2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

2013 FIVB Men's U23 World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Masculino Sub-23; Brasil 2013
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	6–13 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Serbia
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Bulgaria
Tournament awards
MVP	Ricardo Lucarelli Souza
Best Setter	Dmitry Kovalev
Best OH	Uroš Kovačević; Filip Stoilović
Best MB	;
Best OPP	Aleksandar Atanasijević
Best Libero
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
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The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was held in Uberlândia, Brazil from 6 to 13 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament.^[1]

Twenty-one point rule[]

For this tournament, the first four sets were played over 21 points.^[2]

Qualification[]

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship will feature two countries per confederation plus the host Brazil and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case Russia.^[1]

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
	Host	1	Brazil
CAVB	FIVB Senior Ranking	2	Egypt Tunisia
AVC	FIVB Senior Ranking	2	Australia Iran
CEV	FIVB Junior and Youth Ranking	2	Serbia Bulgaria
NORCECA	2012 U23 Pan-American Cup	2	Mexico Dominican Republic
CSV	2012 U23 Pan-American Cup	2	Argentina Venezuela
	Best ranked team	1	Russia

Pools composition[]

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 July 2013.^[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil (Hosts)	Russia (2)
Argentina (8)	Serbia (7)
Bulgaria (9)	Australia (12)
Egypt (14)	Iran (12)
Tunisia (15)	Venezuela (20)
Dominican Republic (41)	Mexico (23)

Venue[]

All matches
Uberlândia, Brazil
Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves
Capacity: 8,000

Pool standing procedure[]

Match points
Number of matches won
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

Preliminary round[]

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

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	14	5	0	15	2	7.500	349	262	1.332
2	Bulgaria	12	4	1	12	4	3.000	329	271	1.214
3	Argentina	9	3	2	12	8	1.500	387	366	1.057
4	Tunisia	6	2	3	8	11	0.727	349	353	0.989
5	Egypt	4	1	4	5	12	0.417	275	326	0.844
6	Dominican Republic	0	0	5	0	15	0.000	213	324	0.657

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	16:30	Argentina	3–2	Tunisia	21–14	21–18	13–21	19–21	16–14	90–88	P2 P3
6 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	21–12	21–6	21–10			63–28	P2 P3
6 Oct	21:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Egypt	21–17	21–17	21–12			63–46	P2 P3
7 Oct	16:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Dominican Republic	21–13	21–11	21–14			63–38	P2 P3
7 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–2	Argentina	19–21	16–21	22–20	21–17	19–17	97–96	P2 P3
7 Oct	21:45	Egypt	2–3	Tunisia	19–21	17–21	21–18	21–19	7–15	85–94	P2 P3
8 Oct	16:30	Tunisia	0–3	Bulgaria	28–30	18–21	12–21			58–72	P2 P3
8 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	21–9	21–15	21–16			63–40	P2 P3
8 Oct	21:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Argentina	14–21	25–27	22–24			61–72	P2 P3
9 Oct	16:30	Egypt	0–3	Argentina	18–21	10–21	13–21			41–63	P2 P3
9 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	21–19	21–14	21–19			63–52	P2 P3
9 Oct	21:30	Tunisia	3–0	Dominican Republic	21–12	21–16	21–15			63–43	P2 P3
11 Oct	16:30	Argentina	1–3	Bulgaria	16–21	21–16	14–21	15–21		66–79	P2 P3
11 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	21–18	21–17	21–11			63–46	P2 P3
11 Oct	21:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Egypt	13–21	16–21	14–21			43–63	P2 P3

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	15	5	0	15	1	15.000	331	269	1.230
2	Russia	12	4	1	12	4	3.000	318	269	1.182
3	Iran	9	3	2	10	6	1.667	304	259	1.174
4	Venezuela	6	2	3	7	11	0.636	341	347	0.983
5	Australia	3	1	4	4	13	0.308	290	356	0.815
6	Mexico	0	0	5	2	15	0.133	265	349	0.759

