2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship explained

Competition:	FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship
Other Titles:	Campeonato Mundial de Femenino Sub-23 México 2013
Continent:	World
Gender:	women
Year:	2013
Size:	280
Dates:	5–12 October 2013
Teams:	12
Venues:	2
City:	2
Title Number:	1
Website:	FIVB
Last:	first
Next:	2015 FIVB Women's U23 Volleyball World Championship

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico, for seven days from 5 to 12 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament.^[1] China won the tournament and Yao Di was selected Most Valuable Player.^[2]

Competition Formula

The competition format saw the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals featured the top two teams from each pool. The FIVB Volleyball Women’s U23 World Championship featured two countries per confederation plus the host Mexico and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case USA.^[1]

Qualified teams

Each Confederation was allowed to enter two teams into the competition. The qualification criteria were left to the discretion of each continental confederation.

width=50	Confederation!	width=220	Method of Qualification!	width=80	Vacancies !	width=160	Qualified
	Host	1
	2012 U23 Pan-American Cup	2
		2
	FIVB Junior and Youth Ranking	2
	FIVB Senior Ranking	2
	FIVB Senior Ranking	1
	Best ranked team	1
	Wild Card	1

• Germany was invited as Wild Card after Algeria from the African Confederation withdrew from the competition.^[3]

Pool Composition

First six teams were seeded according to their Senior World Ranking number as of October 2013, the other 6 were seeded by draw.^[4]

Venues

• High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico – Pool A and Final Round
• Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali, Mexico – Pool B and Final Round

Preliminary round

Pool B

Final round

Gold medal match

Final standing

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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

12–woman Roster
Zhang Yichan, Yang Jie, Liu Yanhan, Yang Zhou, Zhang Xiaoya, Qiao Ting, Gu Xinwei, Wang Qi, Cheng Long, Yao Di (c), Wang Lin and Shan Danna
Head coach
Xu Jiande

All-star team

• Most valuable player
  • ^[2]
• Best setter
  • • Best Outside Hitters
      • • Best Opposite
    • Best Middle Blockers
      • • Best libero

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inaugural U23 Volleyball World Champs 50 days away. FIVB. Lausanne, Switzerland. 2013-08-15. 2013-10-10.
2. Web site: China crown splendid year with another gold medal. Tijuana, Mexico. FIVB. 2013-10-12. 2013-10-13.
3. Web site: Match schedule set for FIVB Women's U23 World Champs. FIVB. Lausanne, Switzerland. 2013-09-25. 2013-10-10.
4. Web site: FIVB Women’s U23 World Championship announced in Tijuana. FIVB. Tijuana, Mexico. 2013-09-06. 2013-10-10.