2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

2019 FIVB Volleyball
Girls' U18 World Championship
ًبطولة العالم للكرة الطائرة للفتيات تحت 18 عاما; 2019 مصر
	Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
Dates	5–14 September
Teams	20
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	China
Tournament awards
MVP	Jessica Mruzik
Best Setter	Kennedi Orr
Best OH	Ana Cristina de Souza; Oghosasere Omoruyi
Best MB	Devyn Robinson; Emma Graziani
Best OPP	Giorgia Frosini
Best Libero	Zhu Xingchen
Official website
	u18.girls.2019.volleyball.fivb.com
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The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship is the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 18 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Egypt from 5 to 14 September 2019. Egypt were chosen as the hosts for this event for the first time.

The finals involve 20 teams, of which 19 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 20 teams, 13 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2017, while Cameroon and DR Congo made their first appearances at a FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.

Italy are the defending champions, having won their second title in Argentina.

Qualification

A total of 20 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Egypt who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams qualify from five separate continental competitions.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	2018	Lausanne	1	Egypt
2018 European Championship	13–21 April 2018	Sofia	6	Russia Italy Turkey Bulgaria Romania Belarus
2018 Asian Championship	20–27 May	Nakhon Pathom	4	Japan China Thailand South Korea
2018 South American Championship	8–12 July 2018	Valledupar	3	Argentina Peru Brazil
2018 African Youth Games^[1]	18–23 July 2018	Algiers	2	Cameroon¹ DR Congo¹
2018 NORCECA Championship^[2]	25 Aug–2 Sep 2018	Tegucigalpa	2	United States Canada
2019 Pan-American Cup^[3] for NORCECA	21–26 May 2019	Durango City	2	Puerto Rico Mexico
Total				20

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Draw

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines following the World Ranking. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same confederation. The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt on 1 July 2019. Rankings as of 1 January 2019 are shown in brackets, except the hosts Egypt who ranked 14th.

Seeded teams		Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Egypt (Host) Italy (1) Russia (2) Turkey (4)	Japan (5) Argentina (6) United States (7) Brazil (9)	Peru (10) South Korea (11) Belarus (12) China (13)	Thailand (14) Canada (18) Cameroon (18) DR Congo (20)	Bulgaria (21) Romania (25) Mexico (35) Puerto Rico (66)

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Egypt	Italy	Russia	Turkey
Brazil	United States	Argentina	Japan
China	South Korea	Belarus	Peru
Cameroon	Canada	Thailand	DR Congo
Puerto Rico	Mexico	Romania	Bulgaria

Squads

Venues

Pool A, B and Final round	Pool C, D and Final round
Ismailia, Egypt	Cairo, Egypt
Suez Canal Authority Indoor Halls Complex	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 20,000

