2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.Calendar

Competition formula The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.

Qualification The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships on 14 December 2013.

Method of QualificationDate Venue Vacancies QualifiedHost Country 11 November 2014 Lausanne1 2014 African U23 Championship7 – 9 September 2014 Algiers1 2014 U22 South American Championship7 – 13 September 2014 Popayán2 U19 European Rankings18 September 2014 Luxembourg2 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup5 – 10 October 2014 Ica2 2015 U23 Asian Championship1 – 9 May 2015 Pasig2 U20 World Rankingas of 1 January 2015 Lausanne2 Total 12

Pools composition The pool composition was drawn by Serpentine system based on U20 World ranking. Number in the bracket denote the World ranking except the host who ranked 4th.

Pool APool B (host) (1) (3) (2) (5) (8) (10) (9) (15) (16) (24) (18)

Squads

Venues Pool APool B Ankara, TurkeyAnkara ArenaBaşkent Volleyball HallCapacity: 10,400Capacity: 7,600

Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points 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

Final round All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

5th–8th places

Classification 5th and 8th

Classification 7th

Classification 5th

Championship round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

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12–woman rosterMilka Silva, Naiane Rios, Juma Silva, Saraelen Lima, Ana Paula Borgo, Rosamaria Montibeller (c), Valquiria Dullius, Gabriella Souza, Juliana Fillipelli, Drussyla Costa, Kasiely Clemente, Lorenne TeixeiraHead coachWagner Coppini Fernandes

Awards

Most valuable player Juma Silva Best setter Juma Silva Best Outside Spikers Brayelin Martinez Arisa Inoue Best middle blocker Kübra Akman Sara Bonifacio Best opposite spiker Rosamaria Montibeller Best libero Gizem Örge

See also 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

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