FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 1977 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Continent | International (FIVB) |
Most recent champion(s) | Italy (2nd title) |
Most titles | Brazil (6 titles) |
The FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 20 organized by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
The first tournament was staged in 1977 in Brazil. The second and third tournaments were played at intervals of four years, in 1981 and 1985; with the fourth tournament in 1987 the interval became, and remains, two years. The most recent tournament was hosted by Mexico and won by Japan.
Brazil is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with six titles and five runners-up. China is the second most successful with three titles and three runners-up.
A corresponding tournament for male players is the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
Results summary[]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
2 | China | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
3 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
8 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 nations) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
Appearance[]
Team | 1977 (14) |
1981 (15) |
1985 (15) |
1987 (13) |
1989 (16) |
1991 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (16) |
1997 (16) |
1999 (16) |
2001 (16) |
2003 (16) |
2005 (12) |
2007 (12) |
2009 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2013 (20) |
2015 (16) |
2017 (16) |
2019 (16) |
2021 (15) |
Total |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | 9th | 13th | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | 4 | |
Argentina | 11th | 8th | • | 11th | 10th | 11th | 11th | • | 13th | 13th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 11th | 11th | 12 |
• | 12th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
Austria | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 2 | ||||||
Belgium | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | 13th | 2 |
12th | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
Brazil | 4th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 21 |
Bulgaria | • | • | 9th | 7th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | 9th | 8th | 8th | • | • | 7 |
7th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |
China | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 9th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 1st | 7th | • | 20 |
• | • | • | 9th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 13th | • | • | 6th | 13th | • | • | 5th | • | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | 10 | |
• | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
8th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
Croatia | See Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 9th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||||
Cuba | • | 7th | 1st | • | 2nd | 13th | 1st | 9th | 8th | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | 9th | 12th | • | 13th | 15th | 14th | • | 14 |
Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | • | • | 11th | • | 11th | 12th | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||
Dominican Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | 9th | • | 9th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 1st | 11th | 13th | 8th | 12 |
Egypt | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | • | 15th | 14th | 16th | 16th | 15th | 12th | 8 |
Finland | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
France | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Germany | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 5th | 8th | 7th | • | 9th | 5th | • | 7th | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
Greece | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Hungary | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
India | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Italy | • | • | 7th | • | 7th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 4th | • | 4th | 5th | • | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 16 |
Japan | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | • | • | 5th | 3rd | • | 11th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | • | 17 |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
Part of Soviet Union | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Mexico | 6th | 4th | 11th | • | 16th | • | 13th | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 15th | 15th | 13th | 10th | • | 11 |
Netherlands | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 4 |
• | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Peru | 10th | 2nd | 8th | 6th | 4th | 12th | 4th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 12th | 6th | 14th | 12th | • | 13 |
Poland | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 9th | 5th | 5th | 13th | 3rd | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | • | 6th | 5th | 6th | 11 |
Puerto Rico | • | 14th | • | 13th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | • | • | 19th | 14th | • | • | 16th | 9 |
Romania | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Russia | See Soviet Union | • | 3rd | 1st | 1st | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | 10th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 11 | |||||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 15th | 2 | |
Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | • | • | 13th | 7th | 5th | 10th | 9th | 2nd | 6 | |||||||||||
Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |
Spain | 14th | 13th | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
Thailand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | 9th | • | 8th | 14th | • | 18th | • | • | • | 14th | 6 |
Tunisia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 6th | • | 7th | • | 5th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 10 |
Part of Soviet Union | 2nd | • | 13th | • | • | 6th | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||
United States | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 13th | • | 11th | 4th | 12th | 4th | 17th | • | 7th | 8th | 5th | 11 |
• | • | • | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | 13th | 13th | 9th | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | |
Discontinued nations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | • | • | 10th | • | • | 6th | • | See Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||||||
See Yugoslavia | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | • | 2nd | See Serbia | 3 | |||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 9th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 1st | See Russia | 6 |
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
MVP by edition[]
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See also[]
- FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
References[]
External links[]
- FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
- International women's volleyball competitions
- World youth sports competitions
- Youth volleyball
- Biennial sporting events
- Recurring sporting events established in 1977