2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship

2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Dates	24–31 August 2024
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Official website
	volleyballworld.com/boys-u17-world-championship/
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The 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball championship contested by the men's national teams under the age of 17 of the members associations of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 24 to 31 August 2024.^[1]

The FIVB U17 World Championship for both genders was proposed by the FIVB Volleyball Council and unanimously approved by the FIVB Board of Administration during its meeting held in March 2022.^[2]^[3]

Host selection

On 8 November 2023, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting the Girls' and Boys' U17 World Championships planned to take place between 1 and 31 August 2024.^[4] The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB no later than 18:00 CET (UTC+1) on 8 December 2023.^[5]

Bulgarian Volleyball Federation announced its bid in October 2023.^[6]

FIVB announced the hosts for both Girls' and Boys' U17 World Championships on 28 February 2024, with Bulgaria being selected to host the inaugural edition of the Boys' U17 World Championship.^[1]^[7] This will be the second FIVB age-group world championship hosted by Bulgaria after the 2021 FIVB Men's U21 World Championship which was co-hosted with Italy. Bulgaria also hosted both the Men's and Women's FIVB World Championships in 1970 and most recently the 2018 FIVB Men's World Championship (also co-hosted with Italy).^[8]

Venues

Matches will take place at Levski Sofia Sports Hall and Hristo Botev Hall, both located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.^[9] Levski Sofia Sports Hall is owned by the Levski Sofia sports club and is situated in southern Sofia. Hristo Botev is a multifunctional hall located in the Studentski grad district

Pancharevo	Levski Sofia Hristo Botev class=notpageimage\| Locations of venues in Sofia city.	Studentski
Levski Sofia Sports Hall		Hristo Botev Hall
Capacity: 1,724		Capacity: 1.500

Qualification

The qualification process was announced on 28 March 2023 with a total of 16 national teams to qualify for the final tournament.^[10] In addition to Bulgaria who qualified automatically as the host, 15 other teams qualified through five separate continental championships which were required to be held by 31 December 2023 at the latest.^[5]

The slot allocation per confederation was setted as follow:^[5]

AVC (Asia & Oceania): 3
CAVB (Africa): 3
CEV (Europe): 3
CSV (South America): 3
NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 3
Host: 1

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team qualified
AVC (Asia & Oceania)	2023 Asian Boys' U16 Volleyball Championship ( Tashkent, 22–29 July)	Iran
		Uzbekistan
		Chinese Taipei
CAVB (Africa)	2023 U17 Boys' African Nations Volleyball Championship ( Misrata, 12–19 December)	Egypt
		Libya
		Tunisia
CEV (Europe)	2023 Men's U17 European Volleyball Championship Podgorica, 19–30 July)	Italy
		Spain
		Belgium
	Host nation	Bulgaria
CSV (South America)	2023 Boys' U17 South American Volleyball Championship ( Araguari, 23–27 August)	Brazil
		Argentina
		Chile
NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean)	2023 Boys' U17 NORCECA Volleyball Championship ( Poza Rica, 7–12 November)	Puerto Rico
		Mexico
		Cuba

Pools composition

The draw for the pools composition was held on 1 May 2024, 14:30 (UTC±0), at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.^[11] The 16 teams were split into four pools of six. The hosts Bulgaria and the top three teams of the Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking in force at that time were seeded in the first positions of each pool in alphabetical order from pool A to pool D. FIVB reserved the right to seed the host team as head of pool A regardless of their position in the World Ranking. The remaining 16 teams were divided into three pots of four, according to their position in the same Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking, in order to be drawn to complete the following three positions in each pool.^[12]

Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking of each team (as of 24 August 2023^[update]) are shown in brackets, except the hosts Bulgaria who ranked 5th.^[13]

Seeded teams	Teams to be drawn
Line 1	Pot 1 (line 2)	Pot 2 (line 3)	Pot 3 (line 4)
Bulgaria (Hosts, assigned to A1) Iran (2), assigned to B1) Italy (6), assigned to C1 Belgium (7), assigned to D1	Egypt (8) Brazil (9) Argentina (11) Mexico (12)	Puerto Rico (16) Chile (20) Tunisia (22) Chinese Taipei (27)	Libya (31) Spain (42) Cuba (61) Uzbekistan (61)

The draw procedure followed the serpentine system and was as follows:^[12]

Teams from pot 3 were drawn first and were placed in line 4 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
Teams from pot 2 were then drawn and placed in line 3 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D.
Teams from pot 1 were drawn at the end and were placed in line 2 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.

