The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship will be the 18th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship.
The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship will be the 18th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship. This is the biennial international youth volleyball championship that features the under-19 male national teams of FIVB member federations. The FIVB is the world governing body of this sport. It will be held in San Juan (Argentina). Athletes must be born on or after 1 January 2005. Poland is the defending champion of the last edition of the World Championship.
Wednesday will see the USA take on Bulgaria in the Quarter-finals of the FIVB Volleyball Boys U19 World Championship. Bulgaria is currently the World No. 1 in the Volleyball U 19 World Rankings. On the other hand, the United States is ranked thirteenth in the Volleyball U 19 World Rankings. Heading into Wednesday’s match, the United States is coming after thrashing Puerto Rico in the Round of 16 (3-0). On the other hand, Bulgaria won a nail-biter against Brazil (3-2). The Bulgarians lost the finals of the last edition. This time the Europeans will be more than determined to put aside everything and win the coveted trophy.
Twenty teams are divided into 4 pools of five in a round-robin system. The best four teams from each pool will qualify for the playoffs, while the rest will participate in the classification for 17th to 20th place. The hosts Argentina and the top seven teams of the Boys’ U19 FIVB World Ranking in force at that time (as of 24 October 2022) were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system. The remaining 12 teams were divided into three pots of four. It was done according to their position in the same Boys’ U19 FIVB World Ranking. Hosts Argentina got an automatic qualification in these fixtures.
Larson Kellen (L), Taliaferro Trent (S), Aruya Joshua (MB), Loiola Victor (OH), Rosenthal Tread (S), Turner Marek (O), Whitfield Tristan (MB), Foley Sterling (OH), Kelly Sean (OH), Kearney Finn (O), Sani Sebastiano (OH), Carreira Caiden (MB)
Simeon Nikolov (S), Rangel Vitekov (S), Konstantin Chipev (L), Kostadin Kozelov (MB), Lyubomir Zlatkov (OH), Stilian Delibosov (MB), Kristian Titriyski (O), Aleksandar Nikolov (MB), Viktor Zhekov (S), Aleksandar Kandev (OH), Nikolay Ivanov (OH), Kristiyan Andreev (O)
| Schedule (10.08.23) | Timings (IST) |
| Serbia vs Slovenia | 2:30 |
| Iran vs Belgium | 2:30 |
| Japan vs Argentina | 5:30 |
| Italy vs Korea | 5:35 |
| Costa Rica vs India | TBD |
| Schedule (09.08.23) | Scoreline | Set |
| USA vs Puerto Rico | 25-18, 25-21 & 25-21 | 3-0 |
| Bulgaria vs Brazil | 25-17, 19-25, 23-25, 25-14 & 15-9 | 3-2 |
| Italy vs Japan | 25-18, 25-18 & 25-22 | 3-0 |
| Korea vs Argentina | 17-25, 25-21, 25-20, 17-25 & 15-9 | 3-2 |
| Costa Rica vs Chile | TBD | TBD |
| USA vs Bulgaria | TBD | TBD |
| Puerto Rico vs Brazil | TBD | TBD |
| France vs Egypt | TBD | TBD |
| Mexico vs Colombia | TBD | TBD |
The FIVB Volleyball U19 World Championship for Boys starts on 2 August and ends on 13 August 2023.
The LIVE Streaming of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ 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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