2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Belgium and Netherlands, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 10 teams qualified via five separate continental tournaments which were required to be held by 31 December 2020 at the latest. However, due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent impact on some Confederations’ ability to organize the events within the given deadline, the FIVB decided to postpone the deadline for continental qualifications to 28 February 2021. Additionally, in the case of no Continental Confederations being able to hold qualifying events, teams were to qualify according to the respective Continental Rankings. The remaining 4 teams qualified via the FIVB Junior World Ranking.[1][2][3][4]

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host countries	13 October 2020	Lausanne	2	Belgium  Netherlands
2020 European Championship	22–30 August 2020	Zenica Osijek	2	Turkey  Serbia
2018 Asian Championship	10–17 June 2018	Bac Ninh and Tu Son	2 1*	Japan  China  Thailand
2020 NORCECA Championship	14–22 February 2021	United States	2	Dominican Republic  Cuba  Puerto Rico**
2020 African Championship	18–26 February 2021	Kampala	2	Egypt  Rwanda
2020 South American Championship		Brazil	2	Brazil  Argentina
FIVB Junior World Ranking[5]	As per 1 March 2021	Lausanne	4+1*	Italy  Russia  Poland  United States  Belarus
Total			16

* China and Japan withdrew from the competition. Thailand entered by the 3rd place at the Asian Volleyball Championship and Belarus entered by the world ranking.

** Cuba was forced to withdraw from the competition due to COVID-19 infections and was replaced by Puerto Rico.

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U20 World Ranking as of 1 March 2021.[5] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pools A and B regardless of the U20 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U20 World Ranking.[6] The draw was held on 14 June 2021.[7] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked both 22nd.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Netherlands	Belgium	Turkey	Italy
Brazil	Serbia	Russia**	Poland**
Argentina**	Dominican Republic**	United States	Belarus
Rwanda	Puerto Rico**	Thailand	Egypt

* Cuba withdrew due to COVID-19 concerns and was replaced by Puerto Rico.[7]

** The teams changed their groups after the draw because a policy about immigration of Belgium ban the people from Argentina, Brazil and Russia.[7]

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	165	1.509
2	Brazil	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	240	198	1.212
3	Argentina	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	208	195	1.067
4	Rwanda	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	86	225	0.382

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 July	14:30	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	24–26	24–26	24–26			72–78	P2Report
9 July	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Rwanda	25–6	25–5	25–6			75–17	P2Report
10 July	14:30	Rwanda	0–3	Brazil	10–25	15–25	2–25			27–75	P2Report
10 July	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–21	25–22			75–61	P2Report
11 July	14:30	Argentina	3–0	Rwanda	25–18	25–10	25–14			75–42	P2Report
11 July	17:30	Brazil	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	21–25	16–25	25–27		87–99	P2Report

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	97	2.320
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	205	132	1.553
3	Belgium	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	179	150	1.193
4	Puerto Rico*	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	0	225	0.000

* Puerto Rico was forced to withdraw after several team members tested positive for COVID-19 and their games were forfeited.[8]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 July	13:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Dominican Republic	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
9 July	18:00	Belgium	0–3	Serbia	17–25	10–25	15–25			42–75	P2Report
10 July	13:00	Belgium	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
10 July	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55	P2Report
11 July	13:00	Serbia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
11 July	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Belgium	25–19	25–21	25–17			75–57	P2Report

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	250	177	1.412
2	Russia	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	247	241	1.025
3	Turkey	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	224	230	0.974
4	Thailand	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	152	225	0.676

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 July	15:30	Turkey	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–18	25–19			75–57	P2Report
9 July	18:30	Russia	1–3	United States	20–25	25–23	14–25	17–25		76–98	P2Report
10 July	15:00	Thailand	0–3	United States	15–25	8–25	13–25			36–75	P2Report
10 July	18:30	Turkey	1–3	Russia	23–25	25–21	19–25	17–25		84–96	P2Report
11 July	15:00	Russia	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–20	25–16			75–59	P2Report
11 July	18:30	United States	3–0	Turkey	25–18	27–25	25–22			77–65	P2Report

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	235	181	1.298
2	Poland	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	221	186	1.188
3	Belarus	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	217	260	0.835
4	Egypt	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	210	256	0.820

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 July	15:00	Poland	3–0	Belarus	25–14	25–19	25–17			75–50	P2Report
9 July	20:30	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–15	25–19	25–15			75–49	P2Report
10 July	15:30	Italy	3–1	Poland	25–16	10–25	25–21	25–9		85–71	P2Report
10 July	20:30	Egypt	2–3	Belarus	23–25	26–24	21–25	25–15	15–17	110–106	P2Report
11 July	15:30	Belarus	0–3	Italy	23–25	17–25	21–25			61–75	P2Report
11 July	20:30	Poland	3–0	Egypt	25–11	25–23	25–17			75–51	P2Report

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool E

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	273	235	1.162
2	Russia	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	261	230	1.135
3	United States	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	287	295	0.973
4	Brazil	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	191	252	0.758

