The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Brno and České Budějovice, Czech Republic from 23 June to 2 July 2017. 16 teams participated.
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997.
Poland defeated Cuba in the final to capture their third title in the competition. Russia, which won the previously three editions of the tournament, won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil in the 3rd place match. Jakub Kochanowski from Poland was elected the MVP.
Qualification The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.
Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifierHost Country2 February 2016 Lausanne12016 NORCECA Championship5–10 July 2016 Gatineau12016 Asian Championship9–17 July 2016 Kaohsiung22016 African Championship22–23 September 2016 Casablanca12016 South American Championship17–24 October 2016 Bariloche12017 Pan-American Cupfor CSV16–21 May 2017 Fort McMurray1for NORCECA1European QualifierPool E18–20 May 2017 Požarevac1Pool F19–21 May 2017 Berlin1World RankingJanuary 2017 Lausanne6Total16
Pools composition
First round Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of January 2017. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U21 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking. The draw was held in Brno, Czech Republic on 31 May 2017. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 35th.
Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2 (Hosts) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (11) (11) (13) (14) (15) (15)
Draw Pool APool BPool CPool D
Second round Final eight9th–16th placesPool EPool FPool GPool Hwidth=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3%
Squads
Venues Pool A, B, E, F, 5th–8th placesand Final fourPool C, D, G, H, 13th–16th placesand 9th–12th places Brno, Czech Republic České Budějovice, Czech RepublicDRFG ArenaBudvar ArenaCapacity: 7,700Capacity: 6,421
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
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
First round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
13th–16th places
13th–16th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
9th–12th places
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516
12–man rosterBartosz Kwolek, Jakub Kochanowski (c), Łukasz Kozub, Radosław Gil, Szymon Jakubiszak, Jędrzej Gruszczyński, Jakub Ziobrowski, Damian Domagała, Mateusz Masłowski, Norbert Huber, Jarosław Mucha, Tomasz FornalHead coachSebastian Pawlik
Awards
Most valuable player Jakub Kochanowski Best setter Łukasz Kozub Best outside spikers Bartosz Kwolek Anton Semyshev Best middle blockers Aleksei Kononov José Masso Best opposite spiker Miguel Gutiérrez Best libero Maique Nascimento
See also 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
References
External links Official website Final Standing Awards Statistics