2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	11–19 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Dominican Republic (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Brayelin Martínez
Official website
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The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, which was hosted by Puerto Rico from 11 to 19 September 2015 in the cities of Caguas, Gurabo, Juncos and Maunabo.

Dominican Republic defeated Brazil 3-2 in the final to claim their first title.^[1] This marked the first world title for Dominican Republic at any age group. Brayelin Martínez was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[2]

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.^[3]

Method of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	13 May 2015	Lausanne	1	Puerto Rico
2014 NORCECA Junior Championship	8 – 13 July 2014	Guatemala City	1	Cuba
2014 Asian Junior Championship	16 – 24 July 2014	Taipei	2	China
2014 Asian Junior Championship	16 – 24 July 2014	Taipei	2	Japan
2014 South American Junior Championship	29 September – 5 October 2014	Barrancabermeja	2	Brazil
2014 South American Junior Championship	29 September – 5 October 2014	Barrancabermeja	2	Peru
2015 African Junior Championship	27 Feb – 2 Mar 2015	Cairo	1	Egypt
European Qualification Tournament Pool H	14 – 16 May 2015	Anapa	1	Russia
European Qualification Tournament Pool G	15 – 17 May 2015	Ruma	1	Serbia
U20 World Ranking	December 2014^[4]	Lausanne	7	Turkey
				Italy
				Dominican Republic
				Bulgaria
				Chinese Taipei
				Mexico
				Czech Republic
Total			16

United States withdrew from the tournament.^[5]

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Carolina, Puerto Rico on 1 July 2015.^[6] Numbers in brackets denote the World ranking as of December 2014.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Puerto Rico (Hosts)	China (1)	Japan (2)	Brazil (3)
Russia (7)	Serbia (6)	Italy (5)	Turkey (4)
Bulgaria (10)	Peru (9)	Chinese Taipei (12)	Dominican Republic (8)
Cuba (16)	Mexico (13)	Egypt (24)	Czech Republic (14)

Squads

Venues

Pools A, B, D, E, 13th–16th places, 5th–8th places, Semifinals and Finals	Pools A, B, G, 9th–12th places, Seminifinals and Finals	Pools A, D, F and Finals	Pools C, H, 13th–16th places, 9th–12th places and Finals
Maunabo, Puerto Rico	Juncos, Puerto Rico	Gurabo, Puerto Rico	Caguas, Puerto Rico
Maunabo City Coliseum	Rafael G. Amalbert Coliseum	Fernando Hernandez Coliseum	Hector Sola Bezares Coliseum
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 7,500

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

First round

All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	153	1.471	Pool E or Pool F
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	250	237	1.055	Pool E or Pool F
3	Cuba	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	224	265	0.845	Pool G or Pool H
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	225	269	0.836	Pool G or Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Cuba	0–3	Russia	9–25	22–25	17–25			48–75	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	1–3	Bulgaria	25–23	17–25	19–25	21–25		82–98	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Cuba	1–3	Bulgaria	19–25	26–24	19–25	16–25		80–99	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	14–25	17–25	21–25			52–75	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	2–3	Cuba	14–25	20–25	25–20	25–11	7–15	91–96	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	231	194	1.191	Pool E or Pool F
2	Serbia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	237	212	1.118	Pool E or Pool F
3	China	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	237	229	1.035	Pool G or Pool H
4	Mexico	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	155	225	0.689	Pool G or Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	China	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–13	25–23			75–54	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–0	Serbia	25–18	25–21	28–26			78–65	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Mexico	0–3	Serbia	19–25	8–25	15–25			42–75	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–0	China	26–24	25–21	27–25			78–70	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	China	2–3	Serbia	20–25	25–14	25–18	17–25	5–15	92–97	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Mexico	0–3	Peru	14–25	22–25	23–25			59–75	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	182	1.357	Pool E or Pool F
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	230	186	1.237	Pool E or Pool F
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	213	229	0.930	Pool G or Pool H
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	156	249	0.627	Pool G or Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	Egypt	25–12	25–8	25–10		75–30	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Italy	22–25	12–25	21–25		55–75	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–15	25–15	25–18		75–48	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	25–17	26–24		76–59	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	Egypt	1–3	Chinese Taipei	26–24	17–25	18–25	17–25	78–99	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Japan	1–3	Italy	25–21	21–25	9–25	24–26	79–97	P2 P3

