on July 07 and end on July 16.
All the matches of the 2023 Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship will be streamed live on Volleyball World TV. Viewers can access it from the volleyballworld. tv.
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