Referees

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	12	12	0	MAX	300	194	1.546	Round of 16
2	Brazil	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	277	225	1.231
3	Egypt	4	2	2	6	6	8	0.750	312	315	0.990
4	Puerto Rico	4	1	3	2	4	11	0.364	303	343	0.883
5	Cameroon	4	0	4	1	3	12	0.250	246	361	0.681	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	15:00	China	3–0	Cameroon	25–14	25–16	25–12			75–42	Report
5 Sep	20:00	Egypt	3–1	Puerto Rico	26–24	20–25	30–28	25–21		101–98	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Puerto Rico	0–3	Brazil	12–25	20–25	13–25			45–75	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Cameroon	1–3	Egypt	14–25	11–25	30–28	11–25		66–103	Report
7 Sep	17:30	Brazil	3–0	Cameroon	25–14	25–20	25–12			75–46	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Egypt	0–3	China	17–25	20–25	12–25			49–75	Report
8 Sep	17:30	China	3–0	Brazil	25–13	25–15	25–23			75–51	Report
8 Sep	20:00	Cameroon	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–19	26–24	11–25	21–25	9–15	92–108	Report
9 Sep	17:30	Puerto Rico	0–3	China	16–25	18–25	18–25			52–75	Report
9 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	26–24	25–16	25–19			76–59	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	10	12	4	3.000	364	300	1.213	Round of 16
2	United States	4	3	1	10	11	3	3.667	333	244	1.365
3	Canada	4	2	2	5	6	9	0.667	281	334	0.841
4	South Korea	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	278	333	0.835
5	Mexico	4	0	4	2	5	12	0.417	338	383	0.883	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	10:00	South Korea	1–3	Canada	25–19	23–25	20–25	22–25		90–94	Report
5 Sep	12:30	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–21	25–21	25–16			75–58	Report
6 Sep	10:00	Italy	3–2	United States	20–25	21–25	25–22	25–23	15–13	106–108	Report
6 Sep	12:30	South Korea	3–1	Mexico	23–25	25–22	25–19	25–23		98–89	Report
7 Sep	10:00	Canada	3–2	Mexico	15–25	22–25	25–18	25–15	15–11	102–94	Report
7 Sep	12:30	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–14	25–20			75–49	Report
8 Sep	10:00	United States	3–0	South Korea	25–11	25–17	25–13			75–41	Report
8 Sep	12:30	Italy	3–0	Canada	25–20	25–7	25–19			75–46	Report
9 Sep	10:00	Italy	3–2	Mexico	25–15	21–25	22–25	25–20	15–12	108–97	Report
9 Sep	12:30	United States	3–0	Canada	25–10	25–13	25–16			75–39	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	11	12	3	4.000	358	264	1.356	Round of 16
2	Romania	4	2	2	7	9	7	1.286	348	349	0.997
3	Argentina	4	2	2	5	6	8	0.750	288	294	0.980
4	Thailand	4	1	3	4	6	10	0.600	333	363	0.917
5	Belarus	4	1	3	3	6	11	0.545	325	382	0.851	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	15:00	Belarus	3–2	Thailand	19–25	28–26	20–25	25–22	15–11	107–109	Report
5 Sep	20:30	Argentina	0–3	Romania	17–25	21–25	23–25			61–75	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–19	25–17	25–16			75–52	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Belarus	1–3	Romania	25–23	10–25	21–25	22–25		78–98	Report
7 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Belarus	25–17	25–14	25–15			75–46	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Thailand	3–1	Romania	27–25	22–25	25–17	25–17		99–84	Report
8 Sep	17:30	Argentina	3–2	Belarus	23–25	25–18	25–16	12–25	15–10	100–94	Report
8 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–1	Thailand	22–25	25–23	25–9	25–18		97–75	Report
9 Sep	17:30	Argentina	3–0	Thailand	25–13	25–22	25–15			75–50	Report
9 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–2	Romania	25–7	24–26	22–25	25–20	15–13	111–91	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	11	12	4	3.000	386	297	1.300	Round of 16
2	Peru	4	2	2	7	9	6	1.500	348	306	1.137
3	Turkey	4	2	2	7	8	7	1.143	320	302	1.060
4	Bulgaria	4	2	2	5	8	8	1.000	341	348	0.980
5	DR Congo	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	158	300	0.527	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Peru	2–3	Bulgaria	23–25	25–17	25–23	19–25	17–19	109–109	Report
5 Sep	12:30	Japan	3–0	DR Congo	25–11	25–15	25–9			75–35	Report
6 Sep	10:00	Turkey	2–3	Japan	25–23	28–26	12–25	23–25	9–15	97–114	Report
6 Sep	12:30	Peru	3–0	DR Congo	25–21	25–14	25–10			75–45	Report
7 Sep	10:00	Bulgaria	3–0	DR Congo	25–17	25–17	25–12			75–46	Report
7 Sep	12:30	Turkey	0–3	Peru	18–25	16–25	16–25			50–75	Report
8 Sep	10:00	Japan	3–1	Peru	25–22	28–26	24–26	25–15		102–89	Report
8 Sep	12:30	Turkey	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	25–23	23–25	25–13		98–81	Report
9 Sep	10:00	Turkey	3–0	DR Congo	25–9	25–9	25–14			75–32	Report
9 Sep	12:30	Japan	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	25–23	20–25	25–8		95–76	Report