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	196	1.270	Pool E or Pool F
2	Brazil	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	213	174	1.224	Pool E or Pool F
3	Turkey	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	205	228	0.899	Pool G or Pool H
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	203	272	0.746	Pool G or Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–11	25–17		75–46	P2 P3
11 Sep	19:30	Dominican Republic	3–0	Turkey	25–20	25–14	25–20		75–54	P2 P3
12 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Czech Republic	25–20	24–26	25–19	25–14	99–79	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:30	Brazil	3–0	Turkey	25–19	25–17	25–17		75–53	P2 P3
13 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Czech Republic	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–15	98–78	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:30	Dominican Republic	3–0	Brazil	25–22	25–22	25–19		75–63	P2 P3

Second round

All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	309	249	1.241	Semifinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	250	236	1.059	Semifinals
3	Serbia	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	262	275	0.953	5th–8th semifinals
4	Russia	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	215	276	0.779	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Russia	1–3	Serbia	25–20	18–25	16–25	18–25		77–95	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Italy	1–3	Brazil	11–25	22–25	27–25	20–25		80–100	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Russia	2–3	Brazil	25–19	8–25	25–21	16–25	7–15	81–105	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	Italy	3–1	Serbia	19–25	25–21	25–20	25–13		94–79	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Russia	0–3	Italy	18–25	24–26	15–25			57–76	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Brazil	3–1	Serbia	25–14	27–25	27–29	25–20		104–88	P2 P3

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	228	159	1.434	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	205	190	1.079	Semifinals
3	Peru	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	198	208	0.952	5th–8th semifinals
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	154	228	0.675	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–15	25–14	75–51	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–21	25–12	75–54	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Bulgaria	25–11	25–17	25–18	75–46	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	Peru	0–3	Japan	20–25	24–26	17–25	61–76	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	25–16	25–12	28–26	78–54	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Peru	0–3	Dominican Republic	14–25	22–25	26–28	62–78	P2 P3

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	254	202	1.257	9th–12th semifinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	269	246	1.093	9th–12th semifinals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	234	267	0.876	13th–16th semifinals
4	Mexico	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	238	280	0.850	13th–16th semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Mexico	25–13	25–20	25–16			75–49	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Cuba	0–3	Czech Republic	29–31	13–25	22–25			64–81	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Czech Republic	25–23	15–25	24–26	25–13	15–9	104–96	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	Cuba	3–2	Mexico	20–25	25–23	26–24	27–29	15–10	113–111	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–22	25–16			75–57	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Czech Republic	3–1	Mexico	25–18	17–25	25–20	25–15		92–78	P2 P3

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	298	271	1.100	9th–12th semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	238	198	1.202	9th–12th semifinals
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	3	5	8	0.625	261	277	0.942	13th–16th semifinals
4	Egypt	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	227	277	0.819	13th–16th semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	17:00	China	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–2	Puerto Rico	22–25	25–18	23–25	25–18	15–12	110–98	P2 P3
16 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Egypt	25–16	25–23	18–25	25–21		93–85	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:30	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–20	25–14			75–54	P2 P3
17 Sep	17:00	China	1–3	Turkey	25–16	20–25	20–25	23–25		88–95	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:30	Puerto Rico	3–2	Egypt	25–16	25–10	18–25	23–25	18–16	109–92	P2 P3

Final round

All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Classification 13th–16th

13th–16th semifinals		13th place match

18 Sept

Cuba	3
		19 Sept
Egypt	0
		Cuba	3
18 Sept
		Puerto Rico	2
Puerto Rico	3

Mexico	1
		15th place match

		19 Sept

		Egypt	1

		Mexico	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:00	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	25–23	25–18	25–17			75–58	P2 P3
18 Sep	17:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	Mexico	25–22	25–16	17–25	25–19		92–85	P2 P3

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	14:00	Egypt	1–3	Mexico	20–25	25–18	21–25	18–25		84–93	P2 P3

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16:30	Cuba	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–18	22–25	25–23	20–25	15–7	107–98	P2 P3

