2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

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]

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	Ventsislav Ragin Matheus Cunda
Best OPP	Aleksandar Atanasijević
Best Libero	Guilherme Kachel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Official website
2013 FIVB Men's U23 World Championship
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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		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

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	14	15	2	7.500	349	262	1.332	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	329	271	1.214
3	Argentina	5	3	2	9	12	8	1.500	387	366	1.057	5th–8th semifinals
4	Tunisia	5	2	3	6	8	11	0.727	349	353	0.989
5	Egypt	5	1	4	4	5	12	0.417	275	326	0.844
6	Dominican Republic	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	213	324	0.657

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	331	269	1.230	Semifinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	318	269	1.182
3	Iran	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	304	259	1.174	5th–8th semifinals
4	Venezuela	5	2	3	6	7	11	0.636	341	347	0.983
5	Australia	5	1	4	3	4	13	0.308	290	356	0.815
6	Mexico	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	265	349	0.759

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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), Felipe Quaresma, Ary Nóbrega, Matheus Cunda, Leandro Santos, Rafael Araújo, Ricardo Rego, Guilherme Kachel Head coach Roberley Leonaldo

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Ricardo Lucarelli Souza

• Best setter

    Dmitry Kovalev

• Best Outside Spikers

    Uroš Kovačević

    Filip Stoilović

• Best Middle Blockers

    Ventsislav Ragin

    Matheus Cunda

• Best opposite spiker

    Aleksandar Atanasijević

• Best libero

    Guilherme Kachel

References

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.

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Statistics