2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Femenino Sub-18; Argentina 2017
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	18–27 August
Teams	20
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Elena Pietrini
Official website
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The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 18, organized by the sport's world governing body, FIVB. The tournament was hosted by Argentina in the cities of Rosario and Santa Fe from 18 to 27 August 2017.^[1] 20 teams from the 5 confederations competed in the tournament.

Italy won its second title in the competition, after also winning the previous edition, defeating Dominican Republic in the final.^[2] Russia defeated Turkey for the bronze medal.^[3] Elena Pietrini from Italy was elected the MVP.^[4]

Qualification

The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.^[5]

Means of qualification		Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country		2 February 2016	Lausanne	1	Argentina
2016 South American Championship		24–28 August 2016	Lima	2	Brazil
2016 South American Championship		24–28 August 2016	Lima	2	Peru
2016 NORCECA Championship		2–7 September 2016	San Juan	2	Dominican Republic
2016 NORCECA Championship		2–7 September 2016	San Juan	2	United States
2017 Asian Championship		5–13 March 2017	Chongqing	4	Japan
					China
					South Korea
					Thailand
2017 Pan-American Cup	for CSV	28 March – 2 April 2017	Havana	1	Colombia
	for NORCECA			2	Cuba
	for NORCECA			2	Mexico
2017 European Championship		1–9 April 2017	Arnhem	6	Russia
					Italy
					Belarus
					Serbia
					Slovenia
					Germany
World Ranking^[6]		As per 1 January 2017	Lausanne	2	Turkey
World Ranking^[6]		As per 1 January 2017	Lausanne	2	Poland
Total				20

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Rosario, Argentina on 10 May 2017.^[7] Argentina as a host country team were seeded in the top position of pool A, And the top seven teams from World ranking as per January 2017 were seed in serpentine system in first two rows. the twelve remaining teams were drawn in next three rows under the condition that there were not too much country in the same confederation were drawn in the same pool. Numbers in brackets denote the World ranking.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Argentina (10)	United States (1)	Italy (2)	China (3)
Germany (7)	Russia (6)	Serbia (5)	Turkey (4)
Slovenia (37)	Belarus (45)	Poland (15)	Japan (8)
South Korea (18)	Brazil (9)	Colombia (22)	Peru (14)
Cuba (29)	Mexico (16)	Thailand (16)	Dominican Rep. (12)

Squads

Venues

Pool C, D and Final round	Pool A, B and Final round
Rosario, Argentina	Santa Fe, Argentina
Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys	Estadio Universidad Tecnológica de Santa Fe
Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 5,000

Referees

AVC (4)

Carla Hoorweg
Wang Ziling
Kang Joo-Hee
Maissaa Hachem

CAVB (2)

Marthe Clémence Eyike
Waleed El Kheshen

CEV (5)

Olivier Guillet
Sonja Simonovska
Sokol Katarzyna
Kozlova Nadezhda
Mykhaylo Medvid

CSV (5)

Concia Pedro Fabia
Silvio Silveira
Jorge Ernesto Erazo Maldonado
Rocio Aida Huarcaya Lopez
Denis Fabián Carbajal Mozzo

NORCECA (4)

