The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the

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, 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

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and

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from 23 June to 2 July 2017. 16 teams participated. Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997.

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defeated

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in the final to capture their third title in the competition.

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, which won the previously three editions of the tournament, won the bronze medal after defeating

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in the 3rd place match. Jakub Kochanowski from Poland was elected the

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Qualification

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

Pools composition

First round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the

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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

on 31 May 2017. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 35th. ;Draw

Second round

Squads

Venues

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

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

*All times are

( 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

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

References

External links

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Qualification

Pools composition

First round

Second round

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

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

Awards

See also

References

External links