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 July	14:30	Brazil	1–3	United States	22–25	29–27	20–25	14–25		85–102	P2Report
13 July	17:30	Netherlands	3–1	Russia	25–16	25–20	16–25	25–22		91–83	P2Report
14 July	14:30	Russia	3–1	United States	25–13	25–22	28–30	25–23		103–88	P2Report
14 July	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Brazil	25–20	25–17	25–18			75–55	P2Report
15 July	14:30	Brazil	0–3	Russia	18–25	16–25	17–25			51–75	P2Report
15 July	17:30	United States	2–3	Netherlands	15–25	22–25	25–21	25–21	10–15	97–107	P2Report

Pool F

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	188	1.309
2	Serbia	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	215	193	1.114
3	Poland	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	218	221	0.986
4	Dominican Republic	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	148	225	0.658

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 July	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Poland	25–21	27–25	25–23			77–69	P2Report
13 July	17:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Italy	16–25	20–25	15–25			51–75	P2Report
14 July	15:00	Italy	3–1	Poland	25–12	19–25	27–25	25–12		96–74	P2Report
14 July	17:30	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–13	25–18	25–18			75–49	P2Report
15 July	15:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Poland	21–25	11–25	16–25			48–75	P2Report
15 July	17:30	Serbia	0–3	Italy	23–25	18–25	22–25			63–75	P2Report

Pool G

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Turkey	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	143	1.573
2	Argentina	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	204	152	1.342
3	Thailand	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	172	196	0.878
4	Rwanda	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	115	225	0.511

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 July	15:30	Rwanda	0–3	Turkey	10–25	9–25	16–25			35–75	P2Report
13 July	18:30	Argentina	3–0	Thailand	25–13	25–12	25–18			75–43	P2Report
14 July	15:30	Rwanda	0–3	Argentina	12–25	7–25	15–25			34–75	P2Report
14 July	18:30	Turkey	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–16	25–21			75–54	P2Report
15 July	15:30	Rwanda	0–3	Thailand	14–25	16–25	16–25			46–75	P2Report
15 July	18:30	Turkey	3–0	Argentina	25–10	25–22	25–22			75–54	P2Report

Pool H

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belarus	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	79	2.848
2	Egypt	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	230	179	1.285
3	Belgium	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	213	185	1.151
4	Puerto Rico	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	0	225	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 July	13:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Belarus	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
13 July	20:00	Belgium	2–3	Egypt	20–25	25–18	29–27	21–25	9–15	104–110	P2Report
14 July	13:00	Belgium	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
14 July	20:00	Belarus	3–0	Egypt	25–18	25–15	25–12			75–45	P2Report
15 July	13:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Egypt	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
15 July	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Belarus	16–25	7–25	11–25			34–75	P2Report

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Classification 13th–16th

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	17 July
	Thailand	3
					18 July
	Puerto Rico	0
					Thailand	0
	17 July
					Belgium	3
	Belgium	3
	Rwanda	0
					15th place match
					18 July
					Puerto Rico	0
					Rwanda	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 July	13:00	Thailand	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
17 July	20:30	Belgium	3–0	Rwanda	25–14	25–13	25–13			75–40	P2Report

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	13:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Rwanda	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
18 July	20:00	Thailand	0–3	Belgium	20–25	20–25	19–25			59–75	P2Report

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	17 July
	Turkey	3
					18 July
	Egypt	1
					Turkey	1
	17 July
					Belarus	3
	Belarus	3
	Argentina	0
					11th place match
					18 July
					Egypt	0
					Argentina	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 July	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Egypt	24–26	25–15	25–15	25–20		99–76	P2Report
17 July	18:30	Belarus	3–0	Argentina	25–15	25–17	25–15			75–47	P2Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	13:30	Egypt	0–3	Argentina	16–25	15–25	16–25			47–75	P2Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	16:30	Turkey	1–3	Belarus	25–20	17–25	13–25	21–25		76–95	P2Report

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	17 July
	United States	3
					18 July
	Dominican Republic	0
					United States	3
	17 July
					Poland	2
	Poland	3
	Brazil	0
					7th place match
					18 July
					Dominican Republic	0
					Brazil	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 July	15:30	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–22	25–15	25–18			75–55	P2Report
17 July	17:30	Poland	3–0	Brazil	25–15	26–24	25–15			76–54	P2Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	15:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Brazil	18–25	10–25	21–25			49–75	P2Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	17:30	United States	3–2	Poland	14–25	18–25	25–16	29–27	15–13	101–106	P2Report

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	17 July
	Italy	3
					18 July
	Russia	0
					Italy	3
	17 July
					Serbia	0
	Netherlands	1
	Serbia	3
					3rd place match
					18 July
					Russia	3
					Netherlands	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 July	14:30	Italy	3–0	Russia	25–22	29–27	25–23			79–72	P2Report
17 July	17:30	Netherlands	1–3	Serbia	21–25	25–17	23–25	26–28		95–95	P2Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	14:30	Russia	3–2	Netherlands	16–25	23–25	25–22	25–22	22–20	111–114	P2Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	17:30	Italy	3–0	Serbia	25–18	25–20	25–23			75–61	P2Report