Final round

17th–20th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Belarus	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	174	1.443
2	Mexico	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	248	191	1.298
3	Cameroon	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	160	218	0.734
4	DR Congo	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	151	227	0.665

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
10 Sep	10:00	Cameroon	0–3	Mexico	13–25	12–25	20–25		45–75	Report
10 Sep	10:00	Belarus	3–0	DR Congo	25–11	25–7	25–20		75–38	Report
12 Sep	09:00	Cameroon	3–0	DR Congo	27–25	25–20	25–23		77–68	Report
12 Sep	11:00	Mexico	1–3	Belarus	25–27	25–22	25–27	23–25	98–101	Report
13 Sep	09:00	Mexico	3–0	DR Congo	25–8	25–17	25–20		75–45	Report
13 Sep	11:00	Cameroon	0–3	Belarus	8–25	18–25	12–25		38–75	Report

Final sixteen

10 September

Brazil

3

12 September

Canada

0

Brazil

3

10 September

Russia

2

Russia

3

13 September

Bulgaria

1

Brazil

0

10 September

United States

3

United States

3

12 September

Egypt

0

United States

3

10 September

Japan

1

Japan

3

14 September

Thailand

0

United States

3

10 September

Italy

2

China

3

12 September

South Korea

0

China

3

10 September

Romania

0

Romania

3

13 September

Turkey

0

China

2

10 September

Italy

3

3rd place match

Italy

3

12 September

14 September

Puerto Rico

0

Italy

3

Brazil

3

10 September

Peru

0

China

1

Peru

3

Argentina

1

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
10 Sep	12:30	Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–12	25–18	25–21		75–51	Report
10 Sep	12:30	Peru	3–1	Argentina	16–25	25–15	25–22	26–24	92–86	Report
10 Sep	15:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–18	25–19		75–56	Report
10 Sep	15:00	China	3–0	South Korea	27–25	27–25	26–24		80–74	Report
10 Sep	17:30	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–21	25–18	25–19		75–58	Report
10 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–1	Bulgaria	25–17	25–20	15–25	25–16	90–78	Report
10 Sep	20:00	United States	3–0	Egypt	25–13	27–25	25–17		77–55	Report
10 Sep	20:00	Romania	3–0	Turkey	25–18	25–16	25–20		75–54	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:30	China	3–0	Romania	25–17	30–28	25–19			80–64	Report
12 Sep	15:00	Brazil	3–2	Russia	21–25	17–25	25–19	25–17	15–9	103–95	Report
12 Sep	17:30	United States	3–1	Japan	17–25	25–13	25–19	25–20		92–77	Report
12 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–0	Peru	25–19	25–10	25–18			75–47	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	17:30	Brazil	0–3	United States	18–25	18–25	14–25			50–75	Report
13 Sep	20:00	China	2–3	Italy	25–22	25–19	19–25	19–25	10–15	98–106	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	16:00	Brazil	3–1	China	25–18	25–18	22–25	27–25		99–86	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	19:00	United States	3–2	Italy	25–17	19–25	25–18	22–25	15–10	106–95	Report

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

13 September

Russia	1
		14 September
Japan	3
		Japan	3
13 September
		Romania	0
Romania	3

Peru	0
		7th place match

		14 September

		Russia	3

		Peru	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	12:30	Russia	1–3	Japan	25–27	25–23	17–25	23–25		90–100	Report
13 Sep	15:00	Romania	3–0	Peru	25–20	25–21	25–17			75–58	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	11:00	Russia	3–0	Peru	25–12	25–16	25–15			75–43	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	13:30	Japan	3–0	Romania	25–23	25–23	25–15			75–61	Report

