2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2007 Men's Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Morocco
Dates	7–15 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP
Official website
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The 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship was held from 7 to 15 July 2007 in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. It was the last tournament to feature 12 teams.

Competing nations[]

Drawing of lots to determine Pools composition was held on 7 June 2007.^[1]

Group A in Casablanca	Group B in Rabat
Morocco Iran  Cuba  Italy  Japan  Bulgaria	Brazil  Russia  Argentina  Egypt  United States  Slovenia

First round[]

• All times are Morocco's Standard Time WET (UTC+00:00).

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	9	4	1	463	408	1.135	14	6	2.333
2	Italy	8	3	2	461	407	1.133	13	7	1.857
3	Cuba	8	3	2	452	446	1.013	11	10	1.100
4	Bulgaria	8	3	2	438	441	0.993	11	10	1.100
5	Japan	7	2	3	479	487	0.984	10	12	0.833
6	Morocco	5	0	5	293	397	0.738	1	15	0.067

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 July	10:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Iran	19–25	17–25	12–25			48–75	P2 P3
7 July	15:00	Italy	3–0	Cuba	27–25	25–16	25–17			77–58	P2 P3
7 July	18:30	Morocco	1–3	Japan	23–25	16–25	25–22	17–25		81–97	P2 P3
8 July	10:00	Japan	3–2	Cuba	25–20	21–25	17–25	25–15	15–12	103–97	P2 P3
8 July	16:00	Iran	3–2	Italy	20–25	17–25	25–22	25–21	21–19	108–112	P2 P3
8 July	18:30	Morocco	0–3	Bulgaria	20–25	19–25	16–25			55–75	P2 P3
9 July	10:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Japan	24–26	25–19	25–16	21–25	15–12	110–98	P2 P3
9 July	16:00	Cuba	3–2	Iran	23–25	25–17	21–25	25–23	15–13	109–103	P2 P3
9 July	18:30	Italy	3–0	Morocco	25–22	25–16	25–13			75–51	P2 P3
10 July	10:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	22–25	25–21	18–25	29–31		94–102	P2 P3
10 July	16:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Italy	20–25	25–20	25–12	18–25	15–9	103–100	P2 P3
10 July	18:30	Morocco	0–3	Cuba	19–25	22–25	20–25			61–75	P2 P3
11 July	10:00	Cuba	3–2	Bulgaria	17–25	25–14	27–29	25–17	19–17	113–102	P2 P3
11 July	16:00	Italy	3–1	Japan	20–25	25–19	25–18	27–25		97–87	P2 P3
11 July	18:30	Iran	3–0	Morocco	25–15	25–16	25–14			75–45	P2 P3

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	435	354	1.229	13	5	2.600
2	Russia	9	4	1	399	345	1.157	12	4	3.000
3	United States	8	3	2	445	451	0.987	10	10	1.000
4	Argentina	7	2	3	367	403	0.911	7	10	0.700
5	Slovenia	6	1	4	406	424	0.958	7	12	0.583
6	Egypt	6	1	4	349	424	0.823	5	13	0.385

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 July	10:00	Slovenia	1–3	Argentina	25–16	23–25	23–25	23–25		94–91	P2 P3
7 July	16:00	Russia	3–1	Brazil	28–26	19–25	27–25	25–13		99–89	P2 P3
7 July	18:30	United States	3–2	Egypt	17–25	26–28	25–16	25–22	18–16	111–107	P2 P3
8 July	10:00	Egypt	0–3	Slovenia	18–25	18–25	13–25			49–75	P2 P3
8 July	16:00	Russia	0–3	United States	26–28	22–25	27–29			75–82	P2 P3
8 July	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–10	25–18	25–22			75–50	P2 P3
9 July	10:00	Argentina	1–3	Egypt	16–25	25–23	24–26	23–25		88–99	P2 P3
9 July	16:00	United States	1–3	Brazil	22–25	25–20	18–25	19–25		84–95	P2 P3
9 July	18:30	Slovenia	0–3	Russia	19–25	20–25	22–25			61–75	P2 P3
10 July	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–17	25–14	25–13			75–44	P2 P3
10 July	16:00	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	P2 P3
10 July	18:30	United States	3–2	Slovenia	23–25	25–17	25–23	20–25	15–9	108–99	P2 P3
11 July	10:00	Argentina	3–0	United States	25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	P2 P3
11 July	16:00	Slovenia	1–3	Brazil	12–25	28–26	20–25	17–25		77–101	P2 P3
11 July	18:30	Egypt	0–3	Russia	12–25	17–25	21–25			50–75	P2 P3

Final round[]

9th–12th places bracket[]

	9th–12th places				9th place
	14 July – Casablanca
	Japan	1
					15 July – Casablanca
	Egypt	3
					Egypt	1
	14 July – Casablanca
					Slovenia	3
	Morocco	0
	Slovenia	3
					11th place
					15 July – Casablanca
					Japan	3
					Morocco	1

Classification 9th-12th[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 July	9:00	Japan	1–3	Egypt	26–24	24–26	20–25	19–25		89–100	P2 P3
14 July	11:30	Morocco	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	18–25	23–25			58–75	P2 P3

12th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	9:00	Japan	3–1	Morocco	25–23	25–23	20–25	25–21		95–92	P2 P3

9th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	11:30	Egypt	1–3	Slovenia	23–25	25–22	19–25	16–25		83–98	P2 P3

5th-8th places bracket[]

	5th-8th places				5th place
	14 July – Rabat
	Bulgaria	3
					15 July – Rabat
	United States	0
					Bulgaria	0
	14 July – Rabat
					Argentina	3
	Cuba	0
	Argentina	3
					7th place
					15 July – Rabat
					United States	3
					Cuba	1

Classification 5th-8th[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 July	16:00	Bulgaria	3–0	United States	26–24	25–22	25–22			76–66	P2 P3
14 July	18:30	Cuba	0–3	Argentina	20–25	19–25	23–25			62–75	P2 P3

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	9:00	United States	3–1	Cuba	30–28	20–25	25–23	25–20		100–96	P2 P3

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	11:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Argentina	24–26	15–25	20–25			59–98	P2 P3

1st-4th places bracket[]

	Semifinals				Final
	14 July – Casablanca
	Italy	2
					15 July – Casablanca
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
	14 July – Casablanca
					Russia	0
	Iran	1
	Russia	3
					3rd place
					15 July – Casablanca
					Italy	1
					Iran	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 July	16:00	Italy	2–3	Brazil	18–25	25–15	27–25	20–25	8–15	98–105	P2 P3
14 July	18:30	Iran	1–3	Russia	25–21	22–25	23–25	21–25		91–96	P2 P3

Bronze Medal Match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	16:00	Italy	1–3	Iran	25–27	25–19	20–25	17–25		87–96	P2 P3

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 July	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–18	25–18	25–19			75–55	P2 P3

Final standing[]

Individual awards[]

• MVP: ^[2]
• Best Scorer: Matteo Martino
• Best Spiker: Matteo Martino
• Best Blocker:
• Best Server: Maxim Mikhaylov
• Best Digger: Roman Martynyuk
• Best Setter: Davide Saitta
• Best Receiver: Matteo Martino

References[]

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