2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | China |
| City | TBD |
| Dates | 18–31 August 2025 |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship will be the 23rd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It will be held in China from 18 to 31 August 2025.[1]
Starting with this edition, the tournament will be expanded to include 24 teams instead of the 16 teams of previous editions, following the decision adopted by FIVB in June 2023.[2]
Host selection
[edit]On 28 March 2024, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting one of the four Age Group World Championships in 2025 (i.e., U19 Boys' and Girls' World Championships and U21 Men's and Women's World Championships).[3] The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 30 April 2024, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).[4]
On 10 September 2024, FIVB announced that China was selected as the host for the 2024 Boys' U21 World Championship.[5]
Qualification
[edit]A total of 24 national teams will qualify for the final tournament.[4] In addition to the host team and the defending champions who qualified automatically, 20 other teams will qualify through five separate continental competitions which were required to be held no later than 31 December 2024. Two remaining teams will enter the tournament via the Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking (as of 31 December 2024) among the teams not yet qualified.
The slot allocation per confederation was set as follows:[4]
- Defending champion (Iran): 1
- AVC (Asia & Oceania): 4
- CAVB (Africa): 3
- CEV (Europe): 6
- CSV (South America): 3
- NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 4
- Host: 1
- Top teams not yet qualified as per Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking: 2
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team qualified | Appearances | Previous best performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | ||||
| AVC (Asia & Oceania) |
Host nation |  China
|
16th | 1977 | 2019 | Runners-up (1977) |
| Defending champions |  Iran
|
15th | 1993 | 2023 | Champions (2019, 2023) | |
| 2024 Asian Men's U20 Championship (  Surabaya, 23–30 July)
|
 South Korea
|
14th | 1977 | 2019 | Champions (1987) | |
 Japan
|
14th | 1977 | 2017 | Runners-up (1989) | ||
| Indonesia
|
2nd | 1989 | Fifteenth (1989) | |||
 Kazakhstan
|
1st | Debut | None | |||
| CAVB (Africa) |
2024 Men's U20 African Nations Championship (  Tunis, 5–10 August)
|
Tunisia
|
14th | 1985 | 2023 | Ninth place (1999, 2005) |
 Egypt
|
15th | 1981 | 2023 | Ninth place (2003, 2023) | ||
 Morocco
|
8th | 1999 | 2021 | Ninth place (2005) | ||
| CEV (Europe) |
2024 Men's U20 European Championship (  Vrnjačka Banja and  Arta, 26 August–7 September)
|
 France
|
7th | 1985 | 2015 | Runners-up (1999) |
 Czech Republic
|
7tha | 1991 | 2023 | Third place (1993) | ||
 Bulgaria
|
11th | 1985 | 2023 | Champions (1991) | ||
 Italy
|
17th | 1985 | 2023 | Champions (2021) | ||
 Ukraine
|
4th | 1999 | 2017 | Ninth place (1999) | ||
 Turkey
|
4th | 2013 | 2017 | Sixth place (2013, 2015) | ||
| CSV (South America) |
2024 Men's U21 South American Championship (  Callao, 30 October–3 November)
|
 Brazil
|
23rd | 1977 | 2023 | Champions (1993, 2001, 2007, 2009) |
 Colombia
|
2nd | 1977 | Eighth place (1977) | |||
 Argentina
|
18th | 1977 | 2023 | Runners-up (2011, 2015) | ||
| NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) |
2024 Men's U21 NORCECA Championship (  Nogales, 9–17 June)
|
 United States
|
11th | 1977 | 2023 | Fourth place (2011) |
 Canada
|
14th | 1977 | 2023 | Fifth place (1999) | ||
 Cuba
|
15th | 1981 | 2021 | Runners-up (1987, 2009, 2017) | ||
 Puerto Rico
|
6th | 1989 | 2019 | Ninth place (1997) | ||
| TBD | Men's U21 FIVB World Ranking | |||||
- Notes
- a Competed as Czechoslovakia in 1991 and 1993; 4 appearances as Czech Republic.
Competition formula changes
[edit]In June 2023 during a three-day meeting in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the FIVB Board of Administration approved the proposal made by its Volleyball Council to increase the number of participating teams to 24 in its Age Group World Championships (U19 and U21 in both genders).[6][2] Consequently, the distribution of quotas by confederation for the Women's U21 World Championship was modified regarding previous editions, ensuring one automatic quota for the defending champion and assigning two quotas based on the corresponding FIVB Age Group World Ranking.[citation needed]
The new competition formula was in line with the one adopted for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, which was also contested by 24 teams.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wang, Yongfeng; Zhou, Yuan (10 September 2024). 中国获得2025年U21男排世锦赛承办权 中国排球国家队明年将全面征战国际大赛 [China won the right to host the 2025 U21 Men's Volleyball World Championships The Chinese volleyball national team will compete in international competitions next year] (Press release). Volleyball China. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ a b "FIVB Board Of Administration Approves Key Proposals From FIVB Commissions And Councils" (Press release). FIVB. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Get Ready For More Volleyball Spectacles: Bidding Process Opens For Age Group World Championships In 2025!" (Press release). FIVB. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "FIVB VOLLEYBALL AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025 Expression of Interest & Hosting Conditions" (PDF). FIVB. 28 March 2024.
- ^ "FIVB U19 and U21 Volleyball World Championships hosts announced!" (Press release). FIVB. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Upcoming Volleyball Events Discussed At Volleyball Council Meeting" (Press release). FIVB. 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 1 April 2024.