2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

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.

2007 Men's Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Morocco
Dates	7–15 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Deivid Costa
Official website
fivb.org
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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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	5	4	1	9	14	6	2.333	463	408	1.135	Championship round
2	Italy	5	3	2	8	13	7	1.857	461	407	1.133
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	452	446	1.013	5th-8th place round
4	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	438	441	0.993
5	Japan	5	2	3	7	10	12	0.833	479	487	0.984
6	Morocco	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	293	397	0.738

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	435	354	1.229	Championship round
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	399	345	1.157
3	United States	5	3	2	8	10	10	1.000	445	451	0.987	5th-8th place round
4	Argentina	5	2	3	7	7	10	0.700	367	403	0.911
5	Slovenia	5	1	4	6	7	12	0.583	406	424	0.958
6	Egypt	5	1	4	6	5	13	0.385	349	424	0.823

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

Rank Team     Brazil     Russia     Iran 4   Italy 5   Argentina 6   Bulgaria 7   United States 8   Cuba 9   Slovenia 10   Egypt 11   Japan 12   Morocco

2007 Men's U21 World champions    Brazil 3rd title 12–man Roster Wanderson Campos, Guilherme Hage, Lucas de Deus, Felipe Bandero, Tiago Barth, Tiago Gelinski, Wallace de Souza, William Da Costa (C), Carlos Faccin, Deivid Costa, Bernardo Assis, José Santos Júnior Head coach Percy Oncken

Individual awards

• MVP:   Deivid Costa^[2]
• Best scorer:   Matteo Martino
• Best spiker:   Matteo Martino
• Best blocker:   Deivid Costa
• Best server:   Maxim Mikhaylov
• Best digger:   Roman Martynyuk
• Best setter:   Davide Saitta
• Best receiver:   Matteo Martino

References

1. FIVB. "Pool composition after the Drawing of lots held on the 7th June 2007".
2. FIVB (15 July 2007). "Brazil beats Russia to claim 2007 Men's Junior World Championship title".

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