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.
Saturday will see Mexico take on Japan in the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship. Mexico is currently ranked fifteenth in the FIVB U 19 World Rankings. In contrast, Japan is placed one place below Mexico in the sixteenth place in the FIVB U 19 World Rankings. Heading into Saturday’s match, Mexico is coming after getting hammered by the United States (0-3). While Japan is also coming with a defeat against the United States (0-3). It will be interesting to see who has the last laugh on Saturday.
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 FIVB World U19 Girls Ranking in force at the time, were seeded in the top two places in each pool using 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.
Ocampo Isabella Annie (OH), Padron Partida Sofia Yamileth (L), Castillo Tabuyo Aylin Gabriela (O), Solano Muñoz Luz Angela (O), Favela Ruelas Diana Sofia (MB), Gomez Vallin Alexa (O), Marquez Ceja Arleth Yuridia (MB), Lizarraga Gonzalez Michelle Alejandra (OH), Arzate de la Torre Michelle (OH), Sanchez Escobar Alejandra Montserrat (S), Bernal Martell Italia (S), Trejo Valdez Tessa Marina (MB)
Kasai Riri (OH), Kumagai Niina (S), Ndigwe Cindy Chisom (MB), Akimoto Miku (OH), Nishikawa Rin (L), Omori Sae (OH), Ito Ichiyo (MB), Yamauchi Shiori (OH), Hidaka Kokoro (S), Tashiro Mio (OH), Ino Maaya (OH), Kitagawa Mio (MB)
| Schedule | Timings (IST) |
| Egypt vs Argentina | 00:30 |
| Japan vs South Korea | 00:30 |
| Canada vs Bulgaria | 00:35 |
| Argentina vs Chile | 18:30 |
| Mexico vs Japan | 18:30 |
| Italy vs Thailand | 18:35 |
| Croatia vs Dominican Republic | 21:30 |
| Hungary vs Egypt | 21:30 |
| Serbia vs South Korea | 21:30 |
| Brazil vs Bulgaria | 21:35 |
| Fixture | Scoreline | Set |
| Poland vs South Korea | 25-19, 25-23 & 25-16 | 3-0 |
| Dominican Republic vs Germany | 24-25, 25-15, 16-25 & 23-25 | 1-3 |
| Argentina vs Cameroon | 25-16, 25-19 & 25-12 | 3-0 |
| Thailand vs Bulgaria | 22-25, 20-25 & 20-25 | 0-3 |
| USA vs Mexico | 25-19, 25-22 & 25-20 | 3-0 |
| Turkey vs Dominican Republic | 25-19, 25-20 & 25-15 | 3-0 |
| Chine vs Chile | 25-18, 25-14 & 25-10 | 3-0 |
| Italy vs Peru | 25-18, 22-25, 25-17 & 25-15 | 3-1 |
| Poland vs Serbia | TBD | TBD |
| Croatia vs Puerto Rico | 23-25, 25-21, 25-20 & 25-20 | 3-1 |
| Hungary vs Cameroon | 25-17, 25-20 & 25-15 | 3-0 |
| Brazil vs Thailand | 25-13, 25-21 & 25-15 | 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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