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals		9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

12 September

Canada	1
		13 September
Bulgaria	3
		Bulgaria	1
12 September
		Egypt	3
Egypt	3
				14 September
Thailand	2
				Egypt	0
12 September
				Turkey	3
South Korea	1
		13 September
Turkey	3
		Turkey	3
12 September
		Argentina	2	11th place match
Puerto Rico	1
				14 September
Argentina	3
				Bulgaria	3

				Argentina	0

13th–16th semifinals		13th place match

13 September

Canada	3
		14 September
Thailand	2
		Canada	2
13 September
		South Korea	3
South Korea	3

Puerto Rico	1
		15th place match

		14 September

		Thailand	3

		Puerto Rico	1

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	13:00	South Korea	1–3	Turkey	25–22	17–25	14–25	11–25		67–97	Report
12 Sep	15:30	Canada	1–3	Bulgaria	17–25	26–24	16–25	23–25		82–99	Report
12 Sep	18:00	Puerto Rico	1–3	Argentina	10–25	17–25	25–22	15–25		67–97	Report
12 Sep	20:30	Egypt	3–2	Thailand	25–21	25–23	17–25	22–25	18–16	107–110	Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	13:00	Canada	3–2	Thailand	9–25	25–23	25–22	20–25	15–10	94–105	Report
13 Sep	15:30	South Korea	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–15	21–25	25–16	26–24		97–80	Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	18:00	Turkey	3–2	Argentina	15–25	22–25	25–19	25–21	15–12	102–102	Report
13 Sep	20:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Egypt	23–25	25–21	15–25	20–25		83–96	Report

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	10:00	Thailand	3–1	Puerto Rico	20–25	25–20	26–24	25–22		96–91	Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	12:00	Canada	2–3	South Korea	25–11	25–21	21–25	22–25	10–15	103–97	Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	14:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Argentina	26–24	25–17	25–13			76–54	Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	16:00	Egypt	0–3	Turkey	19–25	22–25	18–25			59–75	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	United States
	Italy
	Brazil
4	China
5	Japan
6	Romania
7	Russia
8	Peru
9	Turkey
10	Egypt
11	Bulgaria
12	Argentina
13	South Korea
14	Canada
15	Thailand
16	Puerto Rico
17	Belarus
18	Mexico
19	Cameroon
20	DR Congo

2019 Girls' U18 World champions
United States 1st title

12–woman roster

Setters: Kami Miner, Kennedi Orr
Outside Hitters: Elena Oglivie, Lindsay Krause, Jess Mruzik, Emily Londot, Allison Jacobs
Middle Blockers: Caroline Crawford, Devyn Robinson, Carter Booth
Libero: Lexi Rodriguez, Sydney Taylor

Head coach

James Stone^[4]

Awards

Most valuable player
Jessica Mruzik
Best setter
Kennedi Orr
Best outside spikers
Ana Cristina de Souza

Oghosasere Omoruyi
Best middle blockers
Devyn Robinson

Emma Graziani
Best opposite spiker:
Giorgia Frosini
Best libero
Zhu Xingchen

^[5]

References

^ "Egypt overcome Cameroon to capture gold at Youth African Games". ovtest.co.za. 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "U-18 Continental Championship". NORCECA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "U-18 Pan-American Cup". NORCECA. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "Overview - USA - FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2019". FIVB Official Site. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ "USA's Mruzik heads Dream Team of Girls' U18 stars". FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

External links

Official website

[1] "Egypt overcome Cameroon to capture gold at Youth African Games". ovtest.co.za. 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[2] "U-18 Continental Championship". NORCECA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[3] "U-18 Pan-American Cup". NORCECA. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[4] "Overview - USA - FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2019". FIVB Official Site. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

[5] "USA's Mruzik heads Dream Team of Girls' U18 stars". FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

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Qualification

Draw

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Referees

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

17th–20th places

Final sixteen

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links