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.

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.

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.

Host and venue Osorno Gimnasio Monumental María Gallardo Capacity: 5,500 Chile was named host country of the tournament on 11 April 2024 by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. The host city Osorno was confirmed as such during the 76th CSV Annual Congress held on 13 July 2024 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. 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.

Teams Six of the twelve CSV member associations entered the tournament.

Team Previous best performance26th (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. 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:

Number of matches won; 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 Sets ratio; Points ratio; If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams; 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).

Group A

Group B

Final round

Bracket

Semi-finals

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

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.

Most valuable player (MVP)

Best middle blockers

Best setter

Best opposite spiker

Best outside spikers

Best libero

See also 2024 Men's U21 South American Volleyball Championship

References

External links Tournament results at FIVB Live Center