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
6 Oct	09:00	Russia	3–0	Mexico	21–11	21–14	21–13		63–38	P2 P3
6 Oct	11:00	Serbia	3–1	Venezuela	15–21	21–18	21–19	21–14	78–72	P2 P3
6 Oct	14:00	Australia	0–3	Iran	11–21	15–21	7–21		33–63	P2 P3
7 Oct	09:00	Mexico	0–3	Iran	12–21	10–21	14–21		36–63	P2 P3
7 Oct	11:00	Russia	3–0	Venezuela	21–16	21–15	22–20		64–51	P2 P3
7 Oct	14:00	Serbia	3–0	Australia	21–18	22–20	21–14		64–52	P2 P3
8 Oct	09:00	Russia	3–1	Iran	22–20	15–21	21–17	21–12	79–70	P2 P3
8 Oct	11:15	Venezuela	3–1	Australia	21–15	21–13	28–30	21–19	91–77	P2 P3
8 Oct	14:00	Mexico	0–3	Serbia	18–21	14–21	19–21		51–63	P2 P3
9 Oct	09:00	Russia	3–0	Australia	21–16	21–13	21–18		63–47	P2 P3
9 Oct	11:00	Iran	0–3	Serbia	13–21	13–21	19–21		45–63	P2 P3
9 Oct	14:00	Venezuela	3–1	Mexico	21–17	21–12	16–21	21–15	79–65	P2 P3
11 Oct	09:00	Australia	3–1	Mexico	21–18	21–17	18–21	21–19	81–75	P2 P3
11 Oct	11:14	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	21–13	21–18	21–17		63–48	P2 P3
11 Oct	14:00	Russia	0–3	Serbia	15–21	16–21	18–21		49–63	P2 P3

Final round[]

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

5th–8th places[]

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

12 October

Argentina	0
		13 October
Venezuela	3
		Venezuela	0
12 October
		Iran	3
Iran	3

Tunisia	1
		7th place match

		13 October

		Argentina	3

		Tunisia	0

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Oct	13:30	Argentina	0–3	Venezuela	18–21	14–21	14–21			46–63	P2 P3
12 Oct	16:00	Iran	3–1	Tunisia	21–13	21–18	18–21	21–17		81–69	P2 P3

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	10:00	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	21–19	21–15	21–15			63–49	P2 P3

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	12:30	Venezuela	0–3	Iran	14–21	21–23	17–21			52–65	P2 P3

Final four[]

Semifinals		Final

12 October

Brazil	3
		13 October
Russia	0
		Brazil	3
12 October
		Serbia	2
Serbia	3

Bulgaria	0
		3rd place match

		13 October

		Russia	3

		Bulgaria	1

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Oct	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	21–16	22–20	25–23			68–59	P2 P3
12 Oct	21:00	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	21–13	21–18	21–10			63–41	P2 P3

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	15:00	Russia	3–1	Bulgaria	22–24	22–20	27–25	21–15		92–84	P2 P3

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	17:30	Brazil	3–2	Serbia	29–27	15–21	21–17	19–21	15–13	99–99	P2 P3

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Serbia
	Russia
4	Bulgaria
5	Iran
6	Venezuela
7	Argentina
8	Tunisia
9	Egypt
10	Australia
11	Mexico
12	Dominican Republic

2013 Men's U23 World Champions
Brazil 1st title

13–man Roster

Alan Souza, Fernando Kreling, Otávio Pinto, Lucas Lóh, Thiago Veloso, Ricardo Lucarelli Souza (c), , , , , Rafael Araújo, ,

Head Coach

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player

Ricardo Lucarelli Souza

Best Setter

Dmitry Kovalev

Best Outside Spikers

Uroš Kovačević

Filip Stoilović

Best Middle Blockers

Best Opposite Spiker

Aleksandar Atanasijević

Best Libero

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Inaugural U23 Volleyball World Champs 50 days away". FIVB. 15 August 2013.
^ "Twenty-one point rule to be tested at U23 World Champs". FIVB. 20 September 2013.
^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 22 July 2013)". FIVB. 22 July 2013.

External links[]

[one-1] "Inaugural U23 Volleyball World Champs 50 days away". FIVB. 15 August 2013.

[2] "Twenty-one point rule to be tested at U23 World Champs". FIVB. 20 September 2013.

[3] "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 22 July 2013)". FIVB. 22 July 2013.

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