The 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship was the inaugural 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 (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 24 to 31 August 2024.
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.
Host selection 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. 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.
Bulgarian Volleyball Federation announced its bid in October 2023.
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. 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).
Venues Matches will take place at Levski Sofia Sports Hall and Hristo Botev Hall, both located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. 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
PancharevoStudentskiLevski Sofia Sports HallHristo Botev Hall Capacity: 1,724 Capacity: 1.500
Qualification The qualification process was announced on 28 March 2023 with a total of 16 national teams to qualify for the final tournament. 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.
The slot allocation per confederation was set as follows: AVC (Asia & Oceania): 3 CAVB (Africa): 3 CEV (Europe): 3 CSV (South America): 3 NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 3 Host: 1
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeam qualifiedAVC2023 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball ChampionshipCAVB2023 Boys' U17 African Nations Volleyball ChampionshipCEV2023 Men's U17 European Volleyball ChampionshipHost nationCSV2023 Boys' U17 South American Volleyball ChampionshipNORCECA2023 Boys' U17 NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Pools composition The draw for the pools composition was held on 1 May 2024, 14:30 (UTC±0), at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. 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.
Seeded teamsTeams to be drawnLine 1Pot 1 (line 2)Pot 2 (line 3)Pot 3 (line 4) The draw procedure followed the serpentine system and was as follows: Teams from pot 3 were drawn first and were placed in line 4 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A. Teams from pot 2 were then drawn and placed in line 3 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D. Teams from pot 1 were drawn at the end and were placed in line 2 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
The pools composition after the draw was as follow: + Pool ATeamA1A2A3A4+ Pool BTeamB1B2B3B4+ Pool CTeamC1C2C3C4+ Pool DTeamD1D2D3D4
Preliminary round Groups A and C took place at the Levski Sofia Sports Hall, while Groups B and D took place at the Hristo Botev hall. All times are in local times, EEST (UTC+3), as listed by FIVB.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round All times are in local times, EEST (UTC+3), as listed by FIVB.
Main path bracket
Round of 16 Winners advanced to the quarter-finals to compete for the 1st to 8th places. Losers competed for the 9th to 16th places.
9th–16th places
9th–16th quarter-finals The 9th to 16th quarter-finals took place at the Hristo Botev Hall.
13th–16th semi-finals The 13th–16th semi-finals took place at the Hristo Botev Hall.
9th–12th semi-finals The 9th–12th semi-finals took place at the Levski Sofia Sports Hall.
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
Final eight
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals took place at the Levski Sofia Sports Hall.
5th–8th semi-finals The 5th–8th semi-finals took place at the Hristo Botev Hall.
Semi-finals The semi-finals took place at the Levski Sofia Sports Hall.
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516
12–boy roster1 Gabriele Spina, 2 Pietro Valgiovio, 4 Gioele Costa, 8 Pietro Carrera, 9 Federico Argano, 11 Vittorio Bonandrini, 13 Manuel Zlatanov (c), 14 Francesco Destro, 15 Francesco Crosato, 16 Lorenzo Basso (L), 18 Jacopo Tosti, 24 Martino BigozziHead coach: Luca Leoni
Awards The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.
Most valuable player (MVP)
Best setter
Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best libero
Statistics leaders
Best ScorersRankPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Huang Pin-yen1661181852 César Irache135921463 Rafel Tugores1161391384 Muezbillah Saleh Balnnour1129101315 Manuel Zlatanov1041213129
Best AttackersRankPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Huang Pin-yen1667514043.573812 César Irache1357113539.593413 Rafel Tugores1162710147.542444 Muezbillah Saleh Balnnour112449145.342475 Federico Argano1043810641.94248 Manuel Zlatanov104268149.29211
Best BlockersRankPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Ahmed Abo Gabal2633294.33882 José Manuel Pastor2321403.29843 Iván Pavon2033262.8679 Álvaro Ferrer Bessone2022332.86755 Henry Sinner1824112.5753 Nikolay Mihovski1820213.0059
Best ServersRankPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Manuel Zlatanov1320501.86832 Abdollahifar Kamyab113721.5786 Raouf Khoshhaldashliboroun1118551.5784 Ahmed Abo Gabal1117471.83755 Muezbillah Saleh Balnnour1010741.4394
Best SettersRankPlayerFaults1 Shantia Behnejad4663716.574232 Mohamed Ali2593754.174093 Yassin Ridane17155932.436254 Amirreza Mashhadbankouchaksaraei1331631.86179 Musab Hamid Nasir131991.86113
Best DiggersRankPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Alex Menekbi102163114.571492 Huang Wen-yu99183914.141563 Valentín Yapura86124212.291404 Nehuén D'aversa6512139.29905 Dimitar Dobrev6483910.67111
Best ReceiversRankPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Yahia Ben Hassine521213526.131992 Masoud Eimery38410126.571433 Bruno Marques3249125.201274 Diego González3197127.931115 Ahmed Hamza27612317.31156 Omar Hfaiedh271010818.62145
See also 2024 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship
References
External links
Tournament results at FIVB Live Center