2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship explained

Competition:Women's U23 World Championship
Continent:World
Gender:women
Year:2015
Dates:12 – 19 August 2015
Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:1
Title Number:1
Website:Official Website
Last:2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship
Next:2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.[1]

Competition formula

The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.

Qualification

The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships on 14 December 2013.[2]

width=28%Method of Qualification!width=20%Date !width=18%Venue !width=5%Vacancies !width=21%Qualified
Host Country 11 November 2014 Lausanne1
2014 African U23 Championship[3] 7 – 9 September 2014 Algiers1
2014 U22 South American Championship7 – 13 September 2014 Popayán2
U19 European Rankings[4] 18 September 2014 Luxembourg2
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup5 – 10 October 2014 Ica2
2015 U23 Asian Championship1 – 9 May 2015 Pasig2
U20 World Ranking[5] as of 1 January 2015 Lausanne2
Total 12

Pools composition

The pool composition was drawn by Serpentine system based on U20 World ranking. Number in the bracket denote the World ranking except the host who ranked 4th.

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(host) (1)
(3) (2)
(5) (8)
(10) (9)
(15) (16)
(24) (18)

Squads

See main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship squads.

Venues

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Ankara, Turkey
Ankara ArenaBaşkent Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 10,400Capacity: 7,600

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Pool B

Final round

5th–8th places

Classification 5th

Championship round

Gold medal match

Final standing

width=40RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
12–woman roster
Milka Silva, Naiane Rios, Juma Silva, Saraelen Lima, Ana Paula Borgo, Rosamaria Montibeller (c), Valquiria Dullius, Gabriella Souza, Juliana Fillipelli, Drussyla Costa, Kasiely Clemente, Lorenne Teixeira
Head coach
Wagner Coppini Fernandes

Awards

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/Calendar.asp Calendar
  2. News: Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council. . 14 December 2013 .
  3. Web site: CONFEDERATION AFRICAINE DE VOLLEYBALL . 2014-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906150108/http://www.cavb.org/pages.php?option=brows&id=980 . 2015-09-06 . dead .
  4. Web site: CEV European National Team Ranking List - U19 Women (as per 18.09.2014) . . 18 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150515065032/http://cev.lu/Rankings/WomenU19.aspx . 15 May 2015.
  5. Web site: FIVB World Ranking - Women U20 As per December 2014 . . January 2015.