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.
Saturday will see Poland take on Belgium in the 5th-8th playoffs of the U-21 of the Volleyball World Championship. Belgium is currently ranked fifth in the world rankings. While Poland is currently the world no. 2 in the FIVB rankings for U-21 Men. Heading into Saturday’s game, Poland is coming with a win against Thailand (3-0). While on the other hand, Belgium is also coming with a defeat in a nail-biter against Italy (2-3). Talking about current standings, Poland is currently in third place in Pool E. On the other hand, Belgium is in fourth place in Pool F. Saturday’s contest will be a crucial one for both teams.
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.
Majchrzak Jakub (MB), Szymendera Kamil (OH), Olszewski Jakub (OH), Kubicki Kajetan (S), Nowik Tytus (O), Kufka Mateusz (MB), Nasevich Aliaksei (O), Śliwka Piotr (OH), Hawryluk Kuba (L), Nowak Mateusz (MB), Biliński Damian (S), Hendzelewski Marcel (OH)
Van Looveren Tijl (S), Dermaux Basil (O), Reggers Ferre (O), Verhamme Jasper (MB), Schroeven Jippe (O), De Bruyn Sietse (OH), Verwimp Kobe (OH), Beelaert Lennert (OH), Vlahovic Simon Luka (MB), Van Loon Robbe (MB), Perin Pierre (OH), Ponseele Robbe (S)
| Saturday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Bahrain vs USA (Playoff 13-16) | 12:30 pm |
| Poland vs Belgium (Playoff 5-8) | 1:30 pm |
| Mexico vs Tunisia (Playoff 13-16) | 3:30 pm |
| Brazil vs Thailand (Playoff 5-8) | 4:30 pm |
| Czech Republic vs India (Playoff 9-12) | 6:30 pm |
| Italy vs Bulgaria (Semifinals) | 7:30 pm |
| Canada vs Egypt (Playoff 9-12) | 9:30 pm |
| Iran vs Argentina (Semifinals) | 10:30 pm |
The 2023 Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship will commence on July 07 and end on July 16.
All the 2023 Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship matches will be streamed live on Volleyball World TV. Viewers can access it from the volleyballworld. tv. Viewers can also tune in to the official youtube channel of Volleyballworld.
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