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.
Thursday will see Turkey take on Dominican Republic in the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship. Turkey is ranked sixth in the FIVB U 19 World Rankings. In contrast, Dominican Republic is ranked ninth in the FIVB U 19 World Rankings. Heading into Thursday’s match, Turkey is coming after thrashing Nigeria 3-0. While the Dominican Republic is coming with a win against Puerto Rico (3-1). Let’s see who has the last laugh on Thursday.
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.
Eylul Durgun (O), Beren Yesilirmak (O), Dilay Ozdemir (S), İlayda Naz Gergef (L), Beril Çoban (S), Nisan Eroğuz (MB), Bianka Ilayda Mumcular (O), Lal Verda Akın (MB), Liza Safronova (O), Begum Kacmaz (MB), Şevval Acıbal (O), Selen Kose (O)
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)
| Schedule (3.08.23) | Timings (IST) |
| Poland vs South Korea | 00:30 |
| Dominican Republic vs Germany | 00:30 |
| Argentina vs Cameroon | 00:30 |
| Thailand vs Bulgaria | 00:35 |
| USA vs Mexico | 18:30 |
| Turkey vs Dominican Republic | 18:30 |
| Chine vs Chile | 18:30 |
| Italy vs Peru | 18:35 |
| Poland vs Serbia | 21:30 |
| Croatia vs Puerto Rico | 21:30 |
| Hungary vs Cameroon | 21:30 |
| Brazil vs Thailand | 21:35 |
| Fixture | Scoreline | Set |
| Dominican Republic Vs Puerto Rico | 25-21, 21-25, 25-13 & 25-22 | 3-1 |
| Poland Vs Mexico | 25-11, 25-19, 20-25 & 27-25 | 3-1 |
| Egypt Vs Cameroon | 25-20, 25-13 & 25-17 | 3-0 |
| Thailand Vs Peru | 25-10, 29-27 & 25-9 | 3-0 |
| Egypt Vs Chile | TBD | TBD |
| Turkey Vs Puerto Rico | TBD | TBD |
| USA Vs Japan | TBD | TBD |
| Italy Vs Canada | TBD | TBD |
| Croatia Vs Nigeria | 25-0, 25-0 & 25-0 | 3-0 |
| Hungary Vs China | TBD | TBD |
| Serbia Vs Mexico | TBD | TBD |
| Brazil Vs Peru | TBD | TBD |
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. It is also speculated that the broadcast will also be available on CEV’s YouTube channel.
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