The pools composition after the draw was as follow:^[14]

Pool A
Pos	Team
A1	Bulgaria
A2	Mexico
A3	Chinese Taipei
A4	Spain

Pool B
Pos	Team
B1	Iran
B2	Egypt
B3	Tunisia
B4	Libya

Pool C
Pos	Team
C1	Italy
C2	Argentina
C3	Puerto Rico
C4	Cuba

Pool D
Pos	Team
D1	Belgium
D2	Brazil
D3	Chile
D4	Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

All times are in local time, Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	277	248	1.117	Round of 16
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	289	275	1.051
3	Bulgaria (H)	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	294	287	1.024
4	Mexico	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	196	245	0.800

Source: FIVB
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	11:00	Mexico	0–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	14–25	17–25			54–75	P2 Report
24 Aug	17:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Spain	20–25	25–21	19–25	20–25		84–96	P2 Report
25 Aug	11:00	Mexico	0–3	Spain	21–25	18–25	24–26			63–76	P2 Report
25 Aug	17:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Chinese Taipei	32–30	21–25	25–23	23–25	15–10	116–113	P2 Report
26 Aug	11:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Spain	25–20	25–23	14–25	22–25	15–12	101–105	P2 Report
26 Aug	17:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Mexico	25–17	25–21	19–25	25–15		94–78	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	259	218	1.188	Round of 16
2	Iran	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	261	207	1.261
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	173	218	0.794
4	Libya	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	181	231	0.784

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	11:00	Iran	3–0	Libya	25–13	25–16	30–28			80–57	P2 Report
24 Aug	14:00	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	25–20	25–21	25–15			75–56	P2 Report
25 Aug	11:00	Iran	3–0	Tunisia	25–13	25–12	25–16			75–41	P2 Report
25 Aug	14:00	Egypt	3–0	Libya	25–23	25–10	25–23			75–56	P2 Report
26 Aug	11:00	Iran	2–3	Egypt	19–25	22–25	25–19	27–25	13–15	106–109	P2 Report
26 Aug	14:00	Tunisia	3–0	Libya	26–24	25–23	25–21			76–68	P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	270	203	1.330	Round of 16
2	Argentina	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	236	202	1.168
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	170	206	0.825
4	Cuba	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	185	250	0.740

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 Aug	14:00	Argentina	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–16	25–15	25–22		75–53	P2 Report
24 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–1	Cuba	25–23	24–26	25–15	25–12	99–76	P2 Report
25 Aug	14:00	Argentina	3–0	Cuba	25–22	25–15	25–15		75–52	P2 Report
25 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–17	25–11		75–41	P2 Report
26 Aug	14:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Cuba	26–24	25–14	25–18		76–56	P2 Report
26 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–1	Argentina	21–25	25–20	25–22	25–19	96–86	P2 Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	89	2.528	Round of 16
2	Belgium	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	199	116	1.716
3	Chile	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	156	150	1.040
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	0	225	0.000

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
24 Aug	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Chile	25–14	25–12	25–14	75–40	P2 Report
24 Aug		Belgium	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–0	25–0	25–0	75–0	Report
25 Aug	17:00	Belgium	3–0	Chile	25–13	25–17	25–11	75–41	P2 Report
25 Aug		Brazil	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–0	25–0	25–0	75–0	Report
26 Aug	17:00	Belgium	0–3	Brazil	18–25	19–25	12–25	49–75	P2 Report
26 Aug		Chile	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–0	25–0	25–0	75–0	Report

Final round

All times are in local time, Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Main path bracket

27 August

Italy

3

29 Aug

Mexico

0

Italy

3

27 August

Iran

2

Iran

3

30 Aug

Chile

0

Italy

3

27 August

Chinese Taipei

0

Brazil

3

29 Aug

Libya

0

Brazil

2

27 August

Chinese Taipei

3

Chinese Taipei

3

31 Aug

Puerto Rico

1

Italy

3

27 August

Argentina

2

Argentina

3

29 Aug

Bulgaria

1

Argentina

3

27 August

Egypt

2

Egypt

3

30 Aug

Uzbekistan

0

Argentina

3

27 August

Spain

2

3rd place match

Belgium

3

29 Aug

31 Aug

Tunisia

1

Belgium

2

Chinese Taipei

3

27 August

Spain

3

Spain

2

Spain

3

Cuba

2

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	11:00	Italy	3–0	Mexico	25–22	25–16	25–21			75–59	P2 Report
27 Aug	11:00	Belgium	3–1	Tunisia	25–21	24–26	25–18	25–21		99–86	P2 Report
27 Aug	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Libya	25–20	25–10	25–19			75–49	P2 Report
27 Aug	14:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Puerto Rico	21–25	25–9	25–18	25–16		96–68	P2 Report
27 Aug	17:00	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	25–14	25–17	15–25	25–23		90–79	P2 Report
27 Aug		Egypt	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
27 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Chile	25–14	25–16	25–12			75–42	P2 Report
27 Aug	20:00	Spain	3–2	Cuba	26–24	19–25	25–22	21–25	15–10	106–106	P2 Report