Classification 9th–12th

9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

18 Sept

Chinese Taipei	0
		19 Sept
China	3
		China	3
18 Sept
		Turkey	1
Turkey	3

Czech Republic	0
		11th place match

		19 Sept

		Chinese Taipei	3

		Czech Republic	1

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	12–25	21–25	11–25			44–75	P2 P3
18 Sep	19:30	Turkey	3–0	Czech Republic	25–9	25–19	25–13			75–41	P2 P3

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Czech Republic	26–24	25–15	22–25	25–19		98–83	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	20:00	China	3–1	Turkey	25–20	17–25	25–19	26–24		93–88	P2 P3

Classification 5th–8th

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

18 Sept

Serbia	3
		19 Sept
Bulgaria	0
		Serbia	3
18 Sept
		Peru	1
Peru	3

Russia	1
		7th place match

		19 Sept

		Bulgaria	2

		Russia	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–20	29–27			79–70	P2 P3
18 Sep	19:30	Peru	3–1	Russia	12–25	25–21	25–16	25–22		87–84	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	14:00	Bulgaria	2–3	Russia	22–25	25–23	26–24	18–25	9–15	100–112	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16:30	Serbia	3–1	Peru	18–25	26–24	25–23	25–23		94–95	P2 P3

Final four

Semifinals		Final

18 Sept

Brazil	3
		19 Sept
Japan	0
		Brazil	2
18 Sept
		Dominican Republic	3
Dominican Republic	3

Italy	2
		3rd place match

		19 Sept

		Japan	0

		Italy	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	19:30	Dominican Republic	3–2	Italy	25–20	19–25	25–22	24–26	15–7	108–100	P2 P3
18 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–15	25–21			75–54	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Japan	0–3	Italy	26–28	22–25	19–25			67–78	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	20:00	Brazil	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–17	21–25	17–25	26–24	14–16	103–107	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Dominican Republic
	Brazil
	Italy
4	Japan
5	Serbia
6	Peru
7	Russia
8	Bulgaria
9	China
10	Turkey
11	Chinese Taipei
12	Czech Republic
13	Cuba
14	Puerto Rico
15	Mexico
16	Egypt

2015 Women's U20 World champions
Dominican Republic 1st title

12–woman roster

Jineiry Martinez, Gaila González, Vielka Peralta, Maria Garcia, Natalia Martinez, Angelica Hinojosa, Ayleen Rivero, Massiel Matos, Yokaty Perez, Larysmer Martínez, Lisbeth Rosario, Brayelin Martinez (c)

Head coach

Wagner Pacheco

Awards

Most valuable player
- Brayelin Martínez (DOM)
Best setter
- Misaki Shirai (JPN)
Best outside spikers
- Brayelin Martínez (DOM)
- Bojana Milenković (SRB)
Best middle blockers
- Maja Aleksić (SRB)
- Anna Danesi (ITA)
Best Opposite
- Lorenne Teixeira (BRA)
Best libero
- Zhana Todorova (BUL)

References

^ "Heart-stopping final goes for Dominican Republic with marvelous Brayelin Martínez". FIVB. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "Unprecedented glory for Dominican Republic at Women's U20 World Championship". FIVB. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.
^ "FIVB World Ranking - Women U20 (as per December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.
^ "Teams". FIVB. 25 June 2015.
^ "U20 Drawing of Lots ceremony held in Puerto Rico". NORCECA. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

External links

[Heart-stopping_final_goes_for_Dominican_Republic_with_marvelous_Brayelin_Martínez-1] "Heart-stopping final goes for Dominican Republic with marvelous Brayelin Martínez". FIVB. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[Unprecedented_glory_for_Dominican_Republic_at_Women’s_U20_World_Championship-2] "Unprecedented glory for Dominican Republic at Women's U20 World Championship". FIVB. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[3] "Four year volleyball calendar approved by Sports Events Council". FIVB. 14 December 2013.

[u20wr-4] "FIVB World Ranking - Women U20 (as per December 2014)". FIVB. December 2014.

[5] "Teams". FIVB. 25 June 2015.

[6] "U20 Drawing of Lots ceremony held in Puerto Rico". NORCECA. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

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Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

Classification 13th–16th

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

Classification 9th–12th

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Classification 5th–8th

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links