2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship explained

Competition:Boys' U19 World Championship
Other Titles:بطولة العالم للكرة الطائرة رجال تحت 19 عاما
2019 تونس
Continent:World
Year:2019
Size:280
Dates:21–30 August
Teams:20
Confederations:5
Venues:2
Cities:2
Title Number:2
Mvp: Tommaso Rinaldi
Setter: Paolo Porro
Outside Spikers: Tommaso Rinaldi
Omar Kurbanov
Middle Blockers: Nicola Cianciotta
Agustin Gallardo
Opposite Spiker: Roman Murashko
Libero: Ilia Fedorov
Website:u19.boys.2019.volleyball.fivb.com
Last:2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
Next:2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia from 21 to 30 August 2019. Tunisia played hosts for this event for the first time.[1]

The finals involved 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 Colombia and Nigeria made their first appearances at a FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.

Iran was the defending champions, having won their second title in Bahrain.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001.

Qualification

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

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifier
Host Country28 August 2018 Lausanne1
2018 European Championship7–15 April 2018 Zlín & Púchov6
2018 NORCECA Championship6–10 June 2018 San José2
2018 Asian Championship29 June – 6 July 2018 Tabriz4
2018 African Youth Games19–24 July 2018 Algiers2
2018 South American Championship[2] 24–28 October 2018 Sopó3
2019 Pan-American Cup for NORCECA24–29 April 2019 Santo Domingo2
Total20

1.Teams that made their debut.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U19 World Ranking as of 1 January 2019.[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the U19 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U19 World Ranking. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same confederation. The draw was held in Tunis, Tunisia on 27 June 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 17th.

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Draw

Squads

See main article: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship squads.

Venues

width=50%Pool A, B and Final roundwidth=50%Pool C, D and Final round
Tunis, Tunisia Radès, Tunisia
El Menzah Sports PalaceSalle Omnisport de Radès
Capacity: 5,500Capacity: 17,000

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

Pool D

Final round

Final sixteen

Final

Final standing

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12–man roster
Damiano Catania, Leonardo Ferrato, Federico Crosato, Alessandro Michieletto, Piervito Disabato (c), Alberto Pol, Tommaso Stefani, Alessandro Gianotti, Giulio Magalini, Tommaso Rinaldi, Paolo Porro, Nicola Cianciotta
Head coach
Vincenzo Fanizza

Awards

Tommaso Rinaldi

Paolo Porro

Tommaso Rinaldi

Omar Kurbanov

Nicola Cianciotta

Agustin Gallardo

Roman Murashko

Ilia Fedorov

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Egypt, Tunisia, Mexico, Bahrain to host Age-Group World Championships in 2019 . 28 August 2018 . . 19 January 2019.
  2. Web site: XXI Campeonato Sudamericano U19 Masculino 2018 – Sopó – Colombia . . 21 August 2019.
  3. Web site: FIVB World Ranking - Boys U19 (as of January 2019) . January 2019 . FIVB.