Lourdes Perez Perez
Daniel Gonzalez
Brian Charles
Patricia Rolf

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

Preliminary round

All times are Argentina Standard Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	4	0	11	12	4	3.000	377	317	1.189	Round of 16
2	Slovenia	4	2	2	7	9	6	1.500	322	307	1.049
3	Germany	4	2	2	5	9	10	0.900	395	393	1.005
4	South Korea	4	2	2	5	6	9	0.667	305	328	0.930
5	Cuba	4	0	4	2	5	12	0.417	327	381	0.858	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	17:30	Slovenia	3–0	South Korea	25–16	25–18	26–24			76–58	P2 P3
18 Aug	19:30	Germany	1–3	Argentina	17–25	23–25	27–25	14–25		81–100	P2 P3
19 Aug	17:30	Cuba	2–3	Germany	22–25	25–16	25–22	20–25	10–15	102–103	P2 P3
19 Aug	19:30	Slovenia	1–3	Argentina	21–25	20–25	25–21	18–25		84–96	P2 P3
20 Aug	17:30	Cuba	0–3	Slovenia	12–25	17–25	22–25			51–75	P2 P3
20 Aug	19:30	South Korea	0–3	Argentina	21–25	15–25	10–25			46–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	17:30	Germany	3–2	Slovenia	19–25	25–15	25–12	18–25	15–10	102–87	P2 P3
21 Aug	19:30	Cuba	1–3	South Korea	16–25	18–25	25–22	9–25		68–97	P2 P3
22 Aug	17:30	Germany	2–3	South Korea	25–21	25–18	23–25	23–25	13–15	109–104	P2 P3
22 Aug	19:30	Cuba	2–3	Argentina	25–23	25–16	20–25	25–27	11–15	106–106	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	11	12	2	6.000	333	260	1.281	Round of 16
2	Belarus	4	3	1	9	9	4	2.250	304	262	1.160
3	United States	4	2	2	4	7	10	0.700	338	383	0.883
4	Brazil	4	1	3	5	7	9	0.778	337	329	1.024
5	Mexico	4	0	4	1	2	12	0.167	258	336	0.768	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	10:00	Belarus	3–0	Brazil	25–18	26–24	25–14			76–56	P2 P3
18 Aug	12:00	Russia	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–14	25–13			75–45	P2 P3
19 Aug	10:00	United States	0–3	Russia	17–25	20–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3
19 Aug	12:00	Belarus	3–0	Mexico	25–19	25–20	25–14			75–53	P2 P3
20 Aug	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Mexico	25–17	25–16	25–19			75–52	P2 P3
20 Aug	12:00	United States	1–3	Belarus	20–25	13–25	25–21	20–25		78–96	P2 P3
21 Aug	10:00	Russia	3–0	Belarus	25–18	25–20	25–19			75–57	P2 P3
21 Aug	12:00	United States	3–2	Brazil	26–24	19–25	8–25	25–19	15–11	93–104	P2 P3
22 Aug	10:00	United States	3–2	Mexico	17–25	24–26	25–19	30–28	15–10	111–108	P2 P3
22 Aug	12:00	Russia	3–2	Brazil	25–23	23–25	25–20	20–25	15–9	108–102	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	11	12	2	6.000	336	250	1.344	Round of 16
2	Poland	4	3	1	10	11	4	2.750	352	311	1.132
3	Serbia	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	287	286	1.003
4	Colombia	4	1	3	3	4	9	0.444	277	293	0.945
5	Thailand	4	0	4	0	1	12	0.083	213	325	0.655	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	17:30	Poland	3–0	Colombia	25–23	25–7	27–25			77–55	P2 P3
18 Aug	19:30	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–16	27–25	25–6			77–47	P2 P3
19 Aug	17:30	Italy	3–0	Serbia	25–15	25–18	25–18			75–51	P2 P3
19 Aug	19:30	Poland	3–1	Thailand	25–21	23–25	25–17	25–11		98–74	P2 P3
20 Aug	17:30	Italy	3–2	Poland	22–25	25–16	25–20	23–25	15–12	110–98	P2 P3
20 Aug	19:30	Colombia	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–17	25–22			75–53	P2 P3
21 Aug	17:30	Serbia	0–3	Poland	27–29	22–25	23–25			72–79	P2 P3
21 Aug	19:30	Italy	3–0	Colombia	25–19	25–19	26–24			76–62	P2 P3
22 Aug	17:30	Serbia	3–1	Colombia	25–18	12–25	25–20	25–22		87–85	P2 P3
22 Aug	19:30	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–10	25–12	25–17			75–39	P2 P3

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	344	263	1.308	Round of 16
2	Japan	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	322	253	1.273
3	Dominican Republic	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	289	301	0.960
4	Peru	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	306	320	0.956
5	China	4	0	4	0	1	12	0.083	198	322	0.615	17th–20th round robin

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Aug	10:00	Japan	3–0	Peru	25–23	26–24	25–18		76–65	P2 P3
18 Aug	12:00	Turkey	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–21	18–25	25–16	25–14	93–76	P2 P3
19 Aug	10:00	China	0–3	Turkey	22–25	8–25	5–25		35–75	P2 P3
19 Aug	12:00	Japan	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–8	25–19		75–47	P2 P3
20 Aug	10:00	Peru	1–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	25–16	22–25	23–25	88–91	P2 P3
20 Aug	12:00	China	0–3	Japan	13–25	11–25	16–25		40–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	10:00	Turkey	3–1	Japan	25–20	25–23	21–25	30–28	101–96	P2 P3
21 Aug	12:00	China	1–3	Peru	17–25	25–22	18–25	18–25	78–97	P2 P3
22 Aug	10:00	China	0–3	Dominican Republic	13–25	11–25	21–25		45–75	P2 P3
22 Aug	12:00	Turkey	3–0	Peru	25–20	25–17	25–19		75–56	P2 P3

Final round

All times are Argentina Standard Time (UTC−03:00).

