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.
Wednesday will see Italy take on Croatia in the Quarter-finals of the FIVB Volleyball Girls U19 World Championship. Italy is currently the World No. 1 in the Volleyball U 19 World Rankings. On the other hand, Croatia is ranked thirty-fifth in the Volleyball U 19 World Rankings. Heading into Wednesday’s match, Italy is coming after thrashing Egypt in the Round of 16 (3-0). On the other hand, Croatia won a nail-biter against Poland (3-2). The Italians will try to brush aside last edition’s finals and win the coveted gold medal this time around.
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.
Batte Ilaria (S), Monaco Maia Carlotta (MB), Amoruso Giorgia (OH), Moroni Gaia (O), Bardaro Anna (L), Coba Angela (S), Esposito Lisa (OH), Manfredini Linda (MB), Adigwe Merit Chinenyenwa (O), Atamah Princess Omonigho (MB), Piomboni Nicole (OH), Esposito Erika (OH)
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)
| Schedule | Timings (IST) |
| Japan vs Thailand | 15:30 |
| Bulgaria vs Turkey | 18:30 |
| Egypt vs Poland | 18:30 |
| Puerto Rico vs China | 18:35 |
| Canada vs Mexico | 20:30 |
| Hungary vs South Korea | 21:30 |
| Italy vs Croatia | 21:30 |
| Dominic Republic vs Argentina | 21:35 |
| Peru vs Serbia | 23:30 |
| Fixture | Scoreline | Set |
| Japan vs Puerto Rico | 25-18, 25-21 & 25-21 | 3-0 |
| Chile vs Canada | 19-25, 25-27, 25-16 & 23-25 | 1-3 |
| Peru vs Cameroon | 25-18, 25-18 & 25-22 | 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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