2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship explained

Competition:	Boys' U19 World Championship
Other Titles:	والیبال قهرمانی زیر ۱۹ سال پسران جهان تهران ۲۰۲۱
Continent:	World
Year:	2021
Size:	280px
City:	Tehran
Dates:	24 August – 2 September
Teams:	20
Confederations:	5
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Title Number:	2
Mvp:	Tytus Nowik
Setter:	Stoil Palev
Outside Spikers:	Aleksandar Nikolov Kamil Szymendera
Middle Blockers:	Yousef Kazemi Jakub Majchrzak
Opposite Spiker:	Tytus Nowik
Libero:	Kuba Hawryluk
Website:	FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
Last:	2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
Next:	2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the 17th 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 Iran from 24 August to 2 September 2021.^[1]

Italy were the defending champions, having won their second title in Tunisia.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2003.

Qualification

A total of 20 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Iran who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams will qualify from five separate continental competitions.^[2]

width=30%	Means of qualification!	width=23%	Date!	width=20%	Venue!	width=7%	Vacancies!	width=20%	Qualifier
Host country	13 October 2020	Dubai	1
2018 Asian Championship	29 June – 6 July 2018	Tabriz	1
NORCECA Ranking	January 2020	Santo Domingo	2
2020 European Championship	5–13 September 2020	Lecce & Marsicovetere	6
2020 African Championship	4–8 March 2021	Abuja	2
South American Ranking			2
FIVB World Rankings			6
Total			20

* Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, United States and Puerto Rico withdrew from the competition. Thailand entered by the 5th place at the Asian Volleyball Championship and the other teams entered by the world ranking.

1.On 14 December 2020, AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the 2018 Asian Championship which had not yet qualified to the tournament qualified as the AVC representatives.^[3]

2.On 30 November 2020, NORCECA announced that the 2020 NORCECA Championship which was originally the NORCECA qualifier for the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the NORCECA Ranking as of January 2020^[4] qualified as the NORCECA representatives.^[5]

Pools composition

width=25%	Pool A	width=25%	Pool B	width=25%	Pool C	width=25%	Pool D
(Host)	(1)	(2)	(3)
(9)	(8)	(6)	(4)
(14)	(13)	(12)	(11)
(49)	(25)	(20)	(18)
(49)	(10)	(49)	(24)

Venues

width=50%	Pool A, B and Final round	2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship (Iran)	width=50%	Pool C, D and Final round
Tehran, Iran	Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000

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

• All times are Iran Daylight Time .

Pool D

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time .

17th–18th places

Final sixteen

Final

Final standings

width=40	Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
17
18
19

12–man roster
Jakub Majchrzak, Kamil Szymendera, Jakub Olszewski, Kajetan Kubicki, Tytus Nowik, Mateusz Kufka, Piotr Śliwka, Dominik Czerny, Kuba Hawryluk, Mateusz Nowak, Damian Biliński, Kacper Ratajewski
Head coach
Michał Bąkiewicz

Awards

• Most valuable player

Tytus Nowik

• Best setter

Stoil Palev

• Best outside spikers

Aleksandar Nikolov

Kamil Szymendera

• Best middle blockers

Yousef Kazemi

Jakub Majchrzak

• Best opposite spiker

Tytus Nowik

• Best libero

Kuba Hawryluk

Statistics leaders

All round

Statistics leaders correct as of All round.^[6]

Best Scorers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Attacks	width=20	Blocks	width=20	Serves	width=20	Total
1	Ferre Reggers	131	17	10	158
2	Aleksandar Nikolov	112	8	16	136
3	Martinez Palacios	108	21	0	129
4	Luca Porro	105	6	11	122
5	Arthur Bento	104	7	5	116

Best Attackers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Spikes	width=20	Errors	width=20	Attempts	width=20
1	Ferre Reggers	131	42	107	16.38%
2	Aleksandar Nikolov	109	24	53	15.57%
3	Martinez Palacios	108	55	74	15.43%
4	Mikhail Labinskii	108	43	62	13.50%
5	Timofei Tikhonov	108	33	57	13.50%

Best Blockers
	width=158	Player	width=20		width=20	Errors	width=20	Rebounds	width=20
1	Jakub Klajmon	32	26	7	4.00%
2	Imanol Salazar	26	39	28	3.71%
3	Martinez Palacios	21	19	14	3.00%
4	Jakub Majchrzak	20	21	14	2.86%
5	Yousef Kazemi	18	37	21	2.57%

Best Servers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Aces	width=20	Errors	width=20	Attempts	width=20
1	Kirill Vlasov	19	24	58	2.38%
2	Aleksandar Nikolov	16	27	76	2.00%
3	Khanzadeh Firouzjah	12	14	68	1.71%
4	Luca Porro	11	28	79	1.38%
5	Mikhail Labinskii	11	28	80	1.38%

Best Setters
	width=158	Player	width=20		width=20	Errors	width=20		width=20
1	Choedchai Chimphiphob	284	10	441	38.64%
2	Simon Bryknar	257	3	406	32.12%
3	Mattia Boninfante	195	1	428	31.25%
4	Eid Yassin	165	5	423	27.82%
5	Nikita Borchikov	159	4	260	37.59%

Best Diggers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Digs	width=20	Errors	width=20	Receptions	width=20
1	Gabriele Laurenzano	83	26	4	10.38%
2	Matej Salek	73	32	12	9.12%
3	Venu Chikkanna	65	21	7	9.29%
3	Albrecht Manuel	60	14	5	8.57%
5	Kuba Hawryluk	60	14	11	8.57%

Best Receivers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Successful	width=20	Error	width=20		width=20
1	Mikhail Labinskii	70	3	105	39.33%
2	Venu Chikkanna	69	3	119	36.13%
3	Lucas Conde	66	5	99	38.82%
4	Sajad Jelodarian Maman	64	5	78	43.54%
5	lvaro Luis Ricardo Gomez	54	7	115	30.68%

See also

• 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIVB announces hosts for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships . 13 October 2020 . . 13 October 2020.
2. Web site: Qualification process for 2021 FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships updated . 17 September 2020 . . 1 October 2020.
3. Web site: All four AVC Age Group Championships cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic . 14 December 2020 . . 25 December 2020.
4. Web site: NORCECA U-19 Boy's Youth Rankings 2019 . January 2020 . . 25 December 2020.
5. Web site: NORCECA Age-group Continental Championships will not be held . 30 November 2020 . . 25 December 2020.
6. Web site: Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship 2021. volleyballworld.com . 2 September 2021.