The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was held in Turkey for ten days, from 22 August to 1 September 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament that features 20 teams.
Competition formula The 20 teams will be divided into four pools of five teams each and will play a round-robin tournament. The bottom-ranked team of each pool will play classification matches for 17th-20th place in a round-robin system.
The other 16 teams progress to the Eight Finals which consists of a playoff (1st of Pool A against 4th of Pool B etc.). The winners of the playoff matches will advance to the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals to be classified from 1st to 8th while the losers of playoff match will play classification matches, with a similar quarterfinals, semifinals and finals system, to be classified from 9th to 16th.
Qualification Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country18 March 2012 Lausanne, Switzerland12013 African Junior Championship2–9 March 2013 Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia42012 Asian Junior Championship27 Sep–5 Oct 2012 Urmia, Iran42012 European Junior Championship24 Aug–2 Sep 2012 Gdynia, Poland & Randers, Denmark1European Qualification Tournament Pool A7–11 May 2013 Anapa, Russia1European Qualification Tournament Pool B7–11 May 2013 Saint-Jean-d'Illac, France1European Qualification Tournament Pool C8–12 May 2013 Sofia, Bulgaria1European Qualification Tournament Pool D7–11 May 2013 Arilje, Serbia12012 NORCECA Junior Championship27 Aug–1 Sep 2012 Colorado Springs, United States3 Canada2012 South American Junior Championship23–27 October 2012 Saquarema, Brazil3Total20
Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool D (Hosts) Iran Canada
Venues Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey – Pool A, B and Final round Atatürk Sport Hall, İzmir, Turkey – Pool C, D and Final round
Pool standing procedure Match points Number of matches won Sets ratio Points ratio Result of the last match between the tied teams
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 Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
17th–20th places
Final sixteen
Round of 16
9th–16th quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
13th–16th semifinals
9th–12th semifinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45 Iran6789101112 Canada1314151617181920
12–man rosterAlexander Goncharov, Viktor Poletaev, Ivan Demakov, Alexey Kobilev, Roman Zhos, Ilya Nikitin, Nikita Axyutin, Pavel Pankov, Ilya Petrushov, Egor Feoktistov (), Ilyas Kurkaev, Ilya BykovskiyHead coachMikhail Nikolaev
Awards
Most valuable player Victor Poletaev Best setter Murat Yenipazar Best Outside Spikers Egor Feoktistov Thibault Rossard Best Middle Blockers Edoardo Picco Ilyas Kurkaev Best opposite spiker Alan Souza Best libero Alperay Demirciler
See also 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
References
External links Official website