2023 Girls' U17 South American Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:Girls' U17 South American Volleyball Championship
Continent:South America
Gender:women
Year:2023
Type:17
City:Callao
Dates:27 September - 1 October 2023
Teams:7
Venues:1
Cities:1
Matches:14
Champions:ARG
Title Number:1
Second:BRA
Third:PER
Fourth:ECU
Mvp: Justina Fortes
Setter: Emma Wilmer
Outside Spikers: Eugenia Martínez
Laura Maccarone
Middle Blockers: Valeria Fuentes
Kamilla Galvão
Opposite Spiker: Victoria Matich
Libero: Romina Alcívar
Next:2025 Girls' U17 South American Volleyball Championship

The 2023 Girls' U17 South American Volleyball Championship was the 1st edition of the Girls' U17 South American Volleyball Championship, a biennial international girls' volleyball tournament organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) for the girls' under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Callao, Peru from 27 September to 1 October 2023.[1]

Seven national teams took part in the tournament. Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2009 were eligible to participate.

The tournament acted as the CSV qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship. The top three teams qualified for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship as the CSV representatives.[2]

Argentina won the title after beating Brazil 3–2 in the final. Peru defeated Ecuador 3–1 in the third place match to take the bronce medal. Champions Argentina, runners-up Brazil and the third place Peru qualified for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship.[3]

Host nation and venue

On 11 March 2023, during a visit to Peru, the CSV president Marco Tullio Teixeira announced that the country would host the first edition of the Girls' U17 South American Championship,[4] which was later confirmed by the Peruvian Volleyball Federation.[1]

The tournament was entirely played at the Coliseo Miguel Grau in Callao.

Classification phase

All match times are in PET (UTC-5).[5]

Pool A

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Pool B

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Final phase

Semi-finals

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Fifth-place match

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Third-place match

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Final

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Final standing

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Qualified for 2024 FIVB Girls' U17 World Championship

Emma Williner,Renata Herrero,Abril Faiazzo,Agustina Torrigiani,Julieta Medina,Emma Oldani,Helena Cugno,Justina Fortes,Bianca Kisur,María Eugenia Martínez,Victoria Matich (c),Guadalupe Salto (L)

Individual awards

The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perú será sede de Sudamericano de Vóleibol. HBA Noticias. 19 April 2023. es.
  2. Web site: Se viene el Sudamericano U17 en Lima. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 26 September 2023. es.
  3. Web site: Argentina campeón del Sudamericano U17 en Lima. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 2 October 2023. es.
  4. Web site: Perú sera sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 17. Puro Voley. 12 March 2023. es.
  5. Web site: Sudamericano Femenino U17, Copa Jetsmart. Peruvian Volleyball Federation. 26 September 2022. Facebook. es.