9th–16th places


13th place match		13th–16th semi-finals		9th–16th quarter-finals		9th–12th semi-finals		9th place match



				Mexico	3

				Chile	0

		Chile	3			Mexico	0

		Uzbekistan	0			Bulgaria	3

				Bulgaria	3

				Uzbekistan	0

Chile	1							Bulgaria	3

Tunisia	3							Cuba	0

				Tunisia	1

				Cuba	3

15th place match		Tunisia	3			Cuba	3	11th place match

		Puerto Rico	1			Libya	0

Uzbekistan	0			Libya	3			Mexico	1

Puerto Rico	3			Puerto Rico	2			Libya	3

9th–16th quarter-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	11:00	Mexico	3–0	Chile	25–22	25–22	25–20			75–64	P2 Report
29 Aug		Bulgaria	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
29 Aug	14:00	Tunisia	1–3	Cuba	25–23	22–25	14–25	21–25		82–98	P2 Report
29 Aug	17:00	Libya	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–22	21–25	14–25	25–20	15–13	100–105	P2 Report

13th–16th semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	11:00	Chile	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
30 Aug	14:00	Tunisia	3–1	Puerto Rico	19–25	25–12	27–25	25–20		96–82	P2 Report

9th–12th semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	11:00	Cuba	3–0	Libya	25–23	25–19	25–19			75–61	P2 Report
30 Aug	14:00	Mexico	0–3	Bulgaria	24–26	18–25	16–25			58–76	P2 Report

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	11:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Puerto Rico	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	14:00	Chile	1–3	Tunisia	18–25	25–20	19–25	21–25		83–95	P2 Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	17:00	Mexico	1–3	Libya	27–25	23–25	16–25	17–25		83–100	P2 Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	20:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Cuba	25–23	25–22	25–18			75–63	P2 Report

Final eight


5th place match		5th–8th semi-finals		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



				Italy	3

				Iran	2

		Iran	3			Italy	3

		Brazil	0			Chinese Taipei	0

				Brazil	2

				Chinese Taipei	3

Iran	3							Italy	3

Belgium	2							Argentina	2

				Argentina	3

				Egypt	2

7th place match		Egypt	1			Argentina	3	3rd place match

		Belgium	3			Spain	2

Brazil	1			Belgium	2			Chinese Taipei	3

Egypt	3			Spain	3			Spain	2

Quarter-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	11:00	Italy	3–2	Iran	20–25	25–18	21–25	27–25	15–9	108–102	P2 Report
29 Aug	14:00	Argentina	3–2	Egypt	25–23	22–25	25–16	21–25	15–9	108–98	P2 Report
29 Aug	17:00	Belgium	2–3	Spain	25–22	11–25	25–27	25–20	15–17	101–111	P2 Report
29 Aug	20:00	Brazil	2–3	Chinese Taipei	26–24	21–25	23–25	25–22	13–15	108–111	P2 Report

5th–8th semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	11:00	Iran	3–0	Brazil	25–9	29–27	25–15			79–51	P2 Report
30 Aug	17:00	Egypt	1–3	Belgium	25–22	19–25	19–25	14–25		77–97	P2 Report

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	17:00	Italy	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	26–24	25–18			76–60	P2 Report
30 Aug	20:00	Argentina	3–2	Spain	25–21	17–25	33–35	25–18	15–10	115–109	P2 Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	11:00	Brazil	1–3	Egypt	25–19	19–25	32–34	23–25		99–103	P2 Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	14:00	Iran	3–2	Belgium	21–25	23–25	25–17	25–21	15–9	109–97	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Spain	25–17	16–25	25–23	21–25	15–12	102–102	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–2	Argentina	23–25	17–25	25–22	33–31	15–9	113–112	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Argentina
	Chinese Taipei
4	Spain
5	Iran
6	Belgium
7	Egypt
8	Brazil
9	Bulgaria
10	Cuba
11	Libya
12	Mexico
13	Tunisia
14	Chile
15	Puerto Rico
16	Uzbekistan

2024 Boyd' U17 World champions
Italy First title

12–boy roster

Spina, Valgiovio, Costa, Carrera, Argano, Bonandrini, Zlatanov, Destro, Crosato, Basso, Tosti, Bigozzi

