| Competition: | FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship |
| Continent: | World |
| Gender: | men |
| Type: | 17 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 24–31 August 2024 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Last: | first |
| Next: | 2026 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship |
The 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship will be the 1st edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball championship contested by the men's national teams under the age of 17 of the members associations of the French: [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball]] (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It will be held in Bulgaria from 24 to 31 August 2024.[1]
The FIVB U17 World Championship for both genders was proposed by the FIVB Volleyball Council and unanimously approved by the FIVB Board of Administration during its meeting held in March 2022.[2] [3]
On 8 November 2023, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting the Girls' and Boys' U17 World Championships planned to take place between 1 and 31 August 2024.[4] The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB no later than 18:00 CET (UTC+1) on 8 December 2023.[5]
Bulgarian Volleyball Federation announced its bid in October 2023.[6]
FIVB announced the hosts for both Girls' and Boys' U17 World Championships on 28 February 2024, with Bulgaria being selected to host the inaugural edition of the Boys' U17 World Championship.[1] [7] This will be the second FIVB age-group world championship hosted by Bulgaria after the 2021 FIVB Men's U21 World Championship which was co-hosted with Italy. Bulgaria also hosted both the Men's and Women's FIVB World Championships in 1970 and most recently the 2018 FIVB Men's World Championship (also co-hosted with Italy).[8]
Matches will take place at Levski Sofia Sports Hall and Hristo Botev Hall, both located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.[9] Levski Sofia Sports Hall is owned by the Levski Sofia sports club and is situated in southern Sofia. Hristo Botev is a multifunctional hall located in the Studentski grad district
| width=33.3% | Pancharevo | width=33.3% rowspan=4 | width=33.3% | Studentski | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levski Sofia Sports Hall | Hristo Botev Hall | ||||
| Capacity: 1,724 | Capacity: 1.500 | ||||
The qualification process was announced on 28 March 2023 with a total of 16 national teams to qualify for the final tournament.[10] In addition to Bulgaria who qualified automatically as the host, 15 other teams qualified through five separate continental championships which were required to be held by 31 December 2023 at the latest.[5]
The slot allocation per confederation was setted as follow:[5]
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team qualified |
|---|---|---|
| AVC | 2023 Asian Boys' U16 Volleyball Championship | |
| CAVB | 2023 U17 Boys' African Nations Volleyball Championship | |
| CEV | 2023 Men's U17 European Volleyball Championship | |
| Host nation | ||
| CSV | 2023 Boys' U17 South American Volleyball Championship | |
| NORCECA | 2023 Boys' U17 NORCECA Volleyball Championship | |
The draw for the pools composition was held on 1 May 2024, 14:30 (UTC±0), at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.[11] The 16 teams were split into four pools of six. The hosts Bulgaria and the top three teams of the Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking in force at that time were seeded in the first positions of each pool in alphabetical order from pool A to pool D. FIVB reserved the right to seed the host team as head of pool A regardless of their position in the World Ranking. The remaining 16 teams were divided into three pots of four, according to their position in the same Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking, in order to be drawn to complete the following three positions in each pool.
Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking of each team are shown in brackets, except the hosts Bulgaria who ranked 5th.[12]
The draw procedure followed the serpentine system and was as follows:[13]The pools composition after the draw was as follow:[14]
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All match times are local times, EEST (UTC+3), as listed by FIVB.