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

23 August

Russia

3

25 August

South Korea

1

Russia

3

23 August

Japan

0

Japan

3

26 August

Serbia

2

Russia

0

23 August

Dominican Republic

3

Argentina

3

25 August

Brazil

1

Argentina

0

23 August

Dominican Republic

3

Poland

2

27 August

Dominican Republic

3

Dominican Republic

1

23 August

Italy

3

Italy

3

25 August

Peru

0

Italy

3

23 August

United States

0

Slovenia

0

26 August

United States

3

Italy

3

23 August

Turkey

1

3rd place match

Turkey

3

25 August

27 August

Colombia

0

Turkey

3

Russia

3

23 August

Germany

0

Turkey

1

Belarus

2

Germany

3

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	12:00	Russia	3–1	South Korea	25–17	25–16	18–25	25–18		93–76	P2 P3
23 Aug	12:00	Japan	3–2	Serbia	25–21	25–18	26–28	19–25	17–15	112–107	P2 P3
23 Aug	16:00	Belarus	2–3	Germany	25–20	22–25	18–25	25–16	10–15	100–101	P2 P3
23 Aug	16:00	Turkey	3–0	Colombia	25–14	25–13	25–19			75–46	P2 P3
23 Aug	18:00	Slovenia	0–3	United States	21–25	18–25	22–25			61–75	P2 P3
23 Aug	18:00	Italy	3–0	Peru	25–20	25–13	25–13			75–46	P2 P3
23 Aug	20:00	Poland	2–3	Dominican Republic	21–25	22–25	25–15	25–20	14–16	107–101	P2 P3
23 Aug	20:00	Argentina	3–1	Brazil	22–25	25–23	25–17	25–18		97–83	P2 P3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
25 Aug	13:00	United States	0–3	Italy	7–25	16–25	15–25	38–75	P2 P3
25 Aug	16:00	Germany	0–3	Turkey	20–25	8–25	28–30	56–80	P2 P3
25 Aug	18:00	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–17	32–30	82–69	P2 P3
25 Aug	20:00	Argentina	0–3	Dominican Republic	21–25	17–25	18–25	56–75	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	18:00	Italy	3–1	Turkey	25–20	25–22	27–29	26–24		103–95	P2 P3
26 Aug	20:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Russia	25–17	28–26	25–21			78–64	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	17:30	Turkey	1–3	Russia	21–25	21–25	25–16	15–25		82–91	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	19:30	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–23	19–25	25–12	25–20		94–80	P2 P3

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

26 August

United States	1
		27 August
Germany	3
		Germany	0
26 August
		Japan	3
Argentina	0

Japan	3
		7th place match

		27 August

		United States	1

		Argentina	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	13:00	United States	1–3	Germany	25–20	22–25	17–25	17–25		81–95	P2 P3
26 Aug	16:00	Argentina	0–3	Japan	18–25	19–25	17–25			54–75	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	10:00	United States	1–3	Argentina	17–25	19–25	25–19	28–30		89–99	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	12:00	Germany	0–3	Japan	22–25	10–25	21–25			53–75	P2 P3

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals		9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

25 August

Slovenia	1
		26 August
Peru	3
		Peru	0
25 August
		Belarus	3
Belarus	3
				27 August
Colombia	0
				Belarus	3
25 August
				Brazil	1
South Korea	3
		26 August
Serbia	1
		South Korea	0
25 August
		Brazil	3	11th place match
Brazil	3
				27 August
Poland	1
				Peru	1

