2024 Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship
Continent:South America
Gender:women
Year:2024
Type:21
City:Osorno
Dates:25–29 September 2024
Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Matches:11
Champions:BRA
Title Number:22
Second:ARG
Third:CHI
Fourth:COL
Mvp: Rebeca Viana
Setter: Amanda Mutuano
Outside Spikers: Dominga Aylwin
Milena Margaria
Middle Blockers: Luana Kuskowski
Micaela Cabrera
Opposite Spiker: Martina Bednarek
Libero: Sofia Will
Last:2022 Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship
Next:2026 Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship

The 2024 Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball tournament organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) for the women's under-21 national teams of South America. It was held in Osorno, Chile from 25 to 29 September 2024.[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CSV qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship. The top three teams qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship in Indonesia as the CSV representatives.[2]

Brazil were the sixteen-time defending champions and successfully retained their title after winning the twenty second by beating Argentina 3–2 in the final. Chile completed the podium after defeating Colombia 3–0 in the third-place match.[3]

Host and venue

Chile was named host country of the tournament on 11 April 2024 by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol.[4] The host city Osorno was confirmed as such during the 76th CSV Annual Congress held on 13 July 2024 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.[5] [1] This is only the second time that Chile has hosted the tournament, the only previous event being the 1980 Women's Junior South American Championship.

The competition was entirely played at the Gimnasio Monumental María Gallardo.[6] [2]

Teams

Six of the twelve CSV member associations entered the tournament.[2]

Teamdata-sort-type="number"Previous best performance
26th (10 times, most recent 2022)
10th (1976, 1992, 2004)
(holders)26th (21 times, most recent 2022)
(hosts)16th (1972, 1980, 1982, 2012, 2018)
17th (1984, 2012, 2022)
26th (1980, 1982, 1986, 1988)

Squads

Each national team had to register a squad of a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 14 players players.[7] Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Competition format

The competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 6 teams two groups of three teams were formed, which were played on a single round-robin basis. The group standing procedure was as follows:[7]

  1. Number of matches won;
  2. Match points;
    • Match won 3–0: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
    • Match won 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match point for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match points for the loser
  3. Sets ratio;
  4. Points ratio;
  5. If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams;
  6. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams.

Preliminary round

All match times are local times, CLST (UTC-3).[8] [9]

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Semi-finals

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5th place match

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final standing

Qualified for 2025 FIVB Women's U21 World Championship.
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Maila Ribeiro (L), Ana Luiza Berto, Laura Perugini, Lara Nascimento, Rebeca Viana, Aline Segato (C), Isabella Nunes, Bianca Coimbra, Amanda Mutuano, Vittoria Kuehn, Ana Lídia Scopinho, Sofia Will (L), Luana Kuskowski, Juliana Palhano.

Individual awards

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ¡Se vienen los Sudamericanos de base!. Argentine Volleyball Federation. 11 July 2024. es.
  2. Web site: Sudamericano Femenino U21: Chile buscará la clasificación mundial en Osorno. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 11 September 2024. es.
  3. Web site: Brasil se titula campeón del Sudamericano U21. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 29 September 2024. es.
  4. fevochi. C5rc4_ARneE. ¡CHILE TIENE SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO U21 !. 12 April 2024.
  5. Web site: CSV realiza el 76° Congreso en Belo Horizonte. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 3 July 2024. es.
  6. Web site: Osorno será sede del campeonato sudamericano del Vóleibol femenino sub21. Noticias Rio Bueno. Peschke. Christian. 10 September 2024. es.
  7. Web site: Sudamericano U20 Femenino Reglamento (Edición 2016). Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 7 October 2016. 22 September 2024. es.
  8. Web site: Lanzamiento Sudamericano Femenino U21: Chile buscará la clasificación mundial en Osorno. South American Women's U21 launch: Chile will seek world qualification in Osorno. Volleyball Federation of Chile. www.fevochi.cl. Matias. Escobar. 11 September 2024. es.
  9. Web site: Chile buscará un cupo al Mundial en el Sudamericano Femenino U21 de Vóleibol. Chile will look for a place at the World Cup in the South American Women's U21 Volleyball Championship. El Deportero. 24 September 2024. es.