Head coach

Leoni

Awards

Most valuable player
Manuel Zlatanov (ITA)
Best setter
Pietro Valgiovio (ITA)
Best outside spikers
Manuel Zlatanov (ITA)

Huang Pin-Yen (TPE)
Best middle blockers
Martino Bigozzi (ITA)

Iván Pavón (ARG)
Best opposite spiker
Federico Argano (ITA)
Best libero
Valentín Yapura (ARG)

References

^ ^a ^b "Bulgaria And Peru Set To Host Inaugural FIVB Volleyball U17 World Championships 2024". FIVB. 28 February 2024.
^ "FIVB BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION REPORT Lausanne (hybrid meeting), 21 and 22 March 2022" (PDF). FIVB. 9 June 2023.
^ "El calendario mundial de piso tendrá más torneos" [World floor calendar to have more tournaments] (in Spanish). Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 31 March 2022.
^ "Bidding Process For Inaugural FIVB Volleyball Girls' And Boys' U17 World Championships 2024 Is Open!". FIVB. 8 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "FIVB VOLLEYBALL AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 (Girls' Under 17 & Boys' Under 17) Expression of Interest and Hosting Conditions" (PDF). FIVB. 8 November 2023.
^ "България иска домакинство на Световното първенство за юноши до 17 години" [Bulgaria wants to host the Under-17 World Championship] (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 31 October 2023.
^ "България получи историческо домакинство на Световно първенство" [Bulgaria receives historic World Championship hosting] (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Volleyball Federation. 28 February 2024.
^ "Competition". FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Italy-Bulgaria 2018. FIVB. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
^ "HOST CITY: 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship". en.volleyballworld.com. FIVB. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ "FIVB Announces Qualification Process And Competition Format For Inaugural Volleyball U17 World Championships In 2024". FIVB. 28 March 2023.
^ "The U17 FIVB Volleyball World Championships Draws To Be Streamed Live On 1 May". FIVB. 25 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Boys' Draw - FIVB Volleyball U17 World Championships 2024". FIVB. 1 May 2024 – via YouTube.
^ "FIVB WORLD RANKING - BOYS' U19 As per 24 August 2023". FIVB. 24 August 2023.
^ "Duels Set For The First-Ever Boys' U17 World Championship". FIVB. 1 May 2024.

External links

Official website
Tournament results at FIVB Live Center

[Hosts_and_dates-1] "Bulgaria And Peru Set To Host Inaugural FIVB Volleyball U17 World Championships 2024". FIVB. 28 February 2024.

[2] "FIVB BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION REPORT Lausanne (hybrid meeting), 21 and 22 March 2022" (PDF). FIVB. 9 June 2023.

[3] "El calendario mundial de piso tendrá más torneos" [World floor calendar to have more tournaments] (in Spanish). Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. 31 March 2022.

[4] "Bidding Process For Inaugural FIVB Volleyball Girls' And Boys' U17 World Championships 2024 Is Open!". FIVB. 8 November 2023.

[2024_U17_WC-5] "FIVB VOLLEYBALL AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 (Girls' Under 17 & Boys' Under 17) Expression of Interest and Hosting Conditions" (PDF). FIVB. 8 November 2023.

[6] "България иска домакинство на Световното първенство за юноши до 17 години" [Bulgaria wants to host the Under-17 World Championship] (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 31 October 2023.

[7] "България получи историческо домакинство на Световно първенство" [Bulgaria receives historic World Championship hosting] (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Volleyball Federation. 28 February 2024.

[8] "Competition". FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Italy-Bulgaria 2018. FIVB. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

[9] "HOST CITY: 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship". en.volleyballworld.com. FIVB. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[Qualification_and_formula-10] "FIVB Announces Qualification Process And Competition Format For Inaugural Volleyball U17 World Championships In 2024". FIVB. 28 March 2023.

[11] "The U17 FIVB Volleyball World Championships Draws To Be Streamed Live On 1 May". FIVB. 25 April 2024.

[draw-12] "Boys' Draw - FIVB Volleyball U17 World Championships 2024". FIVB. 1 May 2024 – via YouTube.

[13] "FIVB WORLD RANKING - BOYS' U19 As per 24 August 2023". FIVB. 24 August 2023.

[14] "Duels Set For The First-Ever Boys' U17 World Championship". FIVB. 1 May 2024.

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Host selection

Venues

Qualification

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Main path bracket

Round of 16

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarter-finals

13th–16th semi-finals

9th–12th semi-finals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

Final eight

Quarter-finals

5th–8th semi-finals

Semi-finals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links