				South Korea	3

13th–16th semifinals		13th place match

26 August

Poland	1
		27 August
Serbia	3
		Serbia	3
26 August
		Colombia	0
Slovenia	2

Colombia	3
		15th place match

		27 August

		Poland	2

		Slovenia	3

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 Aug	14:00	Brazil	3–1	Poland	21–25	25–18	25–16	25–17	96–76	P2 P3
25 Aug	16:00	Slovenia	1–3	Peru	20–25	25–19	22–25	17–25	84–94	P2 P3
25 Aug	18:00	Belarus	3–0	Colombia	25–16	25–19	25–21		75–56	P2 P3
25 Aug	20:00	South Korea	3–1	Serbia	25–17	23–25	25–14	25–23	98–79	P2 P3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	14:00	Slovenia	2–3	Colombia	25–22	16–25	25–18	16–25	10–15	92–105	P2 P3
26 Aug	16:00	Poland	1–3	Serbia	24–26	25–23	16–25	12–25		77–99	P2 P3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	18:00	Peru	0–3	Belarus	18–25	17–25	23–25			58–75	P2 P3
26 Aug	20:00	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–13	25–13	25–15			75–41	P2 P3

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	10:00	Poland	2–3	Slovenia	25–16	25–22	13–25	19–25	12–15	94–103	P2 P3

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	12:00	Serbia	3–0	Colombia	25–18	25–18	25–21			75–57	P2 P3

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	14:00	Peru	1–3	South Korea	22–25	20–25	27–25	16–25		85–100	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	16:00	Belarus	3–1	Brazil	25–23	25–21	20–25	25–23		95–92	P2 P3

17th–20th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Thailand	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	250	231	1.082
2	Mexico	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	260	246	1.057
3	China	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	239	255	0.937
4	Cuba	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	253	270	0.937

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	09:00	Cuba	1–3	Mexico	15–25	25–16	17–25	16–25		73–91	P2 P3
23 Aug	11:00	Thailand	3–0	China	25–22	25–17	25–23			75–62	P2 P3
25 Aug	09:00	Cuba	0–3	China	23–25	23–25	27–29			73–79	P2 P3
25 Aug	11:00	Mexico	0–3	Thailand	23–25	20–25	19–25			62–75	P2 P3
26 Aug	09:00	Mexico	3–2	China	25–22	21–25	25–13	21–25	15–13	107–98	P2 P3
26 Aug	11:00	Cuba	3–2	Thailand	25–20	23–25	18–25	25–16	16–14	107–100	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Dominican Republic
	Russia
4	Turkey
5	Japan
6	Germany
7	Argentina
8	United States
9	Belarus
10	Brazil
11	South Korea
12	Peru
13	Serbia
14	Colombia
15	Slovenia
16	Poland
17	Thailand
18	Mexico
19	China
20	Cuba

2017 Girls' U18 World champions
Italy 2nd title

12–woman roster

Terry Enweonwu, Valeria Battista, Marina Lubian, Sarah Fahr, Fatime Kone, Elena Pietrini, Alessia Populini (c), Sara Panetoni, Francesca Scola, Alice Tanase, Rachele Morello, Virginia Peruzzo

Head coach

Marco Mencarelli

Awards

Most valuable player
Elena Pietrini
Best setter
Rachele Morello
Best outside spikers
Madeline Guillen

Ebrar Karakurt
Best middle blockers
Victoriia Pushina

Sarah Fahr
Best opposite spiker
Terry Enweonwu
Best libero
Yaneirys Rodríguez

References

^ "FOUR AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTS CONFIRMED". FIVB. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Italy retain Girls' U18 crown after four-set thriller against Dominican Republic". FIVB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Yakushina helps Russia to collect bronze medal by defeating Turkey". FIVB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Fantastic Italy once again atop of Girls' U18 World Championship". FIVB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "GIRLS' U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION PROCESS TO RESTART IN MARCH". FIVB. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
^ "FIVB World Ranking - Girls U18 (as per January 2017)". FIVB. January 2017.
^ "Twenty teams learn fate in Girls' U18 World Championship draw". FIVB. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "FOUR AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTS CONFIRMED". FIVB. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[2] "Italy retain Girls' U18 crown after four-set thriller against Dominican Republic". FIVB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[3] "Yakushina helps Russia to collect bronze medal by defeating Turkey". FIVB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[4] "Fantastic Italy once again atop of Girls' U18 World Championship". FIVB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[5] "GIRLS' U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION PROCESS TO RESTART IN MARCH". FIVB. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

[u18wr-6] "FIVB World Ranking - Girls U18 (as per January 2017)". FIVB. January 2017.

[7] "Twenty teams learn fate in Girls' U18 World Championship draw". FIVB. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

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Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Referees

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

17th–20th places

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links